Geoffrey de Valognes

Sir Geoffrey de Valognes (d.1190), also known as Geoffrey de Valoines, lord of the manors of Burton, Sutton, Great Saling, Sline, Farleton and Cantsfield was an Anglo-Norman who served as Sheriff of Lancashire between 1164-1166.[1]

Geoffrey de Valognes

High Sheriff of Lancashire
Arms of Geoffrey de Valognes.
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Died1190
Parent(s)Roger de Valognes
Agnes filia John
Familyde Valognes

Career

He was a son of Roger de Valognes by his wife Agnes RitzRichard, a daughter of John FitzRichard.[2] In 1163 he married Emma de Bulmer, daughter of Bertram de Bulmer of Brancepeth Castle by his wife Emma Fossard.

Death & succession

He died in 1190 without surviving issue. His heir was identified as his niece Gunnora de Valognes, daughter of his brother Robert de Valognes.

Citations

  1. Baines, p. 202.
  2. Powlett, p. 257.
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References

  • Baines, Edward (1836). History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster: Volume 1. Fisher.
  • Powlett (Duchess of Cleveland), Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina (1889). The Battle Abbey Roll: With Some Account of the Norman Lineages, Volume 3. J. Murray.
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