LACY, Maud

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: Countess of Hertford and Gloucester

Notes:

Maud de Lacy had a personality that was described as "highly competitive and somewhat embittered".[1] She became known as one of the most litigious women in the 13th century[1] as she was involved in numerous litigations and lawsuits with her tenants, neighbours, and relatives, including her own son. Author Linda Elizabeth Mitchell, in her Portraits of Medieval Women: Family, Marriage, and Politics in England 1225-1350', states that Maud's life has received "considerable attention by historians".[2]

She endowed many religious houses, including the Benedictine Stoke-by-Clare Priory, Suffolk (re-established in 1124 by Richard de Clare, 1st Earl of Hertford having been moved from Clare Castle) and Canonsleigh Abbey, Devon, which she re-founded as a nunnery.[10] She also vigorously promoted the clerical career of her son, Bovo, and did much to encourage his ambitions and acquisitiveness. She was largely responsible for many of the benefices that were bestowed on him, which made him the richest churchman of the period.[11] Although not an heiress, Maud herself was most likely the wealthiest widow in 13th century England.[1]

Maud married CLARE, Richard on 25 Jan 1238. Richard (son of DE CLARE, Gilbert and MARSHAL, Isabel) was born on 4 Aug 1222 in Gloucestershire, England; died on 22 Jul 1262. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. CLARE, Gilbert was born on 2 Sep 1242 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England; died on 7 Dec 1295 in Monmouth Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: Magna Carta Baron
• Royalty & Nobility: Earl of Lincoln, Constable of Chester
• Web Address: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_de_Lacy,_Earl_of_Lincoln
• Web Address: https://frontlinestates.ltd.uk/john-de-lacy/
• Web Address: https://magnacarta800th.com/schools/biographies/the-25-barons-of-magna-carta/john-de-lacy/
• Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lacy-284
• Name: John of Chester
• Residence: Pontefract, Yorkshire, England; Primary family property
• _MILT: Between 1218 and 1219, Damietta, Egypt; Participated in the Fifth Crusade in the Siege of Damietta

Notes:

John de Lacy, born around 1192 and dying in 1240, was a notable figure in the baronial opposition against King John of England and a key player in the events surrounding the Magna Carta. He was the eldest son and heir of Roger de Lacy, constable of Chester, and his wife, Maud de Clere. John inherited a vast and valuable inheritance, including more than a hundred knights’ fees and the baronies of Pontefract and Clitheroe, among others.

John's early involvement with King John was marked by a sense of grievance due to the terms on which he was granted possession of his father’s estates. King John demanded a massive fine of 7000 marks and took control of John's chief castles, Pontefract and Castle Donington, to be garrisoned at Lacy’s expense. This heavy burden likely influenced John de Lacy's decision to join the baronial rebellion.

Despite his initial loyalty to the crown, evidenced by his participation in John's expedition to Poitou in 1214, John de Lacy joined the baronial cause in 1215. He was present at Runnymede and was named among the Twenty Five barons responsible for enforcing the Magna Carta. His allegiance, however, fluctuated during the subsequent civil war. He briefly submitted to King John in January 1216 but renounced the Magna Carta under duress. By the end of the year, he was in rebellion again, although he was not present at the baronial defeat at Lincoln in 1217. He submitted to the new king, Henry III, in August 1217.

John de Lacy's later life was marked by his participation in the Fifth Crusade, where he journeyed to Damietta in Egypt with Ranulph, Earl of Chester, in 1218. He returned to England in 1220 and witnessed the definitive reissue of Magna Carta in 1225. In 1232, following Ranulph’s death, John de Lacy was granted the title of Earl of Lincoln.

John de Lacy married twice. His first marriage was to Alice de L'Aigle, and his second, in 1221, was to Margaret de Quincy, daughter of Roger de Quincy and granddaughter of Saer de Quincy, another of the Twenty Five. Through this marriage, he inherited the Earldom of Lincoln in 1232. John and Margaret had one son, Edmund, and two daughters, including Maud de Lacy, who married Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester.

John de Lacy died on 22 July 1240 and was buried at the Cistercian Abbey of Stanlow in County Chester. His life reflects the complex dynamics of loyalty, rebellion, and political maneuvering during a turbulent period in English history. His involvement in the Magna Carta and the baronial rebellion against King John highlights his significant role in the struggle for rights and governance in medieval England.

John married QUINCY, Margaret before 21 Jun 1221. Margaret (daughter of QUINCY, Robert and KEVELIOC, Hawise) was born in 1206; died before 30 Mar 1266 in Hampstead Marshall, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: Countess of Lincoln and Pembroke

Notes:

Margaret de Quincy, Countess of Lincoln (c.1206- March 1266), was a wealthy English noblewoman and heiress having inherited suo jure the earldom of Lincoln and honours of Bolingbroke from her mother Hawise of Chester, and acquired a dower third from the extensive earldom of Pembroke following the death of her second husband, Walter Marshal, 5th Earl of Pembroke. Her first husband was John de Lacy, 1st Earl of Lincoln, by whom she had two children. He was created Earl of Lincoln by right of his marriage to Margaret. Margaret has been described as "one of the two towering female figures of the mid-13th century".

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: Notable English soldier, crusader and baron in the late 12th and early 13th centuries.
• Royalty & Nobility: 6th Baron of Pontefract, 7th Lord of Bowland, Lord of Blackburnshire, 7th Baron of Halton, Constable of Chester, Sheriff of Yorkshire and Cumberland
• Royalty & Nobility: Baron of Pontefract, Lord of Bowland, Lord of Blackburnshire, Baron of Halton, Constable of Chester, Sheriff of Yorkshire and Sheriff of Cumberland
• Web Address: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_de_Lacy_(1170%E2%80%931211)
• Name: Roger fitz John
• Name: Roger le Constable; Roger FitzJohn

Notes:

Died:
buried at Stanlow Abbey

Roger + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: Earl of Lincoln

Notes:

Robert de Quincy was the son and heir apparent to Saher de Quincy, Earl of Winchester and Magna Carta Baron, by Margaret de Beaumont, aka Margaret of Leicester.

Robert and his father were captured at the Battle of Lincoln, 20 May 1217.

Robert + KEVELIOC, Hawise. Hawise was born in 1180 in Chester, Cheshire, England; died before 19 Feb 1243 in London, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: 1st Countess of Lincoln
• Name: Hawise of Chester, Hawise of Kevelioc

Notes:

Hawise of Chester, 1st Countess of Lincoln suo jure (1180- 6 June 1241/3 May 1243[1]), was an Anglo-Norman noblewoman and a wealthy heiress. Her father was Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester. She was the sister and a co-heiress of Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester. She was created suo jure 1st Countess of Lincoln in 1232.[2] She was the wife of Robert de Quincy, by whom she had one daughter, Margaret, who became heiress to her title and estates. She was also known as Hawise of Kevelioc.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: Anglo-Norman soldier, Baron of Halton and hereditary Constable of Chester
• Web Address: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_fitz_Richard
• Name: Historical records refer to him as "John, Constable of Chester"
• _MILT: 1190, Acre, `Akko, Hazafon, Israel; Participated in the Third Crusade, during which he died in the Holy Land during the Siege of Acre.

Notes:

Died:
Died in the Third Crusade

John + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: Magna Carta Baron
• Relation to Me: 25 GGF
• Web Address: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saer_de_Quincy,_1st_Earl_of_Winchester
• Web Address: https://frontlinestates.ltd.uk/saer-de-quincy/
• Web Address: https://magnacarta800th.com/schools/biographies/the-25-barons-of-magna-carta/saer-de-qunicy-earl-of-winchester/
• Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Quincy-226
• Residence: Leicester, Leicestershire, England; Primary family property
• _MILT: 1203; Co-commander with his cousin Robert Fitzwalter of the garrison at the major fortress of Vaudreuil in Normandy. They surrendered the castle without a fight to Philip II of France, fatally weakening the English position in northern France.
• Royalty & Nobility: Between 1207 and 1219; 1st Earl of Winchester
• _MILT: Between 1211 and 1212; Commanded an imposing retinue of a hundred knights and a hundred sargeants in William the Lion's campaign against the Mac William rebels
• Magna Carta: 1215; Magna Carta Baron

Notes:

Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester (c. 1155 - 3 November 1219), was a prominent figure in the baronial rebellion against King John of England and a major player in both the Scottish and English political landscapes during the late 12th and early 13th centuries.

Born to Robert de Quincy and Orabilis, heiress of the lordship of Leuchars, Saer's early life was largely spent in Scotland, where he witnessed several charters of the Scottish kings. His rise to prominence in England was partly due to his marriage to Margaret, daughter of Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester. Upon the death of his brother-in-law, the Earl of Leicester, in 1204, Saer and his wife became co-heirs to the vast earldom, leading to his eventual appointment as the Earl of Winchester in 1207.

Saer de Quincy's military and diplomatic career was notable. He served Richard the Lionheart in 1198 and was with John in Normandy in 1202 and 1203. He and Robert FitzWalter jointly held the strategic Norman stronghold of Vaudreuil but surrendered it to King Philip of France in 1203, a decision that led to their imprisonment and a temporary fall from King John's favor.

Despite his initial loyalty to the crown, Saer de Quincy became a key figure in the baronial opposition to King John. In 1215, he joined the rebel ranks at Brackley and marched to London, playing a significant role in the negotiations that led to the Magna Carta. He was one of the 25 barons appointed to ensure the king's adherence to the charter.

Following the outbreak of the First Barons' War, Saer continued his opposition to John, even after the king's death, supporting the French Prince Louis's claim to the English throne. He was captured in the Second Battle of Lincoln in 1217 but later reconciled with the crown under Henry III.

In 1219, Saer de Quincy embarked on the Fifth Crusade, joining the siege of Damietta in Egypt. He fell ill soon after his arrival and died in November of that year. His body was buried in Acre, and his heart was returned to England for interment at Garendon Abbey.

Saer de Quincy's career illustrates the complex interplay of property disputes, political allegiance, and international relations during a turbulent period in medieval history. His involvement in the Magna Carta and the baronial rebellion against King John marks him as a significant figure in the struggle for rights and governance in medieval England..

Died:
on the Fifth Crusade, joining the siege of Damietta in Egypt

Saer + BEAUMONT, Margaret. Margaret was born in 1154 in Leicestershire, England; died on 12 Jan 1235 in Brackley, Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: Descendant of Isabel de Vermandois, Hugh Magnus of France, Leader of the First Crusade in 1096, and of Charlemagne
• Royalty & Nobility: Countess of Winchester