See also
| Husband: | Roger + of LACY (1170-1211) | |
| Wife: | Maud + of CLERE (1184-1213) | |
| Children: | John + of LACY (1192-1240) | |
| Marriage | 1191 | |
| Name: | Roger + of LACY | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | John + FITZRICHARD DE LACY (1139-1190) | |
| Mother: | Alice + of MANDEVILLE (1140-1224) | |
| Birth | 1170 | Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England |
| Occupation | Baron of Pontefract | |
| Death | 1211 (age 40-41) | |
| Name: | Maud + of CLERE | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Richard * + of CLARE (1162-1218) | |
| Mother: | Amice * + FITZWILLIAM (1160-1224) | |
| Birth | 1184 | Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England |
| Death | 1213 (age 28-29) | |
| Name: | John + of LACY | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse 1: | Alice + (c. 1195-1216) | |
| Spouse 2: | Margaret + of QUINCY (1206- ) | |
| Birth | 1192 | Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England |
| Occupation | Earl of Lincoln | |
| Title | frm 1232 to 1240 (age 39-48) | Earl of Lincoln |
| Death | 22 Jul 1240 (age 47-48) | Stanlaw, Chester, England |
| Burial | Cisterian Abbey of Stanlaw, Chestershire, England | |
Roger de Lacy (1170-1211), 6th Baron of Pontefract, 7th Lord of Bowland, Lord of Blackburnshire, 7th Baron of Halton and Constable of Chester was formerly Roger le Constable. He was also known as Roger FitzJohn (son of John)[1] and during the time that he was hoping to inherit his grandmother's de Lisours lands as Roger de Lisours. He was the son of John FitzRichard (son of Richard), Baron of Halton, Lord of Bowland, Lord of Flamborough and Constable of Chester. Roger became Baron of Pontefract on the death of his paternal grandmother Albreda de Lisours (-aft.1194) who had inherited the Barony in her own right as 1st-cousin and heir to Robert de Lacy (-1193), 4th Baron of Pontefract. In agreements with his grandmother Roger adopted the name of de Lacy, received the right to inherit the Barony of Pontefract and its lands, and the lands of Bowland, and Blackburnshire. He gave up all claims to his grandmother's de Lisours lands. He also gave his younger brother Robert le Constable the Flamborough lands that he had inherited from his father. He married Maud or Matilda de Clere (not of the de Clare family).
Siege of AconRoger was the Constable of Chester. Under the banner of Richard the Lionheart, Roger assisted at the siege of Acon, in 1192 and shared in the subsequent triumphs of that chivalrous monarch.
[edit] Accession of King JohnAt the accession of John, Roger was a person of great eminence, for we find him shortly after the coronation of that prince, deputed with the Sheriff of Northumberland, and other great men, to conduct William, King of Scotland, to Lincoln, where the English king had fixed to give him an interview; and the next year he was one of the barons present at Lincoln, when Davis, of Scotland, did homage and fealty to King John.
[edit] Siege of RothelanIn the time of this Roger, Ranulph, Earl of Chester, having entered Wales at the head of some forces, was compelled, by superior numbers, to shut himself up in the castle of Rothelan (Rhuddlan Castle), where, being closely besieged by the Welsh, he sent for aid to the Constable of Chester. Hugh Lupus, the 1st Earl of Chester, in his charter of foundation of the Abbey of St. Werberg, at Chester, had given a privilege to the frequenters of Chester fair, "That they should not be apprehended for theft, or any other offense during the time of the fair, unless the crime was committed therein."[2] This privilege made the fair, of course, the resort of thieves and vagabonds from all parts of the kingdom. Accordingly, the Constable, Roger de Lacy, forthwith marched to his relief, at the head of a concourse of people, then collected at the fair of Chester, consisting of minstrels, and loose characters of all description, forming altogether so numerous a body, that the besiegers, at their approach, mistaking them for soldiers, immediately raised the siege. For this timely service, the Earl of Chester conferred upon De Lacy and his heirs, the patronage of all the minstrels in those parts, which patronage the Constable transferred to his steward; and was enjoyed for many years afterwards.[2]
[edit] Death and successionRoger died in 1211. Roger was succeeded by his son, John de Lacy, 2nd Earl of Lincoln.