The authoritative Complete Peerage, 7 (1929): 681-687 (sub Lincoln) has
a good account of the life of Sir Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln (died
1311). Regarding his first marriage, the following information is
provided:
"On or before 23 Dec. 1256 he was contracted to marry Margaret, 1st
daughter and coheiress of Sir William Lungespee, and on 1 June 1268,
when still under age, he did homage with Margaret his wife and had
livery of her inheritance .... She was living 11 Kal. September 1306."
Complete Peerage states that Earl Henry de Lacy and his wife, Margaret
Longespee, had three children in all, namely two sons, Edmund and John,
both of whom died accidental deaths before 1293 [see Complete Peerage,
7 (1929): 683, 686 footnote e (sub Lincoln)], and one daughter and
eventual sole heiress, Alice, who married Thomas of Lancaster, Earl of
Lancaster.
Earl Henry de Lacy's two legitimate sons, Edmund and John, are both
mentioned in the following sources: William Dugdale, Monasticon
Anglicanum, 6(1) (1830): 315-317 (Norton Priory) (Pedigree and history
of the Founders); Ormerod, History of the County Palatine & City of
Chester 1 (1819): 515; Throsby, Thoroton's Hist. of Nottinghamshire,
3 (1790): 132-135; and Whitaker, History of Original Parish of
Whalley, 1 (1872): 236-254. The same two sons are also mentioned in
the interesting biographical sketch of Earl Henry de Lacy written by
Joseph McNulty entitled "Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln (1251-1311),"
which appeared in Transactions of the Lancashire and Chesire
Antiquarian Soc. 51 (1936): 19-43. The elder son, Edmund, is also
named in a family pedigree dated c. 1480-1500 found in Harvey et al.,
Vis. of the North, 3 (Surtees Soc. 144) (1930): 63-64 (Lacy pedigree:
"Edmundus [de Lacy] obijt ante patrem.")
Whittaker states that the eldest son, Edmund, was contracted to marry
in 1282 Maud daughter and heiress of Patrick de Chaworth, the bride
being aged five. Whittaker cites the following as his source for
Edmund and Maud's contracted marriage:
"Cui rex Edwardus isto anno [1282] dedit maritagium Matilde puelle
quinqennys filie et heredis Patricii de Chauworth, quam genuit de filia
Will'mi de Bellocampo, Comitis de Warwyke, quam postea duxit uxorem
Hugo Despenser. Iste itaque Edmundus dominus et filius Henrici de Lacy
statim juvenis est defunctus, nullo post se relicto herede de corpore
suo procreato. (Cotton MS. Cleop. C. III f. 335b.") END OF QUOTE
If the bride, Maud de Chaworth, was aged 5 at the time of the
contracted marriage, then the date would be circa 1287, not 1282, as
Maud de Chaworth is known to have been born 2 February 1282 (aged 1 in
1283, aged 24 in 1306). I presume Edmund de Lacy died shortly before
30 Dec. 1291, when my file notes show that Maud de Chaworth's marriage
was granted by the king. If so, then the marriage of Edmund and Maud
was contracted but never consumated, as Maud was only aged 9 in 1291.
Maud de Chaworth subsequently married before 2 March 1296/7 Henry de
Lancaster, Knt., afterwards Earl of Lancaster and Leicester [Reference:
Complete Peerage, 7 (1929): 400, citing Cal. Patent Rolls, 1292-1301,
pg. 239]. Curiously, Complete Peerage makes no mention of Maud de
Chaworth's contracted marriage to Edmund de Lacy in either its
Lancaster or Lincoln accounts.
In addition to these children, both Ormerod and Whittaker assign Henry
de Lacy a second daughter, Margaret [References: Ormerod, History of
the County Palatine & City of Chester 1 (1819): 515; Whitaker Hist. of
Original Parish of Whalley 1 (1872): 248-249]. Ormerod appears to
have relied on two earlier authors, Brooks and Fern(e), for his list of
Earl Henry de Lacy's children. Ormerod says the following regarding
Margaret:
"Ferne, in Lacy's Nobility, calls Margaret by the name of Joan, pag.
125, but falsly."
Since Ormerod did not reveal what source he used to verify Margaret's
name and existence, we are left in the dark as to what documentation he
found for her. I presume Ormerod found her mentioned in "Brooks,"
which source he does not identify. "Brooks" is possibly the work,
"Vincent on Brook," who Ormerod quotes elsewhere in his account of the
Lacy family.
Whittaker, pg. 249, states that Earl Henry de Lacy had a daughter,
Margaret, "who died before her father," but the source he cites as
evidence for her existence only mentions Earl Henry's younger son,
John, and his daughter, Alice, not Margaret:
"Dictus igitur Henricus Com. Lincoln. & prefata Margareta uxore sua
genuit aliam filium nomine Johannem et filiam unam nomine Alesyam. Sed
Johannes iste priusquam annos nubiles attigisset super turrem quoddam
in Castro de Pontefracto incaute discurrens lapsus est ultra muros et
in terram collisus et constructus protinus expiravit, nullum post se
sui corporis relinquens heredem. (Ibid.)." END OF QUOTE
The source Whittaker used for this information appears to be Cotton MS.
Cleop. C. III m. f. 328b, and Vesp. D.XVII. f. 17b. Quite possibly
Margaret is named as a child of Earl Henry de Lacy elsewhere in one of
these two sources.
Lastly, Complete Peerage and all of the above cited sources (Ormerod,
Whittaker, McNulty, Throsby, etc.) overlooked yet another child of Earl
Henry de Lacy, namely, an illegitimate son, John de Lacy, Knt., of
Lacyes (in Grantchester), Cambridgeshire, which individual was a member
of the household of his half-sister, Alice de Lacy, Countess of
Lincoln, in 1336. The evidence for Sir John de Lacy's existence and
parentage is found in a petition dated c. 1335 of Alice de Lacy,
Countess of Lancaster, in which she specifically calls him her brother.
This petition is found in the helpful online National Archives
catalogue (http://www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search.asp).
It concerns Alice de Lacy's abduction and rape by Sir Hugh de Frene,
afterwards her third husband.
"SC 8/64/3163: Petitioners: [Alice de Lacy], Countess of Lincoln.
Addressees: King and council Places mentioned: Bolingbroke,
[Lincolnshire]; Somerton, [Lincolnshire]; London. Other people
mentioned: Hugh de Frene; John de Lacy, brother of the petitioner.
Nature of request: Lacy requests that a speedy remedy be ordained for
her so that she may be at her own will and amongst her friends, as she
has been ravished by Frene, who has taken her from her castle of
Bolingbroke and is detained by him in the Tower of London. [c. 1335]."
END OF QUOTE.
VCH Cambridge, 5 (1973): 203-204 shows that Sir John de Lacy, of Lacyes
(in Grantchester), Cambridgeshire, granted land at Grantchester in 1343
to his son, Edmund de Lacy. Sir John de Lacy was still living in 1348,
citing Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1345-1348, pg. 472. He was eventually succeeded
by a younger John de Lacy who occurs from 1349 until 1387. Successive
generations of this family held Lacyes manor in Grantchester until
1547, when Henry Lacy and his brother, Edward, sold the manor to Thomas
Neville. Presumably modern descendants exist for this family. Leland,
Itinerary, ii. 1, which I haven't seen, indicates that about 1540 the
Lacy family of Grantchester "claimed descent from an illegitimate son
of Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln (died 1311)." It appears that the
family's claim was valid.
Sir John de Lacy, of Lacyes (in Grantchester), Cambridgeshire, is
possibly the individual who occurs in the following National Archives
document:
PRO Document, E 41/389 - John Lacy; John Bassett of Drayton,
Staffordshire: Roll of evidence relating to the manor of Long Buckby;
Northamptonshire, also manors of Hardwick, Northamptonshire,
Granchester, Cambridgeshire, and [East] Bradenham, Norfolk; lands in
Southoe (Sudhoo) (Hunt), Winterslow (Wilts.); Kingston, Wimborne
[Minster], and Blandford (Dorset) (temp. Edw III). END OF QUOTE.
>From the description provided, the nature of this document is not at
all certain. The lands involved appear to be the Quincy inheritance of
Margaret de Quincy, 2nd wife of Sir John de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln (died
1240). If so, perhaps this document has been misdated. VCH Cambridge
5 shows that the overlordship of Grantchester, Cambridgeshire remained
with the Earls of Lincoln. The manor of Long Buckby, Northamptonshire,
however, appears to have gone to the Basset family.
Comments are invited.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
Website: www.royalancestry.net
As a followup to my post earlier today, I checked the Ancestry World
Tree project just now for possible descendants of Sir John de Lacy
(living 1348), the illegitimate son of Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln
(died 1311). I found that there are several entries for a certain
Henry Lacy, son of Thomas Lacy, who would fit chronologically to the
Henry Lacy, son of Thomas, who sold Lacyes manor in Grantchester,
Cambridgeshire in 1547. This Henry Lacy reportedly had a daughter,
Frances Lacy, wife of John Beville, of Sawtry, Huntingdonshire.
Frances (Lacy) Beville in turn is reputedly the great-grandmother of
the colonial immigrant, Essex Beville, of Virginia.
Provided that the appropriate connections can be made, this Lacy
connection would give Essex Beville some speculacular new ancestry.
If anyone has any pertinent particulars about either the Lacy or
Beville families, I'd appreciate if greatly if they would post their
information here on the newsgroup.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
Website: www.royalancestry.net
Douglas Richardson wrote:
> Dear Newsgroup ~
>
> As a followup to my post earlier today, I checked the Ancestry World
> Tree project just now for possible descendants of Sir John de Lacy
> (living 1348), the illegitimate son of Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln
> (died 1311). I found that there are several entries for a certain
> Henry Lacy, son of Thomas Lacy, who would fit chronologically to the
> Henry Lacy, son of Thomas, who sold Lacyes manor in Grantchester,
> Cambridgeshire in 1547.
anything found in awt should be used as posibilities in need of independent
verification.
it is not a reliable source in and of itself
Exactly.
DR
Below is the rough draft of a pedigree of the Lacy family of
Grantchester, Cambridgeshire and Stamford, Lincolnshire, which traces a
line of descent from Sir Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln (died 1311)
down to Frances (Lacy) Beville, great-grandmother of the colonial
immigrant, Essex Beville of Virginia. The descent comes through Henry
de Lacy's illegitimate son, Sir John de Lacy, of Grantchester,
Cambridgeshire. Supporting documents from the A2A and National
Archives catalogues are found below. In addition to the royal ancestry
behind Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln (died 1311), it should be noted
that Mary Folvylle, wife of Thomas Lacy {Gen. 6 below} is a lineal
descendant of a cadet branch of the Brus family seated at Conington,
Huntingdonshire
and Exton, Rutland. For her descent from King David I of Scotland and
King Henry I of England, see Trans. Bristol & Glouc. Arch. Soc. 14
(1889-90): 102, 104-105 (charts).
LACY PEDIGREE
1. Henry de Lacy, Knt., Earl of Lincoln, died 1311.
2. John de Lacy, Knt., of Lacyes (in Grantchester), Cambridgeshire,
illegitimate son. He was a member of the household of his half-sister,
Alice de Lacy, Countess of Lincoln, in 1336. SIR JOHN DE LACY was
living in 1348. Cal. Patent Rolls, 1345-1348 (1903): 472.
Dictionary of National Biog. 11 (1909): 375 [biog. of Henry de Lacy,
Earl of Lincoln: "Henry de Lacy endowed a kinsman, possibly a bastard
son, with lands at Grantchester (Leland, Itin. iv. 1)."]. Sayles,
Select Cases in the Court of King's Bench 5 (Selden Soc. 76) (1958):
90-91. VCH Cambridge 5 (1973): 203-204 (Sir John de Lacy's seal,
e.g., on St. John's Mun. 24/129, bore a lion rampant, a coat of the
Lacy earls). PRO Document, SC 8/64/3163 (John de Lacy styled
"brother" in petition dated c. 1335 of Alice de Lacy, Countess of
Lancaster).
3. John de Lacy, of Grantchester, Cambridgeshire, occurs 1349-1387.
VCH Cambridge 5 (1973): 203-204.
4. Thomas Lacy, of Grantchester, Cambridgeshire, occurs 1395-1437. VCH
Cambridge 5 (1973): 203-204.
5. Richard Lacy, of Grantchester, Cambridgeshire, died c. 1471. VCH
Cambridge 5 (1973): 203-204.
6. Thomas Lacy, of Grantchester, Cambridgeshire. He married Mary
Folvylle, widow of William Cotton (died 1460/1), and daughter and
co-heiress of John Folvylle, Esq., of Sileby, Rotherby, Queniborough,
etc., Leicestershire, by Jane, daughter of Robert Wessenham (died
1400), of Conington, Huntingdonshire. They had one son, Thomas, Esq.
Thomas Lacy died 1479. His widow, Mary, married (3rd) Thomas Billinge,
Chief Justice of the King's Bench. She died 14 March 1499/1500.
Trans. Bristol & Glouc. Arch. Soc. 14 (1889-90): 102, 104-105 (charts).
VCH Cambridge 5 (1973): 203-204.
7. Thomas Lacy, Esquire, of Grantchester, Cambridgeshire and Stamford,
Lincolnshire, Alderman of Stamford, 1505-6, adult by 1491. He married
before 1489 Margaret (or Margery) St. Lo, daughter of Giles St. Lo.
They had three sons, Henry, Thomas, and Edward, and one daughter,
Eleanor (wife of William Neville). The Parliament of 1489 granted the
petition of Thomas Lacy and Margaret his wife for the reversal of the
1461 attainder of her father, Giles St. Lo. Thomas Lacy, Esq., left a
will proved 1506 (P.C.C., 3 Adeane), naming his wife, Margery; his
three sons, Henry, Thomas, and Edward; his cousin, Thomas Burgoyne, and
his nephew and godson, George Cotton. Francis Peck, The Antiquarian
Annals of Stanford (1727). A.R. Maddison, Lincolnshire Pedigrees 2
(H.S.P. 51) (1903): 576-577 (Lacy pedigree). Wedgwood, Hist. of
Parliament 1 (1936): 523 (biog. of Thomas Lacy). VCH Cambridge 5
(1973): 203-204.
8. Henry Lacy, Gentleman, of Stamford, Lincolnshire, Member of the
second Twelve, Stamford, 1512, and of the first Twelve, Stamford, 1513
to death, Steward of the Court of Stamford, Alderman of Stamford,
1521-2, 1531-2, and 1539-40, Burgess for Stamford, 1536, 1542, 1545,
Steward of Sir Richard Cotton, son and heir, born before 1491. He
married Katherine, daughter of John Podycke (or Poodiche, Powdige), of
Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. In the period, 1518-1529, he sued Nicholas
Sandeford, gentleman, and Margery, his wife, in Chancery regarding the
detention of deeds relating to messuages and land in Grantchester,
Coton, Barton, Haslingfield, Newnham Croft, and Trumpington,
Cambridgeshire. He obtained a 52 year lease in 1532 of lands, tofts,
etc in Careby, Holywell and Aunby held by the prioress and convent of
Stamford. In 1547 he and his brother, Edward Lacy, sold the manor of
Grantchester, Cambridgeshire to Thomas Neville. Henry Lacy, Gent.,
left a will dated 1 May 1564, proved 30 Jan. 1564/5 (P.C.C., 2
Morrison), naming his sons, Thomas and William Lacy; his daughters,
Frances Bevill, Jane Affrocke, and Joan Lacy; also Bennett and Henry,
sons of Robert Lacy, presumably his grandsons. Francis Peck, The
Antiquarian Annals of Stanford (1727). A.R. Maddison, Lincolnshire
Pedigrees 2 (H.S.P. 51) (1903): 576-577 (Lacy pedigree). VCH Cambridge
5 (1973): 203-204. S.T. Bindoff, The House of Commons, 1509-1558, 2
(1982): 488 (biog. of Henry Lacy).
9. Frances Lacy, named in her father's will, m. John Beville, of
Sawtry, Huntingdonshire. Henry Ellis, ed., Visitation of the County of
Huntingdon (Camden Soc. 43) (1849): 8-9 (Beville pedigree: "Johannes
Bevill, 2 filius, de Sawtrey, duxit Franciscam, filia' Henr' Lacy
de Stamford."). A.R. Maddison, Lincolnshire Pedigrees 2 (H.S.P. 51)
(1903): 576-577 (Lacy pedigree).
The first eight items below are taken from the A2A Catalogue. The
remaining items are pulled from National Archives Catalogue. Most of
the items concern Henry Lacy, Gentleman, of Stamford, Lincolnshire (Gen
No. 8 above).
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
Website: www.royalancestry.net
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1. Cambridgeshire County Record Office, Huntingdon: The Conington
Collection,
Reference: CON 3/1/1/1
Grant & Power of Attorney
Creation dates: 12 Feb. 1491
Scope and Content
(1) Sir William Knyver & Thomas Lacy, son & heir of Thomas Lacy, decd.
(2) Thomas Cotton, son of the late William, by Mary his wife,
afterwards wife of the aforesaid Thomas Lacy, now dead.
(1) To (2) in fulfilment of the will of Thomas Wesenham, Esq.
The Manor of Conington with all apps. with Advowson of Church there.
Manor of Denton with all apps. & Advowson of Church there. Remainder to
Richard Coton, brother of (2) and heirs male; then to the aforesaid
Mary, and her heirs by Thomas Lacy; then to George Keeball, son & heir
of John Keeball, decd and heirs male; then to Thomas Rydhyll, nephew of
Thomas Wesenham & heirs male; then to Thomas Keeball, sergeant-at-law,
brother of aforesaid John Keeball and heirs male; then to right heirs
of the aforesaid Mary for ever.
(1) appoint William Indde and John Gybson their attornies to take
possession of above premises and give seisin to (2) or his attorney.
Witnesses: John Clerk, gentilman; Cristofer Druell, gent; Lionel
Wardell; Thomas Gente; John Harby; John Slowgrave; John House, atte
Townesende & others.
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2. Lincolnshire Archives: Holywell, Reference: Holywell 1/27
Creation dates: 30 November 1532
Scope and Content
Lease of all lands, tofts, etc in Careby, Holywell and Aunby for 52
years, prioress and convent of Stamford to Henry Lacy of Stamford. At
£7 per annum. Seal.
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3. Lincolnshire Archives: Holywell, Reference: Holywell 1/34
Creation dates: 23 October 1539
Scope and Content
Enfeoffment with messuage in Careby, John Colen of Stamford, of Henry
Lacy esq., Robert Lacy his son. Consideration £10. Seal. Witnesses
on dorse
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4. Lincolnshire Archives: Holywell, Reference: Holywell 92/114
Creation dates: 31 July 1562
Scope and Content
Quitclaim of interest. Henry Lacy gent. of Stamford and William Lacy
gent. of Deeping to John Hatcher of Cambridge. Two seals.
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5. Lincolnshire Archives: Holywell, Reference: Holywell 73/5
Creation dates: 1 August 1562
Scope and Content
Bargain and sale of a messuage in careby (field names). Henry Lacy,
gent, of Stamford, John Hatcher of Cambridge. Witnesses. Seals.
Consideration £43 6s 8d.
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6. Lincolnshire Archives: Holywell, Reference: Holywell 73/6
Creation dates: 2 August 1562
Scope and Content
Deed poll granting messuage and lands at Careby. Henry and William
Lacy to John Hatcher. Endorsement of livery of seizin. Seal.
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7. Lincolnshire Archives: Holywell, Reference: Holywell 73/8
Creation dates: 1563
Scope and Content
Chirograph of fine about a messuage, cottage, two tofts and lands in
Careby and Little Bytham. John Hatcher quer Henry, William and Joan
Lacy deforc. Easter 1563.
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8. Lincolnshire Archives: Manuscripts of the Earl of Ancaster,
Reference: 2ANC2/3/11
Edenham
Creation dates: 1538 Easter
Extent and Form: 1 page
Scope and Content
The King.
Note of the expenses of Henry Lacye, steward at this view for bread,
beer, saltfish and salmon.
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C 1/39/78
Richard, son of Thomas Lacy. v. Robert Cowper, of Cotyn, feoffee to
uses.: Lands, &c. in Cambridge, Grantchester (Grauncestre), Cotes,
Trumpington, Berton, and Harlton, Cambridgeshire, late of the said
Thomas.
1386-1486
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C 1/72/24
Walter Kebell and Annes, his wife, and William Coton and Mary, his
wife, daughters and heirs of John Folvyll, esquire. v. Geoffrey
Powtrell, of Radeclyf upon Wreyke, gentleman, feoffee to uses.: Lands
and tenements in the towns of Syl[e]by, Rotherby, Queniborough,
Saxelby, and Little Ashby.
1386-1486
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C 4/3/31
Richard Lacy v. Robert Cowper: answer Date of document: Fifteenth
century
1401 Jan 1 - 1500 Dec 31
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C 1/535/61
Henry Lacy, gentleman, son and heir of Thomas Lacy. v. Nicholas
Sandeford, gentleman, and Margery, his wife.: Detention of deeds
relating to messuages and land in Grantchester, Coton, Barton,
Haslingfield, Newnham Croft, and Trumpington, Cambridgeshire.
1518-1529
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C 1/838/4-5
Henry Lacy, Katherine, his wife, and Anne Dorres. v. Laurence Danyell
and Margery, his wife, late the wife of the said John.: Detention of
deeds relating to lands lying in the new market and elsewhere at
Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
1532-1538
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C 1/838/6-8
Henry Lacy, Katherine, his wife, and Anne Dorres, the said Anne being
daughter and heir of Thomas Dorres, and of Elizabeth, his wife. v.
Thomas Megges.: Messuage and land in Wisbech and Leverington, late of
John Poodiche, deceased, brother of the said Katherine and and
Elizabeth.
1532-1538
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C 1/1022/1-8
Henry LACY, Katherine his wife, Henry JOHNSON and Anne his wife, v.
Laurence DANYELL, gentleman.: Messuage and land in Wisbech and
Leverington, Cambridgeshire, formerly of John Podycke, deceased, father
of the said Katherine and Anne.
1538-1544
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C 1/1062/43-47
Richard SMYTH, great-nephew of John Lytle, hermit of Pattishall, v.
Henry LACY gentleman, and others, executors of John Lytle of London,
gentleman.: Detention of deeds relating to messuages and land in
Stamford and Casterton. Decree endorsed.: LINCOLN, NORTHAMPTON.
1538-1544
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C 1/1111/126-127
Robert son and heir of Lawrence COX v. Henry LACY.: Detention of deeds
relating to tenements in Stamford.: LINCOLN.
1544-1551
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C 1/1332/52
Thomas BUNGAY, Alice his wife, Leonard PYNCHEBEK, George FORSTER and
Mildred his wife v. Richard COTTON, knight, Henry LACY, gentleman, his
steward, and William THORNELL alias Scoller.: Messuages and land late
held of the said Sir Richard's manor of Bourne by Adam Forster,
deceased, grandfather of the said Leonard and father of the female
complainants.
1553-1555
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C 1/1365/92
Simon LOW, citizen and merchant [tailor ?] of London v. Henry LACY,
gentleman.: Trespasses (described) on the manor of East Deeping.:
LINCOLN.
1553-1555
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C 1/1415/37-38
Thomas CROKE v. Henry TAMPON, and Henry LACYE, gentleman, steward of
the court of Stamford.: Debt to the said Tampon's wife, respited on
pledge of a girdle.: [LINCOLN, NORTHAMPTON.].
1556-1558
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C 1/1444/85-86
Margaret JUDDE v. Henry LACEY, gentleman.: Share of messuages and
gardens, late of John, son of Thomas Lyttill, deceased.: LINCOLN.
1556-1558