Richard de Luci

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Richard de Luci
Chief Justiciar of England
In office 1154 – c. September 1178/Easter 1179
Monarch	Henry II
Preceded by	Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester
Succeeded by	Ranulf de Glanville
Sheriff of Essex
In office ? – ?
Born	1089
Died	July 14, 1179 Lesnes Abbey, Kent
Spouse	Rohese
Children	Godfrey de Lucy

Richard de Luci (1089 - 14. July 1179) (Richard de Lucy) was first noted as Sheriff of the County of Essex.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Notes 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Biography

His wife Rohese, who is named in several documents, might have been a sister of Faramus of Boulogne. When Henry II came to the throne in 1154, he was made Chief Justiciar of England jointly with Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester. When de Beaumont died in 1168, Richard continued to hold the office in his own right.^[1]

He resigned his office between September 1178 and Easter of 1179,^[1] and retired to Lesnes Abbey in Kent, where he died and was buried three months later 14 July 1179.

His brother Walter de Lucy was abbot of Battle Abbey.^[2] His second son was Godfrey de Lucy (d. 1204), Bishop of Winchester.

His mother was Aveline, the niece and heiress of William Goth. In February 1130/31, Henry I in the charter for Séez Cathedral refers to Richard de Luci and his mother Aveline.

An early reference to the de Lucy family refers to the render by Henry I of the Lordship of Dice, Norfolk to Richard de Lucie, Governor of Falais, Normandy, after defending it with great valour and heroic conduct when besieged by Geoffrey, Earl of Anjou. Later in 1153-4 he was granted Chipping Ongar, Essex by William, son of King Stephen and his wife, Maud of Boulogne where be built Ongar castle. He later became the Sheriff of both Essex and Hertfordshire in 1156.

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[edit] References

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
• Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961

[edit] External links

• The Lucy & Lucey Family net
• De Lucy in 1911encyclopedia
• Knowles, Dom David The Monastic Order in England: From the Times of St. Dunstan to the Fourth Lateran Council Second Edition Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1976 reprint ISBN 0-521-05479-6

Political offices
Preceded by Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester	Chief Justiciar jointly with Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester 1154–c1179	Succeeded by Ranulf de Glanville

Persondata
NAME	Richard de Luci
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Richard de Lucy
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Sheriff of Essex, Chief Justiciar of England
DATE OF BIRTH	1089
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH	July 14, 1179
PLACE OF DEATH	Lesnes Abbey, Kent