Hugh Lacy, Lord Of Meath

Abt 1138 - 1186  (48 years)

• Name	Hugh Lacy
  Title	Lord Of Meath
  Birth	Abt 1138	Herefordshire, England
  Gender	Male
  FSID	LVPJ-ZDR
  Death	26 Jul 1186	County Mead, Ireland
  Person ID	I7736	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Gilbert Lacy,   b. Bef 1093, Herefordshire, England d. Abt 1163, Herefordshire, England (Age > 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F1694	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rohese Monmouth,   b. Abt 1140, Yorkshire, England d. Bef 1180, County Dublin, Ireland (Age < 39 years)
  Marriage	1155	Herefordshire, England
  Children	+ 1. Walter Lacy, Lord Of Meath And Ludlow ,   b. Abt 1172, Herefordshire, England d. Bef 24 Feb 1241, County Mead, Ireland (Age < 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4484	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath (died 25 July 1186, Durrow , Leinster) was an Anglo-Norman magnate granted the lands of the Kingdom of Meath by Henry II in 1172, during the Norman Invasion of Ireland. He was the first Norman Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He was the son of Gilbert de Lacy (fl. 1150), 4th Baron Lacy. Hugh de Lacy is said to have had a dispute with Joce de Dinan as to certain lands in Herefordshire in 1154. He was in possession of his father's lands before 1163, and in 1165-6 held fifty-eight and three-quarters knights' fees, and had nine tenants without knight service. In October 1171 he went over to Ireland with Henry II, and early in 1172 was sent to receive the submission of Ruaidri Ua Conchobair (Roderic), king of Connaught. Before Henry's departure about the end of March Lacy was granted Meath by the service of fifty knights and with almost royal authority; he was also put in charge of Dublin Castle.