Roger de Lacy, was an Anglo-Norman

Anglo-Norman

The Anglo-Normans were mainly the descendants of the Normans who ruled England following the Norman conquest by William the Conqueror in 1066. A small number of Normans were already settled in England prior to the conquest...

 nobleman, a Marcher Lord on the Welsh

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 border.

Lineage

He was son of Walter de Lacy

De Lacy

de Lacy is the surname of an old Norman noble family originating from Lassy . The first records are about Hugh de Lacy . Descendent of Hugh de Lacy left Normandy and travelled to England along with William the Conqueror. Walter and Ilbert de Lacy fought in the battle of Hastings...

 (d.c.1085), a retainer of William fitzOsbern. Roger was a castle builder, particularly at Ludlow Castle

Ludlow Castle

Ludlow Castle is a large, partly ruined, non-inhabited castle which dominates the town of Ludlow in Shropshire, England. It stands on a high point overlooking the River Teme...

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Lands and titles

From Walter de Lacy

De Lacy

de Lacy is the surname of an old Norman noble family originating from Lassy . The first records are about Hugh de Lacy . Descendent of Hugh de Lacy left Normandy and travelled to England along with William the Conqueror. Walter and Ilbert de Lacy fought in the battle of Hastings...

 he inherited Castle Frome, Herefordshire

Herefordshire

Herefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire" NUTS 2 region. It also forms a unitary district known as the...

. The Domesday Survey (1086) shows Roger holding also Almeley

Almeley

Almeley is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England.- Location :Almeley is in the west of the county, about north-west of Hereford, south-west of Leominster and from the border with Wales .-General description of village:...

 Castle, and Eardisley Castle

Eardisley Castle

Eardisley Castle was in the village of Eardisley in Herefordshire, England, some 11 km north-east of Hay-on-Wye .This was an 11th century motte and bailey castle with a moat around the bailey filled by a stream...

. He had an insecure lordship at Ewias Lacy now known as Longtown Castle

Longtown Castle

Longtown Castle is a ruin, originally a Norman Motte and Bailey castle and later stone castle built to provide defence against the Welsh and protect the border of Herefordshire.- Location :It is located in Longtown, Herefordshire....

 on the modern day Welsh border., in Longtown

Longtown, Herefordshire

Longtown is a linear village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. The civil parish also includes the village of Clodock. In the 2001 census the population of the parish was 474.- Location :...

, Herefordshire

Herefordshire

Herefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire" NUTS 2 region. It also forms a unitary district known as the...

; Stanton Lacy

Stanton Lacy

Stanton Lacy is a small village and civil parish located in Shropshire, England.One quarter of Ludlow Racecourse and the Ludlow Golf Club is located in the parish, to the south of the village...

 was probably also his after Walter. His main stronghold was Weobley

Weobley

Weobley is a black and white village in Herefordshire, England.The name possibly derives from 'Wibba's Ley', a ley being a woodland glade and Wibba being a local Saxon landowner...

. He held directly from the King.

Rebel Baron

He took part in the rebellion of 1088

Rebellion of 1088

The Rebellion of 1088 occurred after the death of William the Conqueror and concerned the division of lands in the Kingdom of England and the Duchy of Normandy between his two sons William Rufus and Robert Curthose...

 against William Rufus, with the other local lords Osbern fitzRichard of Richard's Castle

Richard's Castle

Richard's Castle is a village, castle and two civil parishes on the border of the counties of Herefordshire and Shropshire in England.The village lies on the B4361, 5½ miles south of the historic market town of Ludlow...

, Ralf of Mortemer, and Bernard of Neufmarche. He was later implicated in the conspiracy of 1095 against William, and was exiled.

Legacy of family conflict

Weobley

Weobley

Weobley is a black and white village in Herefordshire, England.The name possibly derives from 'Wibba's Ley', a ley being a woodland glade and Wibba being a local Saxon landowner...

 passed to his brother Hugh de Lacy who died before 1115 when the de Lacy lands passed to Pain Fitz John. Roger's nephew Gilbert de Lacy

Gilbert de Lacy

Gilbert de Lacy was a medieval Anglo-Norman baron in England, the grandson of Walter de Lacy a Norman soldier.-Background and family:...

 spent much effort recovering the Longtown

Longtown

Longtown may refer to several places:in the United Kingdom:* Longtown, Cumbria* Longtown, Herefordshire* Longtown, County Antrim, a townland in County Antrim, Northern Irelandin the United States:* Longtown, Missouri* Longtown, Mississippi...

 and Ludlow

Ludlow

Ludlow is a market town in Shropshire, England close to the Welsh border and in the Welsh Marches. It lies within a bend of the River Teme, on its eastern bank, forming an area of and centred on a small hill. Atop this hill is the site of Ludlow Castle and the market place...

holdings.