Earl John De Lacy LINCOLN ¹

   Another name for John was LINCOLN Earl.

   Ancestral File Number: 9BLB-53. User ID: 18909882.

   General Notes:

Earl of LINCOLN, Signer of Magna Carta.

BOOKS
Barber Grandparents: 125 Kings, 143 Generations, Ted Butler Bernard and Gertrude Barber Bernard, 1978, McKinney TX, p95: "442G Margaret De Quincy, (D of 432, M of 451); married John de Lacie, Earl of Lincoln; signer of Magna Charta; died in 1240."

The Political History of England, Vol II, George Burton Adams Longmans Green and Co, 1905, Ch I, p54:
[1074] "Already Norman families, who were to make so much of the history of the coming centuries, were rooted in the land. Montfort and Mortimer; Percy, Beauchamp, and Mowbray; Ferrers and Lacy; Beaumont, Mandeville, and Grantmesnil; Clare, Bigod, and Bohun; and many others of equal or nearly equal name. All these were as yet of no higher than baronial rank, but if we could trust the chroniclers, we should be able to make out in additiona considerable list of earldoms which William had established by this date or soon afterwards, in many parts of England, and in these were other great names..."

A History of The Plantagenets, Vol II, The Magnificent Century, Thomas B Costain,1951, Doubleday & Co
p107: "...The King's brother, Richard of Cornwall, had shown a tendency at first to side with the barons. He was a calculating young man, however, and Peter des Roches managed to win him back by flattery and promises.He accomplished the same results with the powerful earls of Chester and Lincoln..."
p123: "It took a year for the royal displeasure to cool, but finally Walter [Marshal] was allowed to succeed. He went to Gascony with the King the following year but had no opportunity to display his mettle. He married Margery, the widow of John de Lacey, Earl of Lincoln, on his return, but the union remained unblessed by children. Three years later he followed his three older brothers into thegrave, dying suddenly at Goodrich Castle on March 24, 1245." p175: "Princess Margaret's early days were spent at Windsor. Soom after her birth Edward was given the royal castle of Eltham as his residence, and her companions at first were Edmund and a daughter of the Earl of Lincoln who lived as a ward with the royal family. Later there were more brothers and sisters and more wards, and so Margaret's childhood was a pleasant one..."

   Marriage Information:

John married Countess Margaret De Quincy LINCOLN, daughter of Robert De QUINCY and Countess Hawise De Meschines LINCOLN, in 1223 in , Lincolnshire, England. (Countess Margaret De Quincy LINCOLN was born in 1208 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, died after Mar 1240-1265 in Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England and was buried before 30 Mar 1266 in Hospitallers, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England.)