Baron Lucy

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The canting arms of the Anglo-Norman de Lucy (or de Luci) family display three Esox lucius Blason Lucy de Cockermouth (selon Gelre).svg
The canting arms of the Anglo-Norman de Lucy (or de Luci) family display three Esox lucius

Baron Lucy (anciently Lucie or Luci) is a title that has been created four times, three times by tenure and once by writ, [1] which means that the peerages could descend through both male and female lines. The first creation by tenure came in the 12th century with Chief Justiciar Richard de Luci. In 1320, the title Baron Lucy was created in the Peerage of England by writ of summons dated 15 May 1320. [2] The title Baron Lucy has been dormant since 1398. [3]

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Hylton Castle and St Catherine's Chapel (on the left); unknown artist, c. 1800 Hylton Castle, c.1800.jpg
Hylton Castle and St Catherine's Chapel (on the left); unknown artist, c. 1800

Barons de Lucy

Barons de Lucy (also Lucie or Luci) by tenure

Barons de Lucy/Luci (of Egremont) by tenure

Barons de Lucy (of Cockermouth) by writ (1320)

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Notes

  1. Nicholas Harris Nicolas, William Courthope, The historic peerage of England, John Murray, London 1857, p. 302
  2. John Burke, A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance, Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley, London 1831, p. 323
  3. "Archived copy". www.leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 8 June 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. Grant, Alexander (2014). "The St Bees lord and lady, and their lineage". In Keith J. Stringer (ed.). North-West England from the Romans to the Tudors : essays in memory of John Macnair Todd. Extra series no. XLI. Carlisle: Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society. pp. xviii, 288, p.179–181. ISBN   9781873124659.

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