General Notes

REYNOLD DE Lucy, ancestor of this family, was probably a near kinsman of the great justiciar Richard de Luci. He was associated with the county of Cumberland as early as 1158. From 1168 to 1175 he was in charge of the Honour of Peverel of Nottingham; and was keeper of Nottingham Castle when it was taken and burnt by Earl Ferrers in the rebellion of 1174. In 1181 he was in Ivry. In 1187, he escorted Henry II's granddaughter, daughter of Henry the Lion of Saxony, from Southampton to the Continent. He was present at the Coronation of Richard I in September 1189.

He married Amabel, 2nd of the three daughters and coheirs of William FITZDUNCAN and Alice de RUMILLY his wife, lords of Skipton, Egremont, and Copeland, and had with his wife the last two lordships. In January 1198/9 he was ill, and died about that time.  [Complete Peerage VIII:247-8, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]