Sir Geoffrey de Say Knight, Baron de Say

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ¹⁴¹
Geoffrey de Say IV, 1^st son and heir, aged 17 on 1322 Whit Sunday after his father's death, proved his age and did homage for his lands on or shortly before 4 Jun 1326. On 17 Jan 1330/1 he was going beyond seas on the King's service; on 21 Mar 1331/2 appointed with others to arrest disturbers of the peace in Kent; in July 1332 and again in February 1332/3 going beyond seas. On 26 Sep 1334 appointed to select and command 20 of the best archers in Kent, and bring them to Berwick-on-Tweed. On 27 Mar 1335 ordered to proceed to Newcastle-on-Tyne; on 10 Apr 1336 Admiral of the King's fleets from the mouth of the Thames towards the western ports. On 11 Sep 1336 a Commission of inquisition in Sussex issued to him; and on 3 Dec 1336 the King sent a letter to the Constable of Dover Castle and Geoffrey bidding them give credence to a messenger whom he was sending to them. In May 1337 he and Otes Grandison were appointed Captains of the fleet towards the west. In April 1338 he authorised the expenses for transport of 600 horses in 60 ships. On 28 Jun 1338 he was summoned to attend in London on Thursday after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, before the Archbishop of Canterbury and others of the Council, to hear certain things which should be exposed to him there and to do what should be enjoined upon him by the Council. On 13 Aug 1339 the then Admiral of the southern fleet was ordered to provide him with two ships of that fleet to carry him and his household to the King beyond the seas.

In December a commission of oyer and terminer issued toGeoffrey de Say for proceedings in Sussex. On 10 Aug 1341 he was licensed to empark land in Birling, Kent, making a new path in substitution for a closed one. On 30 Jun 1344 he was again a Commissioner of oyer and terminer, for Surrey. On 8 Feb 1344/5 and again in 1347 he was appointed an attorney for Joan de Bar, Countess de Warenne. On 10 Mar1345/6 the King ordered a ship of 60 tons of wine burthen, given to him by William de Bohun for good service in Brittany, where it was taken, to be delivered to him. He fought in the 2nd division at Crécy, 26 Aug 1346, returning in June 1347. On 21 Aug 1348 he was entrusted with the keeping of the parks and chaces of the void see of Canterbury in Surrey, Sussex, Middlesex and Bucks. On 25 Jul 1349 he was granted 200 marks yearly for his stay with the King for life with 20 men-at-arms and 20 archers. From 1353 onwards a series of Commissions issued to him, mainly in connection with false moneys, disturbances against the Queen, and extortion by collectors of funds for repair works on the marshes and to survey the defects in Rochester bridge. In 1357 he was in the Commission of the Peace for Kent. From 1 Sept 1354 he became Constable of Rochester Castle for life.

Geoffrey de Say married Maud, daughter of Guy de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, by Alice, sister of Robert, 1^st Lord Toni, daughter of Ralph de Toni. Geoffrey died 26 June 1359. Maud survived him and died 28 July 1369 *.

* Maud, wife of Geoffrey de Say, left a will, probated 1369, in which she desired to be buried at the Black Friars, London "near Edmund, my beloved husband". According to Stow, Maude, wife to Geoffrey de Say, daughter to the Earl of Warwick, was buried in the church of the Black Friars, but no clue to the identity of "Edmund" has been found. She was executor of her husband's will, and in 1368 had a grant for life for long service to the King, Queen Philippe, and Isabel, the King's daughter, of 100 marks yearly.

~Cokayne's Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, (Say), Vol.XI, pp. 465-477, Vol. XIV, p.571

• Background Information. ⁹⁰⁰
Sir William de Fiennes, Knight, heir to his brother John & son of Sir William de Fiennes and his wife Maud de Monceaux , and died 34 Edward III leaving issue, by Joan his wife, daughter and coheir of Geoffry Lord Say, lord admiral of England, two sons, John who died without issue, 2 Richard II and Sir William.

~Collins's Peerage, Vol. VI, p. 565

Geoffrey married Maud de Beauchamp, daughter of Guy de Beauchamp and Alice de Toeni.¹⁴¹ (Maud de Beauchamp was born about 1310 in Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England, died in Jul 1369 and was buried in Jul 1369 in Black Friars, London, Middlesex, England ¹⁴¹.)