Roger de Lacy[1](died after 1106) was anAnglo-Normannobleman, aMarcher Lordon theWelshborder. Roger was a castle builder, particularly atLudlow Castle.
Lands and titles
editFrom his father,Walter de Lacy,he inheritedCastle Frome,Herefordshire.[2]TheDomesday Survey(1086) shows Roger holding alsoOcle Pychard,[3]AlmeleyCastle,[4]Eardisley Castle,[5]Icomb Place[6]andEdgeworth Manor.He had an insecure lordship atEwias Lacynow known asLongtown Castleon the modern day Welsh border.,[7]inLongtown,Herefordshire;Stanton Lacywas probably also his after Walter. His main stronghold wasWeobley.[8]He held directly from the King.[9]De Lacy also held 1.5 salthouses inDroitwich.[10]
Rebel Baron
editHe took part in therebellion of 1088againstWilliam Rufus,with the other local lordsOsbern fitzRichardofRichard's Castle,Ralf of Mortemer,andBernard of Neufmarche.[11]He was later implicated in the conspiracy of 1095 against William, and was exiled.[12]
Legacy of family conflict
editWeobleypassed to his brother Hugh de Lacy who died before 1115 when the de Lacy lands passed toPain fitzJohn.Roger's sonGilbert de Lacyspent much effort recovering theLongtownandLudlowholdings.[13]
References
edit- ^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
- ^The National Archives E 31/2/1/6532 167v Great Domesday Book Icomb Place, Gloucestershire,The National Archives
- ^[1],PDF,p.11.
- ^History of Weobley
- ^brucehassan:: Eardisley Castle
- ^[2],OpenDomesday>
- ^Frank Barlow,William Rufus(1983) p.82.
- ^Barlow, p.347, 358.
- ^My Lines - Person Page 327
Bibliography
edit- Fleming, Robin (18 December 2003).Domesday Book and the Law: Society and Legal Custom in Early Medieval England.Cambridge University Press.ISBN978-0-521-52846-7.
- Remfry, P.M.,Longtown Castle, 1048 to 1241(ISBN1-899376-29-1)
- Remfry, P.M.,The Castles of Ewias Lacy, 1048 to 1403(ISBN1-899376-37-2)