Gervase de Cornhill
Gervase de Cornhill | |
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Justice of London | |
In office 1147 – c. 1183 | |
Sheriff of London | |
In office 1155–1157 | |
Sheriff of London | |
In office 1160–1161 | |
Sheriff of Surrey | |
In office 1167–1174 | |
Sheriff of Kent | |
In office 1163 – c. 1183 | |
Royal Justice | |
In office 1170 – c. 1183 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Gervase c. 1110 |
Died | c. 1183 |
Spouse(s) | Agnes, daughter of Edward of Cornhill |
Children | |
Gervase de Cornhill (sometimes Gervase of Cornhill; c. 1110 – c. 1183) was an
Early life
According to medievalist Katharine Keats-Rohan, Gervase was the son of Roger, who was the nephew of Hubert, the queen's chamberlain.[1] Other scholars are less sure that Gervase was Roger's son, and argue that Gervase was Hubert's nephew. Gervase was likely born around 1110.[2][a] He married Agnes, the daughter of Edward of Cornhill. After his marriage, he became known as de Cornhill because of his wife's property.[1]
Royal administrator
Gervase was royal justice in London in 1147,
Gervase held the office of Sheriff of London in 1155 through 1157,[2] 1160 and 1161,[1] and may have held that office between 1159 and 1160 as well. He also held the office of Sheriff of Surrey from 1163 until his death as well as the office of Sheriff of Kent from 1167 to 1174.[2] Gervase was named a judge on one of the eyre circuits in 1170.[7]
Later life
In 1170, Gervase was involved with attempts to keep Thomas Becket, who had been in exile, from returning to England. Working with Gervase were
Gervase may be identical with the Gervase who in 1174 presented a loyalty speech to King
Gervase held lands in London inherited from his father-in-law, lands in Kent from his father,
Death and legacy
Gervase died between Michaelmas in 1183 and Michaelmas 1184.[2] Gervase's offspring were Henry, Reginald (or Rainald), and Ralph.[1] Ralph was also Sheriff of Kent (1191–1192) and Surrey (1191–1194).[2] The medieval writer William of Canterbury said that Gervase was "thinking of his usurious two-thirds and hundredths rather than of what was good and right".[12]
Notes
- ^ A thirteenth-century account states that Gervase was the son of Hubert of Caen, but this account is unlikely because Gervase held lands at Chalk, Kent that had previously been held by Roger.[2]
Citations
- ^ a b c d e Keats-Rohan Domesday Descendants p. 411
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Harvey "Cornhill, Gervase of" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Warren Henry II p. 34
- ^ King King Stephen p. 366
- ^ King King Stephen p. 190
- ^ King King Stephen p. 231
- ^ Stenton English Justice p. 73
- ^ Barlow Thomas Becket p. 223
- ^ Barlow Thomas Becket pp. 224–227
- ^ Barlow Thomas Becket p. 231
- ^ West Justiciarship in England p. 47
- ^ Quoted in Harvey "Cornhill, Gervase of" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
References
- ISBN 0-520-07175-1.
- Harvey, P. D. A. (2004). "Cornhill, Gervase of (c.1110–1183/4)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/52168. Retrieved 11 January 2013. (subscription or UK public library membershiprequired)
- ISBN 0-85115-863-3.
- King, Edmund (2010). King Stephen. The English Monarchs Series. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11223-8.
- Stenton, Doris Mary (1964). English Justice Between the Norman Conquest and the Great Charter 1066–1215. Philadelphia, PA: American Philosophical Society.
- ISBN 0-520-03494-5.
- West, Francis (1966). The Justiciarship in England 1066–1232. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.