Individual Details
Maud "Countess of Hereford and Essex" FitzGeoffrey
(Aft 1184 - 27 Aug 1236)
}"Her brother's heir, being the last Earl's only sister of the whole blood." [Ref: Complete Peerage V:134] Countess of Hereford in right of her first husband, Henry de Bohun, and Countess of Essex as the heir to her brother, William.
She and her 2nd husband, Roger "had livery of her brother's lands, 29 October 1227, but not of Pleshey Castle till 22 February 1227/8. A suit of divorce between them was proceeding at the death of the Countess Christine, and in consequence, 27 June 1232, of the lands which that Countess had held in dower, the manors of Enfield and Quarrendon were delivered to Roger, and those of Kimbolton and Amersham to Maud, Countess of Essex, to hold pendente causa. Sentence of divorce having been pronounced in Court Christian in forma ecclesie, the Countess Maud had a writ of livery, 24 April 1233, for all the lands of her inheritance then in Roger's hands: but this sentence having been revoked by virtue of Papal letters, and the Countess adjudged to Roger as his lawful wife, Roger had livery of her lands, 3 July (and of Kimbolton Castle, 14 July) 1236." [Complete Peerage]
== Sources ==
*Royal Ancestry 2013 Vol. I p. 406-410
*Magna Carta Ancestry 2011 2nd ed. Vol. I p. 225-228
* Phillips, Weber, Kirk and Staggs Families of the Pacific Northwest, by Jim Weber, rootsweb.com* Royal and Noble Genealogical Data: Brian Tompsett 1994-2001 http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/GEDCOM.html, Department of Computer Science, University of Hull, Hull, UK, HU6 7RX, B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk* ''Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom'', by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, Page: V:134
:See also:* Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_de_Bohun,_1st_Earl_of_Hereford Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford] (b 1176). This is the source citation for [[De_Bohun-231|Franco de Bohun]], but no Franco (or Francis) is mentioned.* [http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p304.htm#i9123 Maud de Mandeville], "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins" (website, compiled by Mr. Marlyn Lewis, Portland, OR; accessed August 10, 2015)* [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#HenryBohunHereforddied1220B Henry Bohun] ([[#MedLands]])
She and her 2nd husband, Roger "had livery of her brother's lands, 29 October 1227, but not of Pleshey Castle till 22 February 1227/8. A suit of divorce between them was proceeding at the death of the Countess Christine, and in consequence, 27 June 1232, of the lands which that Countess had held in dower, the manors of Enfield and Quarrendon were delivered to Roger, and those of Kimbolton and Amersham to Maud, Countess of Essex, to hold pendente causa. Sentence of divorce having been pronounced in Court Christian in forma ecclesie, the Countess Maud had a writ of livery, 24 April 1233, for all the lands of her inheritance then in Roger's hands: but this sentence having been revoked by virtue of Papal letters, and the Countess adjudged to Roger as his lawful wife, Roger had livery of her lands, 3 July (and of Kimbolton Castle, 14 July) 1236." [Complete Peerage]
== Sources ==
*Royal Ancestry 2013 Vol. I p. 406-410
*Magna Carta Ancestry 2011 2nd ed. Vol. I p. 225-228
* Phillips, Weber, Kirk and Staggs Families of the Pacific Northwest, by Jim Weber, rootsweb.com* Royal and Noble Genealogical Data: Brian Tompsett 1994-2001 http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/GEDCOM.html, Department of Computer Science, University of Hull, Hull, UK, HU6 7RX, B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk* ''Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom'', by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, Page: V:134
:See also:* Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_de_Bohun,_1st_Earl_of_Hereford Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford] (b 1176). This is the source citation for [[De_Bohun-231|Franco de Bohun]], but no Franco (or Francis) is mentioned.* [http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p304.htm#i9123 Maud de Mandeville], "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins" (website, compiled by Mr. Marlyn Lewis, Portland, OR; accessed August 10, 2015)* [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#HenryBohunHereforddied1220B Henry Bohun] ([[#MedLands]])
Events
| Birth | Aft 1184 | Walden, Essex, England | |||
| Death | 27 Aug 1236 | Gloucestershire, England | |||
| Alt name | de Mandeville | ||||
| Reference No | 7939553 | ||||
| Reference No | 8277743 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Father | Sir Geoffrey "4th Earl of Essex" FitzPiers (1162 - 1213) |
| Mother | Beatrice "Countess of Essex" Say (1169 - 1197) |
| Sibling | Henry Mandeville (1178 - 1205) |
| Sibling | Mary Mandeville (1181 - ) |
| Sibling | Geoffrey "5th Earl of Essex" Mandeville (1186 - 1216) |
| Sibling | William "Earl of Essex" Mandeville (1190 - 1227) |