Maud de Lacy, de Clare

1220 - Bef 1289  (69 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	Maud de Lacy
  Suffix	de Clare
  Birth	abt. 1220
  Gender	Female
  Fact	1285	Canonsleigh Abbey, Devon, England, UK   [1]
  	omnibus presentes Literas inspecturis Petrus, miseracione Divina Exoniensis Episcopus, et Capitulum Exoniense, salutem in Domino sempiternam. - Noveritis quod nos, septino Kalendas Septembris [26 Aug.], Anno Domini MCC octuogesimo quinto, in Capitulo nostro, recepimus a Nobili Muliere Domina Matilde de Clara, Gloucestrie et Herefordie Comitissa, per manus Domini Roberti de Rathingtone, Militis, Religiosi Viri Fratris Walteri de la More, Monachi Ciserciensis Ordinis, et Gilberti de Wycombe, presbiteri, sexcentas marcas bonorum et legalium sterlingorum in deposito, convertendas prout in Instrumento Puplico, inter nos Petrum, Exoniensem Episcopum, et dictam Dominam Comitissam super hoc confecto, plenius continetur, in opus et utilitatem Abbathie de Lyghe, Exoniensis Diocesis, salvo custodiendas, et restituendas prefate Domine Comitisse et Abbatisse Abbathie predicte simul dicta Comitissa vivente; post mortem, vero, ejusdem Comitisse, Abbatisse predicte et ejusdem Loci Conventui tantum, et non alii vel aliss, sine mora et dilacione aliqua, infra triduum posquam per dictas Comitissam et Abbatissam, vel per earum alteram, vel perlegittimos, fuerimus requisiti; quociensumque et quandocumque nobis fides facta fuerit quod ad opus et ultiltatem prefate Abbathie, predictam Comitissam vel Abbatissam terra vel redditus fuerint comparati, quicquid videbitur pro rata empcionis facte, resituatur pecunia in toto vel in parte personis predictis, ut superius est expressum; volentes et expresse consencientes, pro nobis et Seneschallis nostris qui pro tempore fuerint, quos ad recepcionem, custodiam, et restitucionem dicte pecunie, modo et condicionibus supradictis, tenore Presencium nomine nostro deputamus, quod si per incuriam, maliciam, vel negligenciam in restituenda dicta pecunia, in toto vel in parte, ut premittitur, aliquid difficultatis emerserit, pretextu cujus dicta Abbathia in empcionibus suis jacturam incurreret vel gravamen, nos dampna et gravamina omnia proveniencia dicte Abbathie ex hac causa teneamur plenarie resarcire, et hoc postquam super empcione terra vel reddituum fides facta fuerit, ut est dictum. In cujus rei testimonium sigilla nostra Presentibus sunt appensa. Data Exonie die, loco, et anno supradictis; 129 Google Translate: To all those present the Letters of Inspector Peter, with the divine mercy of the Bishop of Exonia, and the Chapter of Exonia, eternal peace in the Lord. - You know that we, on the seventh of the Kalends of September [26 Aug.], in the year of the Lord 10085, in our Chapter, received from the Noble Lady Lady Matilda de Clare, Countess of Gloucester and Hereford, by the hands of Lord Robert de Rathington, Soldier, Brother of the Religious Man To Walter de la More, a monk of the Ciserian order, and to Gilbert de Wycombe, presbyter, six hundred marks of good and legal sterling in deposit, to be converted as is more fully contained in the Instrument of the Congregation, between us Peter, Bishop of Exon, and the said Lady Countess upon this done, in the work and benefit of the Abbey of Lyghe, of the Diocese of Exon, to be preserved and restored by the Lord Count and the Abbot of the Abbey, while the aforesaid Countess was living; indeed, after the death of the said Countess, Abbottesse, and the same Local Assembly only, and not others or others, without any delay or procrastination, we were required within three days afterwards by the said Countess and Abbess, or by the other of them, or by the legatee; and whenever and whenever faith has been given to us that for the work and benefit of the aforesaid Abbey, the aforesaid Countess or Abbess land or rents have been procured, whatever may be seen to be done as an installment of the purchase, the money shall be returned in whole or in part to the aforesaid persons, as has been expressed above; willing and expressly consenting, on behalf of us and our Seneschals who have been for the time being, whom we depute for the reception, custody, and restitution of the said money, in the manner and conditions aforesaid, according to the Tenor of the Presence in our name, that if through carelessness, malice, or negligence in restoring the said money , in whole or in part, as it is predicted, some difficulty has arisen, under the pretext that the said Abbey incurs loss or encumbrance in its purchases, we are bound to make full compensation for all damages and grievances arising from the said Abbey from this cause, and this after the purchase of the land or the trust of rents it has been done, as has been said. In witness whereof our seals are affixed to the present. Given at Exon on the day, place, and year aforesaid; 129
  Death	Bef 10 Mar 1289
  Person ID	I13520	St. John Origin and Ancestry DNA Database
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	John de Lacy, m. Margaret Quincy
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Margaret Quincy, m. John de Lacy
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F6329	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Richard de Clare, m. Maud de Lacy,   b. 1220   d. 1262 (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	Y  [2]
  Children	+ 1. Thomas de Clare, m. Juliana fitzMaurice  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] + 2. Gilbert "the Red" de Clare, Earl of Clare, Earl of Gloucester, Earl of Hertfor,   b. 2 Sep 1243, Christchurch, Farringdon, London, Middlesex, England d. 7 Dec 1295, Trefynwy, Monmouthshire, Wales (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F3450	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2024

  
  

• Reference

  Suzanne St. John. "Maud de Lacy, de Clare". The St. John Genealogy Project. https://stjohngenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=I13520&tree=OSA0001 (accessed April 24, 2025).

  
  

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