Roger de Lacy
Roger de LacyMarcher Lord on the Welsh border. Roger was a castle builder, particularly at Ludlow Castle.
Lands and titles
From his father,
Droitwich.[10]
Rebel Baron
He took part in the
Bernard of Neufmarche.[11] He was later implicated in the conspiracy of 1095 against William, and was exiled.[12]
Legacy of family conflict
Weobley passed to his brother Hugh de Lacy who died before 1115 when the de Lacy lands passed to Pain fitzJohn. Roger's son Gilbert de Lacy spent much effort recovering the Longtown and Ludlow holdings.[13]
References
- ^ 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
- Fleming, Robin (18 December 2003). Domesday Book and the Law: Society and Legal Custom in Early Medieval England. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-52846-7.
- Remfry, P.M., Longtown Castle, 1048 to 1241 (ISBN 1-899376-29-1)
- Remfry, P.M., The Castles of Ewias Lacy, 1048 to 1403 (ISBN 1-899376-37-2)