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44: 300: 262:, bishop of Winchester, sent a posse to attack John Fitzgeoffrey's men at Shere in Surrey, killing one of them. When a parliament opened at Westminster a week later, John Fitzgeoffrey demanded justice from the king; Henry excused Aymer, his half-brother, and refused justice thus angering the barons. On 12 April John formed an alliance with six other magnates to achieve reform. 360:
He died suddenly on 23 November 1258 and, despite his hostility to the king, Henry III ordered a mass to be celebrated for his soul and donated a cloth of gold to shroud his coffin. He had four daughters and three sons; the eldest of the latter predeceased his father, who was succeeded in turn by
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in 1227, the earldom having devolved from his father's first wife. He was the second husband of Isabel Bigod, daughter of
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in Ulster in 1247–8, during which he reorganised the government of the province. He built a bridge over the
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gave him an opportunity to assert the royal authority more forcefully than previous viceroys, especially in
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of Shere (died 1297). Lord FitzJohn from 1290. Married as her first husband, Emma (died 1332); no issue.
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of Shere (died 1275). Married Margary, daughter of Philip Basset of Wycombe (died 1271); no issue.
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of Pembroke and widow of Gilbert de Lacy. They had six children, one being Maud, who married
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In 1258 he was one of the leaders of the baronial opposition to king
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The Dictionary of Heraldry: Feudal Coats of Arms and Pedigrees
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John Fitzgeoffrey, Lord of Shere and Justiciar of Ireland
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John FitzGeoffrey

Quarterly
or
gules
vair
Shere
Surrey
Kingdom of England
John
Richard
Maud
Aveline
Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex
Aveline de Clare
Shere
Surrey
Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex
Aveline de Clare
Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford
Justiciar of Ireland
viceroy
Anglo-Norman
minors
Ulster
Connacht
Anglo-Irish
assize
River Bann
Coleraine

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