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[SUSANNA KEENE.FTW]

Decapitated by an Irishman while he was showing him how to use
a pick.

Hugh is possibly Gilbert's brother rather than son.

"Much more is known of the actions of Hugh II than of any
previous member of
the family. He paid no scutage in 1164-5, so that he was
probably present in
person on the campaign of 1165 from Shrewsbury into North
Wales. He was in
Ireland with the king from October 1171, and remained there
after the king
returned in April 1172. He was back in England by 29 December
1172, when he distinguished himself at the first public
festival of St. Thomas at Canterbury. The archbishop was
carried away by the occasion and expressed himself rather too
strongly, only to be rebuked firmly by Hugh II. In the summer
of 1173 he was in Normandy helping to quell the rising, and
with Hugh de Beauchamp held the castle of Verneuil while it was
being besieged by
Louis VII in July. He spent some time during the year in
Ireland, where he
had acquired the old kingsom of Meath, so that from now onwards
he spent a
good deal of time on the west side of St. George's Channel. In
the same
year he had been given the city of Dublin and its castle, a
grant followed
five years later by his promotion to Viceroy. That post he
held until 1184,
although he had been deprived of Dublin castle for a short
period in 1181-2
as a penalty for marrying the daughter of Rory O'Connor, the
last king of
Connaught. At Durrow in July 1186 he had his head cut off by
an Irishman
while he was showing him how to use a pick, according to the
graphic
desctiprion in the chronicle of St. Mary, Dublin -- a
commentary on his
restless nature, apparently intolerant of inefficiency to the
end."
--- W E Wightman, *The Lacy Family in England and Normandy,
1066-1194*,
Oxford (Clarendon Press) 1966, p 190-191

Records not imported into INDI (individual) Gramps ID I4460:

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Skipped subordinate line Line 107439: 4 TEXT Date of Import: Aug 7, 2000