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The Lacy (or Lacie) family starts with Ilbert de Lacy of the time of Wi l l i a m t he Conqueror. He received from the Conqueror large possessions i n C o u n t y York, West Riding, (Pontefract). According to the "histor of P o n t e f ract," p. 69, he had a son Robert who had two sons, Ilbert, died w i t h o u t issue, and Henry who married Aubrey and had a son Robert.. "At h i s ( H e n ry de Lacy's) death in the latter part of Henry II's reign he wa s s u c c e eded by his son and heir, Robert de Lacy. Robert died without i ss u e i n 1 1 93 and the estate descended to Aubrey de Lisours, She was h i s s i s t er by the mother's side, who was the daughter of Eudo de Lisours b y A u b r e y his wife who as the widow of his father Henry.
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