Individual Details

Roger de Lacy

( - Aft 1106)

According to Wikipedia:

Roger de Lacy[1][2] (died after 1106) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman, a Marcher Lord on the Welsh border. Roger was a castle builder, particularly at Ludlow Castle.

Lands and titles
From Walter de Lacy (died 1085) he inherited Castle Frome, Herefordshire.[3] The Domesday Survey (1086) shows Roger holding also Ocle Pychard,[4] Almeley Castle,[5] Eardisley Castle,[6] and Edgeworth Manor. He had an insecure lordship at Ewias Lacy now known as Longtown Castle on the modern day Welsh border.,[7] in Longtown, Herefordshire; Stanton Lacy was probably also his after Walter. His main stronghold was Weobley.[8] He held directly from the King.[9]

Rebel Baron
He took part in the rebellion of 1088 against William Rufus, with the other local lords Osbern fitzRichard of Richard's Castle, Ralf of Mortemer, and Bernard of Neufmarche.[10] He was later implicated in the conspiracy of 1095 against William, and was exiled.[11]

Legacy of family conflict
Weobley passed to his brother Hugh de Lacy who died before 1115 when the de Lacy lands passed to Pain fitzJohn. Roger's son Gilbert de Lacy spent much effort recovering the Longtown and Ludlow holdings.[12]

References
De Lacy - 1000 years of History - published by Bernhard Lascy 2013
Roger of Lacy, Lassy. Alternative spellings: Roger de Laci, Roger de Lacie, Roger de Lascy.
CRSBI: St Michael and All Angels, Castle Frome, Herefordshire
Fleming 2003, p. 166.
Untitled Document
Untitled Document
[1], PDF, p.11.
History of Weobley
brucehassan :: Eardisley Castle
Frank Barlow, William Rufus (1983) p.82.
Barlow, p.347, 358.
My Lines - Person Page 327
Bibliography
Fleming, Robin (18 December 2003). Domesday Book and the Law: Society and Legal Custom in Early Medieval England. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-52846-7.
Remfry, P.M., Longtown Castle, 1048 to 1241 (ISBN 1-899376-29-1)
Remfry, P.M., The Castles of Ewias Lacy, 1048 to 1403 (ISBN 1-899376-37-2)


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According to Wikipedia:

Roger de Lacy[1][2] (died after 1106) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman, a Marcher Lord on the Welsh border. Roger was a castle builder, particularly at Ludlow Castle.

Lands and titles
From Walter de Lacy (died 1085) he inherited Castle Frome, Herefordshire.[3] The Domesday Survey (1086) shows Roger holding also Ocle Pychard,[4] Almeley Castle,[5] Eardisley Castle,[6] and Edgeworth Manor. He had an insecure lordship at Ewias Lacy now known as Longtown Castle on the modern day Welsh border.,[7] in Longtown, Herefordshire; Stanton Lacy was probably also his after Walter. His main stronghold was Weobley.[8] He held directly from the King.[9]

Rebel Baron
He took part in the rebellion of 1088 against William Rufus, with the other local lords Osbern fitzRichard of Richard's Castle, Ralf of Mortemer, and Bernard of Neufmarche.[10] He was later implicated in the conspiracy of 1095 against William, and was exiled.[11]

Legacy of family conflict
Weobley passed to his brother Hugh de Lacy who died before 1115 when the de Lacy lands passed to Pain fitzJohn. Roger's son Gilbert de Lacy spent much effort recovering the Longtown and Ludlow holdings.[12]

References
De Lacy - 1000 years of History - published by Bernhard Lascy 2013
Roger of Lacy, Lassy. Alternative spellings: Roger de Laci, Roger de Lacie, Roger de Lascy.
CRSBI: St Michael and All Angels, Castle Frome, Herefordshire
Fleming 2003, p. 166.
Untitled Document
Untitled Document
[1], PDF, p.11.
History of Weobley
brucehassan :: Eardisley Castle
Frank Barlow, William Rufus (1983) p.82.
Barlow, p.347, 358.
My Lines - Person Page 327
Bibliography
Fleming, Robin (18 December 2003). Domesday Book and the Law: Society and Legal Custom in Early Medieval England. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-52846-7.
Remfry, P.M., Longtown Castle, 1048 to 1241 (ISBN 1-899376-29-1)
Remfry, P.M., The Castles of Ewias Lacy, 1048 to 1403 (ISBN 1-899376-37-2)

Events

DeathAft 1106
Fact 1banished 1096
Fact 1banished 1096

Families

ChildGilbert de Lacy ( - 1163)
FatherWalter de Lacy ( - 1085)
MotherLiving