Roger de LACY
Birth:
Abt 1171
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Death:
1211
Mother:
Sources:
The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by WalterLee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 54-1
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Notes:
Roger de Lacy, constable of Chester, assisted at the siege of Acon in1192 under the banner of the lion-hearted Richard, and shared in thesubsequent triumphs of the chivalrous monarch. At the accession of Johnin 1199, he was a person of great eminence, for we find him shortly afterthe coronation of that prince deputed with the sheriff of Northumberlandand other great men to conduct William, King of Scotland, to Lincoln,where the English king had fixed to give him an interview, and the nextyear he was one of the barons present at Lincoln, when David, ofScotland, did homage and fealty to King John.
In the time of this Roger, Ranulph, Earl of Chester, having entered Walesat the head of some forces, was compelled by superior numbers to shuthimself up in the castle of Rothelan, where, being closely besieged bythe Welsh, he sent for aid to the constable of Chester. Hugh Lupus, the1st Earl of Chester, in his charter of foundation of the abbey of St.Werberg, at Chester, had given a privilege to the frequenters of Chesterfair, "That they should not be apprehended for theft or any other offenceduring the time of the fair, unless the crime was committed therein."This privilege made the fair, of course, the resort of thieves andvagabonds from all parts of the kingdom. Accordingly, the constable,Roger de Laci, forthwith marched to his relief at the head of a concourseof people then collected at the fair of Chester, consisting of minstrelsand loose characters of all descriptions, forming altogether so numerousa body that the besiegers, at their approach, mistaking them forsoldiers, immediately raised the siege. For this timely service, the Earlof Chester conferred upon de Lacy and his heirs the patronage of all theminstrels in those parts, which patronage the constable transferred tohis steward, Dutton, and his heirs; and it is enjoyed to this day by thefamily of Dutton.
It is doubtful, however, whether the privilege was transferred to theDuttons by this constable or his successor. The privilege was, "That, atthe midsummer fair held at Chester, all the minstrels of that country,resorting to Chester, do attend the heir of Dutton, from his lodging toSt. John's Church (he being then accompanied by many gentlemen of thecountry, one of them walking before him in a surcoat of his arms depictedon taffeta, the rest of his fellows proceeding two and two, and playingon their several sorts of musical instruments."] When divine serviceterminates, the like attendance upon Dutton to his lodging, where a courtbeing kept by his steward, and all the minstrels formally called, certainorders and laws are made for the government of the society of minstrels.
Roger de Lacy was s. by his son, John de Lacy, constable of Chester. [SirBernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke'sPeerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 310-311, Lacy, Earls of Lincoln]
Maud de CLARE
Birth:
Abt 1176
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Death:
1213
Mother:
Sources:
The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by WalterLee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 28A-2, 54-1
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Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
Abt 1192
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Death:
22 Jul 1240
Stanlaw, Cheshire, England
Notes:
on the Earldom of Lincoln, prior creations, [Burke's Peerage, p. 1712]:
The Earldom of Lincoln was revived twenty years after the 2nd Earl'sdeath in favour of his cousin, Ranulph Earl of Chester, who of coursealso had a long-standing connection with the county through their commonancestress Countess Lucy. Ranulph's prominent role in defeating theFrench invaders at the Battle of Lincoln earlier in 1217, the year he wasmade Earl of Lincoln, played a part in his elevation. Soon afterMichaelmas 1230 he made over the Earldom to his sister Hawise, from whomit was conveyed to her son-in-law John de Lacy, the traffic in thedignity being approved by Henry III in both cases in the autumn of 1232.
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John de Lacy, Constable of Chester, in the 15th year of King John,undertook the payment of 7,000 marks to the crown in the space of fouryears for the livery of the lands of his inheritance and to be dischargedof all his father's debts due to the exchequer; further obliging himselfby oath that, in case he should ever swerve from his allegiance andadhere to the king's enemies, all his possessions should devolve upon thecrown; promising also that he would not marry without the king's license.By this agreement it was arranged that the king should retain the castlesof Pontefract and Dunnington, still in his own hands; and that he, thesaid John, should allow 40 per annum for the custody of thosefortresses. But the next year he had Dunnington restored to him uponhostages. About this period he joined the baronial standard and was oneof the celebrated twenty-five barons appointed to enforce the observanceof Magna Carta. But the next year he obtained letters of safe conduct tocome to the king to make his peace, and he had similar letters upon theaccession of Henry III, in the 2nd year of which monarch's reign he wentwith divers other noblemen into the Holy Land. He m. Margaret, dau. andheir of Robert de Quincy, Earl of Winchester, by Hawyse, 4th sister andco-heir of Ranulph de Meschines, Earl of Chester and Lincoln, whichRanulph, by a formal charter under his seal, granted the Earldom ofLincoln, that is, so much as he could grant thereof, to the said Hawyse,"to the end that she might be countess and that her heirs might alsoenjoy the earldom;" which grant was confirmed by the king and, at theespecial request of the countess, this John de Lacy, constable ofChester, was created by charter, dated at Northampton, 23 November, 1232,Earl of Lincoln, with remainder to the heirs of his body, by his wife,the above-named Margaret. In the contest which occurred during the sameyear between the king and Richard Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, EarlMarshal, Matthew Paris states that the Earl of Lincoln was brought overto the king's party with John le Scot, Earl of Chester, by Peter deRupibus, bishop of Winchester, for a bribe of 1,000 marks. In 1237, hislordship was one of those appointed to prohibit Oto, the pope's legate,from establishing anything derogatory to the king's crown and dignity inthe council of prelates then assembled; and the same year he had a grantof the sheriffalty of Cheshire, being likewise constituted governor ofthe castle of Chester. The earl d. in 1240, leaving Margaret, his wife,surviving, who re-m. William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke. His lordship leftissue, Edmund, his successor, and two daus., which ladies in the 27thHenry III, were removed to Windsor, there to be educated with the king'sown daus.; of these, Maud m. Richard de Clare, Earl of Gloucester. [SirBernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London,1883]
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Roger de Lacy - Maud de Clare
Roger de Lacy
was born at Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England Abt 1171.
His parents were John FitzRichard de , Constable of Chester Lacy and Alice de Mandeville.
He married Maud de Clare . Maud de Clare was born at Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England Abt 1176 daughter of Richard de , Earl Hertford & Gloucester Clare and Amice of Gloucester .
They were the parents of 1
child:
John de , Earl of Lincoln Lacy
born Abt 1192.
Roger de Lacy died 1211 .
Maud de Clare died 1213 .