Geoffrey FitzPeter, Earl of Essex
Also known as: Geffrey Fitz Peter / Geffrey Fitz Peter earle of Essex / Geffrey Fitz Péers / Geoffrey FitzPeter · Family: England · Role: chief justice · First appears: King John 1
Life events
- c. 1199 · King John invested William Marshal and Geoffrey FitzPeter with their earldom swords.(King John 2 · 📍 Westminster)
- With: King John William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke
- “The same daie of his coronation also, he inuested William Marshall with the sword of the earledome of Striguille, and Geffrey Fitz Peter, with the sword of the earledome of Essex.”
- c. 1213 · Geoffrey FitzPeter, Earl of Essex, died, removing a principal restraint on King John's rule.(King John 21)
- “Vpon the second of October, Geffrey Fitz Peter earle of Essex and lord chéefe iustice of England departed this life”
King John 1
- sworn: King John “togither with Geffrey Fitz Peter lord chéefe justice, and diuerse other barons of the realme”
King John 2
- sworn: King John (The king granted him the earldom.) “and Geffrey Fitz Peter, with the sword of the earledome of Essex.”
King John 4
- sworn: King John “In this yeare also, Hubert archbishop of Canturburie held a councell at Westminster against the prohibition of the lord chéefe iustice, Geffrey Fitz Peter earle of Essex.”
- enemies with Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury “In this yeare also, Hubert archbishop of Canturburie held a councell at Westminster against the prohibition of the lord chéefe iustice, Geffrey Fitz Peter earle of Essex.”
King John 17
- sworn: King John “Geffrey Fitz Peter lord chéefe iustice of England”
King John 21
- sworn: King John “In the meane time, the king repaired to Portesmouth, there so take the sea to saile ouer into Poictow, committing the rule of the realme vnto Geffrey Fitz Peter or Fitz Péers, lord chéefe iustice, and to the bishop of Winchester, commanding them to vse the counsell and aduise of the archbishop of Canturburie, in governing things touching the common-wealth.”
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Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.