Anthony de Luci
Anthony de Luci (also Anthony de Lucy) (1283 – 10 June 1343), warden of Carlisle Castle, was Chief Justiciar of Ireland in 1331.
Biography
He was the son of Thomas de Luci of Papcastle (Allerdale below Derwent), Cumberland.
In 1314 Anthony de Luci fought at the Battle of Bannockburn but managed to escape the battlefield only to be captured and ransomed. In 1318, he was appointed High Sheriff of Cumberland and assigned to defend the city and the Castle of Carlisle against the incursions and attacks of the Scots. In 1321 he was summoned to Parliament as the first Baron Lucy until 1342.
On 25 February 1323, Luci succeeded in arresting Andrew Harclay, Earl of Carlisle at Carlisle Castle for treacherously negotiating a peace treaty with the Scots for which Harclay was hanged, drawn and quartered.[1] In 1323 he was appointed Governor of the Castle of Carlisle, later he was appointed warden of the counties of Westmoreland and Cumberland during the king’s absence in Aquitaine.
Anthony de Luci was also nominated Chief Justiciar (equivalent to a modern Prime Minister) of Ireland in 1331 for two years. He then served a second term as High Sheriff of Cumberland from 1337 to 1342.
He died on 10 June 1343. He had married Elizabeth de Tiliol and was succeeded by his son Thomas.
References
- ↑ Summerson, Henry (2004). "Harclay , Andrew, earl of Carlisle (c.1270–1323)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/12235.