Walter was originally from Lassy, in Normandy. He had a brother, Ilbert de Lacy. Ilbert was the ancestor of the de Lacy family of Pontefract. Both Walter and Ilbert jointly held the … 展开

Walter was given the lordship of Weobley in Herefordshire after the Conquest. He is already attested in the Welsh Marches by 1069, when he is recorded stopping a Welsh attack and then raiding into Wales in retribution. Walter and Ilbert may have come to England in the … 展开

Walter married Emma or Emmelina – though some sources report these as successive wives they probably are alternative renderings of the same wife's name – and they had … 展开

1. ^ Keats-Rohan Domesday People p. 452
2. ^ Lewis "Lacy, Walter de" Oxford Dictionary of National … 展开