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Godbout – Racicot / LeBeuf – LaHaye
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 1190 - 1257 (67 years)
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| Name |
Maurice FitzGerald of Offaly [1, 2] |
| Born |
1190 |
Offaly, Kildare, Ireland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
Jul 1217 |
| Knighted |
| Occupation |
Mar 1227 |
| One of the formal witnesses to a covenant of dower made in the great church of Naas |
| Occupation |
Oct 1229 |
| Summoned to London to accompany the King's expedition to Poitou and Gascony |
| Occupation |
2 Sep 1232 |
| 2nd Lord of Offaly |
| Occupation |
2 Sep 1232 |
| Appointed Justiciar of Ireland |
| Occupation |
1234 |
| Saw his good reputation damaged by the report that it was he who contrived the death of Richard (Marshal), Earl of Pembroke |
| Occupation |
Feb 1234 |
| Criticized by the King for his proceedings in office, described as "little pleasant, nay, beyond measure harsh, in executing the King's mandates" |
| Occupation |
1245 |
| Laid the foundations of Sligo Castle |
| Occupation |
4 Nov 1245 |
| Superceded in the office of Justiciar, for tardiness in sending the King assistance in his campaigns in Wales, by the appointment of John FitzGeoffrey |
| Occupation |
1246 |
| "John Fitz-Geoffry came to Ireland as Lord Justice, and Maurice Fitzgerald was deprived" |
| Occupation |
1247 |
| "Melaghlin O'Donnell, Lord of Tirconnell, Kinel-Moen, Inishowen, and Fermanagh, was slain by Maurice Fitzgerald" |
| Occupation |
1250 |
| Commissioner of the Treasury and the Council |
| Occupation |
Jan 1253 |
| Received an urgent summons from the King |
| Occupation |
1257 |
| "Maurice Fitzgerald, for some time Lord Justice of Ireland, and the destroyer of the Irish, died" |
| Died |
20 May 1257 |
Franciscan Friary, Youghal, Ireland |
| Buried |
Franciscan Friary, Youghal, Ireland |
| Person ID |
I4148 |
Godbout |
| Last Modified |
18 Apr 2017 |
| Father |
Gerald FitzMaurice of Offaly, b. 1150, Windsor, Berkshire, England , d. Bef 15 Jan 1204, Offaly, Kildare, Ireland (Age 54 years) |
| Mother |
Eva de Bermingham, b. Abt 1165, Offaly, Kildare, Ireland , d. Aft Jun 1223 (Age ~ 58 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1183 |
| Family ID |
F2104 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Juliana de Cogan, b. Abt 1228, Bampton, Tiverton, Devonshire, England , d. 1257 (Age ~ 29 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1245 |
| Children |
| | 1. Maurice FitzMaurice of Carbry, b. Abt 1245, Offaly, Kildare, Ireland , d. Bef 10 Nov 1286, Ross, Wexford, Ireland (Age ~ 41 years) |
| | 2. Thomas FitzMaurice, b. Abt 1246, d. 1271, Lough Mask Castle, Ballyloughmask, Ireland (Age ~ 25 years) |
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| Last Modified |
18 Apr 2017 |
| Family ID |
F2103 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S7] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, George Edward Cokayne; Vicary Gibbs, H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand & Howard de Walden, editors, (Reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), Volume VII, p. 200; Vol. X, pp. 14-16 & Vol. XII/2, p. 171 (d).
- [S633] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, Frederick Lewis Weis. Edited with additions and corrections by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr.; assisted by David Faris, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 7th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland, 1992), 153:178.
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