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The lineage beings with RICHARD (ROBERT) FITZ EUSTACE, baron, Constable at Chester. He was b. ca 1110 and m. Albreda Lisours, the daughter of Robert (Eudo) de Lisours and his wife, Albreda (Aubreye) de Lacie. (See page 93 for her lineage) Issue: JOHN DE LACIE b. ca 1135 Chester, England, d. 1190 in the Holy Land, m. 1157 in Cheshire, England, Alice de Mandeville, a daughter of Geoffrey de Mandeville, the third Earl of Essex, England and his wife, Rohese de Vere. John de Lacie had the Baronies of Halton and Pontfract. He was Constable of Chester. He assumed the name of John de Lacie in order to inherit the Estates of Robert de Lacie, the first cousin of his mother. Issue:
ROGER DE LACIE, Constable, b. ca 1160 Chester, England, d. 1212 Lincolnshire, England, bur. at Stanlaw m. Maud de Clare of Pembroke, Wales, a daughter of Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford and his wife, Countess l\micia FitzRobert. Upon his father's death, Roger de Lacie became constable of Chester. In 1192 he had custody of the castles of Tickhill and Nottinghamt hanging two knights who had conspired to surrender these castles to John who later plundered Lacy's lands for revenge. In 1201 he was sent with William Marshall, Earl of Pembroke, in command of 100 knights, to defend the king's possessions in Normandy. In 1209 he was justiciar. Me is said to have rescued Earl Eandulf of Chester when the Welsh attacked at Rhuddlan, Flintshire. Issue:
JOHN DE LACIE first Earl of Lincoln, b. 1192 England, d. 7/22/1240 Chester, England, bur. 7/1240 in the Cistercian Abbey of Stanlaw in, Chester, England, m. (1) Alice (de l'Aigle) De Aquila, a daughter of Gilbert de Aquila. lie m. (2) Margaret de Quincey in 1223, a daughter of Robert de Quincey, Crusader. Lady Margaret survived John de Lacie and m. alfer his death, Walter Marshall, Earl of Pembroke.
John de Lacie was a Surety of the Magna Charts, the 7th Baron of Halton Castle and hereditary Constable of Chester. John de Lacy was a minor at the time or his father's death in January of 1212, as he did not receive full livery until 9/1213, at which time his castles at Pontefract and Donington were still in the hands of the King. In 1214 the king restored Donington. In 1215 he was among the first twenty-five barons appointed to see to the observance of the Great Charter. He may have returned his sympathies to the king, for 1/1/1216 he received a royal pardon and his lands were restored. In August he received letters of protection.
He was, however, excommunicated by Innocent III, the Pope.Upon the accession of King Henry III (1218), he joined a party of noblemen and made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, rendering service at the siege of Famietta.
Service was with Earl Randulf, and when they returned to England in 8/1220, they opposed the king's government.
In 9/1227 he was sent on an embassy to Antwerp and in 1230 was a commissioner to treat for a trace with France. After the death of Earl Randulf, he was made Earl of Lincoln 11/22/1232. In 1240, governor of Chester and Beeston Castle.
Issue by wife, Alice de Aquila:
1. Lady Maud de Lacie b. ca 1225 Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, d. 1288 m. 2/2/1238 at Gloucester, England, Richard de Clare, Earl, his second wife. Issue by wife, Margaret de Quincey:
2. Margaret de Lacie.
3. Idonea de Lacie m. (1) Geoffrey de Dutton (2) Roger de Flamville, second Earl of Lincoln.
4. Edmund de Lacie, second Earl of Lincoln, b. 1227 Lincolnshire, England d. 7/21/1257 Lincolnshire, England m. 5/1247 Alice, elder daughter of Manfred III, Marquis of Saluzzo. Issue:
(a) Henry Lacy, third Earl of Lincoln, b. ca 1249 d.1311. He succeeded his father 7/21/1257. In 1269 he had a quarrel with John de Warrenne, Earl of Surrey, concerning pasture lands. The gentlemen would have taken up arms had it not been for the king's intervention. A trail followed, decided in De Lacy's favor. In 1272 he was knighted and made custodian of Knaresborough Castle. In 1276 he participated in the Welsh war, in command of a division which marched against the Castle Baldwin. In 1279 he was joint-lieutenant of England during the king's absence. He m. in 1257 Margaret Longspee, grand-daughter of William Longspee, second Dau of Salisbury. Margaret Longspee Lacy d. in 1300 and her husband, Henry Lacy, m. Joan, sister of William, sixth baron Martin of Kemys. Issue:
i. Edmund Lacy, drowned in a well at the Red Tower in Denbigh Castle.
ii. John Lacy, killed by a fall at Pontefract.
iii. Margaret Lacy who d. young.
iv. Alice Lacy was b. 1283, d. 10/1348, Countess of Lincoln and Salisbury m. (1) 10/28/1294 Thomas, earl of Lancaster, but left him in 1318, taking refuge with John, earl of Warrene. After Thomas died, Alice m. (2) Eubulo le Estrange before 1328 who d. 9/1335. Alice then m. (3) 2/1336 Hugh le Freyne who d. In 1336.
LINEAGE OF ALBREDA (AUBREYE) DE LACIE: ROBERT DE LACI had issue:
IBERT DE LACI had issue:
ROBERT DE LACI had issue:
IBERT DE LACI m. Alice Gant. Had issue:
HENRY DE LACI had issue:
- Robert de Laci (d. 1193).
- Albreda (Aubreye ) de Laci m. Robert (Eudo) de Lisours, the son of Fulk de Lisours.
