Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: 1293.
Place of Death: unknown.
The writ to the escheator was dated 30 October 1293 (Whitehead, p. 234)
Relationships
Father: Sir Walter de Lisle.
This relationship is given by Whitehead (p. 230).
Mother: Matilda de Estur.
This relationship is given by Whitehead. It is recorded in the inquistion post mortem of the wife of Geoffrey’s brother William.
Spouse: Iseult de Aubemarle.
This relationship is recorded in Geoffrey’s inquisition post mortem. See the Commentary section.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Baldwin (24 June 1270 - 1307) married Joan.
Evidence
1279 fines:
Inter Galfrm. de Insula et Isoldam ux' ejus pet' et Henrm. de Lyons ten':—De decem pedibus terre in longitudine et sex pedibus in latitudine in Cumpton; unde placitum fuit inter eos:—Galfrs. et Isolda recognoverunt &c.:—Pro hoc fine Henrs. dedit eis viginti solidos. [7° Edward I. Cycestr' Cras' Sci. Michis. (File 29. No. 21).]
Inter Matild. Estur et Baldewynum de Insula quer' et Galfrm. de Insula et Isoldam ux' ejus imped':—De uno mesuagio et una carucata terre in Compton; unde placitum warantie carte sum' fuit inter eos:—Galfrs. et Isolda recognoverunt predictum tenementum esse jus Baldewyni ut illud quod Matild. et Baldewynus habent de dono Galfri. et Isolde tenendum Matild. et Baldewyno et hbs. de corpore Baldewyni reddendo per annum unum den' ad Pascha et faciendo capitalibus dominis &c., Et si contingat quod Baldewynus obierit sine herede de corpore suo procreato tunc post decessum Matilde integre revertetur ad Galfrm. et Isoldam et heredes Isolde:—Pro hoc fine Matild. et Baldewynus dederunt Galfro. et Isolde quadraginta libras. [7° Edward I. Cycestr' Cras' Sci. Michis. (File 29 No. 26).]
from the Fine Rolls (Whitehead p. 233-4):
Galf’ro de Insula — De homagio capto Rege.
Rex cepit homagium Galfridi de Insula, fratris et heredis Willi de Esturs defuncti, de omnibus terris et tenementis quae idem Willelmus, frater suus, tenuit de Rege in capite die quo obiit, et ei terras illas et tenementa Rex reddidit. Et ideo mandatum est Malculino de Harleye, esceatori ultra Trentam, quod, accepta securitate a praefato Galfrido. . . de omnibus terris et tenementis praedictis, et de quibus praedictus Willelmus fuit seisitus in dominico suo ut de feodo in balliva sua die quo obiit, et quae occasione mortis ejusdem capta sunt in manum Regis, plenam seisinam habere faciat, salvo jure cujuslibet. Teste Rege apud Merington, xiiij die Jan.
Geoffrey’s inquisition post mortem.
Geoffrey de Insula
Writ, 1 Nov. 21 Edw. I.
[Southampton] Inq. made at Cosham on the eve of St. Andrew, 22 Edw. I.
Helesey. A messuage and 20a. land, held of Sir Matthew son of John, lord of Warblinton, rendering 6s. yearly and doing suit every three weeks at his court of Warblinton; 20a. land held of the king, doing suit at the castle of Porcestre every three weeks, and doing guard with one man there for eight days in time of war, and rendering 12s. 11d. yearly to the abbot of la Quarere; 15a. land held of Richard de Portesheye, rendering 1lb. pepper and a rose yearly; and 9s. 4 1/2d. free yearly rent.
Baldwin his son, aged 23 at the feast of St. John the Baptist last, is his next heir.
[Southhampton; Isle of Wight] Inq. 25 Nov. 22 Edw. I.
Gatecumbe. The manor (extent given), held of Lady Isabel de Fortibus, countess of Albemarle, for 1 1/2 knight’s fee, doing suit at the castle of Caresbrok every three weeks.
Kyngeswell. A messuage, 22a. land, 2a. pasture and 1a. wood, held of William le Prouce, rendering 5s. yearly; 1/2a. land held of Sir Ralph de Gorges for 12d. yearly; and 4a. land held of Roger de Chillingwode, rendering 12d. yearly; of all which he was enfeoffed jointly with Iseult de Alba Marla his wife for their lives with remainder to his heirs.
Merston. A sixth part of a knight’s fee pertaining to the manor of Gatecumbe, comprising a capital messuage, 70a. land, pasture, and 40s. rent, whereof the said Geoffrey and Iseult and Baldwin their son were jointly enfeoffed, viz. to the said Geoffrey and his heirs, and to Iseult for life.
Heir as above.
Commentary
The Hampshire VCH (5:sub Brading) states that Iseult was probably the widow of William de Aumarle, who died in 1288-9 holding a fee at Alverstone, and leaving a son Geoffrey. This seems to be incorrect, as Geoffrey de Lisle is recorded already married to an Isolda in 1279. William’s son and heir Geoffrey was born about 1267, so if Iseult was his sister, she must have been much older. Perhaps she was a sister of William.
References
An Abstract of Feet of Fines For the County of Sussex: Vol. 2, 1249-1307, ed. L F Salzmann (Lewes, 1908). [British History Online has a digital version.]
Calendar[s] of Inquisitions Post Mortem. [Public Record Office. Digital versions available at British History Online.]
'Compton', in A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 4, the Rape of Chichester, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1953), pp. 91-94.
Liber feodorum. The book of fees, commonly called Testa de Nevill, reformed from the earliest MSS. (1920).
'Parishes: Gatcombe', in A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 5, ed. William Page (London, 1912), pp. 246-249.
Whitehead, James Livesay. The Undercliff of the Isle of Wight, Past and Present. (1911).