Individual Details
Walter "Lord of Weobley and Meath" Lacy
(Abt 1172 - Bef 24 Feb 1241)
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== Biography ==
'''Father''' Hugh de Lacey, Lord Meath, Justice of Ireland d. 25 Jul 1185
'''Mother''' Rose of Monmouth d. c 1180
Sir Walter de Lacy,Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 245-246. Sheriff of Herefordshire, Lord of Meath Lord of Meath, Ireland, and Weobley, Hereford. He was born circa 1172 at Ewias Lacy, Hereford, England. He married Margaret de Brewes, daughter of William de Brewes, Lord of Abergavenny, Brecon, & Ower Gwent, Seigneur de Briouze and Matilda (Maud) de St. Valerie, on 19 November 1200.Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 14-15 Sir Walter de Lacy, Sheriff of Herefordshire, Lord of Meath died in February 1241 at Meath, Ireland.Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 172-173.Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 236-237.
'''Family'''
* Margaret de Brewes b. c 1177
'''Children'''
* Petronilla de Lacy Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 712.d. a 9 Mar 1290
* Gilbert de Lacy b. c 1200, d. c 25 Dec 1230
* Egidia de Lacy b. c 1200, d. a 22 Feb 1247
* Katherine de Lacey, Prioress of Aconbury b. c 1200, d. a 1267
* Thomas de Lacey, Lord Ewyas b. c 1202
* Rohese de Lacey b. c 1204, d. a 1245
==Notes==
Walter was the eldest son of Hugh de Lacy. He was a minor at the time of his father's death. He succeeded to his father's estates in England, Wales, and Normandy during the final quarter of the year 1188/9. He had difficulty gaining possession of his father's Irish lordship of Mide, because John, son of Henry II, sought to retain it in his own hands to maximize his wealth as lord of Ireland. It was not until John had rebelled against King Richard and the king had assumed lordship of Ireland in person in 1194 that Walter gained full possession of Mide. King Richard appointed Walter and the lord of Ulster, John de Courcy, as his justiciars in Ireland.
"At the time of his death in early 1241, apparently before 28 February, Walter de Lacy was blind and feeble, bankrupt, and without male heirs. His only son, Gilbert, who married Isabella, daughter of Ralph Bigod, died in 1234, leaving a son, Walter, and two daughters, Matilda and Margaret. This Walter was alive in 1238, and married a daughter of Theobald Butler (d. 1205), but predeceased his grandfather without heirs. Henry III took this opportunity to dispense patronage by arranging the marriages of the Lacy sisters, now coheirs of the Lacy estates, to noted royal servants. Margaret married John de Verdon, and Matilda married Pierre de Genevre and afterwards Geoffrey de Geneville." (Ref: Oxford DNB)
== Sources ==
== Biography ==
'''Father''' Hugh de Lacey, Lord Meath, Justice of Ireland d. 25 Jul 1185
'''Mother''' Rose of Monmouth d. c 1180
Sir Walter de Lacy,Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 245-246. Sheriff of Herefordshire, Lord of Meath Lord of Meath, Ireland, and Weobley, Hereford. He was born circa 1172 at Ewias Lacy, Hereford, England. He married Margaret de Brewes, daughter of William de Brewes, Lord of Abergavenny, Brecon, & Ower Gwent, Seigneur de Briouze and Matilda (Maud) de St. Valerie, on 19 November 1200.Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 14-15 Sir Walter de Lacy, Sheriff of Herefordshire, Lord of Meath died in February 1241 at Meath, Ireland.Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 172-173.Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 236-237.
'''Family'''
* Margaret de Brewes b. c 1177
'''Children'''
* Petronilla de Lacy Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 712.d. a 9 Mar 1290
* Gilbert de Lacy b. c 1200, d. c 25 Dec 1230
* Egidia de Lacy b. c 1200, d. a 22 Feb 1247
* Katherine de Lacey, Prioress of Aconbury b. c 1200, d. a 1267
* Thomas de Lacey, Lord Ewyas b. c 1202
* Rohese de Lacey b. c 1204, d. a 1245
==Notes==
Walter was the eldest son of Hugh de Lacy. He was a minor at the time of his father's death. He succeeded to his father's estates in England, Wales, and Normandy during the final quarter of the year 1188/9. He had difficulty gaining possession of his father's Irish lordship of Mide, because John, son of Henry II, sought to retain it in his own hands to maximize his wealth as lord of Ireland. It was not until John had rebelled against King Richard and the king had assumed lordship of Ireland in person in 1194 that Walter gained full possession of Mide. King Richard appointed Walter and the lord of Ulster, John de Courcy, as his justiciars in Ireland.
"At the time of his death in early 1241, apparently before 28 February, Walter de Lacy was blind and feeble, bankrupt, and without male heirs. His only son, Gilbert, who married Isabella, daughter of Ralph Bigod, died in 1234, leaving a son, Walter, and two daughters, Matilda and Margaret. This Walter was alive in 1238, and married a daughter of Theobald Butler (d. 1205), but predeceased his grandfather without heirs. Henry III took this opportunity to dispense patronage by arranging the marriages of the Lacy sisters, now coheirs of the Lacy estates, to noted royal servants. Margaret married John de Verdon, and Matilda married Pierre de Genevre and afterwards Geoffrey de Geneville." (Ref: Oxford DNB)
== Sources ==
Events
| Birth | Abt 1172 | Ewyas Harold, Herefordshire, England | |||
| Marriage | Nov 1200 | Margaret Braose | |||
| Death | Bef 24 Feb 1241 | Meath, Ireland | |||
| Reference No | 2174900 | ||||
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| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Margaret Braose (1177 - 1200) |
| Child | Egidia Lacy (1200 - 1247) |
| Child | Matilda Lacy (1192 - 1274) |
| Child | Petronilla "Pernel" Lacy (1195 - 1290) |
| Child | Katherine "Prioress of Aconbury" Lacy (1200 - 1267) |
| Child | Gilbert "Lord of Meath in Ireland" Lacy (1200 - 1230) |
| Child | Thomas Lacy (1202 - ) |
| Child | Rohese Lacy (1204 - 1245) |
| Father | Hugh "Lord of Meath" Lacy (1138 - 1186) |
| Mother | Rohese "Roysya" Monmouth (1140 - 1180) |
| Sibling | Hugh Lacy (1176 - 1242) |