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Ilbert II de Lacy (died 1141), Baron of Pontefract and Lord of Bowland, was an English noble. He was the eldest son of Robert de Lacy and Maud de Perche. Ilbert with his father, supported Robert Curthose against the claims of Henry I to the English crown.
Ilbert de Lacy was a Norman landowner of obscure origins. [n 1] After the Norman conquest of England which commenced in 1066, William the Conqueror gave Lacy a large fief in the English county of Yorkshire, which formed the basis of the honour. [2]
Arms of John de Lacy, 2nd Earl of Lincoln . Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Lassy (Normandy) (c. 1020 – 27 March 1085, Hereford) . Ilbert de Lacy (1045, Lassy – 1093, Pontefract), 1st Baron of Pontefract, son of Hugh de Lacy, [8] who received a large fief in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire and built Pontefract Castle.
The castle, on a rock to the east of the town above All Saints' Church, [1] was constructed in approximately 1070 by Ilbert de Lacy [2] on land which had been granted to him by William the Conqueror as a reward for his support during the Norman Conquest. There is, however, evidence of earlier occupation of the site.
*Ilbert (died c1090) Hawise *Robert died in exile c1131) Matilda: Hugh (2nd Abbot of Selby Abbey) *Ilbert (died c1141) *Henry (died 1187) Albreda: Robert de Lissours *Robert (died 1192) Albreda: Richard Fitz-Eustace (constable of Chester) John Fitz-Eustace (died at Tyre, 1190) *John (assumed the surname de Lacy, died 1240) Margaret, d. of ...
In a charter of Henry de Lacy, 4th Baron of Pontefract, son of Robert, the church is spoken of as dedicated to St. Mary and St. John. These donations were finally confirmed to the monastery by a Bull of Pope Celestine (whether II or III is uncertain), which also conferred certain ecclesiastical privileges on the priory.
Conversely, Stephen was aided by prominent Marcher Lords, like Hugh de Mortimer. [5] Following the Battle, his cause seeming lost, Hugh turned his attention to Fferllys, and invaded its northern parts the following year, killing Cadwgan (and Cadwgan's brother Hywel). [5] In 1146, he invaded the south of Fferllys, and killed Maredudd. [5]
The settlement certainly existed at the time of the Norman conquest of England and in 1086 was a thriving manor under the overlordship of Ilbert de Lacy. It gained its first charter from Maurice de Gant in 1207 yet only grew slowly throughout the medieval and Tudor periods.