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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. Upon Henry’s succession, he dispossessed the Lacy’s of all their estates and banished ...
That Leeds was owned by one of the chief favourites of William was fortunate; the probability is that the lands of the de Lacy ownership were spared when the harrying of the North took place. While the greater part of the county was absolutely destitute of human life, and all the land northward lay blackened, Leeds in 1086 had a population of ...
Robert de Lacy was banished from England some time between 1109 and 1115 [10] or 1116. [11] His English estates were confiscated by the king and the honour of Pontefract was granted to Hugh de Laval, who the historian Janet Burton describes as "a Norman baron of secondary status". [11]
*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 ...
His successor King John gave de Lacy the castle in 1199, the year John ascended the throne. Roger died in 1213 and was succeeded by his eldest son, John. However, the King took possession of Castle Donington and Pontefract Castle. [5] The de Lacys lived in the castle until the early 14th century. [3]
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.
Christ Church, Liversedge. Liversedge is recorded in the Domesday Book as Livresec, a manor belonging to Radulf, a vassal of Ilbert de Lacy.There are two possible etymologies for the name: from the Old English Lēofheres-ecg meaning 'a ridge or edge belonging to Lēofhere'; [3] [4] [5] or, alternatively, the first element could have originally been *Lēfer-, related to the Old English word ...
De Lacy was a Norman knight, who received land for services to William the Conqueror and built the first earth and timber motte and bailey castle in nearby Pontefract. [15] Domesday suggests Ackworth was small – 14 villagers and two smallholders – but as only heads of families were counted, a likelier population would have been 30–40. [16]