Hugh De Lacy Lord Meath

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: Acceded: 1172. 5Th Baron.; Fact 1
• Fact 10: The Lordship Of Meath Contained 800, 000 Acres.; Fact 10
• Fact 2: Took Part In Campaign Of 1165 From Shrewsbury Into North Wales.; Fact 2
• Fact 3: In Ireland With Henry II From October 1171 & Remained Aft Henry Ret To England.; Fact 3
• Fact 4: Summer Of 1173 He Was In Normandy Helping To Quell The Rising.; Fact 4
• Fact 5: Hugh DE Beauchamp Under Seige By Louis Vii.; Held Verneuil W
• Fact 6: Given The City Of Dublin (1173) & Its Castle.; Fact 6
• Fact 7: Viceroy Of Dublin 1178-84.; Fact 7
• Fact 8: Restless Nature & Intolerant Of Inefficiency.; Fact 8
• Fact 9: Judiciar Of Ireland, Lord Of Meath.; Fact 9

Notes:

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Hugh is possibly Gilbert's brother rather than son.

"Much more is known of the actions of Hugh II than of any previous member of
the family. He paid no scutage in 1164-5, so that he was probably present in
person on the campaign of 1165 from Shrewsbury into North Wales. He was in
Ireland with the king from October 1171, and remained there after the king
returned in April 1172. He was back in England by 29 December 1172, when he distinguished himself at the first public festival of St. Thomas at Canterbury. The archbishop was carried away by the occasion and expressed himself rather too strongly, only to be rebuked firmly by Hugh II. In the summer of 1173 he was in Normandy helping to quell the rising, and with Hugh de Beauchamp held the castle of Verneuil while it was being besieged by
Louis VII in July. He spent some time during the year in Ireland, where he
had acquired the old kingsom of Meath, so that from now onwards he spent a
good deal of time on the west side of St. George's Channel. In the same
year he had been given the city of Dublin and its castle, a grant followed
five years later by his promotion to Viceroy. That post he held until 1184,
although he had been deprived of Dublin castle for a short period in 1181-2
as a penalty for marrying the daughter of Rory O'Connor, the last king of
Connaught. At Durrow in July 1186 he had his head cut off by an Irishman
while he was showing him how to use a pick, according to the graphic
desctiprion in the chronicle of St. Mary, Dublin -- a commentary on his
restless nature, apparently intolerant of inefficiency to the end."
--- W E Wightman, *The Lacy Family in England and Normandy, 1066-1194*,
Oxford (Clarendon Press) 1966, p 190-191

Died:
Decapitated by an Irishman while he was showing him how to use a pick.

Family/Spouse: Rohese De Clare. Rohese (daughter of Baderon De Monmouth and Rohese De Clare) was born in 1115; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Walter De Lacy Lord Palatine Of Meath was born in 1160 in Ewais Lacy, Hetrfordshire, England; died between Feb 1240 and 1241 in Dublin, Ireland.
2. Mary De Lacy

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: 4th Baron.; Fact 1

Notes:

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Gilbert de LACY died after 1163. "GILBERT (ob. post 1163) = ?"
--- W E Wightman, *The Lacy Family in England and Normandy, 1066-1194*,
genealogical chart following p 260.

Gilbert married Agnes (De Lacy). Agnes was born about 1108; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hugh married Emma De Lacy. Emma (daughter of Walter De Lacy Lord Meath and Ermeline (De Lacy)) was born about 1082 in Of Lacy, Herefordshire; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: 1st Baron.; Fact 1
• Fact 2: Arrived In England In The The Train Of William Fitz Osbern.; Fact 2
• Fact 3: Participation At The Battle Of Hastings Can Not Be Proved.; Fact 3

Notes:

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W E Wightman, *The Lacy Family in England and Normandy, 1066-1194*,
genealogical chart following p 260. Besides the children Roger and Hugh entered here, Wightman has "Walter, abbot of Gloucester (o.s.p. 1140)" and "Daughter".

Walter married Ermeline (De Lacy). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]