Geoffrey of Langley

Sir Geoffrey of Langley Knight ( * 1243, † 1307 ) was an English diplomat.

Life

Geoffrey of Langley was the younger son of Geoffrey de Langley. He was an ally of Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby. As this 1268 joined the rebellion of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester against Edward I, Geoffrey of Langley joined the camp of Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster

Geoffrey of Langley participated from 1270 to 1271 on the seventh crusade of Edward I in the Holy Land. 1280 had in Geoffrey of Langley next to the property two water mills, two domains and eight farms.

Geoffrey of Langley joined in 1290 in Genoa, the company of the Buscarel Gisolfe, Ambassador of the Mongolian Ilkhan Arghun and traveled with him to Tabriz, where reigned from 1291 Gaichatu. The travel expenses of the mission have been preserved. Geoffrey was back in Genoa on January 11, 1293. 1294 accompanied Geoffrey of Langley Crouchback Edmund, 1st Earl of Lancaster to France.