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Geoffrey de Luterel


Sir Geoffrey de Luterel I (c. 1158–1218), was a courtier and confidante of King John, whom he served as a minister.

He was born around 1158 in Gamsten, Nottinghamshire, England, the son of Alfred de Luterel (1105-1170).

He travelled with King John (1199-1216) on missions to Ireland and Italy and in about 1210 was granted lands near Dublin, Ireland where he established the township of Luttrellstown, near Clonsilla. In 1215 he was also granted the townland of Cratloe in County Clare, including the Cratloe Oak Woods.

On February 26, 1190 he married Frethesant Paynel (alias Paganel, etc.), heiress of several estates including Irnham, Lincolnshire and East Quantoxhead, Somerset and others in Yorkshire, which thus passed to the Luttrell family. By his wife he had 3 children:

In 1216 he was declared non compos mentis and was placed in the custody of his brother, John Luttrell. He died in 1218, aged about 60.

He was the head of the three main branches of the Luttrell family, namely:



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