Simon Fitz Peter was an English noble who during his career was
sheriff of Northamptonshire
This is a list of the High Sheriffs of Northamptonshire.
The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the respon ...
,
Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire in the reign of
Henry II, marshal in 1165, and justice-itinerant in Bedfordshire in 1163. The
patronymic is sometimes rendered Fitz Piers.
Life
Simon was the eldest son of Piers de Lutegareshale, forester of
Ludgershall. His younger brother
Geoffrey inherited by his wife Beatrice de Say the
Earldom of Essex
Earl of Essex is a title in the Peerage of England which was first created in the 12th century by King Stephen of England. The title has been recreated eight times from its original inception, beginning with a new first Earl upon each new cre ...
.
He was a steward of
Simon II de Senlis, was sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire in Michaelmas 1156. Simon served as sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1155–1156 and 1163-1168. He is named in the witnesses of the
Constitutions of Clarendon
The Constitutions of Clarendon were a set of legislative procedures passed by Henry II of England in 1164. The Constitutions were composed of 16 articles and represent an attempt to restrict ecclesiastical privileges and curb the power of the Chur ...
during January 1164.
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References
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12th-century English people