Anne's write up from Findagrave: Roger FitzJohn de Lacy of Pontefract, Yorkshire. 6th Baron of Pontefract, 7th Lord of Bowland, Lord of Blackburnshire, 7th Baron of Halton, hereditary Constable of Cheshire.
Son of John FitzRichard, Baron of Halton, Lord of Bowland, Lord of Flamborough and Constable of Chester and Alice de Vere Mandeville. Grandson of Richard FitzEustace Clavering and Albreda de Lisoures, Geoffrey de Mandeville and Rohese de Vere.
Husband of Maud de Clere, possible daughter of Richard and Lady Amice de Muellent. They had two sons; John, the Earl of Lincoln and Magna Carta Baron and Roger.
His paternal grandmother was Albreda de Lisours, who had inherited the Barony in her own right as 1st-cousin and heir to Robert de Lacy (d 1193), the 4th Baron of Pontefract. In an agreement with her, Roger adopted the name of de Lacy in order to receive the right to inherit the Barony of Pontefract and its lands, and the lands of Bowland, and Blackburnshire, and he gave up all claims to his grandmother's de Lisours lands.
Roger was Constable of Chester when the Ranulph, the Earl of Chester sent word he was besieged at Rothelan Castle, Wales, and looking to Roger for rescue. Roger was at the Chester Faire, who had been given the privilege of the faire, and who had ordered that all attendees, thieves or scallywags, had the rite of safe passage to the faire, unless they committed a crime at the faire. Roger gathered together attendees and they marched to Rothelan, such a large group the Welsh mistook them for soldiers and fled. Ranulph was so pleased he granted the patronage of all the minstrels of the area to Roger, who in turn, granted them to his steward. It is said the delights of the minstrels was enjoyed for many years.
Roger attended the Siege of Acon under Richard the Lion Hearted's banners, and enjoyed the laurels for the victory. Roger was proclaimed the Sheriff of Northumberland to conduct William, King of Scotland, to Lincoln for his interview with John Lackland, King of England.
From an unknown source:
Roger became immortalized in the annals of medieval warfare for his bravery, fortitude and endurance. He was stated by many accounts to be the most remarkable man of his day and by the Welsh, his inveterate foes, was styled "Roger Hell" for his fierce spirit during his Castle-Defiance against the King of Normandy, Philip Augustus. Roger de Lacy obtained Pontefract in 1194 after Robert II de Lacy, his grand-uncle, and then John de Lacy, his father has passed, it was not until 1204, that Roger de Lacy officially was confirmed with the Honour of Pontefract, after the Normandy Campaign in which Roger held the Castle Gaillard at bay from the Norman army of King Philip of France. Upon the death of his father John, Roger accepted his rightful claims to the honors of Pontefract with great pride and upon this inheritance.
Anne's write up from Findagrave: Lord of Pontefract, of Yorkshire and Hatton, Cheshire. Hereditary Constable of Chester, Sheriff of Chester, Baron of Halton Castle.
Son and heir to Sir Roger Fitz John de Lacy of Pontefract and his wife, Maud de Clare. Grandson of John FitzRichard de Lacy and Alice de Mandeville, possibly Sir Richard de Clere and Lady Amice de Muellent.
John married Alice d'Aigle, daughter of Gilbert de l'Aigle of Pevensey, Sussex and Isabel de Warenne, daughter of Hamelin, the illegitimate son of Geoffrey Plantagenet. They married in 1214 but had no children. Alice died in 1216 and was buried at Norton.
Secondly, John married Margaret de Quincy, the daughter and heiress of Robert de Quincy and Hawise, the Countess of Lincoln, daughter of Hugh, the Earl of Chester. They were married before 21 June 1221 and had one son and two daughters;, Sir Edmund, the Earl of Lincoln, Maud, the wife of Sir Richard de Clare, and Idonea.
John received livery of his inheritance July 1213 after his father's death, after which he was with King John in Poitou, and one of the few English Barons to take the Cross for the Crusades in oath with King John 04 March 1214. The next year, John joined the other Barons in the confederacy against the king, and was one of the elected barons to guarantee the observance of the Magna Carta, and excommunicated by Pope Innocent 16 Dec 1215.
John made peace with the king but by summer of 1216 he rebelled again, Richard destroyed his castle of Donington. John was pardoned by King Henry III, commissioned to bring Alexander, the King of Scots to England. John accompanied Ranulph, the Earl of Chester on crusade and fought at the Siege of Damietta, returning to England mid 1220.
The remainder of his years were full of appointments and court activity, falling in and out of favor, becoming the Earl of Lincoln in 1232 at the insistence of his wife's mother. Joining the against Peter de Roches, the Bishop of Winchester, in 1233 made him the king's unpopular councillor, yet he was made the justice in Lincolnshire 1234, carried a state sword at the Queen's coronation 1236, and made plenipotentiary (person with full power) for peace with Scotland in 1237.
John died 22 July 1240, buried near his father in the monk's choir at Stanlaw Abbey, then later moved to Whalley.
His widow, Margaret, married Walter Marshall, Earl of Pembroke and thirdly Richard de Wiltshire. She died at Hampstead, Middlesex shortly before 30 March 1266, buried near her father in the Church of the Hospitallers, Clerkenwell, Middlesex.
Having founded the Church of St. Peter at Hereford, and taking much interest in the building, when the work was nearly finished, he mounted a ladder to inspect some portion of it, when his foot slipping, he fell and was killed on the spot (6 kalends of April, 1084). He was buried in the chapter-house of the Cathedral at Gloucester, to which Emmeline, his wife, for the health of his soul, gave five hides of land at Duntesborne.
By this lady, whoever she was, he left three sons, Roger, Hugh and Walter, the last a monk in the Abbey of St. Peter at Gloucester; and two daughters, Ermeline and Emma.
Dying before the compilation of Domesday, we cannot be certain what was his reward in lands and honours for the services he had rendered his sovereign; but in that precious record we find his son and successor, Roger, in possession of ninety-six lordships, sixty-five of which were in Gloucestershire, besides four carucates of land lying within the limits of the Castle of Civia, which King William had bestowed on his father. Conspiring, however, against William Rufus, first with Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, and afterwards witli Robert de Mowbray, Earl of Northumberland, he was banished the realm and all his lands given to his brother Hugh, the founder of Llanthony Priory, who, dying without issue, left his great inheritance between his two sisters above named. Ermeline had no children; but Emma, [An Emma de Lacie, probably the aunt of this Emma, took the veil in the Convent of St. Amand de Rouen before 1069.] by a husband unnamed, had issue, a son, Gilbert, who assumed the name of Lacy and became the ancestor of the great lord of Ulster and conqueror of the largest part of Ireland.
http://www.patpnyc.com/conq/lacy.shtml
Walter de Lacy (1046, Lassy (Normandy) – 1089, Hereford) was a companion of William I of England and came to England in the year 1066 to fight in the battle of Hastings. Walter de Lacy was buried at Gloucester Cathedral. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Lacy
Hugh de Lasny. Probably a misspelling of Hugh de Lassy son of Walter de Lacy who held in Shropshire and other counties. Hugh was under-tenant of Earl Roger in Shropshire. Holdings were Knighton & Norton . http://www.infokey.com/Domesday/Shropshire.htm
Roger de Lacy's Shropshire Land Holdings in Domesday 1086: Aldon Bitterley Cleobury North Corfton Ditton Priors Forton Higford Hopton Wafers Little Wytheford The Low Middlehope Moreton Say Patton Plaish Rushbury Stanton Lacy Stanton Stokesay Stoke-upon-Tern Waters Upton Wheathill
1171 Aug 18 Accompanied King Henry II Curtmantle to Waterford.
Hugh de Lacy (? – July 25, 1186, Durrow, Leinster) was the great grandson of Walter de Lacy. In 1172 County Meath was granted by Henry II of England to Hugh de Lacy. He was the 1st Lord of Meath. You can follow the pedegree up to the Earls of Meath. Hugh de Lacy and his son Walter de Lacy (1180 – 1240) built Trim Castle and Kilkea Castle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Lacy
King William gave him the castle and town of Brokenbridge (Pontefract), York, England.
The other companion of the Conqueror received for his services at Senlac, the castle and town of Pontefract and all that part of the county of Lancaster then as now called Blackburnshire, with other lands of vast extent, so that at the time of the general survey he possessed one hundred and seventy lordships, the greater portion of them in Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, and Lincolnshire, and obtained from King William Rufus a confirmation of all those customs belonging to his Castle at Pontefract, which he had enjoyed in the time of King William his father.
By his wife, a lady named Hawise, he left two sons, Robert and Hugh, the former of whom completed the building of the Abbey of St. Oswald at Nostell, the foundation of which was commenced by his father, and amply endowed it. http://www.patpnyc.com/conq/lacy.shtml
Ilbert de Lacy (1045, Lassy (Normandy) – 1093, Pontefract) built Pontefract Castle on land granted by William I of England. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Lacy
Named after her Grandmother
Some dispute of this is Judith's father and mother.
Lambert II, Count of Lens (d. 1054), was a French nobleman. He was the son of Eustace I, Count of Bologne and of Maud de Leuven. He married Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale, daughter of Robert I, Duke of Normandy. Lambert was killed at the battle of Lille. He had a daughter, Judith of Lens.
1189 July 6- When his father, Henry died II, Henry III was to inherit England, Normandy and Anjou; Richard the Lionhearted was to gain Poitiou, Geoffrey received Britany, John to get pittance when married.but no land, thusly "Lackland"
1189 Aug 29 - John Lackland married Isabella, daughter of William, Earl of
Gloucester (no issue)
1189 Sept 2 - Richard I The Lionhearted crowned King of England at Westminster
Abbey. Gave John vast lands in attempt to appease his brother.
1190 - Massacre of Jews in York after third Crusade against Saladin invoked
hatred towards Moslems, Third Crusade was to liberate the Holy Land from
the Moslem Turks.
1190 - Richard fulfilled promise to his father and joined Third Crusade with
Philip II of France
1191 - Richard I went on crusade to the Holy Land was captured in Germany
and released for a ransom, returned to fighting King Philip II of France,
died in battle in Aquitane. Philip fought alongside Richard during the crusades
but turned when Richard rejected the marriage proposal of Philips' sister
Alice in favor of Princess Berengaria (Berengia) of Navarre
1191 - Richard conquered Saladin in Cyprus on route to Jerusalem
Philip returned to France and plotted with Richard's brother, John Lackland.
1191 May 12 - Richard the Lionhearted married Princess Berengia at Limasol,
Cyprus
Richard heard of plot and started home, captured by Leopold V of Austria
and held prisoner by Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor until 1194
1194 - Richard returned home, seized back lands given to Philip of France,
squashed John's rebellion who was forced to ask for a pardon and spent next
years in Richard's shadow.
1198 - Richard finally conquered Philip at Gisors.
1199 Apr 6 - Richard died from wounds received during skirmish at the Castle
of Chalus near Limousin
1199 May 27 - John Lackland crowned King of England, Named Lackland as he
was fourth son and could not use lands he was entitled to.
Installed first income tax to recover losses from Richard's wars and Magna
Carta, the first bill of human rights.
1210 Richard has
Mathilda
de Saint Valery, wife of William
de Braose, his sixth cousin, and her son, William, walled up in her castle
to die. Never did find out why.
1220 Aug 24 - John Lackland married Isabel, daughter of Aymer Taillefer,
Count of Angouleme.
John alienated Aquitane by divorcing Isabella of Gloucester for no heir and
marrying the teen-aged daughter of the Count of Angouleme, already betrothed
to Hugh de Lusignan of Poitiou.
Philip ordered John to appear, John refused, Philip withdrew all John's French
holdings.
John marched to Poitiou, freed Eleanor and killed Arthur of Britany. John
returned to England to have only the Channel Islands.
William The Lion of Scotland retook Northumberland and Cumberland, John had
no support from the Pope Innocent, disputing the appointment of Stephen Langton
after the death of Archbishop Hubert Walter in 1205.
1202 - Eleanor of Aquitane died Fontevraud Abbey, Maine-et-Loire, France
1205 - John lost remaining French possessions and returned to England
1207 - Geoffrey fled England for church taxes
1209 - Innocent excommunicated John, John forced to accept Langton as archbishop
1210 - Second visit to Ireland in attempt to control independent lords, was
able to usurp Walter and Hugh De Lacy.
1212 - John tried to recover French losses, demanding support from barons
who refused.
John fought against French King Philip's son, Prince Louis
1213 - John abandoned Ireland to the Pope
1214 - Alexander II became King of Scotland
1215 - discontent barons took London
1216 June - John reluctantly signed the Magna Carts at Runnymede, the forerunner
to the constitution, a compromise between John and the barons drawn up by
Langton with feudal lords enforcing rights with a contract with the king.
1 - Church was free to make ecclesiastic appointments.
2 - Larger-than-normal amounts of money could only be collected with the
consent of the king's feudal tenants.
3 - No freeman was to be punished except within the context of common law
1216 Oct 18 - John died at Newark Castle. After he overindudged in peaches
and cider he became ill, leading to dysentary and he died two days later.
Poisoning per Isabella's directions has always been suspected.
1216 Oct 28 - Henry III, John Lackland's son was crowned King of England
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Marriage 1 Agatha De Ferrers b: 1172
Children
Joan Princess of Wales b: 1190
Marriage 2 Isabella Countess of Glouchester b: 1170
Marriage 3 Suzanne De Warrenne b: 1170
Children
Richard FitzJohn Baron Chilham b: 1190
Marriage 4 Isabella De Taillefer of Angouleme b: 1188 in Angouleme, Charente,
France
Married: 24 Aug 1200 in Bordeaux, France
Children
Henry III King of England b: 1 OCT 1207
Richard Plantagenet Earl of Cornwall b: 5 JAN 1208/09 in Winchester Castle,
Hampshire, England
Joan Princess of England b: 1211
Elizabeth Empress of Germany b: 1214
Eleanor Princess of England b: 1215
Besides Joan, the wife of Llywelyn Fawr, his illegitimate daughter by a woman named Clemence, John had a son named Richard Fitz Roy by his first cousin, Adela, a daughter of his uncle Hamelin de Warenne. By another mistress, Hawise, John had Oliver FitzRoy, who accompanied the papal legate Pelayo to Damietta in 1218, and never returned. By an unknown mistress (or mistresses) John fathered: Geoffrey FitzRoy, who went on expedition to Poitou in 1205 and died there; John FitzRoy, a clerk in 1201; Henry FitzRoy, who died in 1245; Osbert Gifford, who was given lands in Oxfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Sussex, and is last seen alive in 1216; Eudes FitzRoy, who accompanied his half-brother Richard on Crusade and died in the Holy Land in 1241; Bartholomew FitzRoy, a member of the order of Friars Preachers; Maud FitzRoy, Abbess of Barking, who died in 1252; Isabel FitzRoy, wife of Richard Fitz Ives; and Philip FitzRoy, found living in 1263. (FitzRoy is Norman-French for son of the king.)
According to records of payment made to King John's bath attendant, William Aquarius, the king bathed on average about once every three weeks, which cost a considerable sum of 5d to 6d each, suggesting an elaborate and ceremonial affair. Although this may seem barbaric by modern standards, it was civilised compared to monks who were expected to bathe three times a year, with the right not to bathe at all if they so chose.
Much more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_I_of_England
Petronilla had the manors of Britford, Wilts, and Yarkhill, Hereford, in free marriage.
Lord of Weobley, Hereford, Sheriff of Herefordshire, Lord of Meath, Ireland, and Weobley, Hereford. Walter de Lacy (1180 – 1240) was Lord of Meath and Ludlow. His daughter Gille de Lacy married Richard de Burgh Lord of Connaught and Strathearn. The pedigree spawns from Walter de Burgh (? - 1271), Richard Og de Burgh (2nd Earl of Ulster) (1259 - July 26, 1326) to Lady Elizabeth de Burgh the wife of Robert the Bruce. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Lacy
Judiciar of Ireland, Lord of Meath.
The Lordship of Meath contained 800,000 acres
She is described as "highly-competitive and somewhat embittered" and the most most litigious (and wealthiest) women in the 13th century with lawsuits against even her own son. Her relationship with her mother was called strained, and she never received her mother's title of Countess of Lincoln.
Before her husband's annullment was final (they had married in secret), Maud's parents paid enormous sums to King Henry III to buy her marriage into the de Clare family. She would have been considered the wife of one of the powerful men of their era except her mother kept tabs of the de Clare fortune through her second marriage to the Marshal and de Clares. Maud reluctantly gave a property to her husband's niece, but sued her for it after the niece's husband died. The niece was able to prove Maud's 'gift' and won the lawsuit.
Daughter and third child of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and Blanche Plantagenet of Lancaster, Countess of Derby. Elizabeth was raised in her father's royal household under Katherine Swynford.
Her first husband was John de Hastings, the 3rd Earl of Pembroke, married 24 June 1380 at Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire, England. She was seventeen years old and her husband eight.
In 1386, the marriage was annulled as she became pregnant by the infamous seducer, John de Holand, and they married on 24 June 1386 in Plymouth, Devon. The marriage produced six children:
Constance Holland (1387–1437) who married Thomas Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk and Sir John Grey and had issue.
Richard Holland (c. 1389 – 3 September 1400); had no issue.
Alice Holland (c. 1392 – c. 1406) who married Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford; had no issue.
John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter (1395–1447); had issue.
Sir Edward Holland (1399–1413); had no issue.However, Holand was executed for his part in the Epiphany Rising against his cousin, Henry IV.
The same year, she married Sir John Cornwall, 1st Baron Fanhope and Milbroke. This marriage caused some scandal as Sir John failed to ask her brother for permission to marry Elizabeth, which resulted in his being arrested. However the marriage is said to have been a happy and loving one and they went on to have two children, Constance who married John d'Arundel, and Sir John, who was killed in the 100 Year War.
She died in 1426 and was buried at Burford Church, Burford, Shropshire.
Unknown parentage, died before 22 Nov 1268. Knighted befiore 1262, held the office of Sheriff of Yorkshire July 1254 to 1260, and 1266 to 1267. He lived at Scrampston, Yorkshire.
1st Lord Latimer of Corby, acquired Corby from his father in law, Walter Ledet. Created Lord Latimer 1290, writ of summons dated 29 Dec 1299. He fought at the Battle of Stirling 1297, and the Battle of Falkirk 1298, keeper of Berwick 1300, Siege of Carlaverock June 1300.
bef 20 Apr 1295 - maried Lucy Thweng, daughter of Robert de Thweng
06 Feb 1299 - created 1st Lord Latimer of Corby a year before his father was
05 Dec 1304 - created 2nd Lord Latimer of Corby
bef 22 July 1312 - divorced Lucy
24 June 1314 - fought at the Battle of Bannockburn
bef 18 Aug 1314 - married Sibyl Fourneaux, daughter of Sir Richard
16 Mar 1322 - Battle of Boroughbridge against his cousin, Thomas, Earl of Lancaster
Jan 1323 - held the office of Keeper of York
1324 - involved in peace negotiations with Scotland
Succeeded to the title of Lord of Latimer before 02 Nov 1335
Fought at the Battle of Crecy 1346, first division
Invested as a Knight before 1351
Held the office of Lt and Captain General in Gascony 1359
Invested as a Knight of the Garter 1362
Held the office of Steward in the Household 1369
Held the office of Warden of the Cinque Ports 1372
Held the office of Constable of Dover Castle 1372
My bio from his Findagrave memorial:
4th Lord of Corby, Knight of the Garter
William was the son of William le Latimer, 3rd Lord of Corby and Elizabeth Botetourt. Grandson of John de Botetourt and Maud FitzOtho. He as born at Scrampston, and christened at Saint Andrew's, Rillington, Yorkshire.
William married Elizabeth FitzEdmund, the daughter of Edmuind FitzAlan and Alice de Warenne. They were married by 1353 and had one daughter, Elizabeth, Baroness Latimer and Lady Neville.
The Latimers held the manor of Isenhampsted-Latimers, Potton Manor until 1392, and the castle of Pehou on the north coast of France.
The St Albans Chronicler described William as having a very loose morality, being greedy, proud, cruel, deceitful and untrustworthy with a lack of wisdom, used to luxury, but eloquent.
William was at the Battle of Crecy in 1346 at age 16, knighted by 1351, receiving title of his lands the same year and being excused from Parliament as he was in royal service in Calais, France. He witnessed Edward Balliol's surrender in 1356, served in Gacony in 1359, and became a Knight of the Garter, Stall 25, after the death of William FitzWarin in 1361. William was appointed as the Lieutenant and Captain for John de Montfort, the Duke of Brittany, and controlled the castles of Becherel and Trungo. He was at the Battle of Auray in 1364, and appointed Keeper of Becherel in 1368, and of Saint Sauver-le-Vicomte in 1370. William was assigned as Steward of the Household 1368 to 1370, appointed a Warden of the Scottish Marches in 1370, Chamberlain of the Household 1371, Constable of Dover and Warden of the Cinque Ports 1372, assisted in negotiations with Portugal 1373 and 1375, was the Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset in 1374 and 1380.
William and his son-in-law, John de Neville, Lord Raby, were in favor at King Edward's high court and with John of Gaunt.
In April of 1376, the Good Parliament led by Peter de la Mare, was called, and several people were accused of treason as corrupt advisors, Latimer, de Neville and Alice Perrers, the public mistress of King Edward, were among them. They were accused of using royal funds to their own advantage, creating false loans, taking bribes and the oppression of Brittany. The multitude of charges against William were eventually proven, and he became the first recorded impeachment, removed form his office in the household, fined and imprisoned. John of Gaunt's influence freed William, and he was returned to favor.
William was the executor of King Edward III's will in 1377, when he also became governor of Calais, and fought the Spaniards at the Battle of Sluys. William accompanied Thomas of Woodstock on his expedition into Brittany in 1380. William's last battle was the Siege of Nantes.
William's will was made on 10 July 1380, and he died of a stroke on the 8th of May, 1381. He was 52 years old. His title of Baron Latimer became extinct upon his death.
In 1308, Robert de Wauton complained that Alice, the widow of William le Latimer and Joan, Alexander's wife, besieged him at his residence at Eaton Beauchamp, took down this trees and fences and threw them, along with his hay, int he Rover Use. Wonder what he did?
In 1313, Joan was granted custody of the manor of Faxfleet, Yorkshire, "late of the Templars." The next year she was granted protection for one year without clause. The same year she complained that John Torny and others broke her close at Faxfleet, Yorkshire, assaulted her and took away her goods. In 1316 she had seisen of her lands in Scotland, in 1319 she complained Gilbert de Aton and others carried away her goods at Malton, Yorkshire. She received a grant of safe conduct in 1320 to Scotland with one knight, six squires six men of office and ten grooms to restore her lands in Scotland. Again granted protection for one year in 1323, and granted £40 yearly for the production in Yorkshire.
Joan was still living 01 Oct 1340.