It has been suggested that, after the resounding defeat of Otto and his English ally John at the Battle of Bouvines (1214), Gervase was forced to retire to the duchy of Braunschweig, where he became, and died, provost of Ebstorf, and it is apparent that his work was known to the authors of the Ebstorf world map (ca. 1234–40).
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There are 4 Tilburys in the county; Tilbury (the dock town, founded from c.1883), East Tilbury and West Tilbury (both medieval manors and parishes) on the Thames shore and Tilbury Juxta Clare in the north of the shire.
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Gervase of Tilbury or Gervasius Tilberiensis (ca. 1150 – ca. 1228) was a 13th-century canon lawyer, statesman and writer, born in West Tilbury, in Essex, England.
Tilbury | East Tilbury | London, Tilbury and Southend Railway | Port of Tilbury | John Tilbury | Tilbury Town railway station | Tilbury (the dock town, founded from c.1883) | Tilbury Juxta Clare | Gervase Markham | West Tilbury | Tilbury, Ontario | Gervase Lucas | Gervase Helwys | Gervase Beckett | Gervase Babington |