Walter de Lacy

• Preferred Name: Walter de Lacy^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]}
  
• Alternate Name: Walter de Lacy, 1st Lord Lacy
  
• Gender: M
  
• MilitaryService: Helped crush rebellion of Earl William FitzOsbern's son, Roger with note: The Domesday Book Online
  
• MilitaryService: Served King William I of England by leading military forces.1075 with note: Wikiwand: Walter de Lacy (died 1085)
  
• FSID: LDSR-1RL
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Baron Lacy
  
• Death: 22 MAR 1085 in St. Peters, Hereford, Herefordshire, England at LATI: N2.0223 LONG: E2.8141
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Lord of Weobley
  
• Birth: ABT 1038 in Lassy, Calvados, Normandy, France at LATI: N8.9151 LONG: E0.6779
  
• MilitaryService: Was among the companions of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings.
  
• Burial: APR 1085 in Chapter House, Gloucester Abbey, Gloucester, England at LATI: N1.8689 LONG: E2.2332
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Walter de Lacy (died 27 March 1085) was a Norman nobleman who went to England after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. He received lands in Herefordshire and Shropshire, and served King William I of England by leading military forces during 1075. He died in 1085 and one son inherited his lands. Another son became an abbot.
  
  Early life
  Walter was originally from Lassy, in Normandy. He had a brother, Ilbert de Lacy. Ilbert was the ancestor of the de Lacy family of Pontefract. Both Walter and Ilbert jointly held the Norman lands that were held of the Bishop of Bayeux.
  
  Career in England
  Walter was given the lordship of Weobley in Herefordshire after the Conquest. He is already attested in the Welsh Marches by 1069, when he is recorded stopping a Welsh attack and then raiding into Wales in retribution. Walter and Ilbert may have come to England in the household of Odo of Bayeux, the Bishop of Bayeux and half-brother of King William the Conqueror. Although some historians, such as W. E. Wightman, have argued that Walter was a follower of William fitzOsbern, others, including C. P. Lewis and K. S. B. Keats-Rohan, have argued that Walter was an independent agent in England. By the time of Walter's death, he held a block of lands in Herefordshire along the border with Wales. Another group of lands was centered on Ludlow in Shropshire. These two groupings of lands allowed Walter to help defend the border of England against Welsh raids. Walter also had other lands in Berkshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, and Oxfordshire. Walter kept a large number of his manors in demesne, managing them directly rather than giving them as fiefs to his knightly followers. Some of these lands in Hereford, including Holme Lacy, were held of the Bishop of Hereford through feudal tenure. In total, Domesday Book records Walter's lands as being worth £423 in income per year and as comprising 163 manors in 7 different counties. He was one of 21 individuals with land valued at more than £400 at the time of the survey.
  
  In 1075, Walter was one of the leaders of the force that prevented Roger de Breteuil from joining up with the other rebels during the Revolt of the Earls. Walter had joined forces with Wulfstan the Bishop of Worcester, Æthelwig the Abbot of Evesham Abbey, and Urse d'Abetot the Sheriff of Worcester.
  
  Family and death
  Walter married Emma or Emmelina and they had three sons –
  1. Roger,
  2. Hugh and
  3. Walter.
  Roger was the heir to Weobley and Walter became Abbot of Gloucester Abbey.
  
  Occasionally the elder Walter is claimed to have married twice – once to Emma and once to an Ermeline, but this is probably a confusion of the variations of Emma's name.
  Walter and Emma also had
  4. a daughter who became a nun at St Mary's Abbey, Winchester.
  
  A niece was married to Ansfrid de Cormeilles.
  Considerable confusion exists about Sybil, the wife of Pain fitzJohn. C. P. Lewis names her as the daughter of Walter, but W. E. Wightman calls her the daughter of Hugh, Walter's son. Yet another pedigree has her as the daughter of Agnes, the daughter of Walter. In this rendition, favoured by Bruce Coplestone-Crow, Agnes was married to Geoffrey Talbot.
  
  The elder Walter died on 27 March 1085, falling off some scaffolding at Saint Guthlac's Priory when he was inspecting the progress of the building at that monastery. He was buried in the chapter house at Gloucester Abbey. He was a benefactor to Gloucester Abbey, as well as Saint Guthlac's.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_de_Lacy_(died_1085)
  
  === Walter De Laci and Gilbert De Laci came ===
  Walter De Laci and Gilbert De Laci came to England with the conqueror,who sent Walter to subjugate Wales, where being victorious, heacquired large possessions, in addition to his spoils of Hastings. Hewas killed in April,1084. De Lacy- Earls of Lincoln
  
  === [G675.ged] W E Wightman, *The Lacy Fami ===
  [G675.ged] W E Wightman, *The Lacy Family in England and Normandy, 1066-1194*, genealogical chart following p 260. Besides the children Roger and Hugh entered here, Wightman has "Walter, abbot of Gloucester (o.s.p. 1140)" and "Daughter".
  
  === Wlater de Lacy was born in 1036 in Norm ===
  Wlater de Lacy was born in 1036 in Normandy, France. He served in the military in 1066 at the Battle of Hastings, Sussex, England. He atteded William the Conquorer during the Norman Invasion. He died in 1085 in Herefordshire, England. He held the royal title of 1st Baron of Lacy . The first of the de Lacy name who appears in English history is Walter de lacy (sometimes spelt Lascy or Lasci). Little is known of his origin except that he came from Lasey, or Lassy, in the Canton of Conde'-sur-Moireau, Vire, Normandy. Walter accompanied William the Conqueror into England in 1066 aand acquired large estates on the Welsh border, the principal being Ewyas Lacy, Staunton, Lacy, and Ludlow. probably the grant of these lands entitled him to a Feudal Barony in England, though he retained the name of his Norman Seignory-at any rate, one finds his descendents recognized as barons in England.
  
  === Sources: Antiguities of Shropshire, Vol. ===
  Sources: Antiguities of Shropshire, Vol. 5, chart, p. 240; Kraentzler1331. Norr, p81. Antiquities: Walter de Lacy (I) Occurs 1066, 1070, 1074. Died 27 March1085. K: Walter de Lacy, born about 1043, of Saer, Normandy. Died April 1084in Herefordshire. K. says his mother was Emma, not the unknown first wife ofHugh.
  
  === "Royal Ancestors of some American Famili ===
  "Royal Ancestors of some American Families" by Michel L. Call, 1989, chart # 11435.
  
  === !Some Early English Pedigrees, Sorley Pe ===
  !Some Early English Pedigrees, Sorley Pedigree.
  
  === !#21> Complete Peerage-v7-p677ped, (FHL ===
  !#21> Complete Peerage-v7-p677ped, (FHL 942 D22cok);
  
  === Title: The Plantagenet Ancestry, by Will ===
  Title: The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton, 1968
  
  Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000
  
  Page: XII/2:271, IX:425 chart
  
  *Forrest=fathers direct line,! dna connections
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  +Tamer=husbands direct line
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  === Walter, "of Longton Castle, Hereford," a ===
  Walter, "of Longton Castle, Hereford," accompanied William the Conqueror and was at the Battle of Hastings with his sons Roger and Hugh. Walter died in a fall while inspecting the new church of St. Peter, Hereford, and is buried in the Chapter House of the Abbey of Gloucester. His wife is Ermeline _______. {"The Roll of the House of Lacy," DeLacy Bellingari (Balt.:Waverly Press, 1928), which names his children: Roger (living in 1119), Hugh (had Robert, d.s.p.), Walter (1073-1139, Abbot of Gloucester), Emma and Emmelina.}
  
  === CHECK: Royal Index: Dugdale cites him f ===
  CHECK: Royal Index: Dugdale cites him falling from the scaffolding while building a new church, but there is no 11th or 12th C. authority for this.
  
  === Two distinguished members of this ancie ===
  Two distinguished members of this ancient family, namely, Walter de Lacie and Ilbert de Lacie, fellow soldiers, if not kinsman, came into England with William, the Conqueror, but in what degree allied, if at all, has not been ascertained. From Ilbert de Lacie, descended John de Lacie, Surety. Walter de Lacie, when power of his royal master was firmly established in England, was one of the commanders whom William I sent into Wales to subject the principality, and being victorious there acquired large possessions, in addition to those already obtained as his portion of the spoils of Hastings. He was killed in April, 1084, by falling from a ladder, which he had ascended to inspect the completion of the church of St. Peter, in Hereford, of which he was the founder. He left three sons, Roger, Hugh and Walter, a monk in the Abbey of St. Peter's, in Gloucester, and two daughters, Ermeline and Emme. Roger de Lacie, oldest son, through the bounty of the Conqueror, as well as by inheritance from his father, had large possessions in the counties of Berks, Salop, Hereford, Gloucester and Worcester, where the Castle of Ewyas was the head of his barony. But joining in the rebellion against William Rufus, in favour of Robert of Normandy (Crusader, son of Wm., the Conqueror), he was banished from England, and all his lands were conferred upon his brother Hugh de Lacie, who, with many other Norman soldiers of fortune, had been permitted by Rufus to invade the Principality of Wales, and to acquire by their good swords, lands there, wherein the barons enjoyed a kind of Palatine jurisdiction, with power to administer justice, hold courts, invested with divers privileges and such was the government of the Marches of Wales down to Henry VIII. Hugh de Lacie, 2nd son of Walter, died sine prole bequeathing the great family inheritance to his two sisters, Ermeline, who had no children, and Emme de Lacie, and her son Gilbert who assumed the name of Lacie.
  
  === Some background information concerning the family line of Walter de Lacy, Lord of Weobley ===
  There appears to be much confusion and, in some case, total speculation when it comes to the family of Walter de Lacy, Lord of Weobley. That he accompanied William the Conqueror to England in 1066 is confirmed in many older records [See document titled Lacy Family Pedigree in Burke’s Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages (Burke’s Peerages) in the Memories section; also see the document titled Lacy Family Pedigree in the Battle Abbey Roll in the Memories section; see also the document titled Walter de Lacy in The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fagod (History of the Princes) in the Memories section; and see the documents for Walter de Lacy in Archaelogia Cambrensis in the Memories section]. Walter de Lacy was also in the company of Ilbert de Lacy accompanying William the Conqueror, but the records do not agree on what the relationship was between Walter and Ilbert. Some record suggest they were brothers, i.e., the Battle Abbey Roll and Archaelogia Cambrensis, but Burke’s Peerages suggests the relationship between the two cannot be ascertained. That Ilbert became the Lord of Pontefract and Walter became the Lord of Weobley appears to be beyond dispute.
  
  There is also considerable confusion regarding the spouse of Walter de Lacy, in large measure because none of the above-mentioned records name his spouse. Some private records suggest his spouse was Ermaline de Breteuil, which appears to be nothing more than wishful thinking and which is physically impossible. Ermaline de Breteuil was reportedly born about 1010 with Walter being born about 1042, making Ermaline more than thirty years older than Walter. It is highly unlikely they would have been a couple and Ermaline could not possibly have been the mother of Walter’s children, the first of whom, Roger de Lacy, was born about 1065 when Ermaline would have been in her mid-fifties.
  
  Other private records suggest Walter’s spouse was Emmeline de Ballon, but that again is nothing more than wishful thinking and physically impossible. Emmeline de Ballon was also reportedly born about 1010 and like Ermaline de Breteuil was much too old to be the wife of Walter or the mother of his children.
  
  Still other private records suggest Walter’s spouse was Emma FitzOsbern, but if she was a spouse of Walter’s, which is unlikely, she is much too young to be the mother of his children. Emma FitzOsbern was reportedly born about 1059 and would have been only six years of age when Walter’s first son, Roger de Lacy, was born.
  
  Some additional private records suggest Walter’s wife was Emmeline de Saer (Emmeline of Saer). While there may possibly have been a place called Saer in the 10th and 11th centuries, it is not a place that can currently be identified. So, there is no documentary proof for the existence of Emmeline de Saer. However, she reportedly was born about 1047 and was from Normandy, France, so someone by that name may have existed. She just cannot be documented currently, except the name appears in a footnote in the Antiquities of Shropshire [See document titled Barony of Lacy in the Memories section]. It appears that virtually all records agree that Walter’s wife was named Emma or Emmeline [See the document titled Walter de Lacy in Wikipedia in the Memories section]. Emmeline de Saer is of the right age, the right time, and the right place to be the spouse of Walter de Lacy, and lacking any proof of another possible spouse for Walter, she appears to be the best choice for Walter’s wife.
  
  Coming to England with William the Conqueror, one might expect to find Walter de Lacy in the Domesday Book, but he is not found there. That is easily explainable. Walter de Lacy died in 1084/1085 (the records cited above do not agree on the year, but all the records agree that he died by falling from a ladder), and the Domesday Book was not begun until 1086/1087, after Walter’s death. Walter’s son, Roger de Lacy, is found in the Domesday Book as the Tenant-in-chief of some 157 manors or estates, which as son and heir he had inherited. Unfortunately for Roger de Lacy, he rebelled against King William II (William Rufus), son of William the Conqueror, and was banished from England, losing the many properties in England that his father had been given by the Conqueror. However, his brother Hugh de Lacy remained in England [See document titled Barony of Lacy in the Memories section].
  
  The next person in the pedigree line of Walter de Lacy is his grandson, Gilbert de Lacy. The records do not always agree on the parentage of Gilbert de Lacy. Some records report Gilbert de Lacy is the son of Roger de Lacy [See the document titled Roger de Lacy in Wikipedia in the Memories section, which is likely in error, and see the document titled Gilbert de Lacy in Wikipedia in the Memories section, also likely in error], but most records report Gilbert de Lacy was the nephew of Roger de Lacy and was the son of one of Roger’s sisters, a daughter of Walter de Lacy. Giving credence to Gilbert de Lacy not being the son of Roger de Lacy is the fact that most records report he assumed the name Lacy. If he had been the son of Roger de Lacy, his surname would have been Lacy and he would not have assumed the name. If he was the son of a sister of Roger de Lacy, Gilbert’s surname would have been his father’s surname and, thus, he would have had to change his name, assuming the surname of Lacy. Burke’s Peerages gives Gilbert’s mother the name of Emme (Emma), and the Lacy pedigree in Archaelogia Cambrensis names Gilbert’s mother as Rohesia or Emma. British History Online also reports that Gilbert was the son of Emma [See document titled Roger de Lacy in British History Online in the Memories section] and the Lacy Pedigree in the Antiquities of Shropshire confirms Gilbert’s mother was Emma, daughter of Walter de Lacy [See Lacy Pedigree in the Antiquities of Shropshire in the Memories section]. One thing the records all appear to agree on is that Gilbert de Lacy became a Knight Templar and traveled to the Holy Land.
  
  There also exist some discrepancies in the identity of the next generation of the line of Walter de Lacy. Most records report the next generation as Hugh de Lacy, but there is disagreement as to whether Hugh de Lacy is the son of Gilbert de Lacy or if he is Gilbert’s brother. The Lacy pedigree in Archaelogia Cambrensis shows Hugh as the son of Gilbert as does the pedigree in the Antiquities of Shropshire, but Burke’s Peerages reports Hugh as either the brother or son of Gilbert and the Battle Abbey Roll reports Hugh as the son of Gilbert. It appears Hugh is most likely the son of Gilbert.
  
  Hugh de Lacy reportedly had four sons, two of whom, Hugh and Walter, became very well known, Hugh de Lacy as Earl of Ulster and Walter de Lacy as Lord of Meath and Ludlow.
  
  === !SOURCE: "Royal Ancestors," PC #435. ===
  !SOURCE: "Royal Ancestors," PC #435.
  
  === Walter de Lasci of the Conquest. The Sir ===
  Walter de Lasci of the Conquest. The Sire de Lacy of England. He was the great-grandfather of the Hugh de Lacy, Lord Palatine of Meath, the Sire de Lacy of Ireland. Walter is styled of Longton Castle, Herefordshire, and also as Lord Lassy in Normandy. Together with his two sons, Roger and Hugh, he rode by the side of William the Conqueror on the day of Hastings. Many and various grants of land were made to him in Herefordshire and the adjoining counties. In the 'hundred' of Ewias-Lacy, southeast of the County Hereford, and at the eastern base of the Hattervilles, still stand, at least the ruins, of what was once the castle of Longton, the earliest seat of the de Lacys in England, and founded by Walter himself. During all those centuries it has never passed away from the descendants of its original proprietor; it is now the property of the Marquis of Abergavenny. The venerable pile was erected over the ruins of an ancient Roman camp.
  
  Walter de Lacy died on March 22, 1085, and was interred in the Chapter House of the Abbey of Gloucester of which his son Walter, was abbot from 1130 to 1139. He met his death under tragic circumstances, for whilst incautiously inspectin the newly-built church of St Peter's Hereford, he fell from the lofty battlesments and was killed. Walter is referred to in 'The Romaunt de Rou (Rollo)' as 'the Sieur de Lassi.' Five children survived him, viz., Roger, Hugh, Walter, Emma, and Emmeline. His wife was Lady Ermeline de Lacy. Walter de Lacy, first baron of Ludlow and Weobley, is sated on the authority of modern writers to have been brother to Lady Halwyse de Lacy (a matter which has not yet been fully established) and consequently half-brother to Ilbert of Pontefract. Others assert that Lady Halwyse de Lacy was Walter's neice. [The Roll of the House of Lacy pp2-3]
  
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  Walte de Lacy, first Baron Lacy by tenure (d 1085), was sprung from a family settled at Lassy in the arrondissement of Vire in Normandy, and was a relative, perhaps a brother of Ilbert de Lacy, ancestor of Roger de Lacy. He is mentioned by Wace as fighting for the Conqueror at Hastings and afterwards obtained a grant of lands in the Welsh marches. The principal estates of the Lacy family were at Ewyas Lacy, Stanton Lacy, and Weobley, and also included Ludlow Castle. Walter certainly held some land at Ewyas, and also at Stanton, but other lands were due to grants to his sons, and it is impossible to say what proportion was Walter's. In 1071 Walter de Lacy was fighting against the Welsh, and took part against the rebel earls three years later. He was a benefactor of St Peter's, Gloucester, and founder of St Peter's, Hereford. He died 27 March 1085, having fallen from a ladder while superintending the building of the latter church. He was buried in the chapter-house at Gloucester. By his wife, Ermeline, he left three sons, Roger, Hugh, and Walter, and two daughters, Ermeline and Emma. Roger de Lacy appears in 'Domesday' as holding lands in Berkshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, and Shropshire. He took part in the rebellions against William Rufus in 1088 and 1094, and for this was banished and his lands given his brother Hugh. Hugh was founder of Lanthony Abbey, and died in Wales before 1121, without offspring; he was buried at Weobley. Walter de Lacy (1073-1139), entered St Peter's Gloucester, in 1080, became abbot in 1130, and died in 1139. Henry I seems to have taken the Lacy estates into his own hands, but Gilbert, son of Hugh's sister, Emma, assumed the name of Lacy and claimed to represent the family. [Dictionary of National Biography XI:389]
  
  === He bore the title of Baron (1). He arri ===
  He bore the title of Baron (1). He arrived in England in the company of William FitzOsbern.

1. Roger de Lacy, b. ABT 1062 in France     d. ABT 1106 in Ewias, Herefordshire, England
2. Emmaline de Lacy, b. 1082 in Ewyas Lacy Manor, Weobley, Herfordshire, England     d. 1120 in Ewyas Harold, Herefordshire, England

1. Title: Walter De Lacy, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKJ-T28Z : 11 January 2022), Walter De Lacy, ; Burial, Gloucester, City of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, Gloucester Cathedral; citing record ID 48362498, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKJ-T28Z;
   Note: Walter De Lacy BIRTH 1046 France DEATH 22 Mar 1085 (aged 38–39) Hereford, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England BURIAL Gloucester Cathedral Gloucester, City of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England PLOT Chapter House MEMORIAL ID Companion of William the Conqueror. Sent to Wales by the King and was killed there. Per contributor 4694366: Walter's father was Hugh de Lacy, born about 1018, and Walter's brother Ilbert was born in 1045. Sources I have seen put Walter's birth date around 1046." His mother's name was Emma. From an anonymous findagrave contributor: Walter de Lasci of the Conquest. The Sire de Lacy of England. He was the great-grandfather of the Hugh de Lacy, Lord Palatine of Meath, the Sire de Lacy of Ireland. Walter is styled of Longton Castle, Herefordshire, and also as Lord Lassy in Normandy. Together with his two sons, Roger and Hugh, he rode by the side of William the Conqueror on the day of Hastings. Many and various grants of land were made to him in Herefordshire and the adjoining counties. In the 'hundred' of Ewias-Lacy, southeast of the County Hereford, and at the eastern base of the Hattervilles, still stand, at least the ruins, of what was once the castle of Longton, the earliest seat of the de Lacys in England, and founded by Walter himself. During all those centuries it has never passed away from the descendants of its original proprietor; it is now the property of the Marquis of Abergavenny. The venerable pile was erected over the ruins of an ancient Roman camp. Walter de Lacy died on March 22, 1085, and was interred in the Chapter House of the Abbey of Gloucester of which his son Walter, was abbot from 1130 to 1139. He met his death under tragic circumstances, for whilst incautiously inspecting the newly-built church of St Peter's Hereford, he fell from the lofty battlements and was killed. Walter is referred to in 'The Romaunt de Rou (Rollo)' as 'the Sieur de Lassi.' Five children survived him, viz., Roger, Hugh, Walter, Emma, and Emmeline. His wife was Lady Ermeline de Lacy. Walter de Lacy, first baron of Ludlow and Weobley, is sated on the authority of modern writers to have been brother to Lady Halwyse de Lacy (a matter which has not yet been fully established) and consequently half-brother to Ilbert of Pontefract. Others assert that Lady Halwyse de Lacy was Walter's neice. [Ref: _The Roll of the House of Lacy; pedigrees, military memoirs and synoptical history of the ancient and illustrious family of De Lacy, from the earliest times, in all its branches, to the present day. Full notices on allied families and a memoir of the Brownes (Camas)_ collected and compiled by Edward De Lacy-Bellingari, Waverly Press, Baltimore, 1st edition 1928, pp. 2-3] Less
   
2. Title: Wikiwand: Walter de Lacy (died 1085)
   Author: Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. online [http://en.wikipedia.org], , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_de_Lacy_(died_1085).
   Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Walter_de_Lacy_(died_1085);
   Note: Walter de Lacy (died 27 March 1085) was a Norman nobleman who went to England after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. He received lands in Herefordshire and Shropshire, and served King William I of England by leading military forces during 1075. He died in 1085 and one son inherited his lands. Another son became an abbot. Early life Walter was originally from Lassy, in Normandy. He had a brother, Ilbert de Lacy. Ilbert was the ancestor of the de Lacy family of Pontefract. Both Walter and Ilbert jointly held the Norman lands that were held of the Bishop of Bayeux. Career in England Walter was given the lordship of Weobley in Herefordshire after the Conquest. He is already attested in the Welsh Marches by 1069, when he is recorded stopping a Welsh attack and then raiding into Wales in retribution. Walter and Ilbert may have come to England in the household of Odo of Bayeux, the Bishop of Bayeux and half-brother of King William the Conqueror. Although some historians, such as W. E. Wightman, have argued that Walter was a follower of William fitzOsbern, others, including C. P. Lewis and K. S. B. Keats-Rohan, have argued that Walter was an independent agent in England. By the time of Walter's death, he held a block of lands in Herefordshire along the border with Wales. Another group of lands was centered on Ludlow in Shropshire. These two groupings of lands allowed Walter to help defend the border of England against Welsh raids. Walter also had other lands in Berkshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, and Oxfordshire. Walter kept a large number of his manors in demesne, managing them directly rather than giving them as fiefs to his knightly followers. Domesday Book records Walter's lands as being worth £423 in income per year and as comprising 163 manors in 7 different counties. He was one of 21 individuals with land valued at more than £400 at the time of the survey. In 1075, Walter was one of the leaders of the force that prevented Roger de Breteuil from joining up with the other rebels during the Revolt of the Earls. Walter had joined forces with Wulfstan the Bishop of Worcester, Æthelwig the Abbot of Evesham Abbey, and Urse d'Abetot the Sheriff of Worcester. Family and death Walter married Emma or Emmelina and they had three sons – Roger, Hugh and Walter. Roger was the heir to Weobley and Walter became Abbot of Gloucester Abbey. Occasionally the elder Walter is claimed to have married twice – once to Emma and once to an Ermeline, but this is probably a confusion of the variations of Emma's name. Walter and Emma also had a daughter who became a nun at St Mary's Abbey, Winchester. A niece was married to Ansfrid de Cormeilles. Considerable confusion exists about Sybil, the wife of Pain fitzJohn. C. P. Lewis names her as the daughter of Walter, but W. E. Wightman calls her the daughter of Hugh, Walter's son. Yet another pedigree has her as the daughter of Agnes, the daughter of Walter. In this rendition, favoured by Bruce Coplestone-Crow, Agnes was married to Geoffrey Talbot. The elder Walter died on 27 March 1085, falling off some scaffolding at Saint Guthlac's Priory when he was inspecting the progress of the building at that monastery. He was buried in the chapter house at Gloucester Abbey. He was a benefactor to Gloucester Abbey, as well as Saint Guthlac's.
   
3. Title: History of Ewyas Lacy
   Publication: Name: http://www.ewyaslacy.org.uk/-/Theme-de-Lacy-family-history/1000-s-1100-s-1200-s/rs_ewy_0201;
   Note: de Lacy family history 1000's-1200's
   
4. Title: Wikiwand: Walter de Lacy (died 1085)
   Author: Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. online [http://en.wikipedia.org], , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_de_Lacy_(died_1085).
   Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Walter_de_Lacy_(died_1085);
   Note: Walter de Lacy (died 27 March 1085) was a Norman nobleman who went to England after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. He received lands in Herefordshire and Shropshire, and served King William I of England by leading military forces during 1075. He died in 1085 and one son inherited his lands. Another son became an abbot. Early life Walter was originally from Lassy, in Normandy. He had a brother, Ilbert de Lacy. Ilbert was the ancestor of the de Lacy family of Pontefract. Both Walter and Ilbert jointly held the Norman lands that were held of the Bishop of Bayeux. Career in England Walter was given the lordship of Weobley in Herefordshire after the Conquest. He is already attested in the Welsh Marches by 1069, when he is recorded stopping a Welsh attack and then raiding into Wales in retribution. Walter and Ilbert may have come to England in the household of Odo of Bayeux, the Bishop of Bayeux and half-brother of King William the Conqueror. Although some historians, such as W. E. Wightman, have argued that Walter was a follower of William fitzOsbern, others, including C. P. Lewis and K. S. B. Keats-Rohan, have argued that Walter was an independent agent in England. By the time of Walter's death, he held a block of lands in Herefordshire along the border with Wales. Another group of lands was centered on Ludlow in Shropshire. These two groupings of lands allowed Walter to help defend the border of England against Welsh raids. Walter also had other lands in Berkshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, and Oxfordshire. Walter kept a large number of his manors in demesne, managing them directly rather than giving them as fiefs to his knightly followers. Domesday Book records Walter's lands as being worth £423 in income per year and as comprising 163 manors in 7 different counties. He was one of 21 individuals with land valued at more than £400 at the time of the survey. In 1075, Walter was one of the leaders of the force that prevented Roger de Breteuil from joining up with the other rebels during the Revolt of the Earls. Walter had joined forces with Wulfstan the Bishop of Worcester, Æthelwig the Abbot of Evesham Abbey, and Urse d'Abetot the Sheriff of Worcester. Family and death Walter married Emma or Emmelina and they had three sons – Roger, Hugh and Walter. Roger was the heir to Weobley and Walter became Abbot of Gloucester Abbey. Occasionally the elder Walter is claimed to have married twice – once to Emma and once to an Ermeline, but this is probably a confusion of the variations of Emma's name. Walter and Emma also had a daughter who became a nun at St Mary's Abbey, Winchester. A niece was married to Ansfrid de Cormeilles. Considerable confusion exists about Sybil, the wife of Pain fitzJohn. C. P. Lewis names her as the daughter of Walter, but W. E. Wightman calls her the daughter of Hugh, Walter's son. Yet another pedigree has her as the daughter of Agnes, the daughter of Walter. In this rendition, favoured by Bruce Coplestone-Crow, Agnes was married to Geoffrey Talbot. The elder Walter died on 27 March 1085, falling off some scaffolding at Saint Guthlac's Priory when he was inspecting the progress of the building at that monastery. He was buried in the chapter house at Gloucester Abbey. He was a benefactor to Gloucester Abbey, as well as Saint Guthlac's.
   
5. Title: Lacy Pedigree in the Antiquities of Shropshire, Vol. 5, pg. 240 [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: Antiquities of Shropshire, Vol. 5, pg. 240
   Note: Lacy Pedigree in the Antiquities of Shropshire, Vol. 5, pg. 240 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Lacy Pedigree in the Antiquities of Shropshire, Vol. 5, pg. 240 [See document in the Memories section]
   
6. Title: Walter de Lacy in the Antiquities of Shropshire, Vol. 5, pgs. 11, 21, 29 and 41 [See document in the memories section]
   Author: Antiquities of Shropshire, Vol. 5, pgs. 11, 21, 29 and 41
   Note: Walter de Lacy in the Antiquities of Shropshire, Vol. 5, pgs. 11, 21, 29 and 41 [See document in the memories section]
   Page: Walter de Lacy in the Antiquities of Shropshire, Vol. 5, pgs. 11, 21, 29 and 41 [See document in the memories section]
   
7. Title: The Complete Peerage: Walter de Lacy -
   Author: Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom; GE Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, Page number: XII/2:271, IX:425 chart
   Note: Source Media Type: Book
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736741118
   
8. Title: Lacy Family in the Battle Abbey Roll, Vol. 2, pgs. 176-178 [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: Battle Abbey Roll, Vol. 2, pgs. 176-178
   Note: Lacy Family in the Battle Abbey Roll, Vol. 2, pgs. 176-178 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Lacy Family in the Battle Abbey Roll, Vol. 2, pgs. 176-178 [See document in the Memories section]
   
9. Title: The Medieval Lands Project, "WALTER de Lacy"
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3L-O.htm#WalterLacydied1085A;
   Note: [WALTER de Lacy (-27 Mar 1085). Ellis suggests that Walter de Lacy was the brother of Ilbert de Lacy, highlighting that Walter held a "knight’s fee in Lassy and Campeaux" in Normandy from Odo Bishop of Bayeux and that "this fief was afterwards held in parage by the heirs of Walter and Ilbert." This is supported by the two documents, dated to [1133] and Sep 1146 both quoted below, which list fiefs of the bishop of Bayeux in the duchy of Normandy.]
   
10. Title: Wikiwand: de Lacy
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/De_Lacy;
    Note: de Lacy (Laci, Lacie, Lascy, Lacey) is the surname of an old Norman family which originated from Lassy, Calvados. The family took part in the Norman conquest of England and the later Norman invasion of Ireland. The name is first recorded for Hugh de Lacy (1020–1085). His sons, Walter and Ilbert, left Normandy and travelled to England with William the Conqueror. The awards of land by the Conqueror to the de Lacy sons led to two distinct branches of the family: the northern branch, centred on Blackburnshire and west Yorkshire was held by Ilbert's descendants; the southern branch of Marcher Lords, centred on Herefordshire and Shropshire, was held by Walter's descendants. Until 1361 , the northern branch of the family held the great Lordship of Bowland before it passed through marriage to the Duchy of Lancaster. They were also Barons of Pontefract and later Earls of Lincoln. The southern branch of the family became substantial landholders in the Lordship of Ireland and was linked to the Scottish royal family; Elizabeth de Burgh, great granddaughter of Walter de Lacy, married Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland. Lords of Pontefract, Bowland and Clitheroe The sons of Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Lassy (c.1020 – 27 March 1085), Ilbert and Walter jointly held the Norman lands that were held of the Bishop of Bayeux. They participated in the Norman conquest of England. While there is evidence that Ilbert fought at William's side at Hastings, there is no record of Walter fighting at Hastings. Ilbert was a major participant in the Harrying of the North (1069–70) which effectively ended the quasi-independence of the region through large-scale destruction that resulted in the relative "pacification" of the local population and the replacement of local Anglo-Danish lords with Normans. In return, he received vast grants of land in West Yorkshire, where he built Pontefract Castle. The Honour of Pontefract, which included the manor of Stanbury, was maintained by Ilbert's direct male descendants for the next three generations until 1192. It continued in the female line until 1348. Some of the English holdings lost by Roger the Poitevin due to his rebellion were awarded to Robert de Lacy, the son of Ilbert de Lacy. In 1102, King Henry I of England granted the fee of the ancient wapentake of Blackburnshire and further holdings in Hornby, and the vills of Chipping, Aighton and Dutton in Amounderness to de Lacy while confirming his possession of the Lordship of Bowland. These lands formed the basis of what became known as the Honour of Clitheroe. By marriage, John de Lacy gained more titles, including that of the Earldom of Lincoln in 1221. Notable family members Hugh de Lacy (c.1020, lord of Lassy (Normandy) – 27 March 1085, Hereford) Ilbert de Lacy (1045, Lassy – 1093, Pontefract), 1st Baron of Pontefract, son of Hugh de Lacy, who received a large fief in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire and built Pontefract Castle. Robert de Lacy, (probably died before 1130)[11] 2nd Baron of Pontefract, 2nd Lord of Bowland, the son of Ilbert. He founded Pontefract Priory about 1090 and built Clitheroe castle. Ilbert de Lacy, (died c.1141) 3rd Baron of Pontefract, 3rd Lord of Bowland, the eldest son of Robert de Lacy. He was captured with King Stephen during the Battle of Lincoln (1141), possibly dying in captivity. Henry de Lacy (died 1177), 4th Baron of Pontefract, 4th Lord of Bowland, the second son of Robert de Lacy. He built Kirkstall Abbey. Robert de Lacy (died 1193), 5th Baron of Pontefract, 5th Lord of Bowland, son of Henry. Although he married he had no children. Buried at Kirkstall. Albreda de Lacy, daughter of Robert de Lacy the 2nd Baron, who married Robert de Lissours. Albreda de Lissours, the daughter of Albreda de Lacy who married Richard fitz Eustace. John FitzRichard (died 1190), 6th Baron of Halton, the son of Richard fitz Eustace. He served with King Richard I of England in the Third Crusade and died at the siege of Tyre. He founded Stanlow Abbey on the banks of the River Mersey in 1178. Roger de Lacy (1170–1211), 6th Baron of Pontefract, 7th Baron of Halton, 7th Lord of Bowland, was the son of John FitzRichard and the grandson of Albreda de Lissours. He adopted surname de Lacy. In addition to inheriting his grandmother's vast holdings, Robert also inherited his father's hereditary title of Constable of Chester and the Barony of Halton with Halton Castle and the lordship of Donington in Leicestershire. In 1205 he purchased the barony of Penwortham. It seems that one of his daughters married Alan, Lord of Galloway (died 1234), who later marry Rose the daughter of Hugh de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulster. John de Lacy (c. 1192 – 22 July 1240), 2nd Earl of Lincoln (from 1232), 7th Baron of Pontefract, 8th Baron of Halton, 8th Lord of Bowland, son of Roger. He and his cousin Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford, chosen surety to enforce the King's adherence to Magna Carta. John de Lacy was buried in Stanlow Abbey. Maud de Lacy (1222–1262), eldest child of the 2nd Earl. Married Richard de Clare in 1238 becoming the Countess of Hertford and of Gloucester. Edmund de Lacy (c.1230-1258), 8th Baron of Pontefract, 9th Lord of Bowland, son of John. He inherited his father's titles but as he predeceased his mother (Margaret de Quincy) he never became the Earl of Lincoln. Henry de Lacy (c.1251–1311) 3rd Earl of Lincoln, 9th Baron of Pontefract, 10th Lord of Bowland, son of Edmund and grandson of the 2nd Earl. In 1282 he was granted the Lordship of Denbigh and built Denbigh Castle. He oversaw the transfer the monastery from Stanlow to Whalley near Clitheroe in 1296. Alice de Lacy, 4th Countess of Lincoln, 5th Countess of Salisbury (daughter of the 3rd Earl). Also inherited the Earldom of Salisbury through her mother Margaret Longespée. In 1294 Alice was married to Thomas of Lancaster, the nephew of King Edward I of England. Under the terms of the marriage settlement the bulk of her inheritance would go to her husband upon her father's death. Lords of Weobley and Ludlow Walter de Lacy, the son of Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Lassy, was granted the lordship of Weobley in Herefordshire after the Conquest.[10] He is already attested in the Welsh Marches by 1069.[16] By the time of Walter's death, he held blocks of land in Herefordshire (including Holme Lacy) along the border with Wales with another group of lands centered on Ludlow in Shropshire. These groupings allowed Walter to help defend the England–Wales border against Welsh raids. He also had smaller holdings in Berkshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire. Walter was second in the region only to William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford and his son, Roger de Breteuil although he was not subordinate to them. After the latter's rebellion against the king in 1075 [which Walter de Lacy helped to ensure failed] Walter became the leading baron in the region. Notable family members Walter de Lacy (died 1085), son of Hugh de Lacy, who received lands in Herefordshire and Shropshire Roger de Lacy (died after 1106), eldest son of Walter, who built Ludlow Castle. Following his banishment from England, his English estates were confiscated. Gilbert de Lacy (died after 1163), son of Roger, who inherited his father's estates in Normandy only. He succeeded in recovering his father's lands about Longtown, Weobley and Ludlow. He became a Templar in the 1150s and granted the Templars Guiting in Gloucestershire. Robert de Lacy, eldest son of Gilbert, who predeceased his father Hugh de Lacy, younger son of Gilbert, who inherited his father's estates. He was later awarded the Lordship of Meath in Ireland. Hugh de Lacy (died before 1115), younger son of Walter, who received the English lands upon his brother's banishment. The de Lacy lands then passed to Pain fitzJohn (a relation by marriage) and others. Walter de Lacy, Abbot of Gloucester Abbey, son of Walter Lordship of Meath In addition to his substantial land holdings in Herefordshire and Shropshire, England as 4th Baron de Lacy, Hugh de Lacy was also a substantial land holder in Ireland. Following his participation in the Norman Invasion of Ireland, he was granted the lands of a Gaelic medieval kingdom by the Anglo-Norman King Henry II of England in 1172 by the service of fifty knights. The Lordship of Meath was an extensive seigniorial liberty in medieval Ireland with almost royal authority. The Lordship was roughly co-extensive with the Kingdom of Meath. At its greatest extent, it included all of the modern counties of Fingal, Meath (which takes its name from the kingdom), Westmeath as well as parts of counties Cavan, Kildare, Longford, Louth and Offaly. The Lordship's caput was Trim Castle. With an area of 30,000 m², it is the largest castle in Ireland. The design of the central three-story keep (also known as a donjon or great tower) is unique for a Norman keep being of cruciform shape, with twenty corners. These lords were reliant on their own aggression for laying claim to their lands and for securing them. Castles, by virtue of their defensive and offensive capabilities as well as their symbolic status, were indispensable for dominating the area of the lordship. Known as a great builder of castles, by c. 1200, de Lacy had settlements all over the lordship, either in his own hands or the hands of his barons. With his son Walter (1180 – 1240) he built Trim Castle and Kilkea Castle. Some time after 1196, Walter granted "the whole land of Rathtowth" to his younger brother, Hugh. This sub-division, named the Barony of Ratoath, was perhaps the first instance of the use of the term barony in Ireland for a division of a county. By letters patent from John, King of England, the prescriptive barony was granted to Walter de Lacy and his heirs in perpetuity in 1208. Notable family members Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath (before 1135 – 25 July 1186) was the great-grandson of Walter de Lacy of the Norman Conquest. Walter (before 1170 to 24 Feb....
    
11. Title: Walter de Lacy in Archaelogia Cambrensis, 67 - Vol. 3, nos. 1-4, pg. 306-307 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Archaelogia Cambrensis, 67 - Vol. 3, nos. 1-4, pg. 306-307
    Note: Walter de Lacy in Archaelogia Cambrensis, 67 - Vol. 3, nos. 1-4, pg. 306-307 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Walter de Lacy in Archaelogia Cambrensis, 67 - Vol. 3, nos. 1-4, pg. 306-307 [See document in the Memories section]
    
12. Title: The Domesday Book Online
    Publication: Name: http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/landownersj-l.html;
    
13. Title: History of Ewyas Lacy
    Publication: Name: http://www.ewyaslacy.org.uk/-/Theme-de-Lacy-family-history/1000-s-1100-s-1200-s/rs_ewy_0201;
    Note: de Lacy family history 1000's-1200's
    
14. Title: Dictionary of National Biography: Walter de Lacy -
    Author: Dictionary of National Biography, George Smith, Oxford Press, Vols 1-21 (Orignially published 1885-90),Ed by Sir Leslie S, Page number: XI:389
    Note: Source Media Type: Book
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742373
    
15. Title: Walter de Lacy in Collections Towards the History and Antiquities of the County of Hereford, Vol. 1, pg. 597-598 [See document in the memories section]
    Author: Collections Towards the History and Antiquities of the County of Hereford, Vol. 1, pg. 597-598
    Note: Walter de Lacy in Collections Towards the History and Antiquities of the County of Hereford, Vol. 1, pg. 597-598 [See document in the memories section]
    Page: Walter de Lacy in Collections Towards the History and Antiquities of the County of Hereford, Vol. 1, pg. 597-598 [See document in the memories section]
    
16. Title: The Medieval Lands Project, "WALTER de Lacy"
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3L-O.htm#WalterLacydied1085A;
    Note: [WALTER de Lacy (-27 Mar 1085). Ellis suggests that Walter de Lacy was the brother of Ilbert de Lacy, highlighting that Walter held a "knight’s fee in Lassy and Campeaux" in Normandy from Odo Bishop of Bayeux and that "this fief was afterwards held in parage by the heirs of Walter and Ilbert"[23]. This is supported by the two documents, dated to [1133] and Sep 1146 both quoted below, which list fiefs of the bishop of Bayeux in the duchy of Normandy.]
    
17. Title: The Roll of the House of Lacy: Walter de Lacy -
    Author: The Roll of the House of Lacy; De Lacy-Bellingari {1928}, Page number: 2-3
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742385
    
18. Title: Walter de Lacy in The Norman People, pg. 304 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: The Norman People, pg. 304
    Note: Walter de Lacy in The Norman People, pg. 304 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Walter de Lacy in The Norman People, pg. 304 [See document in the Memories section]
    
19. Title: Barony of Lacy in the Antiquities of Shropshire, Vol. 5, pg. 238-239 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Antiquities of Shropshire, Vol. 5, pg. 238-239
    Note: Barony of Lacy in the Antiquities of Shropshire, Vol. 5, pg. 238-239 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Barony of Lacy in the Antiquities of Shropshire, Vol. 5, pg. 238-239 [See document in the Memories section]
    
20. Title: The Domesday Book Online: Lacy, Walter de
    Publication: Name: http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/landownersj-l.html;
    Note: Lacy, Walter de - From Lassy, Calvados. Western lands made him an important defender against Welsh. Helped crush rebellion of Earl William FitzOsbern's son, Roger; died 1085. Succeeded by son Roger.
    
21. Title: Warriors of God
    Author: James Reston, Jr, Warriors of God (New York, NY: Anchor Books, May 2002), 27 March 1085.
    
22. Title: Walter de Lacy in Archaelogia Cambrensis, Third Series No. LVII January 1869, pg. 46 [See Pedigree in the Memories section]
    Author: Archaelogia Cambrensis, Third Series No. LVII January 1869, pg. 46
    Note: Walter de Lacy in Archaelogia Cambrensis, Third Series No. LVII January 1869, pg. 46 [See Pedigree in the Memories section]
    Page: Walter de Lacy in Archaelogia Cambrensis, Third Series No. LVII January 1869, pg. 46 [See Pedigree in the Memories section]
    
23. Title: Plantagenet Ancestry: Walter de Lacy -
    Author: The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton {1968}, Page number: 74
    Note: Source Media Type: Book
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742370
    
24. Title: Lacy Family Pedigree in Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pgs. 309-310 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pgs. 309-310
    Note: Lacy Family Pedigree in Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pgs. 309-310 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Lacy Family Pedigree in Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pgs. 309-310 [See document in the Memories section]
    
25. Title: Walter de Lacy (died 1085) in Wikipedia ~https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_de_Lacy_(died_1085) [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_de_Lacy_(died_1085)
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_de_Lacy_(died_1085);
    Note: Walter de Lacy (died 1085) in Wikipedia ~https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_de_Lacy_(died_1085) [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Walter de Lacy (died 1085) in Wikipedia ~https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_de_Lacy_(died_1085) [See document in the Memories section]
    
26. Title: Walter de Lacy in The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fagod, Vol. 3, pg. 3 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fagod, Vol. 3, pg. 3
    Note: Walter de Lacy in The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fagod, Vol. 3, pg. 3 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Walter de Lacy in The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fagod, Vol. 3, pg. 3 [See document in the Memories section]