LACY, Maud
1223 - 1289 (66 years)
Set As Default Person 
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Name LACY, Maud [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Birth 25 Jan 1223 Gender Female Royalty & Nobility Countess of Hertford and Gloucester Death 10 Mar 1289 Person ID I10295 My Genealogy | Laviolette Ancestry, Laviolette Ancestry Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
Father DE LACY, John, b. 1192, Lincolnshire, England 
d. 22 Jul 1240, Cheshire, England (Age 48 years) Relationship natural Mother QUINCY, Margaret, b. 1206 d. Bef 30 Mar 1266, Hampstead Marshall, Middlesex, England (Age < 60 years) Relationship natural Marriage Bef 21 Jun 1221 Family ID F7328 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family CLARE, Richard, b. 4 Aug 1222, Gloucestershire, England d. 22 Jul 1262 (Age 39 years) Marriage 25 Jan 1238 Children + 1. CLARE, Gilbert, b. 2 Sep 1242, Christchurch, Hampshire, England d. 7 Dec 1295, Monmouth Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales (Age 53 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F7325 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
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Notes - Maud de Lacy had a personality that was described as "highly competitive and somewhat embittered".[1] She became known as one of the most litigious women in the 13th century[1] as she was involved in numerous litigations and lawsuits with her tenants, neighbours, and relatives, including her own son. Author Linda Elizabeth Mitchell, in her Portraits of Medieval Women: Family, Marriage, and Politics in England 1225-1350', states that Maud's life has received "considerable attention by historians".[2]
She endowed many religious houses, including the Benedictine Stoke-by-Clare Priory, Suffolk (re-established in 1124 by Richard de Clare, 1st Earl of Hertford having been moved from Clare Castle) and Canonsleigh Abbey, Devon, which she re-founded as a nunnery.[10] She also vigorously promoted the clerical career of her son, Bovo, and did much to encourage his ambitions and acquisitiveness. She was largely responsible for many of the benefices that were bestowed on him, which made him the richest churchman of the period.[11] Although not an heiress, Maud herself was most likely the wealthiest widow in 13th century England.[1]
- Maud de Lacy had a personality that was described as "highly competitive and somewhat embittered".[1] She became known as one of the most litigious women in the 13th century[1] as she was involved in numerous litigations and lawsuits with her tenants, neighbours, and relatives, including her own son. Author Linda Elizabeth Mitchell, in her Portraits of Medieval Women: Family, Marriage, and Politics in England 1225-1350', states that Maud's life has received "considerable attention by historians".[2]
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Sources - [S1802] WikiTree, Record of Gilbert (Clare) de Clare (1243 - 1295).
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clare-98 - [S1801] Wikipedia, Record of Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_de_Clare,_7th_Earl_of_Gloucester - [S1801] Wikipedia, Record of Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_de_Clare,_6th_Earl_of_Gloucester - [S1802] WikiTree, Record of Maud (FitzGeoffrey) de Bohun (aft. 1184 - 1236).
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/FitzGeoffrey-67 - [S1802] WikiTree, Record of Maud (Lacy) de Clare (abt. 1225 - bef. 1289).
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lacy-213 - [S1801] Wikipedia, Record of Maud de Lacy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud_de_Lacy,_Countess_of_Hertford_and_Gloucester
- [S1802] WikiTree, Record of Gilbert (Clare) de Clare (1243 - 1295).