When Robert de Lacy dsp in 1193, his half sister, Albreda L isours (the dau. of his mother, Albrida, by her 2nd husband , Eudo de Lisours), then the wife of Richard Fitz-Eustace , feudal baron of Halton, and constable of Chester, possess ed herself of the Barony of Pontefract, and all the other l ands of her deceased brother, under pretence of a grant fro m Henry de Lacy, her 1st husband. By Fitz-Eustace, she ha d a son, John, who becoming heir to his half uncle, Rober t de Lacy, assumed that surname and inherited, as John de L acy, the Baronies of Halton and Pontefract. [Sir Bernard Bu rke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Bur ke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 310, Lacy, Earls of Li ncoln]

The eldest son and heir of his father, Richard Fitz-Eustace , John also became heir to his half uncle, Robert de Lacy , assumed that surname and inherited, as John de Lacy, th e Baronies of Halton and Pontefract, with the Constableshi p of Chester. This feudal chief, who was Lord of Flambro, B aron of Halton, and Constable of Chester, had two sons, Rog er, Constable of Chester, and Robert. [John Burke, Commoner s of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. I, R. Bentley, London , 1834-1838, p. 548, Constable, of Wassand]

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The surname of Constable was assumed from the office of Con stable of Chester, one of the high dignities constituted b y Hugh Lupus, and held by this family soon after the Norma n Conquest. Robert de Lacy, younger brother of Roger, Const able of Chester, and Baron of Halton, enjoyed the lordshi p of Flamburgh, by gift of that nobleman, and was s. by hi s son, Robert Constable. [John Burke, Esq. and John Bernar d Burke, Esq., Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England , Ireland, and Scotland, 2nd Edition, Scott, Webster, and G eary, London, 1841, p. 124-5, Constable, of Everingham]

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Richard Fitz-Eustace, Baron of Halton, and constable of Che ster, m. Albreda, dau. and heir of Robert de Lizures, and h alf-sister of Robert de Lacy, and had issue, John, who assu med the surname of Lacy, and s. his father as constable o f Chester. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages , Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 121, Clavering, B arons Clavering]


Baron de Lacy

• Married:
• Change Date: 28 May 2008

1. Helen De Lacy b: 1168 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England

• Married: Abt 1169 in Essex, England
• Sealing Spouse: 14 Dec 1936 in SLAKE - Salt Lake
• Event: Alt. Marriage Alt. Marriage 1157
• Change Date: 31 Mar 2011

1. Robert De Lacy b: Abt 1174 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
2. Johanna De Lacy b: Abt 1177 in Of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
3. Roger De Lacy b: Abt 1171 in Halton Castle, Runcorn, Cheshire, England