de Lucy or
de Luci is the surname of an old
NormanThe Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. They descended from Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of mostly Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock...
noble family originating from
LucéLucé is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. The Anglo-Norman family of the same name derived from this French village.-References:*...
in
NormandyNormandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is situated along the English Channel coast of Northern France between Brittany and Picardy and comprises territory in northern France and the Channel Islands.Normandy is divided between French and British...
, one of the great baronial
Anglo-NormanThe Anglo-Normans were mainly the descendants of the Normans who ruled England following the Norman conquest by William of Normandy in 1066. A small number of Normans were already settled in England prior to the conquest...
families which became rooted in England after the Norman conquest. The first records are about Adrian de Luci (born about 1064 in Lucé, Normandy,
FranceFrance , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...
) who went into England after William the Conqueror. The rise of this family might have been due to
Henry I of EnglandHenry I was the fourth son of William I the Conqueror. He succeeded his elder brother William II as King of England in 1100 and defeated his eldest brother, Robert Curthose, to become Duke of Normandy in 1106...
, though there aren't historical proofs that all de Lucys belonged to same family.
de Lucy or
de Luci is the surname of an old
NormanThe Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. They descended from Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of mostly Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock...
noble family originating from
LucéLucé is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. The Anglo-Norman family of the same name derived from this French village.-References:*...
in
NormandyNormandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is situated along the English Channel coast of Northern France between Brittany and Picardy and comprises territory in northern France and the Channel Islands.Normandy is divided between French and British...
, one of the great baronial
Anglo-NormanThe Anglo-Normans were mainly the descendants of the Normans who ruled England following the Norman conquest by William of Normandy in 1066. A small number of Normans were already settled in England prior to the conquest...
families which became rooted in England after the Norman conquest. The first records are about Adrian de Luci (born about 1064 in Lucé, Normandy,
FranceFrance , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...
) who went into England after William the Conqueror. The rise of this family might have been due to
Henry I of EnglandHenry I was the fourth son of William I the Conqueror. He succeeded his elder brother William II as King of England in 1100 and defeated his eldest brother, Robert Curthose, to become Duke of Normandy in 1106...
, though there aren't historical proofs that all de Lucys belonged to same family. The family name is
LatinLatin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Roman conquest, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe...
,
Lucy, Luci, Lucé derive from
LuciusLucius is one of the small group of common forenames found in the culture of ancient Rome. Lucius was one of most popular latin praenomen....
, meaning "light", but like most
NormansThe Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. They descended from Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of mostly Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock...
or Anglo-Normans, the origins are probably
VikingA Viking is one of the Norse explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the late eighth to the early eleventh century. These Norsemen used their famed longships to travel as far east as Constantinople and the Volga River in Russia, and as far...
(
NorsemenNorsemen is used to refer to the group of people as a whole who speak one of the North Germanic languages as their native language. The meaning of Norseman was "people from the North"...
).
Richard de Luci
Richard de LuciRichard de Luci was first noted as Sheriff of the County of Essex, then he was made Chief Justiciar of England.- Biography :...
(c. 1089–14 July 1179) was Sheriff of the County of Essex, Chief
JusticiarIn medieval England and Ireland the Chief Justiciar was roughly equivalent to a modern Prime Minister as the monarch's chief minister. Similar positions existed on the Continent, particularly in Norman Italy. The term is the English form of the medieval Latin justiciarius or justitiarius In...
of England and excommunicated by
Thomas BecketThomas Becket was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to his death. He is venerated as a saint and martyr by both the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion...
in 1166 and 1169. He married Rohese, she might have been a sister of Faramus of Boulogne.
Walter de Luci
Walter de Luci (
also Walter de Lucy) was brother of Richard de Luci. He was a monk at Lonlay Abbey in Normandy, then was elected Abbot of
Battle AbbeyBattle Abbey is a partially ruined abbey complex in the small town of Battle in East Sussex, England. The Abbey was built on the scene of the Battle of Hastings and dedicated to St. Martin.-History:...
in Sussex, England. He died while still abbot on June 21, 1171.
Godfrey de Luci
Godfrey de Luci (
also Godfrey de Lucy) (c. 1124– 11 September 1204) was son of Richard de Luci. He was nominated Archdeacon of Derby, and
Bishop of WinchesterThe Bishop of Winchester is the head of the Church of England diocese of Winchester, with his cathedra at Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire.The bishop is one of five Church of England bishops to be among the Lords Spiritual regardless of their length of service. His diocese is one of the oldest and...
.
Reginald de Luci
Reginald de Luci was an itinerant judge in the County of
NottinghamNottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England and is one of only eight members of the English Core Cities Group....
and
DerbyDerby is a city in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent and is located in the south of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire. In the 2001 census, the population of the city was 233,700, whilst that of the Derby Urban Area was 229,407...
in 1173. He was governor of Nottingham. He had a son, Richard, who succeeded him. .
Robert de Luci
Robert de Luci was sheriff of the County of Worchester in 1175. He was probably a relative of
Richard de LuciRichard de Luci was first noted as Sheriff of the County of Essex, then he was made Chief Justiciar of England.- Biography :...
, the Chief Justiciar of England.
Stephen de Luci
Stephen de Luci (13th century), one of the sons of Walter de Charlecotte, the first with his brother William de Luci to use the surname Luci. His brother, William de Luci, was the
ancestorAn ancestor is a parent or the parent of an ancestor ....
of Thomas de Luci (also known as Thomas Lucy de Charlecotte). Stephen de Luci was nominated one of justice itinerant by
Henry III of EnglandHenry III was the son and successor of John as King of England, reigning for fifty-six years from 1216 to his death. His contemporaries knew him as Henry of Winchester. He was the first child king in England since the reign of Æthelred the Unready...
in 1228.
Anthony de Luci
Anthony de Luci (
also Anthony de Lucy) (1283– 10 June 1343) was Chief
JusticiarIn medieval England and Ireland the Chief Justiciar was roughly equivalent to a modern Prime Minister as the monarch's chief minister. Similar positions existed on the Continent, particularly in Norman Italy. The term is the English form of the medieval Latin justiciarius or justitiarius In...
of Ireland in 1331.
Thomas Lucy de Charlecotte
Sir
Thomas LucySir Thomas Lucy was a magistrate and an evangelical living in Charlecote near Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire who, under Elizabeth I, ] Catholic families in the area], including William Shakespeare's maternal relatives, the Ardens and the famous Jesuit, Edmund Campion.According to a popular...
(24 April 1532 – 7 July 1600) was a magistrate and an evangelical living in Charlecote near Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire. He persecuted recusant Catholic families in the area, including
William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
's maternal relatives. He assumed the surname Lucy, probably descendend of norman de Luci family by his mother line.
See also
- Richard de Luci
Richard de Luci was first noted as Sheriff of the County of Essex, then he was made Chief Justiciar of England.- Biography :...
- Walter de Luci
- Godfrey de Luci
- Thomas (de) Lucy
Sir Thomas Lucy was a magistrate and an evangelical living in Charlecote near Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire who, under Elizabeth I, ] Catholic families in the area], including William Shakespeare's maternal relatives, the Ardens and the famous Jesuit, Edmund Campion.According to a popular...
- Norman conquest of England
The Norman conquest of England began in 1066 with the invasion of the Kingdom of England by the troops of William, Duke of Normandy, and his victory at the Battle of Hastings. This resulted in Norman control of England, which was firmly established during the subsequent few years. The Norman...
- Normandy
Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is situated along the English Channel coast of Northern France between Brittany and Picardy and comprises territory in northern France and the Channel Islands.Normandy is divided between French and British...
- Charlecote Park
Charlecote Park is a grand 16th century country house in a deer park on the banks of the River Avon, 6 km east of Stratford-upon-Avon and 9 km south of Warwick, Warwickshire, England. It has been administered by the National Trust since 1946 and is open to the public...