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Ilbert de Lacy, (died c.1141) 3rd Baron of Pontefract, 3rd Lord of Bowland, the eldest son of Robert de Lacy. He was captured with King Stephen during the Battle of Lincoln (1141), possibly dying in captivity.
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5 Richard FitzEustace[edit]
Richard fitz Eustace (1157-1171), the son of Eustace FitzJohn. He married into the de Lacy family of Pontefract

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4 Eustace FitzJohn[edit]
Main article: Eustace fitz John
(1150-1157)
He obtained the title by marriage, his second wife being the sister of William FitzWilliam. He had inherited the barony of Knaresborough and by his first marriage had also gained the baronies of Malton and Alnwick.[9] He was killed fighting the Welsh.[6]

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John FitzRichard[edit]
(1171-1190)
The son of Richard FitzEustace. He was a Governor in Ireland for Henry II. Being a patron of science, he maintained an astronomer at Halton Castle. He founded a Cistercian monastery at Stanlow.[9] In 1190 he granted the second known charter for a ferry at Runcorn Gap. He served with Richard I in the Third Crusade and died at the siege of Tyre.[11]

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9 Edmund de Lacy[edit]
Main article: Edmund de Lacy, 2nd Earl of Lincoln
(1240-1258)
Son of John, and of whom little is known, except that he was also buried at Stanlow.

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11 Thomas, Earl of Lancaster[edit]
Main article: Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster
(1311-1322)
Thomas gained the barony of Halton though his marriage to Alice, Henry's daughter. He took up arms against Edward II in 1322. However this rebellion was unsuccessful. He was defeated at the Battle of Boroughbridge and then imprisoned in his own castle at Pontefract. A few days later he was beheaded outside the city. Later a cult of martyrdom developed around him.[11

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14 John of Gaunt[edit]
Main article: John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
(1361-1399)
John of Gaunt gained the barony by his marriage to Blanche, daughter and heiress of the 13th baron. He was appointed regent during the infancy of Richard II.[13] He was also buried in St Paul's cathedral.[17]

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15 Henry Bolingbroke[edit]
Main article: Henry IV of England
(1399-1413)
Henry Bolingbroke was the eldest son of John of Gaunt. He was banished from England by Richard II and at the time of his father's death he was in exile in France. When he returned to England to claim his estates the people rallied round him. Richard II was deposed and Henry was crowned King Henry IV. Henry procured an Act of Parliament to ordain that the Duchy of Lancaster would remain in the personal possession of the reigning monarch and the barony of Halton is now vested in that dukedom.[18

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Henry I's only surviving pipe roll, for 1129-30, shows that Eustace served jointly as justiciar of the north along with Walter Espec, and had custody of the former capital of the Northumbrian earldom, Bamburgh Castle.[10] Allowances made to Eustace for the repair of the gate of Bamburgh Castle and the construction of fortifications at Tickhill and Knaresborough in Yorkshire are also recorded in this pipe roll.[10] This and evidence of royal writs show that Eustace and Walter Espec had justiciar responsibility for the counties of Cumberland, Northumberland, Durham, and Yorkshire, a role that involved hearing pleas and conveying instructions from central government.[16]
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