Everything about Richard De Luci totally explained
Richard de Luci (1089 - 14. July 1179) (Richard de Lucy) was first noted as
Sheriff of the
County of Essex.
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.
He resigned his office between September 1178 and Easter of 1179, 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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