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Birth:          ABT 1163 Kimbolton, Norfolk, England
Death:          BEF 19 Apr 1197 
Cause of Death: childbirth
Burial:         Shouldham Priory, Downham, Norfolk, England

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Fitz_Peter,_1st_Earl_of_Essex
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I02839
Note: He [Geoffrey fitz Piers] m. 1stly, before 25 Jan 1184/5, Beatrice, elder daughter 
and coheir of William de Say abovenamed. In 1190 he obtained, for a fine of 3,000 
marks, the lands to which his wife's grandmother, Beatrice, mother of the said William, 
had become heir on the death of her nephew, William Earl of Essex; moreover, he 
received, as from Easter 1190, the third penny of the county of Essex. With 
Archbishop Hubert and the Marshal, he persuaded the magnates to swear fealty to 
King John, who, at the Coronation, 27 May 1199, girded him with the sword of the 
EARLDOM OF ESSEX. He was Sheriff of Westmorland, 1199-Easter 1200; of Beds and 
Bucks, 1199-1204; of Hants, and of Salop, East 1201-1204; and of co. York, 1202-
Dec 1204. On 26 Apr 1204, the King gave him the manor of Aylesbury, at fee farm, to 
him and his heirs to hold at a rent of 60 pounds a years, and by the service of a 
knight's fee. His wife d. in childbed, before 19 Apr 1197, and was buried in Chicksand 
Priory, but was transferred thence to Shouldham Priory. [Complete Peerage V:122-5]

Parents
DE SAYE William (ABT 1133 - BEF 1 Aug 1177)
OF HUNTINGDON Aufrica (ABT 1140 - )

Siblings
DE SAYE Beatrice (ABT 1163 - BEF 19 Apr 1197)
DE SAY Maud (ABT 1166 - BEF 28 Mar 1222)

Marriage To FITZ PIERS [FITZ PETER] Geoffrey (ABT 1162 - 14 Oct 1213)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE LUTEGARESHALE PIERS (ABT 1134 - )
DE MANDEVILLE Maud (ABT 1138 - )

Children by FITZ PIERS [FITZ PETER] Geoffrey ABT 1162 - 14 Oct 1213
FITZ GEOFFREY Maud (BEF 1177 - 27 Aug 1236)
DE MANDEVILLE William (ABT 1186 - 1227)

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