Richard Lacy

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Lacyes Manor

"The only substantial lay estate remaining at Grantchester after 1500 was that called LACYES, after the family which since the 14th century had held it of Burwash manor by knight-service for 1/6 fee. About 1540 they claimed descent from an illegitimate son of Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln (d. 1311). (fn. 208) Sir John Lacy (fn. 209) (d. after 1348) (fn. 210) by 1328 (fn. 211) held land at Grantchester which in 1343 he granted to his son Edmund. (fn. 212) John Lacy, who had probably succeeded to the estate by 1349, survived until 1387. (fn. 213) Thomas Lacy held it between 1395 and 1437, (fn. 214) and his son Richard until c. 1471. (fn. 215) Richard's son Thomas Lacy died in 1479, (fn. 216) and his son Thomas in 1506, having devised his lands to his wife Margery St. Lo for life, with reversion to his son Henry provided that he repented of his wanton and unfilial conduct. (fn. 217) In 1547 Henry Lacy and his brother Edward sold their land, then called a manor, to Thomas Neville, (fn. 218) who the same year resold it to John Huddlestone of Sawston. (fn. 219)"^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Diane K Bolton, G R Duncombe, R W Dunning, Jennifer I Kermode, A M Rowland, W B Stephens and A P M Wright, 'Parishes: Grantchester', in A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 5, ed. C R Elrington (London, 1973), pp. 198-214 [1].

• Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011, pg 524 [2]