Roger de Lacy

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Roger de Lacy [Roger of Lacy, Lassy.] (died after 1106 [ [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/aqwg1465.htm] gives 1070-1107.] ) was a Norman nobleman, a Marcher Lord on the Welsh border.

Lineage

He was son of Walter de Lacy (d. 1085) who was a retainer of William fitzOsbern. [ [http://www.ludlowcastle.com/home.htm?http://www.ludlowcastle.com/history.htm] ] Roger was a castle builder, particularly at Ludlow Castle.

Lands and titles

From Walter de Lacy he inherited Castle Frome, Herefordshire [ [http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/ed/he/castl/index.htm CRSBI: St Michael and All Angels, Castle Frome, Herefordshire ] ] . The Domesday Survey (1086) shows Roger holding also Almeley Castle [ [http://www.smr.herefordshire.gov.uk/castles/castlesdata_az/almeley_castle.htm Untitled Document ] ] , and Eardisley Castle [ [http://www.smr.herefordshire.gov.uk/castles/castlesdata_az/eardisley.htm Untitled Document ] ] . He had an insecure lordship at Ewias Lacy now known as Longtown Castle on the modern day Welsh border. [ [http://www.smr.herefordshire.gov.uk/education/sites%20to%20visit/Longtown.htm] , [http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/upload/pdf/Longtown_Hereford.pdf PDF] , p.11.] , in Longtown, Herefordshire; Stanton Lacy was probably also his after Walter. [ [http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/~jphb/shropshire/StantonLacy.html] ] His main stronghold was Weobley [ [http://users.whsmithnet.co.uk/philbufton/History.htm History of Weobley ] ] . He held directly from the King. [ [http://www.brucehassan.id.au/PlaceEardCastle.html brucehassan :: Eardisley Castle ] ]

Rebel Baron

He took part in the rebellion of 1088 against William Rufus, with the other local lords Osbern fitzRichard of Richard's Castle, Ralf of Mortemer, and Bernard of Neufmarche. [Frank Barlow, "William Rufus" (1983) p.82.] He was later implicated in the conspiracy of 1095 against William, and was exiled. [Barlow, p.347, 358.]

Legacy of family conflict

Weobley passed to his brother Hugh de Lacy who died before 1115 when the de Lacy lands passed to Pain Fitz John. Roger's son Gilbert de Lacy spent much effort recovering the Weobley, Longtown and Ludlow holdings. [ [http://virts.rootsweb.com/~cousin/html/p327.htm My Lines - Person Page 327 ] ]

Notes

References

*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)