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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 ...
Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln, disputed Henry de Lacy's right to the honour (possibly because Gant's sister was Ilbert de Lacy's widow). The dispute was resolved through armed conflict, with Lacy retaining possession of the honour and Gant paying compensation to Prior of Pontefract for leaving the priory in ruins.
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 ...
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.
*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 ...
Model reconstructing 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.
Temple Newsam (historically Temple Newsham), is a Tudor-Jacobean house in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, with grounds landscaped by Capability Brown.The house is a Grade I listed building, [1] one of nine Leeds Museums and Galleries sites [2] and part of the research group, Yorkshire Country House Partnership.
The University of Leeds was one of the earliest British universities to establish a school of geography in 1919. Various types of geography, including commercial geography, had been taught at the Yorkshire College (which preceded the University of Leeds) and in the university economics department before 1919. This reflects an earlier and ...