Richard fitzEustace

• Preferred Name: Richard fitzEustace^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}
  
• Alternate Name: Fifth Baron of Halton
  
• Alternate Name: Richard de Clavering
  
• Alternate Name: Richard of Skipton
  
• Alternate Name: Richard Fitz Eustace
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: ABT 1163 in Halton, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N3.9833 LONG: E2.25
  
• Birth: ABT 1128 in Halton, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N3.9833 LONG: E2.25
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Lord of Clavering
  
• FSID: LYDP-KBK
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: 5th Baron of Halton
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Richard fitzEustace (died circa 1163) was Constable of Chester and feudal Baron of Halton within the County Palatine of Chester ruled by the Earl of Chester.
  
  He was a son of Eustace fitzJohn (died 1157), hereditary Constable of Chester, by his second wife Agnes, daughter and eventual heiress of William fitz Nigel (died 1134), of Halton Castle, hereditary Constable of Chester and feudal Baron of Halton. Richard fitzEustace in turn inherited the barony and constableship.[1][better source needed] During the reign of King Henry II, Richard held one knight's fee in Smathe, Yorkshire.
  
  He married Aubrey (or Albreda) de Lissours, daughter of Robert de Lissours by his wife Aubrey (or Albreda) de Lacy, daughter and eventual heiress of Robert de Lacy,[1][better source needed] baron of Pontefract in Yorkshire.[2] The de Lacy family took its name from the manor of Lassy in Calvados, Normandy.[2] Albreda de Lissours survived her husband and remarried to William FitzWilliam, by whom she had further children. With Richard, she had the following children:[citation needed]
  
  John fitzRichard, died 1190, eldest son and heir,[2] Constable of Chester and feudal baron of Halton. He married Alice of Essex, a daughter of Robert of Essex by his wife Alice, by whom he had several children. Some of his descendants took the de Lacy surname.
  Roger fitzRichard ('Roger of Warkworth'), died 1177, who was granted Warkworth Castle in Northumberland by King Henry II. He married Adelisa de Vere and had children.
  Robert fitzRichard ('Robert the Hospitaller') died circa 1197, Prior of the Knights Hospitaller in England.
  Mary fitzRichard, died c.1185, married Robert de Aldford.
  Aubrey fitzRichard, died c.1199, married Henry Bisset.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_fitz_Eustace
  
  BIO
  BIO: Baron of Halton and Pontefract, constable of Chester.
  
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  BIO
  BIO: Lord of Halton and constable of Chester.
  
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  === Ref Number: line 24D ===
  Ref Number: line 24D
  
  === He was the Feudal Baron of Halton Castle ===
  He was the Feudal Baron of Halton Castle and Constable of Chester.
  
  === !#21> Complete Peerage-v5-p519note,-v7-p ===
  !#21> Complete Peerage-v5-p519note,-v7-p677ped, (FHL 942 D22cok);
  
  === . Albreda Lisours was married to Richar ===
  . Albreda Lisours was married to Richard FitzEutace, feudal lord of Halton, and constable of Chester. She possessed herself of the Barony of Pontefract, and all the other lands of her deceased half-brother, under the pretense of a grant from Henry de Lacy, her first husband. By Richard FitzEustace, she had a son, John.
  
  === !Title: Baron of Halton & Const. of Che ===
  !Title: Baron of Halton & Const. of Cheshire. !Sir Bernard Burke's Dormant & Extinct Peerage p.121 Richard was an onlychild;
  
  === !SOURCES: 1. Foster--East Riding Pedigr ===
  !SOURCES: 1. Foster--East Riding Pedigrees #7 (Yorks 20c) !RESEARCH NOTE: 1. It has been noted that discrepancies appear between this record and that for: William Fitz William (1130) and Albreda de Lisours; William Fitz Godric (1140) and Aubrey de Lisours; William de Clairfait (1130) and Aubrey de Lisours. Corrective action will not be undertaken by the Gen. Soc. until necessary supporting evidence has been adequately established.
  
  === Richard Fitz-Eustace, Baron of Halton an ===
  Richard Fitz-Eustace, Baron of Halton and constable of Chester, m. Albreda, dau. and heir of Robert de Lisours and half sister of Robert de Lacy, and had issue, John, who becoming heir to his uncle, the said Robert de Lacy, assumed the surname of Lacy, and s. his father as constable of Chester, and was ancestor of the Earls of Lincoln of that family; Robert, the hospitaller, that is of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England; and Roger, surnamed FitzRichard, progenitor ofhe great families of Clavering. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 121, Clavering, Barons Clavering, and p. 555, Vesci, Barons Vesci]
  
  === Constable of Chester and Baron of Halto ===
  Constable of Chester and Baron of Halton. W E Wightman, "The Lacy Family in England and Normandy, 1066-1194", genealogical chart following p 260. (pp. 175, 177-178): "By his second marriage Eustace had a son Robert. He in his turn married AUBREY DE LISOURS, daughter of AUBREY the sister of Ilbert II de Lacy, through whom the Pontefract honour descended in 1194 to ROGER DE LACY, grandson of Robert fitz Eustace."
  
  === SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
  SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.15, 19, 24, 25, 41, 44; THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.124; PUBLICATION A1C20, P.277; FOSTER'S EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND PEDIGREES NUMBER 7; ENGLAND PUBLICATION 5 VOL 4 P.669; ENGLAND PUBLICATION N, VOL 7; YORKSHIRE PUBLICATION 2, P.608; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
  
  === !The Complete Peerage ===
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  === Sources: A. Roots 246D; Magna Charta Sur ===
  Sources: A. Roots 246D; Magna Charta Sureties 156-1.
  
  === ! from Dormant and Extinct Peerages !DEA ===
  ! from Dormant and Extinct Peerages !DEATH: from The Complet Peerage ! from Dormant and Extinct Peerages !DEATH: from The Complet Peerage ! from Dormant and Extinct Peerages !DEATH: from The Complet Peerage
  
  === Geni Profile: http://www.geni.com/people ===
  Geni Profile: http://www.geni.com/people/p/6000000025439915526
  
  === !SOURCE: "Royal Ancestors," PC #440. ===
  !SOURCE: "Royal Ancestors," PC #440.
  
  === OCCUPATION: Lord of Halton and Constabl ===
  OCCUPATION: Lord of Halton and Constable of Chester. Richard Fitz-Eustace, Baron of Halto n and constable of Chester, m. Albreda, dau. and heir of Robert de Lisours and half sister o f Robert de Lacy, and had issue, John, who becoming heir to his uncle, the said Robert de Lac y, assumed the surname of Lacy, and s. his father as constable of Chester, and was ancestor o f the Earls of Lincoln of that family; Robert, the hospitaller, that is of the Hospital of St . John of Jerusalem in England; and Roger, surnamed FitzRichard, progenitor ofhe great famili es of Clavering. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., Lon don, 1883, p. 121, Clavering, Barons Clavering, and p. 555, Vesci, Barons Vesci]ALIAS: Richar d FitzEustace, Lord of Clavering & Halton
  
  Richard Fitz-Eustace, Baron of Halton and constable of Chester, m. Albreda, dau. and heir o f Robert de Lisours and half sister of Robert de Lacy, and had issue, John, who becoming hei r to his uncle, the said Robert de Lacy, assumed the surname of Lacy, and s. his father as co nstable of Chester, and was ancestor of the Earls of Lincoln of that family; Robert, the hosp italler, that is of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England; and Roger, surnamed Fit zRichard, progenitor ofhe great families of Clavering. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinc t Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 121, Clavering, Barons Clavering, and p . 555, Vesci, Barons Vesci]
  
  Note: Richard was NOT constable of Chester. Richard died before his step-father, Robert Fitz Count, who had assumed the position of constable of Chester when he married Richard's mother . Richard's son John assumed the position of constable of Chester after Richard's stepfathe r died.
  
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  Richard Fitz-Eustace, Baron of Halton and constable of Chester, m. Albreda, dau. and heir of Robert de Lisours and half sister of Robert de Lacy, and had issue, John, who becoming heir to his uncle, the said Robert de Lacy, assumed the surname of Lacy, and s. his father as constable of Chester, and was ancestor of the Earls of Lincoln of that family; Robert, the hospitaller, that is of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England; and Roger, surnamed FitzRichard, progenitor ofhe great families of Clavering. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 121, Clavering, Barons Clavering, and p. 555, Vesci, Barons Vesci]
  
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  === !Weis. 246D-26. ===
  !Weis. 246D-26.

1. Mary fitzRichard, b. ABT 1152 in Halton, Yorkshire, England     d. 1185 in Aldford, Cheshire, England
2. John de Lacy, b. ABT 1144 in Clavering, Essex, England     d. 11 OCT 1190 in Acre

1. Title: Richard fitzEustace, Son of Eustace ftzJohn and Agnes fitzNigel, Wikipedia
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_fitz_Eustace;
   
2. Title: Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins
   Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p191.htm#i5731;
   
3. Title: FMG
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3T-Z.htm#RichardFitzEustachedied1163B;
   
4. Title: The Clavering family in Burke's General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages, pg. 124-125 [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: Burke's General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages, pg. 124-125
   Note: The Clavering family in Burke's General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages, pg. 124-125 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: The Clavering family in Burke's General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages, pg. 124-125 [See document in the Memories section]
   
5. Title: Pedigree of John Monoculos, Eustace fitzJohn and Richard fitzEustace in A History of Northumberland, Vol. V, pg. 25 [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: A History of Northumberland, Vol. V, pg. 25
   Note: Pedigree of John Monoculos, Eustace FitzJohn and Richard FitzEustace in A History of Northumberland, Vol. V, pg. 25 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Pedigree of John Monoculos, Eustace FitzJohn and Richard FitzEustace in A History of Northumberland, Vol. V, pg. 25 [See document in the Memories section]
   
6. Title: Richard fitzEustace
   Publication: Name: https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/217663/I657/robert-aldford/individual;
   
7. Title: Wikiwand: Richard fitzEustace
   Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Richard_fitz_Eustace;
   Note: Richard fitz Eustace was a prominent 12th-century noble. He was a son of Eustace fitz John and Agnes de Halton. He inherited the titles of his mother, becoming Baron of Halton, and the position of Constable of Chester. Richard died c.1163. Richard had in the reign of King Henry II of England one knight's fee in Smathe, Yorkshire. His second wife Albreda de Lissours, would inherit after Richard's death the barony of Pontefract from her mother Albreda de Lacy, the daughter of Robert de Lacy, Baron of Pontefract. Albreda married William FitzWilliams, after the death of Richard and had issue. Marriage and issue He married firstly Jane, daughter of Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk and Alice de Toni, they had issue: Roger of Warkworth (died 1177), married Adelisa de Vere, had issue. He married secondly Albreda, daughter of Robert de Lissours and Albreda de Lacy. John, Constable of Chester (died 1190), married Alice de Essex, had issue. Robert the Hospitaller (died c.1197), prior of the Knights Hospitaller in England. Mary (died c.1185), married Robert de Aldford, had issue. Aubrey (died c.1199), married Henry Bisset, had issue.
   
8. Title: William fitzNigel
   Author: Charters of William II and Henry I Project , David X Carpenter, Faculty of History, University of Oxford, 21 May 2018
   Publication: Name: https://actswilliam2henry1.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/h1-william-fitz-nigel-2018-1.pdf;
   Page: He is mentioned.