Biography of John Lacy Earl Lincoln 1192-1240

On 11 Oct 1190 [his grandfather] John Fitzrichard 6th Baron Halton (age 46) died at Tyre. His son [his father] Roger Lacy 6th Baron Pontefract 7th Baron Halton (age 19) succeeded 7th Baron Halton. [his mother] Maud Clere Baroness Lacy Baroness Warkworth by marriage Baroness Halton.

Before 1192 [his father] Roger Lacy 6th Baron Pontefract 7th Baron Halton (age 21) and [his mother] Maud Clere Baroness Lacy Baroness Warkworth were married.

Around 1192 John Lacy Earl Lincoln was born to Roger Lacy 6th Baron Pontefract 7th Baron Halton (age 21) and Maud Clere Baroness Lacy Baroness Warkworth.

In 1193 Robert Lacy 5th Baron Pontefract died without issue. His cousin Albreda Lissours (age 65) [daughter of his aunt Albreda Lacy] inherited his estates. His second cousin once removed [his father] Roger Lacy 6th Baron Pontefract 7th Baron Halton (age 22) succeeded 6th Baron Pontefract. [his mother] Maud Clere Baroness Lacy Baroness Warkworth by marriage Baroness Pontefract.

On 01 Oct 1211 [his father] Roger Lacy 6th Baron Pontefract 7th Baron Halton (age 40) died in Pontefract [Map].

John Lacy Earl Lincoln (age 19) succeeded 8th Baron Halton, 7th Baron Pontefract. [his future wife] Alice Aquila Baroness Bowland, Halton and Lacy by marriage Baroness Halton, Baroness Pontefract.

In 1214 John Lacy Earl Lincoln (age 22) and Alice Aquila Baroness Bowland, Halton and Lacy were married at Pontefract [Map].

                    On 15 Jun 1215 King John "Lackland" of England (age 48) met with his Baron's at Runnymede [Map] where he agreed to the terms of the Magna Carta which attempted to reduce the King's authority through political reform. Those who signed as surety included:                

                    Roger Bigod 2nd Earl Norfolk (age 71)                

                    his son Hugh Bigod 3rd Earl Norfolk (age 33)                

                    Henry Bohun 1st Earl Hereford (age 39)                

                    Richard Clare 3rd Earl Hertford (age 62)                

                    his son Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford (age 35)                

                    William "The Younger" Marshal 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 25)                

                    William Mowbray 6th Baron Thirsk (age 42)                

                    Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester (age 45)
                
                    Robert Ros (age 43), Richard Percy 5th Baron Percy Topcliffe (age 45)                

                    Robert de Vere 3rd Earl of Oxford (age 50)                

                    Eustace Vesci (age 46)                

                    John Fitzrobert 3rd Baron Warkworth (age 25)                

                    John Lacy Earl Lincoln (age 23).                

                    William D'Aubigny (age 64), Geoffrey Mandeville 2nd Earl Essex (age 24)                

                    Robert Clare Fitzwalter                

                    William Forz 3rd Earl Albemarle aka Aumale                

                    William Hardell Lord Mayor
                
                    William Huntingfield
                
                    William Llanvallei
                
                    William Malet 1st Baron Curry Mallet
                
                    Roger Montbegon, Richard Montfichet
                
                    Geoffrey Saye (age 60) signed as surety the Magna Carta.                

                    Ranulf de Blondeville Gernon 6th Earl Chester 1st Earl Lincoln (age 45) witnessed.

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In 1221 John Lacy Earl Lincoln (age 29) and Margaret Quincy 3rd Countess Lincoln and Pembroke (age 15) were married. She by marriage Baroness Halton, Baroness Pontefract. She the daughter of Robert Quincy Earl Lincoln and Hawise Gernon 2nd Countess Lincoln (age 41). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 25 Jan 1223 [his daughter] Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford was born to John Lacy Earl Lincoln (age 31) and [his wife] Margaret Quincy 3rd Countess Lincoln and Pembroke (age 17).

Around 1230 [his son] Edmund Lacy 8th Baron Pontefract, 9th Baron Halton was born to John Lacy Earl Lincoln (age 38) and [his wife] Margaret Quincy 3rd Countess Lincoln and Pembroke (age 24).

On 23 Nov 1232 [his wife] Margaret Quincy 3rd Countess Lincoln and Pembroke (age 26) succeeded 3rd Countess Lincoln. Her mother [his mother-in-law] Hawise Gernon 2nd Countess Lincoln (age 52) had gifted her the title only a year after having been gifted it by her uncle Ranulf de Blondeville Gernon 6th Earl Chester 1st Earl Lincoln (deceased). John Lacy Earl Lincoln (age 40) by marriage Earl Lincoln.

Flowers of History 1233. How the bishop of Winchester bribed the confederates of the earl marshal.

Peter bishop of Winchester, who endeavoured by all the means in his power to weaken the cause of the earl marshal and his confederates, bribed the earls of Chester (age 25) and Lincoln (age 40) by the gift of a thousand marks to abandon the marshal and the cause of justice, and to come over to the king's party; for Richard, the king's brother (age 23), who at first adhered to the cause of the marshal, had some time before returned to the king's side. When the marshal discovered this, he entered into a confederacy with Llewellyn the prince of North Wales, and some other chiefs of that province, and they mutually made oath that neither of them would make peace with king Henry without the consent of the other. On the day following the assumption of Saint Mary, a great many soldiers arrived at Dover from the continent and went to the king at Gloucester, on which he led his army forward to the city of Hereford, attended by a host of these and many others.

Flowers of History 1233. How the marshal was warned of treachery against him.

The earls and barons in grand knightly array proceeded to London on the 1st of August to the appointed conference, and amongst the rest was Richard earl marshal (age 42), who took up his abode with his sister (age 32), the wife of Richard the king's brother (age 24) ; she then asked him the reason of his journey, to which he replied, that he had come to attend the conference. She then said to him, "Know, my dear brother, that your enemies are plotting to take you prisoner, and they will give you up to the king and the bishop of Winchester, in order that they may serve you the same as they did the earl of Kent (age 63)." The marshal would hardly believe these words of his sister's, until she showed by evident proofs the manner of his capture, and by whom he would be taken. He then began to believe her, and when night came on he took the road, and did not draw rein till he arrived in Wales. There came to the conference the earls of Chester (age 26) and Lincoln (age 41), the earl of Ferrers, and earl Richard the king's brother (age 24), with some other earls and several barons, but nothing was done there on account of the absence of the earl marshal and Gilbert Bassett (age 45), and some other nobles who did not make their appearance ; on which the king, by the advice of Peter bishop of Winchester, and Stephen Seagrave, sent letters to all the nobles of the kingdom who owed him knight's service, inviting them to come, provided with horses and arms, to Gloucester, on Sunday before the Assumption of the blessed virgin Mary. Richard Marshal and some others however, who were confederated, refused to come at the time appointed, and the king, treating them as traitors, burnt their villages, destroyed their parks and warrens, and besieged their castles. The nobles who were confederated with one another, it was said, were the earl marshal, Gilbert Bassett (age 45) and his brothers, all distinguished soldiers, Richard Siward, a man trained to arms from his youth, Walter de Clifford, a chosen knight, and many others who joined their cause ; all of these the king, without any trial in his court by their peers, ordered to be declared banished and proscribed men, and gave their lands to his Poictevin servants, ordering their persons to be seized wherever they were found in the kingdom.

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Chronica Majora. 19 Jan 1236. There were assembled at the king's (age 28) nuptial festivities such a host of nobles of both sexes, such numbers of religious men, such crowds of the populace, and such a variety of actors, that London, with its capacious bosom, could scarcely contain them. The whole city was ornamented with flags and banners, chaplets and hangings, candles and lamps, and with wonderful devices and extraordinary representations, and all the roads were cleansed from mud and dirt, sticks, and everything offensive. The citizens, too, went out to meet the king (age 28) and queen (age 13), dressed out in their ornaments, and vied with each other in trying the speed of their horses. On the same day, when they left the city for Westminster, to perform the duties of butler to the king (which office belonged to them by right of old, at the coronation), they proceeded thither dressed in silk garments, with mantles worked in gold, and with costly changes of raiment, mounted on valuable horses, glittering with new bits and saddles, and riding in troops arranged in order. They carried with them three hundred and sixty gold and silver cups, preceded by the king's trumpeters and with horns sounding, so that such a wonderful novelty struck all who beheld it with astonishment. The archbishop of Canterbury (age 61), by the right especially belonging to him, performed the duty of crowning, with the usual solemnities, the bishop of London assisting him as a dean, the other bishops taking their stations according to their rank. In the same way all the abbats, at the head of whom, as was his right, was the abbat of St. Alban's (for as the Protomartyr of England, B. Alban, was the chief of all the martyrs of England, so also was his abbat the chief of all the abbats in rank and dignity), as the authentic privileges of that church set forth. The nobles, too, performed the duties, which, by ancient right and custom, pertained to them at the coronations of kings. In like manner some of the inhabitants of certain cities discharged certain duties which belonged to them by right of their ancestors. The earl of Chester (age 29) carried the sword of St. Edward, which was called "Curtein", before the king, as a sign that he was earl of the palace, and had by right the power of restraining the king if he should commit an error. The earl was attended by the constable of Chester (age 44), and kept the people away with a wand when they pressed forward in a disorderly way. The grand marshal of England, the earl of Pembroke (age 39), carried a wand before the king and cleared the way before him both, in the church and in the banquet-hall, and arranged the banquet and the guests at table. The Wardens of the Cinque Ports carried the pall over the king, supported by four spears, but the claim to this duty was not altogether undisputed. The earl of Leicester (age 28) supplied the king with water in basins to wash before his meal; the Earl Warrenne performed the duty of king's Cupbearer, supplying the place of the earl of Arundel, because the latter was a youth and not as yet made a belted knight. Master Michael Belet was butler ex officio; the earl of Hereford (age 32) performed the duties of marshal of the king's household, and William Beauchamp (age 51) held the station of almoner. The justiciary of the forests arranged the drinking cups on the table at the king's right hand, although he met with some opposition, which however fell to the ground. The citizens of London passed the wine about in all directions, in costly cups, and those of Winchester superintended the cooking of the feast; the rest, according to the ancient statutes, filled their separate stations, or made their claims to do so. And in order that the nuptial festivities might not be clouded by any disputes, saving the right of any one, many things were put up with for the time which they left for decision at a more favourable opportunity. The office of chancellor of England, and all the offices connected with the king, are ordained and assized in the Exchequer. Therefore the chancellor, the chamberlain, the marshal, and the constable, by right of their office, took their seats there, as also did the barons, according to the date of their creation, in the city of London, whereby they each knew his own place. The ceremony was splendid, with the gay dresses of the clergy and knights who were present. The abbat of Westminster sprinkled the holy water, and the treasurer, acting the part of sub-dean, carried the Paten. Why should I describe all those persons who reverently ministered in the church to God as was their duty? Why describe the abundance of meats and dishes on the table & the quantity of venison, the variety of fish, the joyous sounds of the glee-men, and the gaiety of the waiters? Whatever the world could afford to create pleasure and magnificence was there brought together from every quarter.

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After Nov 1237 [his son-in-law] Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford (age 15) and [his daughter] Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 14) were married. She by marriage Countess Gloucester, Countess Hertford. She the daughter of John Lacy Earl Lincoln (age 45) and Margaret Quincy 3rd Countess Lincoln and Pembroke (age 31). He the son of Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford and Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford (age 37). They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 22 Jul 1240 John Lacy Earl Lincoln (age 48) died. His son [his son] Edmund Lacy 8th Baron Pontefract, 9th Baron Halton (age 10) succeeded 8th Baron Pontefract, 9th Baron Halton.

On 06 Jan 1242 Walter Marshal 5th Earl Pembroke (age 43) and [his former wife] Margaret Quincy 3rd Countess Lincoln and Pembroke (age 36) were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke. He by marriage Earl Lincoln. A dynastic marriage that brought together the Earldom's of Pembroke and Lincoln. She the daughter of Robert Quincy Earl Lincoln and Hawise Gernon 2nd Countess Lincoln. He the son of William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke and Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

In Mar 1266 [his former wife] Margaret Quincy 3rd Countess Lincoln and Pembroke (age 60) died. Her grandson Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury (age 15) succeeded 4th Earl Lincoln.

Elias Giffard and Alicia Gifford were married. The difference in their ages was 25 years. She the daughter of John Gifford and Hawise Gernon 2nd Countess Lincoln. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

Chronica Majora. About the same time, Earl Richard, the king's brother, Earl G. Marshal, John, earl of Chester and Lincoln, the earl of Salisbury [Note. Unclear as to who this is referring since the last Earl of Salisbury William "Longsword" Longespee Earl Salisbury died in 1226 and his wife Ela of Salisbury 3rd Countess of Salisbury, de jure Earl of Salisbury, remained unmarried], G. de Lucy, his brother, Richard Seward, and many other nobles, assumed the cross. Earl Rchard at once ordered his woods to be cut down and sold, and endeavoured by all the means in his power to raise money to sustain his pilgrimage. Not long afterwards, by means of Simon de Montfort, earl of Leicester, and (as was reported) Peter de Eivaulx, Richard Seward unjustly incurred the king's anger, and was taken and imprisoned; but was soon afterwards released with the same ease.

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