Richard (Lucy) de Lucy (abt. 1183 - abt. 1213)

Born about 1183 in Egremont, Cumberland, England

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Died about Feb 1213 at about age 30 in Egremont, Cumberland, England

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Biography

Richard was born in about 1183 in Egremont, Cumberland, England. He was the son of Reynold (or Reginald) de Lucy and Annabel (FitzWilliam de Lucy. .^[1]

In 1200 he gave 300 marks for his relief & to have his inheritance in Copeland & Cambridge, & for leave to marry where he would, & also for the portions of the lands of his mother held by his aunt, then wife of Sir Robert de Courtenay, Kt. & his cousin Hawise, Countess of Aumale. He was one of the magnates who in 1201 refused personal service with King John, & paid 15 marks in lieu thereof. Both he & his wife were benefactors of the monastries of St. Bees, Wetheral & Calder. M between 1200 & 1204 Ada (she married 2nd Thomas de Multon, Lord of Multon). She was recorded as living in 1230), daughter of Hugh de Morville, Lord of Burgh.

He married Ada de Morville, daughter of Hugh de Moreville and Helewise de Stuteville, in 1200. They had 2 daughters:^[1]

• Amabel, wife of Sir Lambert de Multon
• Alice, wife of Alan de Multon

Richard de Lucy died circa February 1213, and was buried in the Priory of St. Bees.^[1] After his death, Ada married Thomas de Multon. Thomas gave a thousand Marks to the King for the wardship of the daughters and heirs of Richard de Lucy ^[2], who were later bestowed in marriage to his sons Lambert and Alan, their step-brothers.

Note on Locations

Egremont is in Cumberland, England, and, interestingly, is today in an administrative area called Copeland. There are different explanations for the name. According to a document issued at the time of the borough's grant of arms, the name is derived from kaupland, meaning "bought land," referring to an area of the Forest bought from the estate of St Bees Priory, which is where Richard was buried. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 214-215.
2. ↑ Finance Rolls 15 john Membrane 8 cited in Dugdale Baronage. The baronage of England, or, An historical account of the lives and most memorable actions of our English nobility in the Saxons time to the Norman conquest, and from thence, of those who had their rise before the end of King Henry the Third's reign deduced from publick records, antient historians, and other authorities. Sir William Dugdale 1677.Page 563 at https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A36794.0001.001/1:6.198?rgn=div2;view=fulltext (Accessed November 3 2021)
3. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Borough of Copeland," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Borough_of_Copeland&oldid=1051482005 (accessed November 3, 2021).

See also:

• British History online: Burgh by Sands
• The Research of Robert O' Connor
• Marlyn Lewis
• Cokayne, G.E. The Complete Peerage, volume VIII, pages 247-249 (accessed 8 December 2020 at FamilySearch).