Roger de Lacy

Also known as: Roger Lacie / Roger Lacy / Roger de Lacie / Roger de Lacie conestable of Chester · Family: England · Role: constable of Chester · First appears: King John 1

Life events

• c. 1199 · Leading nobles swore obedience to King John.(King John 1 · 📍 Northampton)
  • With: King John David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon Richard, Earl of Clare Ranulf, Earl of Chester William, Earl of Derby Walran, Earl of Warwick William de Mowbray
  • “The names of the chéefe of those péeres that were sworne (as you haue heard) are as followeth. Dauid earle of Huntington brother vnto William king of Scots, Richard earle of Clare, Ranulfe earle of Chester, William earle of Tutberie or rather Darbie, Walran earle of Warwike, Roger Lacie constable of Chester, and William de Mowbraie”
• c. 1199 · King John entrusted Pomfret Castle to Roger de Lacy after receiving his heir as hostage.(King John 3 · 📍 Pomfret)
  • With: King John
  • “He also deliuered vnto Roger de Lacie conestable of Chester, the castell of Pomfret, hauing first the sonne and heire of the same Lacie deliuered vnto him as an hostage for his loialtie and faithfull obedience.”
• c. 1200 · King John sent ambassadors to William I of Scotland, who agreed to meet him at Lincolne.(King John 5 · 📍 Lincolne)
  • With: King John Philip of Durham Roger Bigot, Earl of Norfolk Henry de Bohun, Earl of Hereford David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon William de Vesci Robert de Ros Robert Fitz Roger William I of Scotland
  • “Immediatlie after the solemnization of the quéens coronation ended, he sent Philip bishop of Duresme, Roger Bigot earle of Northfolke, and Henrie de Bohun earle of Hereford, nephue to William king of Scotland, and Dauid earle of Huntington, brother to the said king, and Roger de Lacie conestable of Chester, the lord William de Vescie, and the lord Robert de Ros, which had married two of the daughters of the said king, & Robert Fitz Roger shiriffe of Northumberland, as ambassadours from him vnto the foresaid William king of Scotland, with letters patents, conteining a safe conduct for him to come into England, and to méet with king John at Lincolne on the morrow after the feast of S. Edmund, who gladlie granted therevnto”
• 1203 · Roger de Lacie was captured after resisting the French siege, and Lisle Dandele fell to Philip II.(King John 8 · 📍 Lisle Dandele)
  • With: Philip II of France
  • “But at length they within were so constreined by famine and long siege, that the said Lacie and others perceiuing it to be more honourable for them to die by the sword, than to starue through want of food, brake out vpon their enimies, and slue a great sort of the Frenchmen, but yet in the end they were taken prisoners, and so these fortresses came into the French kings hands.”

King John 1

• sworn: King John “Dauid earle of Huntington brother vnto William king of Scots, Richard earle of Clare, Ranulfe earle of Chester, William earle of Tutberie or rather Darbie, Walran earle of Warwike, Roger Lacie constable of Chester, and William de Mowbraie, with diuerse other, whose names I here omit, bicause I would not be tedious and irksome to the readers.”

King John 3

• sworn: King John “He also deliuered vnto Roger de Lacie conestable of Chester, the castell of Pomfret”

King John 5

• sworn: King John “Immediatlie after the solemnization of the quéens coronation ended, he sent Philip bishop of Duresme, Roger Bigot earle of Northfolke, and Henrie de Bohun earle of Hereford, nephue to William king of Scotland, and Dauid earle of Huntington, brother to the said king, and Roger de Lacie conestable of Chester, the lord William de Vescie, and the lord Robert de Ros, which had married two of the daughters of the said king, & Robert Fitz Roger shiriffe of Northumberland, as ambassadours from him vnto the foresaid William king of Scotland”

King John 6

• sworn: King John “and Roger de Lacie with an other hundred men of armes to defend the confines of Normandie against the enimies”

King John 8

• enemies with Philip II of France “Howbeit Lisle Dandele was valiantlie for a certeine time defended by Roger de Lacie the conestable of Chester. But at length they within were so constreined by famine and long siege, that the said Lacie and others perceiuing it to be more honourable for them to die by the sword, than to starue through want of food, brake out vpon their enimies, and slue a great sort of the Frenchmen, but yet in the end they were taken prisoners, and so these fortresses came into the French kings hands.”

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Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.