Geoffrey de Turville was an English-born cleric who was Bishop of Ossory

Bishop of Ossory

The Bishop of Ossory is an episcopal title which takes its name after the ancient of Kingdom of Ossory in the Province of Leinster, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishoprics.-History:The diocese of Ossory...

 and briefly Lord Chancellor of Ireland

Lord Chancellor of Ireland

The office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland was the highest judicial office in Ireland until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. From 1721 to 1801 it was also the highest political office of the Irish Parliament.-13th century:...

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He was probably a native of Turville in Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....

. He is first heard of in Ireland in 1218 in the entourage of Henry de Loundres

Henry de Loundres

Henry de Loundres was an Anglo-Norman churchman who was Archbishop of Dublin, from 1213 to 1228. He was an influential figure in the reign of John of England, an administrator and loyalist to the king, and is mentioned in the text of the Magna Carta, the terms of which he helped to negotiate.He...

, 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.