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de Lacy
de Lacy (Laci, Lacie, Lascy, Lacey, Lassey) is the surname of an old Norman family which originated from Lassy, Calvados. The family took part in the Norman Conquest of England and the later Norman invasion of Ireland. The name is first reco ...
s of
Pontefract
Pontefract is a historic market town in the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. It lies to the east of Wakefield and south of Castleford. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is one of the ...
who were the holders of both
Pontefract Castle
Pontefract (or Pomfret) Castle is a castle ruin in the town of Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, England. King Richard II of England, Richard II is thought to have died there. It was the site of a series of famous sieges during the 17th-cent ...
and the
Honour of Pontefract from 1067 to 1348.
[Padgett p. 85]
The holders of the castle and Honour of Pontefract are indicated by an asterisk.
Notes
Sources
Padgett, Lorenzo, ''Chronicles of Old Pontefract'' (1905) facsimile published 1993, Old Hall Press, Leeds
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