Geoffrey de Valognes

Geoffrey de Valognes Sheriff of Lancashire
Arms of Geoffrey de Valognes. Or, a cross Gules within a border Azure billette of the first.
Died	1190 (1191)
Parent(s)	Roger de Valognes Agnes filia John
Family	de Valognes

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

Career

Geoffrey was a son of Roger de Valognes and his wife Agnes RitzRichard, a daughter of John FitzRichard. In 1163 Geoffrey married Emma de Bulmer, daughter of Bertram de Bulmer of Brancepeth Castle by his wife Emma Fossard.

Death and succession

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

Citations

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.