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John De Lacey's family built the castle and were instrumental in forcing King John to sign the Magna Carta and Nathan Drake wrote a vivid account of the siege of Pontefract Castle during...
Investigating Pontefract Castle, the Key to the North. John De Lacy tells how his family built Pontefract Castle.
Investigating Pontefract Castle, the Key to the North.John De Lacy rebels!
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Jun 11, 2022 · Today we gave a talk to twenty-one people at the castle on one of Pontefract’s key barons, John de Lacy, who was instrumental in the sealing of, and adherence to, Magna Carta in 1215. John had a varied life, amongst other things serving two kings at both home and abroad, was excommunicated by the Pope, and went on crusade for two years.
On 22nd November 1232, John de Lacy, lord of Pontefract, was granted the third penny of the county of Lincolnshire after the death of his wife’s (Margaret) uncle Ranulph, Earl of Lincoln, on 26th October that year. This was the prelude to de Lacy’s formal investiture as Earl.
Pontefract Priory was a Cluniac monastery dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, founded about 1090 by Robert de Lacy, 2nd Baron of Pontefract, and located in Pontefract Yorkshire, England. It existed until the dissolution of the monasteries.
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John de Lacy. Lord of the Honour of Pontefract 1211 – 1240. One of the 25 barons present at Runnymede on 15th June 1215, who forced King John (1199 – 1216) to accept the Magna Carta. The foundation stone of Freedom, Liberty and Democracy.
