Gilbert de Montfíchet
- Born: 1120, Stanstead Mountfitchet, Bishop's Stortford, Essex, England
- Marriage: Aveline de Lucy 1207,1213
- Died: Abt 1190 about age 70
 Another name for Gilbert was Gilbert de Mountfitchet.
Noted events in his life were:
• Background Information. 1207
Gilbert de Montfíchet and Aveline his wife founded a small Benedictine nunnery on the banks of the Thames called Ankerwick. [Monasticon, v.vi, p.229] In 1183, he converted the chapel belonging to the Castle Montfichet into a parochial church dedicated to Thomas Becket. [Dictionnaire de la Noblesse].
~ Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society, Volume V, p. 187-
• Background Information. 1213
Before the Norman Conquest Letchworth was held by Godwin of Souberie (Soulbury), a thegn of King Edward the Confessor. In 1086 it formed part of the domain of Robert Gernon, and was assessed at 10 hides. Robert Gernon's estates were acquired early in the reign of Henry I by William de Montfitchet, [V.C.H. Essex, i, 347] who with his wife Rohais seems to have been holding Letchworth at the beginning of the 12th century. [Dugdale, Mon. ii, 229] His son William [Dugdale, Mon. ii, 229] succeeded him before 1135 and married Margaret [Ibid. v, 586-7] the daughter of Gilbert Fitz Richard de Clare. [S. Grimaldi, Rot. de Dominabus, 45] His wife outlived him and was still holding some of the Montfitchet lands in 1185. [Ibid] The rest of William's lands seem to have passed about 1167 to his son Gilbert, [Dugdale, Mon. v, 586-7 Red Bk. Exch. (Rolls Ser.), i, 349, 38] whose wife's name was Avelina. [Dugdale, Mon. iv, 231] Gilbert was succeeded by his son Richard about 1190, [Dugdale, Mon. vi, 231 Red Bk. Exch. (Rolls Ser.), ii, 730] whose son, also named Richard, [Dugdale, Mon. iv, 231] was one of the confederate barons of 1215 (Magna Carta Surities) who demanded the Charter of Liberties from King John. [Matt. Paris, (Rolls Ser.), ii, 585]
~ A History of the County of Hertford, Volume III, pp. 118-124
Gilbert married Aveline de Lucy, daughter of Richard "The Loyal" de Lucy Justiciar of England and Rohese de Boulogne. 1207,1213 (Aveline de Lucy was born about 1112 in Dunmow, Essex, England and died after 1196.)
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