Payne FitzJohn de Lacy

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Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire, England

John (Monoculus) FitzNigell de Lacy

Magdalen

Constable of Chester Nigell de Lacy

Eustace

Richard

William

Agnes

Alice

Ewyas, Herefordshire, England

General Notes

PAYN FITZJOHN, probably 1st son and heir, was born before 1100. He was one of those minor barons who rose to importance and wealth as officers of Henry I, and from 1120 or earlier he constantly attests royal charters. In 1126 he became the King's vice-gerent in the palatine county of Shropshire. In 1130 he was acting as a Justice in cos. Stafford, Gloucester and Northants, usually in conjunction with Miles of Gloucester. He is said to have built Pain's Castle, co. Radnor; and in 1134 the Welsh burnt his castle of Caus, Salop, and slew all its inmates. At the death of Henry I he was vice-gerent of cos. Hereford and Salop; and he and Miles abovenamed, who ruled co. Gloucester, had extended their power over the Marches from the Severn to the sea. With other officers of the late King they would not go to court without a safe-conduct, fearing that they might be forced to disgorge the wealth which they had accumulated. Eventually they joined Stephen at Reading for the late King's funeral in January 1135/6. At Easter Payn was with Stephen at Westminster and he proceeded with the King to Oxford.

He married Sibyl, daughter of Geoffrey TALBOT, by Agnes, probably daughter of Walter DE LACY. Payn gave Sibyl as dower land from his own inheritance. He was killed when pursuing Welsh marauders by a javelin which pierced his head, and so died s.p.m. 10 July 1137 and was buried in the chapter-house of Gloucester Abbey. Sibyl survived him (j). [Complete Peerage XII/2:270-1, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

(j) Shortly after her husband's death the Bishop of Salisbury, as Chief Justiciar, ordered her to restore the property of her late husband removed by her since the confirmation of his possessions to their elder daughter, Cecily and her husband Roger, son of Miles de Gloucester, in particular the wheat, hay and wine. As Sybil de Lacy, for her soul and for the soul of her lord Pay FitzJohn, she confirmed a grant to her uncle, Walter de Lacy, Abbot of Gloucester.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Roger St. Saveur ^*
  - b.~  0940
  
  Viscomte Neil de St. Saveur
  - b.~  0980 in St. Sauveur, Normandy, France d.1071
  
  Comte de Lassy Hughes
  - b.~  1020 in St. Sauveur, Cotentin, Manche, Normandy, France d.1072 in Lassy, Virer, Normandy, France
  
  Count Geoffroy FitzRichard Brionne ^*
  - b.~  0953 in Brionne, Eure, Normandy, France d.1015 in Eu, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France
  
  Adela d'Eu
  - b.~  0985 in Eu, Dieppe, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
  
  Hawise de Guines
  - b.0958 in Castle at Guines, Pas-de-Calais, France
  
  Constable of Chester Nigell de Lacy
  - b.~  1040 in Lassy, Virer, Normandy, France d. in Chester, Cheshire, England
  
  Emma
  - b.~  1022
  
  John (Monoculus) FitzNigell de Lacy
  - b.~  1060 in Chester, Cheshire, England d.1138 in Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire, England
  
  Payne FitzJohn de Lacy
  - b.~  1098 in Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire, England d.10 Jul 1137 in Ewyas, Herefordshire, England
  
  Magdalen
  - b.~  1064 in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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