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Edmund de Lacy, Baron of Pontefract
(1230 - 1258)
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Edmund de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln (c.1230–1258) was an important landholder in northern England, with a strategic manor at Stanbury which was important for east–west communication, and as Lord of the Honour of Pontefract he possessed Pontefract Castle.
Origins[edit]
He was the son and heir of John de Lacy, jure uxoris Earl of Lincoln (c. 1192–1240) 8th Baron of Halton, 8th Hereditary Constable of Chester, feudal baron of Pontefract, one of the 25 barons who forced King John to sign Magna Carta in 1215, in which year that king restored to him Donnington Castle, which however was demolished the next year. Edmund's mother (his father's second wife) was Margaret de Quincy, suo jure Countess of Lincoln (c.1206–1266), only daughter and heiress of Robert de Quincy (d.1217) (son and heir apparent of Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester (c.1170–1219), one of the leaders of the baronial rebellion against King John, whom he predeceased) by his wife Hawise of Chester (d.1242/3), 4th sister and co-heiress of the childless Ranulph de Blondeville/de Mechines, 4th Earl of Chester, 1st Earl of Lincoln (d.1232). In 1230/1, shortly before his death, Ranulph de Blondeville conveyed (or "resigned") his new Earldom of Lincoln to his sister Hawise, by then a widow, who received with it Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, built by Ranulph, and lands in Lindsey and Holland in the same county. In 1232, about ten years before her death, Hawise requested King Henry III to grant the Earldom of Lincoln to her son-in-law John de Lacy, which request he conceded.[1]
Earl of Lincoln[edit]
There is doubt as to whether Edmund de Lacy became Earl of Lincoln, as he predeceased his mother, but not his father. The Complete Peerage gives him as the 3rd Earl,[disputed – discuss] but notes that "he does not appear to have been formally invested with the earldom, presumably because his mother outlived him".[2][verification needed]
Career[edit]
When his father died in 1240 he inherited his father's titles and thus became 9th Baron of Halton, 9th Constable of Chester, feudal baron of Pontefract, Lord of Bowland, etc. He also became Earl of Lincoln, even though his mother, suo jure Countess was still alive.[3] As he was a minor he became a ward of the king, which wardship was later acquired by his mother. Normally his inheritance would have been held in wardship until he reached the age of majority (21). However, Edmund was allowed to succeed his father at only 18 years of age.[4] He was brought up at the royal court of King Henry III and Eleanor of Provence.
Marriage and issue[edit]
Having been brought up at the royal court of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence, in May 1247 at Woodstock Palace he made a 'Savoyard' marriage[5] to Alésia of Saluzzo (Alice de Saluces), who had been brought to England by Peter II, Count of Savoy[6] Eleanor's uncle. She was the daughter of Manfred III of Saluzzo[6] in Piedmont, and sister of Thomas I of Saluzzo. By his wife he had issue including:
Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln.[7]Death and burial[edit]
He died 2 June 1258 and was buried at Stanlow Abbey[8] founded by his paternal grandfather John fitz Richard (died 1190), 6th Baron of Halton, 6th Hereditary Constable of Chester.
References[edit]
^ Complete Peerage, Vol.VII, pp.675–6
^ Complete Peerage, Vol.VII, p.680
^ Complete Peerage, Vol.VII, p.680
^ "Lacy, John de, third earl of Lincoln (c.1192–1240)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Oct 2005 (accessed 29 Jan 2008)
^ Complete Peerage vol. 7. 1929. pp. 680–681.
^ Jump up to:a b Eugene L. Cox, The Eagle of Savoy: The House of Savoy in the Thirteenth Century, (Princeton University Press, 1974), 169.
^ "Henry Lacy 3rd Earl of Lincoln", Historical Dictionary of Late Medieval England, 1272–1485, ed. Ronald H. Fritze, William Baxter Robison, (Greenwood Press, 2002), 305.
^ Complete Peerage vol 7. 1929. pp. 680–681.
Edmund de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln (c.1230–1258) was an important landholder in northern England, with a strategic manor at Stanbury which was important for east–west communication, and as Lord of the Honour of Pontefract he possessed Pontefract Castle.
Origins[edit]
He was the son and heir of John de Lacy, jure uxoris Earl of Lincoln (c. 1192–1240) 8th Baron of Halton, 8th Hereditary Constable of Chester, feudal baron of Pontefract, one of the 25 barons who forced King John to sign Magna Carta in 1215, in which year that king restored to him Donnington Castle, which however was demolished the next year. Edmund's mother (his father's second wife) was Margaret de Quincy, suo jure Countess of Lincoln (c.1206–1266), only daughter and heiress of Robert de Quincy (d.1217) (son and heir apparent of Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester (c.1170–1219), one of the leaders of the baronial rebellion against King John, whom he predeceased) by his wife Hawise of Chester (d.1242/3), 4th sister and co-heiress of the childless Ranulph de Blondeville/de Mechines, 4th Earl of Chester, 1st Earl of Lincoln (d.1232). In 1230/1, shortly before his death, Ranulph de Blondeville conveyed (or "resigned") his new Earldom of Lincoln to his sister Hawise, by then a widow, who received with it Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, built by Ranulph, and lands in Lindsey and Holland in the same county. In 1232, about ten years before her death, Hawise requested King Henry III to grant the Earldom of Lincoln to her son-in-law John de Lacy, which request he conceded.[1]
Earl of Lincoln[edit]
There is doubt as to whether Edmund de Lacy became Earl of Lincoln, as he predeceased his mother, but not his father. The Complete Peerage gives him as the 3rd Earl,[disputed – discuss] but notes that "he does not appear to have been formally invested with the earldom, presumably because his mother outlived him".[2][verification needed]
Career[edit]
When his father died in 1240 he inherited his father's titles and thus became 9th Baron of Halton, 9th Constable of Chester, feudal baron of Pontefract, Lord of Bowland, etc. He also became Earl of Lincoln, even though his mother, suo jure Countess was still alive.[3] As he was a minor he became a ward of the king, which wardship was later acquired by his mother. Normally his inheritance would have been held in wardship until he reached the age of majority (21). However, Edmund was allowed to succeed his father at only 18 years of age.[4] He was brought up at the royal court of King Henry III and Eleanor of Provence.
Marriage and issue[edit]
Having been brought up at the royal court of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence, in May 1247 at Woodstock Palace he made a 'Savoyard' marriage[5] to Alésia of Saluzzo (Alice de Saluces), who had been brought to England by Peter II, Count of Savoy[6] Eleanor's uncle. She was the daughter of Manfred III of Saluzzo[6] in Piedmont, and sister of Thomas I of Saluzzo. By his wife he had issue including:
Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln.[7]Death and burial[edit]
He died 2 June 1258 and was buried at Stanlow Abbey[8] founded by his paternal grandfather John fitz Richard (died 1190), 6th Baron of Halton, 6th Hereditary Constable of Chester.
References[edit]
^ Complete Peerage, Vol.VII, pp.675–6
^ Complete Peerage, Vol.VII, p.680
^ Complete Peerage, Vol.VII, p.680
^ "Lacy, John de, third earl of Lincoln (c.1192–1240)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Oct 2005 (accessed 29 Jan 2008)
^ Complete Peerage vol. 7. 1929. pp. 680–681.
^ Jump up to:a b Eugene L. Cox, The Eagle of Savoy: The House of Savoy in the Thirteenth Century, (Princeton University Press, 1974), 169.
^ "Henry Lacy 3rd Earl of Lincoln", Historical Dictionary of Late Medieval England, 1272–1485, ed. Ronald H. Fritze, William Baxter Robison, (Greenwood Press, 2002), 305.
^ Complete Peerage vol 7. 1929. pp. 680–681.
Events
| Birth | 1230 | ||||
| Death | 1258 |
Families
| Spouse | Alésia of Saluzzo ( - ) |
| Child | Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln (1251 - 1311) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | John de Lacy, 2nd Earl of Lincoln (1192 - 1240) |
| Mother | Margaret de Quincy (1206 - 1266) |
| Sibling | Maude de Lacy (1223 - 1289) |