Geoffrey de Turville

Geoffrey de Turville ( died 1250 ) was an English-born cleric who was Bishop of Ossory and briefly Lord Chancellor of Ireland.

He was probably a native of Turville in Buckinghamshire. He is first heard of in Ireland in 1218 in the entourage of Henry de Loundres, Archbishop of Dublin. He held a variety of clerical offices before becoming Bishop of Ossory in 1244; he also held a number of administrative posts, including Treasurer of Ireland and was Lord Chancellor of Ireland for a brief period around 1237. Elrington Ball praises him as a highly trained and able lawyer.He died in London in October 1250.[1]

References

  1. ^ Ball, F. Elrington The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921 John Murray London 1926