John De Lacy 
John was born in 1192 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. John's father was Roger De Lacy and his mother was Maud De Clare. His paternal grandfather was John FitzEustace De Lacy and his paternal grandmother is Alice De Mandeville; his maternal grandparents were Richard FitzRoger De Clare and Amicia FitzRobert. He had two half-brothers and a half-sister, named John, Rys Mechyll ap Rhys and Maude. He died at the age of 48 on July 22nd, 1240 in Stanlaw, Chestershire, England.General Notes
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Signer of the Magna Carta
John de Lacy , born in 1195, hereditary constable of Chester, in the 15
th year of King John, undertook the payment of 7,000 marks to the crow
n, in the space of four years, for livery of the lands of his inheritanc
e, and to be discharged of all his father's debts due to the exchequer, fu
rther obligating himself by oath, that in case he should ever swerve fr
om his allegiance, and adhere to the king's enemies, all of his possessio
ns should devolve upon the crown, promising also, that he would not mar
ry without the king's license. By this agreement it was arranged that t
he king should retain the castles of Pontefract and Dunnington, still in h
is own hands; and that he, the said John, should allow 40 pounds per yea
r, for the custody of those fortresses. But the next year he had Dunningt
on restored to him, upon hostages. About this period he joined the baroni
al standard, and was one of the celebrated twenty-five barons, one of t
he Sureties, appointed to enforce the observance of the Magna Charta. B
ut the next year, he obtained letters of safe conduct to come to the ki
ng to make his peace, and he had similar letters, upon the accession of He
nry III., in the second year of which monarch's reign, he went with dive
rs other noblemen into the Holy Land.
John de Lacy (Lacie), 7th Baron of Halton Castle, and hereditary constab
le of Chester, was one of the earliest who took up arms at the time of t
he Magna Charta, and was appointed to see that the new statutes were prope
rly carried into effect and observed in the counties of York and Nottingha
m. He was excommunicated by the Pope. Upon the accession of King Henry II
I. he joined a party of noblemen and made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, a
nd did good service at the siege of Damietta. In 1232 he was made Ea
rl of Lincoln and in 1240, governor of Chester and Beeston Castles. He di
ed July 22, 1240, and was buried at the Cisterian Abbey of Stanlaw, in c
o. Chester. The monk Matthew Paris, records: "On the 22nd day of Jul
y, in the year 1240, which was St. Magdalen's Day, John, Earl of Lincol
n, after suffering from a long illness went the way of all flesh." He marr
ied (1) Alice, daughter of Gilbert de Aquila, but by her had no issue. S
he died in 1215 and, after his marked gallantry at the siege of Damiett
a, he married (2) Margaret Quincy, only daughter and heir of Robert de Qui
ncy, Earl of Winchester, by Hawyse, 4th sister and co-heir of Ranulph de M
echines, Earl of Chester and Lincoln, which Ranulph, by a formal charter u
nder his seal, granted the Earldom of Lincoln, that is, so much as he cou
ld grant thereof, to the said Hawyse, "to the end that she might be counte
ss, and that her heirs might also enjoy the earldom;" which grant was conf
irmed by the king, and at the especial request of the countess, this Jo
hn de Lacy, constable of Chester, was created by charter, dated Northampto
n, November 23, 1232, Earl of Lincoln, with remainder to the heirs of h
is body, by his wife, the above-mentioned Margaret. In the contest which o
ccurred during the same year, between the king and Richard Marshal, Ea
rl of Pembroke, Earl Marshal, Matthew Paris states that the Earl of Linco
ln was brought over to the king's party, with John le Scot, Earl of Cheste
r, by Peter de Rupibus, Bishop of Winchester, for a bribe of 1,000 mark
s. In 1237, his lordship was one of those appointed to prohibit Oto, the p
ope's prelate, from establishing anything derogatory to the king's crown a
nd dignity, in the council of prelates then assembled; and the same ye
ar he had a grant of the sheriffalty of Cheshire, being likewise constitut
ed Governor of the castle of Chester. The earl died in 1240, leaving Marga
ret, his wife, surviving, who remarried William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1080 in Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire, England d.03 Jul 1157 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1128 in Halton Castle, Skipton, Yorkshire, England d.1163
- b.~ 1085 in Halton, Yorkshire, England d.~ 1153
- b.~ 1110 in Halton, Cheshire, England d.1166 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1089 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1150 in Halton Castle, Skipton, Yorkshire, England d.11 Oct 1190 in Tyre, Palestine
- b.~ 1072 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England d.~ 1098
- b.~ 1097 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England d.1193
- b.~ 1128 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England d.> 1193 in Halton Castle, Skipton, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1070 in Halton, Cheshire, England d. in Pontefact, Yorkshire, England
- b.1097 in Pontefact, Yorkshire, England
- b.1074 in Pontefact, Yorkshire, England d.1155
- b.1171 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England d.1211 in Pontefract, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1040 in Normandy, France d.> 1085 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 1066 d.~ 1130 in England
- b.~ 1040 in Rycott, Oxfordshire, England d. in Westminster, Middlesex, England
- b.1092 in Great Waltham, Essex, England d.14 Sep 1144 in Mildenhall, Suffolk, England
- b.~ 1049 in Normandy, France d.>12 Jul 1080
- b.~ 1071 d. in England
- b.~ 1059 in Beinfaite, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1144 in Rycott, Oxfordshire, England
- b.< 1042 in Ver, Manche, Normandy, France d.1112 in Hedingham Castle, Essex, England
- b.1062 in Ver, Manche, Normandy, France d.15 May 1141 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.< 1045 in Bourboucy, France
- b.~ 1115 in Hedingham Castle, Oxforshire, England d.21 Oct 1166 in Chicksands Priory, Bedfordshire, England
- b.~ 1066 in Clare, Suffolk, England d.~ 1116 in St Noets, England
- b.~ 1094 in Clare, Risbridge, Suffolk, England d.1163 in St Osyth's Priory, Essex, England
- b.~ 1068 in Northhampton, England d.> 1117
- b.1192 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England d.22 Jul 1240 in Stanlaw, Chestershire, England
- b.~ 1066 in Clare, Suffolk, England d.~ 1116 in St Noets, England
- b.1084 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England d.15 Apr 1136 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
- b.~ 1068 in Northhampton, England d.> 1117
- b.1116 in Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England d.1173 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
- b.~ 1070 in Briquessart, Bayeux, Normandy, France d.Jan 1129 in St Weburg's, Chester, England
- b.~ 1098 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
- b.~ 1070 in Crowland & Spalding, Lincolnshire, England d.1140
- b.~ 1160 in Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England d.30 Dec 1218
- b.1107 in St Hilaire De Harcourt, Eure, Normandy, France d.< 1154 in Field Dalling, Norfolk, England
- b.1132 in Field Dalling, Norfolk, England d.1195 in Buckenham, Wayland, Norfolk, England
- b.1109 in France
- b.~ 1178 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England d.1213 in England
- b.Sep 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1136 in St Denis-Ie-Fermont, Normandy, France
- b.1090 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d.31 Oct 1147 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1077 in Alcester, Warwickshire, England d.1157
- b.23 Nov 1110 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England d.1183 in Cardiff Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales
- b.~ 1037 in Calvedos, Normandy, France d.Mar 1107 in England
- b.~ 1090 in Gloucestershire, England d.1157 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1059 in Montgomery, Normandy, France
- b.1160 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England d.01 Jan 1225 in England
- b.1049 in Beaumont, Normandy, France d.05 Jun 1118 in Preaux, France
- b.1104 in Meulan, Normandy, France d.05 Apr 1168 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England
- b.1085 in Valois, Bretagne, France d.13 Feb 1131 in Sussex, England
- b.~ 1129 in Leicestershire, England d.24 Apr 1197
- b.1078 in England
- b.1100 in Norfolk, England d.> 1168
- b.1075 in England
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They had a son and three daughters, named Edmund, Maud, Alice and Ionia.
Family Notes
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Children
Maud De Lacy
Maud was born in 1223 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. She died at the age of 65 on March 10th, 1288 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.
Edmund De Lacy
Edmund was born in 1224 in Lincolnshire, England. He died at the age of 34 on June 2nd, 1258.
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