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Baron Pontefract is in Baronies of England Alphabetically.
Baron Pontefract 1st Creation 1068
Baron Pontefract is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Forfeit Baronies of England, Succeeded Baronesses of England, Extinct Baronies of England.
Summary
1068. Ilbert Lacy 1st Baron Pontefract created.
1093. Son Robert Lacy 2nd Baron Pontefract succeeded.
1130. Robert Lacy 2nd Baron Pontefract forfeit.
1135. Son Ilbert Lacy 3rd Baron Pontefract restored.
1141. Son Henry Lacy 4th Baron Pontefract succeeded.
1176. Son Robert Lacy 5th Baron Pontefract succeeded.
1193. Second Cousin Once Removed Roger Lacy 6th Baron Pontefract 7th Baron Halton succeeded.
1st October 1211. Son John Lacy Earl Lincoln succeeded.
22nd July 1240. Son Edmund Lacy 8th Baron Pontefract, 9th Baron Halton succeeded.
1258. Son Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury succeeded.
February 1311. Daughter Alice Lacy Countess Leicester, and Lancaster 5th Countess of Salisbury 5th Countess Lincoln succeeded.
2nd October 1348. Alice Lacy Countess Leicester, and Lancaster 5th Countess of Salisbury 5th Countess Lincoln extinct.
In 1068 Ilbert Lacy 1st Baron Pontefract (age 23) was created 1st Baron Pontefract. Both he and the creation of the Barony are obscure. He commissioned the building of Pontefract Castle [Map] which became his caput.
In 1093 Ilbert Lacy 1st Baron Pontefract (age 48) died at Pontefract [Map]. His son Robert (age 18) succeeded 2nd Baron Pontefract.
Before 1130 Robert Lacy 2nd Baron Pontefract (age 54) died. Baron Pontefract forfeit. The Barony, or the Honour of Pontefract, was awarded by the King to Hugh de Laval. Following Hugh's death around 1129 William Maltravers paid £1,000 for the reversion of Laval's estate for the term of 15 years.
Around 1135 Ilbert Lacy 3rd Baron Pontefract was restored 3rd Baron Pontefract after the death of William Maltravers.
Around 1141 Ilbert Lacy 3rd Baron Pontefract died. His son Henry succeeded 4th Baron Pontefract.
In or before 1176 Henry Lacy 4th Baron Pontefract died. Kirkstall Abbey, West Yorkshire [Map]. His son Robert succeeded 5th Baron Pontefract.
In 1193 Robert Lacy 5th Baron Pontefract died without issue. His cousin Albreda Lissours (age 65) [daughter of his aunt Albreda Lacy] inherited his estates. His second cousin once removed Roger (age 22) succeeded 6th Baron Pontefract. Maud Clere Baroness Lacy Baroness Warkworth by marriage Baroness Pontefract.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 1st October 1211 Roger Lacy 6th Baron Pontefract 7th Baron Halton (age 40) died in Pontefract [Map].
John Lacy Earl Lincoln (age 19) succeeded 8th Baron Halton, 7th Baron Pontefract. Alice Aquila Baroness Bowland, Halton and Lacy by marriage Baroness Halton, Baroness Pontefract.
In 1221 John Lacy Earl Lincoln (age 29) and Margaret Quincy 3rd Countess Lincoln and Pembroke (age 15) were married. She by marriage Baroness Halton, Baroness Pontefract. She the daughter of Robert Quincy Earl Lincoln and Hawise Gernon 2nd Countess Lincoln (age 41).
On 22nd July 1240 John Lacy Earl Lincoln (age 48) died. His son Edmund (age 10) succeeded 8th Baron Pontefract, 9th Baron Halton.
Before 1251 Edmund Lacy 8th Baron Pontefract, 9th Baron Halton (age 20) and Alice Saluzzo Baroness Lacy (age 14) were married. She by marriage Baroness Pontefract. He the son of John Lacy Earl Lincoln and Margaret Quincy 3rd Countess Lincoln and Pembroke (age 44). They were sixth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
In 1258 Edmund Lacy 8th Baron Pontefract, 9th Baron Halton (age 28) died. His son Henry (age 7) succeeded 9th Baron Pontefract, 10th Baron Halton.
In February 1311 Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury (age 60) died at Lincoln's Inn. His daughter Alice (age 29) succeeded 5th Countess Salisbury, 5th Countess Lincoln, 10th Baroness Pontefract, 11th Baroness Halton. Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 33) by marriage Earl Salisbury, Earl Lincoln.
On 2nd October 1348 Alice Lacy Countess Leicester, and Lancaster 5th Countess of Salisbury 5th Countess Lincoln (age 66) died without issue at Barlings Abbey [Map]. Earl Salisbury, Earl Lincoln, Baron Pontefract and Baron Halton extinct.
Baron Pontefract 2nd Creation 1674
Baron Pontefract is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronies of England.
Summary
1st October 1674. George Fitzroy 1st Duke Northumberland created.
28th June 1716. George Fitzroy 1st Duke Northumberland extinct.
On 1st October 1674 George Fitzroy 1st Duke Northumberland (age 8) was created 1st Earl of Northumberland, 1st Viscount Falmouth, 1st Baron Pontefract by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 44).
On 28th June 1716 George Fitzroy 1st Duke Northumberland (age 50) died at Epsom, Surrey without legitimate issue. Duke Northumberland, Earl of Northumberland, Viscount Falmouth, Baron Pontefract extinct.