Roger de Lacy , Constable of Chester 
Roger de was born about 1171 in Chester, Cheshire, England. Roger de's father was John FitzRichard de Lacy , Constable of Chester and his mother was Alice de Mandeville. His paternal grandparents were Richard FitzEustace Lord Clavering , Baron Halton and Albreda "Aubrye" de Lisoures; his maternal grandparents were Geoffrey de Mandeville , 1st Earl of Essex and Rohese de Vere. He had a sister named Helen de. He was the younger of the two children. He died before 1196.General Notes
Roger de Lacy, constable of Chester, assisted at the siege of Acon in 1192 under the banner of the lion-hearted Richard, and shared in the subsequent triumphs of the chivalrous monarch. At the accession of John in 1199, he was a person of great eminence, for we find him shortly after the coronation of that prince deputed with the sheriff of Northumberland and other great men to conduct William, King of Scotland, to Lincoln, where the English king had fixed to give him an interview, and the next year he was one of the barons present at Lincoln, when David, of Scotland, did homage and fealty to King John.
In the time of this Roger, Ranulph, Earl of Chester, having entered Wales at the head of some forces, was compelled by superior numbers to shut himself up in the castle of Rothelan, where, being closely besieged by the Welsh, he sent for aid to the constable of Chester. Hugh Lupus, the 1st Earl of Chester, in his charter of foundation of the abbey of St. Werberg, at Chester, had given a privilege to the frequenters of Chester fair, "That they should not be apprehended for theft or any other offence during the time of the fair, unless the crime was committed therein." This privilege made the fair, of course, the resort of thieves and vagabonds from all parts of the kingdom. Accordingly, the constable, Roger de Laci, forthwith marched to his relief at the head of a concourse of people then collected at the fair of Chester, consisting of minstrels and loose characters of all descriptions, forming altogether so numerous a body that the besiegers, at their approach, mistaking them for soldiers, immediately raised the siege. For this timely service, the Earl of Chester conferred upon de Lacy and his heirs the patronage of all the minstrels in those parts, which patronage the constable transferred to his steward, Dutton, and his heirs; and it is enjoyed to this day by the family of Dutton.
It is doubtful, however, whether the privilege was transferred to the Duttons by this constable or his successor. The privilege was, "That, at the midsummer fair held at Chester, all the minstrels of that country, resorting to Chester, do attend the heir of Dutton, from his lodging to St. John's Church (he being then accompanied by many gentlemen of the country, one of them walking before him in a surcoat of his arms depicted on taffeta, the rest of his fellows proceeding two and two, and playing on their several sorts of musical instruments."] When divine service terminates, the like attendance upon Dutton to his lodging, where a court being kept by his steward, and all the minstrels formally called, certain orders 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. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 310-311, Lacy, Earls of Lincoln]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.< 1056 in Vains, Manche, Normandy, France d.1138 in Saxlingham, Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1083 in Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire, England d.03 Jul 1157 in ambushed near Basingwerk Abbey, Flintshire, Wales
- b.1060 in Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1128 in Halton Castle, Skipton, Yorkshire, England d.1163 in Halton Castle, Skipton, Yorkshire, England
- b.1058 in Chester, Cheshire, England d.1134 in Halton, Cheshire, England
- b.1084 in Halton Castle, Skipton, Yorkshire, England d.1166 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England
- b.1062 in Halton, Cheshire, England
- b.~ 1150 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England d.11 Oct 1190 in Tyre, Palestine
- b.1062 in Normandy, France? d. in Sprotbrough, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England
- b.1097 in Sprotbrough, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1130 in Sprotbrough, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England d.> 1193 in Halton Castle, Skipton, Yorkshire, England
- b.1070 in Halton, Cheshire, England
- b.1097 in Pontefract, West Ride Yorkshire, England
- b.1074 in Pontefract, West Ride Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1171 in Chester, Cheshire, England d.< 1196
- b.~ 1036 in Manneville, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.> 1086 in Rycott, Oxfordshire, England
- b.~ 1058 in Manneville, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.~ 1130 in Great Waltham, Essex, England
- b.~ 1040 in Rycott, Oxfordshire, England d. in Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England
- b.1092 in Great Waltham, Essex, England d.14 Sep 1144 in Mildenhall, Suffolk, England
- b.~ 1055 in Ryes near Bayeux, Calvados, Normandy, France d.>12 Jul 1080
- b.~ 1076 in Rycott, Oxfordshire, England d. in England
- b.< 1035 in Brionne, Eure, Normandy, France d.May 1089 in Priory of St Neot, Cambridgeshire, England
- b.~ 1055 in Brionne, Eure, Normandy, France d.1121
- b.~ 1036 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.> 1133
- b.< 1145 in Rycott, Oxfordshire, England d.BET 1174 AND 1235
- b.< 1040 in Ver, Manche, Normandy, France d.1112 in Hedingham Castle, Essex, England
- b.< 1090 in of Great Addington & Drayton, Northamptonshire, England d.15 May 1141 in Slain in a riot in London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 1050 in Bourboucy, France
- b.~ 1112 in Hedingham Castle, Essex, England d.21 Oct 1166 in England
- b.< 1035 in Brionne, Eure, Normandy, France d.May 1089 in Priory of St Neot, Cambridgeshire, England
- b.< 1066 in Clare, Suffolk, England d.< 1117 in of Tonbridge, Kent, England & Cardigan, Wales
- b.~ 1036 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.> 1133
- b.~ 1093 in Clare, Suffolk, England d.~ 1163
- b.1030 in Clermont, Beauvais, Oise, France d.1101 in Clermont, Beauvais, Oise, France
- b.~ 1072 in Clermont, Beauvais, Oise, France
- b.1045 in Montdidier, Somme, France d.1110 in Clermont, Beauvais, Oise, France
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‌Roger de and Maud de were married in a religious ceremony in 1st husband. They had a son named John de.
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Children
John de Lacy , Earl of Lincoln
John de was born about 1192 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. He died on July 22nd, 1240 in Stanlaw, Cheshire, England.
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