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Birth:          ABT 1211 Shere, Surrey, England
Death:          23 Nov 1258 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fitzgeoffrey
John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere and Justiciar of Ireland (1205? in Shere, Surrey, 
England – 23 November 1258) was an English nobleman.

John Fitz Geoffrey was the son of Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex and Aveline 
de Clare, daughter of Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford and his wife Maud de 
Saint-Hilaire.

He was appointed Justiciar of Ireland, serving from 1245 to 1255.[1]

He was not entitled to succeed his half-brother as Earl of Essex in 1227, the Earldom 
having devolved from his father's first wife. He was the second husband of Isabel 
Bigod, daughter of Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk and his wife Maud Marshal of 
Pembroke. They had six children, one being Maud who married William de 
Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick.

Children[edit]

Note: The males took the FitzJohn surname ("fitz" mean "son of").
1.John FitzJohn of Shere (?–1275). Married Margary, daughter of Philip Basset of 
Wycombe (?–1271).
2.Richard FitzJohn of Shere (?–1297). Lord FitzJohn 1290. Married as her first 
husband, Emma (?-1332).
3.Maud FitzJohn (? – 16/18 April 1301). Married firstly to Gerard de Furnivalle, Lord of 
Hallamshire (?–1261). Married secondly to William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick, 
son of William de Beauchamp of Elmley, Worcestershire and his wife Isabel Mauduit. 
Had issue.
4.Isabel. Married Robert de Vespont, Lord of Westmoreland (?–1264). Had issue.
5.Aveline (1229–1274). Married Walter de Burgh, Earl of Ulster (1230–1271). Had 
issue, including Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster who in turn married Margaret 
de Burgh, by whom he had ten children.
6.Joan (? – 4 April 1303). Married Theobald le Botiller. Had issue, from whom descend 
the Butler Earls of Ormond.

Parents
FITZ PIERS [FITZ PETER] Geoffrey (ABT 1162 - 14 Oct 1213)
DE CLARE Eveline (Aveline) (ABT 1172 - ABT 4 Jun 1225)

Siblings
FITZ GEOFFREY John (ABT 1211 - 23 Nov 1258)
FITZ PIERS Reginald (ABT 1212 - ABT 4 May 1286)
FITZ GEOFFREY Hawise (ABT 1213 - BEF 8 Aug 1247)

Marriage To BIGOD Isabel (ABT 1212 - 1239)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
BIGOD Hugh (ABT 1182 - 18 Feb 1225)
MARSHALL Maud (Matilda) (ABT 1192 - 27 Mar 1248)

Children by BIGOD Isabel ABT 1212 - 1239
FITZ JOHN Aveline (ABT 1236 - 20 May 1274)
FITZ JOHN Maud (ABT 1238 - 16 Apr 1301)
FITZ JOHN Joan (ABT 1238 - 4 Apr 1303)
FITZ JOHN Isabel (ABT 1239 - )

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