Roger de Lacy

• Preferred Name: Roger de Lacy^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Occupation: Constable of Chester
  
• Title (Facts Page): with note: Description: Magna Charta Baron
  
• FSID: M3DW-6QG
  
• Birth: ABT 1171
  
• Family+name: 1193 with note: Not sure how surname de Lacey derives from FitzRichard, especially as all but 2 of John FitzRichard's children (see 2nd entry)take FitzRichard surname ANSWER: Roger adopted the name of De Lacy in order to receive the right to inherit the Barony of Pontefract and its lands, and the lands, of Bowland, and Blakcburnshire, and he gave up all claims to his grandmother's Albreda de Lisours lands; Roger was a grandson of Richard FitzEustace Clavering and Albreda de Lisoures.
  
• Burial: 1211 in Stanlow, Cheshire, England at LATI: N3.2838 LONG: E2.8624
  
• Alt. Birth: ABT 1160
  
• Death: 1 OCT 1211 in Pontefract, West Riding, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N3.6922 LONG: E1.3097 with note: My Heritage website states death as 1 October 1211; http://washington.ancestryregister.com/FITZ_RICHARD200006.htm#c2079; age 35
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: 1st Earl of Lincoln
  
• MilitaryService: Third Crusade1192
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  LACY, ROGER de (d. 1212), justiciar, and constable of Chester, was son of John de Lacy, by Alice de Vere, sister of William de Mandeville, earl of Essex [q. v.] . . .
  
  On his father's death Roger de Lacy became constable of Chester. In 1192, having been entrusted by the chancellor with the custody of the castles of Tickhill and Nottingham, he hanged two knights who had conspired to surrender these castles to [King] John. John in revenge plundered Lacy's lands. In April 1199 Lacy swore fealty to John on his accession, and from this time remained in high favour with the new king. In November 1200 he was sent to escort William the Lion to Lincoln, and was present when the Scottish king did homage there to John on 22 Nov. In 1201 he was sent with William Marshal, earl of Pembroke, in command of one hundred knights to defend the king's possessions in Normandy. In 1203 Philip Augustus besieged him in the famous Château Gaillard, which he defended with incomparable fidelity for nearly a year, and only surrendered through stress of famine on 5 March 1204. Matthew Paris relates that the French king, in recognition of his gallant defence, put him in free custody. Lacy was ransomed by John's assistance for a thousand marks (Rot. Claus. i. 4). He was further rewarded by being made sheriff of York and Cheshire, which offices he held till 1210. In 1209 he was a justiciar. He is said to have rescued Earl Randulf of Chester (see Blundevill, Randulf de] when besieged by the Welsh at Rhuddlan, Flintshire. His fierce raids against the Welsh are said to have earned him the name of ‘Roger of Hell.’ Lacy was on familiar terms with John, and a record is preserved of the king's losses to him ‘in ludo ad tabulas' [in a board game]. He died in January 1212, and was buried at Stanlaw. He was a benefactor of that abbey, and also of Fountains. Dugdale prints an epitaph on him from Cotton MS. Cleop. C. iii. (Mon. Angl. v. 648). Dugdale's statement that he was present at the sieges of Acre and Damietta is due to a confusion with his father and son. Roger de Lacy married Maud de Clere, sister of the treasurer of York Cathedral, and left by her two sons, John, earl of Lincoln [q. v.], and Roger.
  
  [Roger de Hoveden; Matt. Paris; Annales Monastici (all these are in the Rolls Ser.); Dugdale's Monasticon, v. 533–4, 647–8; Dugdale's Baronage, i. 100–1; Foss's Judges of England, ii. 87–8.]
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#RichardFitzEustachedied1163B as of 7/15/2016
  
  ROGER (-1211, bur Stanlow Priory). A manuscript history of the Lacy family names
  
  === Source: Burke, Dormant & Extinct Peerage ===
  Source: Burke, Dormant & Extinct Peerages, 310.
  
  === !AKA: Robert de Lacy, Created Earl of Li ===
  !AKA: Robert de Lacy, Created Earl of Lincoln, 1232 - Doc. Line 54-29 Constable of Chester - Doc. Line 54-289 Magna Charta Surety, 1215 - Doc. Line 54-29 !CHILDREN: Of Robert de Lacy and Maud de Clare John - Doc. Line 54-29
  
  === Title: Constable of Cheshire ===
  Title: Constable of Cheshire
  
  === He was besieged at Chateau Galliard by K ===
  He was besieged at Chateau Galliard by King Phillip II of France. The French successfully took the castle. He gave a heroic account of himself during the siege.
  
  === Roger de Lacie was the "constable of Che ===
  Roger de Lacie was the "constable of Chester." He assisted Richard the Lion-Hearted in teh Siege of Acon (1192).
  
  === !BIR-MAR-DEA: Bk, Medieval Knight by Ste ===
  !BIR-MAR-DEA: Bk, Medieval Knight by Stephen Turnbull.
  
  === 7th Constable of Chester, Baron of Halt ===
  7th Constable of Chester, Baron of Halton, 6th Lord of Pontefract [Arnold.FTW] 7th Constable of Chester, Baron of Halton, 6th Lord of Pontefract [Arnold.FTW] 7th Constable of Chester, Baron of Halton, 6th Lord of Pontefract
  
  === Under the banner of Richard the Lionhear ===
  Under the banner of Richard the Lionhearted, Roger assisted at the siege of Acon in 1192.
  
  === Relationship to N. G. Utting note ===
  Twenty fifth Great Grandfather
  Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather
  
  === !Brown book 5, chart 144. Gives name as ===
  !Brown book 5, chart 144. Gives name as Fitz Gerald. P C 535A: Constable of Chester. He added surname of Lacy. Maroon book 1. !Brown book 5, P C 291 & 292. Maroon book 1. File Cabinet, top drawer, sec F.
  
  === Constable of Chester, feudal Lord of Pon ===
  Constable of Chester, feudal Lord of Pontefract 1194 (which was ceded to him during her lifetime by his paternal grandmother, Aubrey de Lisours).
  He took the name Lacy fromhis father's mother's mother.
  
  === Constable of Chester; Magna Charta Suret ===
  Constable of Chester; Magna Charta Surety 1215;
  
  === CREATED EARL OF LINCOLN 1232, CONSTABLE ===
  CREATED EARL OF LINCOLN 1232, CONSTABLE OF CHESTER, MAGNA CHARTA SURETY 1215
  
  === *Roger De Lacy Surname: De Lacy Given Na ===
  *Roger De Lacy Surname: De Lacy Given Name: *Roger Sex: M Birth: 1171Death: BET. 1211 - 1212 Reference Number: 8644 _UID:5ACFF0E23C78D511AD2400036D1D4CBFFE13 Change Date: 14 Jul 2001 at 10:59:26 Father: *John De Lacy b: 1150 Mother: *Alice De Mandeville b: 1140 Marriage 1 *Maud Matilda De Clare b: ABT. 1175 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire,England Children *John De Lacy Lord of Pontefract Castle b: 1192 inLincoln, Lincoln, England **Roger de Lacy Sex: M Birth: ABT 1171 inLincoln, England Death: 1211 Change Date: 10 JAN 2002 Father: **John de Lacy b: AFT 1139 in Halton, England Mother: **Alice deMandeville Marriage 1 **Maud de Clare b: ABT 1175 in Lincoln, England Children**John de Lacy b: ABT 1192
  
  === BIOGRAPHY: Sir-named Hell, for his fierc ===
  BIOGRAPHY: Sir-named Hell, for his fierce and magnanimous spirit. He is the first of the barons of Halton who assumed the name Lacy; which name he retained after the possessions of Robert Lacy of Pomfret castle in Yorkshire accrewed to him, 1194. This Roger is ranked by Hovenden, p. 783, as the most eminent baron of the realm, and next after hte earls among those great persons whom king John most doubted, and required to swear fealty to him by his commissioners, 1199, upon the death of Richard I, which they did upon condition that every one of them should have his lands restored.
  
  He was one of those whom king John employed for safe conduct of the king of Scotland unto the court of England, when the king of Scotland did homage to the king of England at Lincoln, 1200. And Roger Lacy is there again put down as the first of all of the barons of England, who were witnesses of the king of Scotland's homage; and where the chief of the nobility are named by Hovenden.
  
  In 1201, King John sent William Marshall and Roger Lacy to Normandy to supress his enemies. 1204. Roger de Lacy, a most heroique and magnanimous champion, kept the castle de Rupe Andeliaci in Normandy, for king John, against the French, with such gallantry, that after all his victuals were spent, having been besieged almost a year, and many assaults of the enemy made, but still repulsed by him, he mounts his horse, and issues out of the castle with his troop into the midst of his enemies forces, chusing to die like a solider rather than be starved to death. He slew many of the enemy, but was at last with much difficulty taken prisoner; so he and his soldiers were brought prisoners to the king of France, where by the command of the king, Roger Lacy was to be no strict prisoner, for his great honesty and trust in keeping the castle so gallantly.
  
  === !BIRTH-DEATH: The Plantagenet Connection ===
  !BIRTH-DEATH: The Plantagenet Connection, April 1994 Baron of Halton
  
  === Person note ===
  source: myfamily.com/pedigree (Individual ID#114602912 & 7 generations) Jan 2008
  
  === He took the de Lacy name by virtue of h ===
  He took the de Lacy name by virtue of his inheritance of the lordship of Ponterfract. Was also constable of Chester. W E Wightman, *The Lacy Family in England and Normandy, 1066-1194*, genealogical chart following p 260. (pp. 85-86): "Roger 'Helle', constable of Chester, . . . took the name Lacy when he was allowed to inherit the lands. He had to pay a relief of three thousand marks, three times the amount that Robert [de Lacy) had paid sixteen years before. Thus the honours of Halton and Widnes became joined to those of Pontefract and Clitheroe built up by the first Lacy line, the whole forming the basis of the power of the earls of Lincoln in the next century."
  
  === Crusader, Earl of Lincoln, Baron of Halt ===
  Crusader, Earl of Lincoln, Baron of Halton and Pontfract, Constable ofChester.
  
  === Visitations of Yorkshire p. 609 Roger de ===
  Visitations of Yorkshire p. 609 Roger de Lacy constable of Chester, Lord of Halton and Pontefract, who gave to his brother Robert the lordship of Flamborough, participated in the achievements of the lion-hearted Richard at Acre, 1192. m. Matilda dau of Richard Clare, Earl of Gloucester, 3rd Earl of Clare. She died 1213. called Roger de Lacy of Pontefract
  
  === ! Earl of Lincoln: Baron of Halton & Pon ===
  ! Earl of Lincoln: Baron of Halton & Pontfract: Constable of Chester. ! Roger has parents in the Ancestral File: John DE LACY (AFN:G60J-5X) and Alice DE MANDEVILLE (AFN:G60J-64). ! RELATIONSHIP: H. Reed Black is 22nd G G Son.
  
  === Find a Grave Obituary ===
  Roger FitzJohn de Lacy of Pontefract, Yorkshire. 6th Baron of Pontefract, 7th Lord of Bowland, Lord of Blackburnshire, 7th Baron of Halton, hereditary Constable of Cheshire.
  
  Son of John FitzRichard, Baron of Halton, Lord of Bowland, Lord of Flamborough and Constable of Chester and Alice de Vere Mandeville. Grandson of Richard FitzEustace Clavering and Albreda de Lisoures, Geoffrey de Mandeville and Rohese de Vere.
  
  Husband of Maud de Clere, possible daughter of Richard and Lady Amice de Muellent. They had two sons; John, the Earl of Lincoln and Magna Carta Baron and Roger.
  
  His paternal grandmother was Albreda de Lisours, who had inherited the Barony in her own right as 1st-cousin and heir to Robert de Lacy (d 1193), the 4th Baron of Pontefract. In an agreement with her, Roger adopted the name of de Lacy in order to receive the right to inherit the Barony of Pontefract and its lands, and the lands of Bowland, and Blackburnshire, and he gave up all claims to his grandmother's de Lisours lands.
  
  Roger was Constable of Chester when the Ranulph, the Earl of Chester sent word he was besieged at Rothelan Castle, Wales, and looking to Roger for rescue. Roger was at the Chester Faire, who had been given the privilege of the faire, and who had ordered that all attendees, thieves or scallywags, had the rite of safe passage to the faire, unless they committed a crime at the faire. Roger gathered together attendees and they marched to Rothelan, such a large group the Welsh mistook them for soldiers and fled. Ranulph was so pleased he granted the patronage of all the minstrels of the area to Roger, who in turn, granted them to his steward. It is said the delights of the minstrels was enjoyed for many years.
  
  Roger attended the Siege of Acon under Richard the Lion Hearted's banners, and enjoyed the laurels for the victory. Roger was proclaimed the Sheriff of Northumberland to conduct William, King of Scotland, to Lincoln for his interview with John Lackland, King of England.
  
  From an unknown source:
  Roger became immortalized in the annals of medieval warfare for his bravery, fortitude and endurance. He was stated by many accounts to be the most remarkable man of his day and by the Welsh, his inveterate foes, was styled "Roger Hell" for his fierce spirit during his Castle-Defiance against the King of Normandy, Philip Augustus. Roger de Lacy obtained Pontefract in 1194 after Robert II de Lacy, his grand-uncle, and then John de Lacy, his father has passed, it was not until 1204, that Roger de Lacy officially was confirmed with the Honour of Pontefract, after the Normandy Campaign in which Roger held the Castle Gaillard at bay from the Norman army of King Philip of France. Upon the death of his father John, Roger accepted his rightful claims to the honors of Pontefract with great pride and upon this inheritance.
  
  === Baron of Halton Castle and Pontfract, co ===
  Baron of Halton Castle and Pontfract, constable of chester,
  
  === Source: Larry Pennington GEDCOM !Earl of ===
  Source: Larry Pennington GEDCOM !Earl of Chester and crusader companion to Richard "The Lion Heart". He was the 6th fuedal lord of Halton and Pontefract Castles. He was also the constable of chester in 1199. Roger assisted at the siege Acon under Richard the Lion-Hearted, in 1192. He was a person of great iminence and was one of the noblemen who escorted William of Scotland to Lincoln, when David of Scotland did homeage and fealty to King John of England.

• m. 1191 in Cheshire, England

1. John de Lacy, b. 1192 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England     d. 22 JUL 1240 in Stanlow Abbey, Cheshire, England

• m. in Stanlaw, Cheshire, England

1. Helen de L'isle, b. ABT 1182 in Runcorn, Cheshire, England     d. 1208 in Galloway Dumfriesshire Scotland
2. John de Lacy, b. 1192 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England     d. 22 JUL 1240 in Stanlow Abbey, Cheshire, England

1. John de Lacy, b. 1192 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England     d. 22 JUL 1240 in Stanlow Abbey, Cheshire, England

1. Title: Wikipedia - History of Pontrefact Castle
   Author: Brown, Reginald Allen (April 1959), "A List of Castles, 1154–1216", The English Historical Review, 74 (291): 249–280, doi:10.1093/ehr/lxxiv.291.249, JSTOR 558442 Harfield, C. G. (1991), "A Hand-list of Castles Recorded in the Domesday Book", English Historical Review, 106: 371–392, doi:10.1093/ehr/CVI.CCCCXIX.371, JSTOR 573107 Pevsner, Nicholas; Radcliffe, Enid (1967), Yorkshire: The West Riding, The Buildings of England (2 ed.), Penguin Books, ISBN 0-14-071017-5 Rakoczy, Lila (2007), Archaeology of Destruction: a Reinterpretation of Castle Slightings in the English Civil War Tuck, Anthony (2004), Richard II (1367–1400), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/23499 Horrox, Rosemary (2004), "Grey, Sir Richard (d. 1483)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, retrieved 30 August 2010
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontefract_Castle;
   Note: The castle, on a rock to the east of the town above All Saints' Church,[1] was constructed in approximately 1070 by Ilbert de Lacy.[2] on land which had been granted to him by William the Conqueror as a reward for his support during the Norman Conquest. There is, however, evidence of earlier occupation of the site. Initially the castle was a wooden structure which was replaced with stone over time.[3] The Domesday Survey of 1086 recorded "Ilbert's Castle" which probably referred to Pontefract Castle.[4] Robert de Lacy failed to support King Henry I during his power struggle with his brother, and the King confiscated the castle from the family during the 12th century.[3] Roger de Lacy paid King Richard I 3,000 marks for the Honour of Pontefract, but the King retained possession of the castle. His successor, King John gave Lacy the castle in 1199, the year he ascended the throne. Roger died in 1213 and was succeeded by his eldest son, John. However, the King took possession of Castle Donington and Pontefract Castle.[5] The de Lacys lived in the castle until the early 14th century.[3] It was under the tenure of the de Lacys that the magnificent multilobate donjon was built.[2]
   
2. Title: Roger de Lacy in Dictionary of National Biography
   Author: Wikisource, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 31, Lacy, Roger de by Charles Lethbridge Kingsford
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Lacy,_Roger_de;
   
3. Title: Our royal, titled, noble and commoner ancestors
   Author: Citations [S1366] Unknown author, Some Early English Pedigrees, by Vernon M. Norr, p. 82; Magna Charta by Wurts, p. 59. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 514-515. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 463-464. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 443-445. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 462. [S11639] Unknown author, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
   Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p191.htm#i5727;
   Note: Sir Roger de Lacy, Sheriff of Lancashire, Baron Halton, Constable of Chester & Baron of Pontefract1,2,3,4 Last Edited 4 Apr 2020 M, #5727, b. circa 1165, d. 1 October 1211 Father John de Lacy, Constable of Chester5 b. c 1145, d. 11 Oct 1190 Mother Alice FitzRoger5 b. c 1150, d. b 1211 Sir Roger de Lacy, Sheriff of Lancashire, Baron Halton, Constable of Chester & Baron of Pontefract married Maud de Clere; They had 2 sons (Sir John, Constable of Chester, Earl of Lincoln; & Roger) & 2 daughters Helen, wife of Alan FitzRoland, Lord of Galloway; & Alice, wife of Geoffrey FitzRobert, Dean of Whalley). Sir Roger de Lacy, Sheriff of Lancashire, Baron Halton, Constable of Chester & Baron of Pontefract was born circa 1165 at of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.3 He died on 1 October 1211 at of Halton, Cheshire, England; Buried in Stanlaw Abbey.3 Family Maud de Clere d. a 1238 Children Alice de Lacy+3,4 d. b 1209 Helen de Lacy+ Roger de Lacy Sir John de Lacy, Magna Carta Surety, 7th Earl of Lincoln+2,3 b. c 1192, d. 22 Jul 1240
   
4. Title: Find a Grave
   Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66774116/roger_de-lacy;
   Note: Sir Roger de Lacy BIRTH 1172 Chester, Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England DEATH 1212 (aged 39–40) Pontefract, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England BURIAL Stanlow Abbey Ruins Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England Add to Map PLOT de Lacy vaults MEMORIAL ID 66774116 · View Source Roger FitzJohn de Lacy of Pontefract, Yorkshire. 6th Baron of Pontefract, 7th Lord of Bowland, Lord of Blackburnshire, 7th Baron of Halton, hereditary Constable of Cheshire. Son of John FitzRichard, Baron of Halton, Lord of Bowland, Lord of Flamborough and Constable of Chester and Alice de Vere Mandeville. Grandson of Richard FitzEustace Clavering and Albreda de Lisoures, Geoffrey de Mandeville and Rohese de Vere.
   
5. Title: Wikipedia - Roger de Lacy
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_de_Lacy_(1170–1211);
   Note: Roger de Lacy Born 1170 Died 1211 Title Baron of Pontefract Lord of Bowland Lord of Blackburnshire Baron of Halton Spouse(s) Maud de Clere Children John de Lacy, 2nd Earl of Lincoln Parent(s) John FitzRichard Alice de Essex Roger de Lacy (1170–1211), Baron of Pontefract, Lord of Bowland, Lord of Blackburnshire, Baron of Halton, Constable of Chester, Sheriff of Yorkshire and Sheriff of Cumberland, also known as Roger le Constable, was a notable Anglo-Norman soldier, crusader and baron. Origins Roger de Lacy was also known as Roger FitzJohn (son of John, constable of Chester)[2] and during the time that he was hoping to inherit his grandmother's de Lisours lands as Roger de Lisours.[3] He was the son of John fitz Richard (son of Richard), Baron of Halton, Lord of Bowland, Lord of Flamborough and Constable of Chester. Career Roger became Baron of Pontefract on the death of his paternal grandmother Albreda de Lisours (-aft.1194) who had inherited the Barony in her own right as 1st-cousin and heir to Robert de Lacy (−1193), Baron of Pontefract. In agreements with his grandmother Roger adopted the name of de Lacy, received the right to inherit the Barony of Pontefract and its lands, and the lands of Bowland, and Blackburnshire. He gave up all claims to his grandmother's de Lisours lands. He also gave his younger brother Robert le Constable the Flamborough lands that he had inherited from his father. Service to Kings Richard and John Roger's great-grandfather, Robert de Lacy, had failed to support King Henry I during his power struggle with his brother and the King had confiscated Pontefract Castle from the family earlier in the 12th century;[4] Roger paid King Richard I 3,000 marks for the Honour of Pontefract, though the King retained possession of the castle itself. Roger accompanied his father and King Richard for the Third Crusade, succeeding to the title when his father died at the siege of Tyre.[5] Accession of King John At the accession of King John of England, Roger 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. King John gave de Lacy Pontefract Castle in 1199, the year he ascended the throne. Siege of Acre[edit] Roger was the Constable of Chester, and joined Richard the Lionheart for the Third Crusade. Roger assisted at the Siege of Acre, in 1192 and clearly earned the favour and the trust of King Richard as a soldier and loyal subject as judged by his subsequent service. Château Gaillard King Richard reconquered some castles along his Norman border from Philip II of France in 1196 and de Lacy was likely in his retinue. In 1203, de Lacy was the commander of the Château Gaillard in Normandy, when it was besieged and finally taken by Philip, marking the loss of mainland Normandy by the Plantagenêts. Under de Lacy's command the defence of the castle was lengthy, and it fell only after an eight-month siege on 8 March 1204. After the siege, de Lacy returned to England to begin work reinforcing Pontefract Castle. Siege of Rothelan 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 (Rhuddlan Castle), 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 offense during the time of the fair, unless the crime was committed therein."[6] This privilege made the fair, of course, the resort of thieves and vagabonds from all parts of the kingdom. Accordingly, the Constable, Roger de Lacy, 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 description, 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; and was enjoyed for many years afterwards.[6] High Sheriff[edit] He was appointed High Sheriff of Cumberland for the years 1204 to 1209.[7] Marriage and issue He married Maud de Clere (or Matilda) de Clere, by whom he had issue including: John de Lacy, 2nd Earl of Lincoln. Alice de Lacy, married Geoffrey (Galfridus) Dean of Whalley Helen de Lacy, married Alan Fitz Roland of Galloway Death and succession Roger died in 1211 and was buried at Stanlow Abbey. ...succeeded by his son John de Lacy.