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  Geoffrey de Mandeville - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Geoffrey de Mandeville is the name of several important medieval English barons.
He was the son of William de Mandeville and grandson of the Geoffrey de Mandeville above.
Geoffrey de Mandeville of Marshwood, Devon, was a minor landholder during the reign of Henry I, sometimes confused with the others of the same name, to whom he was not related.
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 Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Geoffrey's goal in the early years of strife between Stephen and Maud seems to have to recover these losts lands.
In 1143-1144 Geoffrey maintained himself as a rebel and a bandit in the fen-country, using the Isle of Ely and Ramsey Abbey as his headquarters.
Geoffrey married Rohese de Vere, daughter of Aubrey de Vere.
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 JEHAN DE MANDEVILLE - LoveToKnow Article on JEHAN DE MANDEVILLE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
In any case it is clear that the name de Mandeville might be suggested to de Bourgogne by that of his fellow-culprit Mangevilayn, and it is even possible that the two fled to England together, were in Egypt together, met again at Liege, and shared in the compilation of the Travels.
Mandeville, whilst swelling the wonders of the tale with a variety of extravagant touches, appears to safeguard himself from the readers possible discovery that it was stolen by the interpolation: And some of our fellows accorded to enter, and some not.
Mandeville, again, in some passages shows a correct idea of the form of the earth, and of position in latitude ascertained by observation of the pole star; he knows that there are antipodes, and that if ships were sent on voyages of discovery they might sail round the world.
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 BERNARD DE MANDEVILLE - LoveToKnow Article on BERNARD DE MANDEVILLE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
MANDEVILLE, BERNARD DE (1670-1733), English philosopher and satirist, was born at Dordrecht, where his fathel practised as a physician.
Mandeville's ironical paradoxes are interesting mainly as a criticism of the " amiable " idealism of Shaftesbury, and in comparison with the serious egoistic systems of Hobbes and Helvetius.
It is mere prejudice to deny that Mandeville had considerable philosophic insight; at the same-time he was mainly negative or critical, and, as he himself said, he was writing for " the entertainment oi people of knowledge and education." He may be said to have cleared the ground for the coming utilitarianism.
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 Ancestors of Robert Erwin William Juch - aqwg85
Baron Walter I de Clifford was born 1115 in of Corfham and Culminton, Salopshire, England.
Geoffrey de Mandeville Earl of Essex was born 1092 and died 14 Sep 1144.
Beatrice de Mandeville was born 1105 in Mandeville, Normandy, France.
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 Some corrections and additions to the Complete Peerage: Volume 5: Essex
Round concludes that the relationship between Eoun and Geoffrey was "probably collateral instead of lineal." Eoun had two brothers, and at least one sister, each of whom left male issue existing in 1142; so that Geoffrey's claim, if founded merely on collateral representation, was small.
A certain William fitz Othuer is later described as the brother of Geoffrey de Mandeville [Hollister, pp.
Geoffrey and Beatrice are stated in the report of a legal case dated before 1279 also to have had a daughter Alice, who was dead before William de Mandeville's death, 8 January 1226/7 [Selden Society, vol.
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 Vol II File 23: The Paternal Ancestry of Homer Beers James
Geoffrey de Saye, whose son Geoffrey de Saye, was one of the sureties of the Magna Charta.
He was succeeded by his brother, William de Mandeville, who also took the part of the barons, and maintained it even after the death of King John, being one of those who then assisted Louis of France in the siege of Berkhamstead Castle, occupied by the king's forces.
Thus the Baronies of Mowbray and Segrave reverted to the descendants of the daughter of Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk.
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 Baron Geoffrey De Mandeville   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
In right of his wife Geoffrey de Mandeville became Earl of Gloucester, and was placed in full possession of all the liberties belonging to this Earldom and to the lordship of Glamorgan in Wales.
He was succeeded by his brother William de Mandeville, who also took the part of the Barons and maintained it, even after the death of King John, for he had assisted Louis of France in the siege of Berkamstead Castle, which was occupied by the King's forces.
Geoffrey de Mandeville's Castle at Gloucester is nothing but a city jail, yet once it was a Saxon Castle and later a Norman stronghold.
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 Site Title - Person Page 31
Hawise de Quincey was the daughter of Saier de Quincey IV Earl of Winchester and Margaret de Beaumont.
Loretta de Quincey was the daughter of Saier de Quincey IV Earl of Winchester and Margaret de Beaumont.
Reginald de Quincey was the son of Saier de Quincey IV Earl of Winchester and Margaret de Beaumont.
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 English Anarchy & Geoffrey de Mandeville - Scourge of the Fens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The proof of the Londoners' hatred of de Mandeville exists in a document which points to his ultimate treason (that is, before he turned into a sadistic monster of the fens).
De Mandeville fled to the marshy swamps of the fens with an army of mercenaries and ruffians.
Fortunately, however, de Mandeville was hit by an arrow whilst attacking Burwell Castle in August 1144 and died soon afterwards.
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 Wikipedia: Earl of Essex
Earl of Essex is a title that has been held by several families and individuals, of which the best-known and most closely associated with the title was Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1566 - 1601).
It was first created in the twelfth century for Geoffrey de Mandeville.
The third creation was for Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford in 1239.
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 St. Mary Colechurch 105/13-15 | British History Online
William son of Benedict was presumably tenant of Abraham the Jew, Geoffrey de Mandeville, Gilbert de Waletun, or Alexander de Dorsete.
De Bourgh claimed possession of a stone wall between his tenement and that of John de Refham (14) extending from the street to 95/1 at the rear.
In 1338 14-15 was probably the rent of Joan (sic) de Refham in St. Mary Colechurch parish where William Lauleye of Luton (Beds.) died as a result of a knife wound inflicted by William de Kestevene, tailor, near the Conduit in Cheapside.
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 Cambridgeshire, EnglandGenWeb Project - The Normans and on 1066-1154
This proved to be a mistake on his part as in his absence the Isle of Ely was seized by Geoffrey de Mandeville and he promptly transformed it into a seat of resistance against the monarch.
De Mandeville was unpredictable, alternately supporting the King and resisting the throne when it suited him.
Geoffrey de Mandeville had paid particular attention to the strategic entrance to the Isle near Alrehede and also at Fordham in the east, a place which enabled him to communicate easily with his allies in East Anglia.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Mandeville William de 3rd Earl of Essex   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Mandeville, William de, 3rd Earl of Essex, (?-1189), son of Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex.
Fitzpeter, Geoffrey, Earl of Essex (?-1213), English politician, who became Earl of Essex in 1190 through his marriage to a descendant of Geoffrey...
Bohun, Humphrey V de, Earl of Essex (lived 13th century), 3rd earl of Hereford, England, created earl of Essex, England, in 1258.
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 MANDEVILLE, GEOFFREY DE (d. 1144) - Online Information article about MANDEVILLE, GEOFFREY DE (d. 1144)
des Hystors of Johans des Preis, styled d'Oultremouse.
These passages, as served up by Mandeville, are almost always, indeed, swollen with interpolated particulars, usually of an extravagant kind, whilst in no few cases the writer has failed to understand the passages which he adopts from Odoric and professes to give as his own experiences.
Solinus, the bestiaries, or the Speculum maturate of Vincent de Beauvais.
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 4Reference || William de Mandeville   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
William de Mandeville was the name of two important barons in medieval England, all of the same family.
Their son Geoffrey would recover the seized estates, and gain much else besides.
He was the son of Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex and grandson of the William de Mandeville above.
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 TimeRef - History Timelines
Geoffrey de Mandeville who controlled the Tower of London, abandoned his king as he saw Matilda had the upper hand.
Mandeville had tried Stephen's patience with his disloyalty and the king did not want the Tower of London (which Mandeville controlled) fall into the hands of Matilda.
Mandevilles castles and title of Earl of Essex were taken from him, and he became an outlaw.
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 Domesday Survey: Introduction I | British History Online
There seems to be little doubt that the two Englishmen holding of Geoffrey de Mandeville were the two sokemen who held the land in 1066, and it is reasonable to assume that of those holding of Earl Roger the Englishman at least was one of those who held this land in 1066.
Geoffrey de Mandeville retained 90 out of 99 hides, Ernulf of Hesdin retained 30 out of 37½ hides, and Robert Gernon held 2 out of 4 hides.
De hac terra Goisfridus de Mannevile erat saisitus quando ivit transmare in servitium regis, ut dicunt homines sui et totum hundret.
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 DustyBones.com - Person Page 427   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
William De Mandeville was the son of Geoffrey De Mandeville and Athelaise De Balts.
William De Mandeville was born in 1062 at Rycott, Oxfordshire, England.
Almodis De La Marche Countess of Barcelona married Raimond II Berenger Count of Barcelona, son of Raymond I Berenger Count of Barcelona and Sancha Sanchez, circa 1056.
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 The Domesday Book Online - Berkshire D-M
Denchesworde: Jocelyn from William d'Eu; Rayner from Henry de Ferrers; Lawrence from Robert of Stafford.
Eldeslei: Bishop of Salisbury; Roger from Henry de Ferrers; Stephen from William FitzAnsculf; Saswalo from Geoffrey de Mandeville.
Chenteberie: King's land; Henry de Ferrers from the king; Abbess of Amesbury; Walter FitzOthere.
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 STEPHEN - LoveToKnow Article on STEPHEN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Meanwhile Geoffrey of Anjou, the husband of the empress, completed the conquest of Normandy (1144).
In 1147 the situation improved for Stephen; Robert of Gloucester, the ablest of the Angevin partisans, died, and the empress left England in despair.
See the Gesta Stephani, Richard of Hexham, ^Elred of Rievaux" Relatio de Standardo, and the chronicle of Robert de Torigni, all in R. Howlett's Chronicles of the Reigns of Stephen, andc.
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 reagenealogy - pafg139 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Geoffrey FitzPiers, 4th Earl of Essex was born in 1199.
Geoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Oxford was born about 1082 in Great Waltham, Essex, England.
William de Vere, Bishop of Hereford died in 1199.
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 ThameHistory.net
Geoffrey de Mandeville was an important ally to King William during the Norman Conquest, and was rewarded with over a hundred lordships, of which Rycote was one.
We may speculate that Geoffrey de Mandeville, and his descendants, constructed a manor house and possibly a stronghold at Rycote.
Rycote remained in the de Mandeville family until the thirteenth century, when it passed to Fulk de Rycote, Sheriff of Oxford.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Mandeville Geoffrey de 1st Earl of Essex   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Mandeville, Geoffrey de, 1st Earl of Essex (?-1144), English noble, who served as constable of the Tower of London from about 1130.
Devereux, Walter, 1st Earl of Essex and 2nd Viscount of Hereford (1541-1576), English soldier and statesman, who was created Earl of Essex by...
Bohun, Humphrey VIII de, Earl of Essex (1276-1322), earl of Hereford, England, and 4th earl of Essex, England.
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 Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg1418 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Geoffrey DE SAY [Parents] died 19 May 1214.
Reynold DE MOHUN died 20 Jan 1257 in Torre and was buried in Newenham Abbey.
William DE MANDEVILLE [Parents] died 8 Jan 1226 and was buried in Shouldham Priory.
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 allgendata - pafg64 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Geoffrey de Mandeville [Earl of Essex] [Earl of Essex]
William de Mandeville [Earl of Essex] [Earl of Essex]
Geoffrey de Mandeville Earl Earl was born about 1106.
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 William de Mandeville   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
William de Mandeville was the name of two important in medieval England who were grandfather/grandson.
Their son Geoffrey would recover the seized estates and much else besides.
1189) was a close councilor Henry II He was the son of Geoffrey de Mandeville 1st Earl of Essex and grandson of the William de above.
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 de Vere
She md [1] Sir Geoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Essex, and [2] Sir Payn de Beauchamp, Lord of Bedford, abt 1145, son of Robert de Beauchamp.
Third wife of Aubrey de Vere, Agnes was but 11 years of age when they married, and within a year, Aubrey tried to repudiate her.
Maud was the widow of Robert Fitz Payn (d 1322), being sister of Sir Giles de Badlesmere, and second daughter of Bartholomew, Lord Badlesmere, by Margaret, elder daughter of Thomas de Clare, Lord of Inchiquin and Youghal.
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 CASTLE-GUARD - LoveToKnow Article on CASTLE-GUARD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
When war broke out it was Rochester Castle that successfully held Simon de Montfort at bay in I 264, and in Pevensey Castle that the fugitives from the rout of Lewes were able to defy his power.
Finally, after his fall at Evesham, it was in Kenilworth Castle that the remnant of his followers made their last stand, holding out nearly five months against all the forces of the crown, till their provisions failed them at the close of 1266.
And, although, when the country was again torn by civil strife, their military importance was of small account, the crowns historic jealousy of private fortification was still seen in the need to obtain the kings lic~nce to crenellate (i.e.
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