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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 introduces himself.
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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.
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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On 11th April 1239, John de Lacy, Lord of Pontefract, was at Westminster to witness Amaury de Montfort, the elder brother of Simon de Montfort, in the presence of Henry III and the papal legate, proclaim the rights to the Earldom of Leicester lay with Simon.
