| Name |
Hugh De Lacy Lord Meath [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] |
| Birth |
1115 |
Ewias Lacy, Herefordshire, England  [2, 3, 4, 5] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Fact 1 |
Acceded: 1172. 5Th Baron. [2, 3, 4, 5] |
| Fact 1 |
| Fact 10 |
The Lordship Of Meath Contained 800, 000 Acres. [2, 3, 4, 5] |
| Fact 10 |
| Fact 2 |
Took Part In Campaign Of 1165 From Shrewsbury Into North Wales. [2, 3, 4, 5] |
| Fact 2 |
| Fact 3 |
In Ireland With Henry II From October 1171 & Remained Aft Henry Ret To England. [2, 3, 4, 5] |
| Fact 3 |
| Fact 4 |
Summer Of 1173 He Was In Normandy Helping To Quell The Rising. [2, 3, 4, 5] |
| Fact 4 |
| Fact 5 |
Hugh DE Beauchamp Under Seige By Louis Vii. [2, 3, 4, 5] |
| Held Verneuil W |
| Fact 6 |
Given The City Of Dublin (1173) & Its Castle. [2, 3, 4, 5] |
| Fact 6 |
| Fact 7 |
Viceroy Of Dublin 1178-84. [2, 3, 4, 5] |
| Fact 7 |
| Fact 8 |
Restless Nature & Intolerant Of Inefficiency. [2, 3, 4, 5] |
| Fact 8 |
| Fact 9 |
Judiciar Of Ireland, Lord Of Meath. [2, 3, 4, 5] |
| Fact 9 |
| Death |
Jul 1186 |
Durrow, Ireland [2, 3, 4, 5, 7] |
- Decapitated by an Irishman while he was showing him how to use a pick.
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| Notes |
- [large-G675.FTW]
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
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| Person ID |
I5697 |
ktree |
| Last Modified |
4 Mar 2024 |
1115 - 1186 (71 years)
Has 8 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.
Abt 1108 - Yes, date unknown