Peter FitzHerbert

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Peter FitzHerbert
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Sheriff of Yorkshire
In office
1214–1215
Personal details
Died1235
Spouse(s)1. Alice de Warkworth
2. Isabel de Ferriers
Parent(s)Herbert FitzHerbert
Lucy of Hereford

Peter FitzHerbert, also known as Piers FitzHerbert, (died 1235) Lord of Blenlevenny, was a 13th-century nobleman and Sheriff of Yorkshire. FitzHerbert was one of the Counsellors named in Magna Carta in 1215. He was the son of Herbert FitzHerbert and Lucy of Hereford.

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Life

FitzHerbert was the son of Herbert FitzHerbert and Lucy of Hereford, daughter of Miles of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford and Sibyl de Neufmarché. [1] FitzHerbert gained the title of Lord of the Honour of Brecknock and was made Governor of Pickering Castle, Yorkshire and the Sheriff of Yorkshire by King John of England. FitzHerbert is listed as one of the Counsellors named in Magna Carta in 1215. He inherited, through his mother, a third interest in the barony of Miles Fitz Walter of Gloucester in 1219. FitzHerbert's castles of Blenlevenny and Castell Dinas were sacked by Prince Llywelyn ab Iorwerth and Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke in October 1233. He died in 1235 and was buried at Reading Abbey, Yorkshire.

Marriage and issue

FitzHerbert married Alice, the daughter of Robert fitzRoger, [2] Lord of Warkworth and Clavering and Margaret de Chesney, they had the following issue:

He married secondly, Isabel, the widow of Roger Mortimer of Wigmore, the daughter of Walchelin de Ferriers of Oakham. They had no issue.

Citations

  1. Cokayne, p. 465.
  2. Mosley, p. 1107.

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