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A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE The baronies of Clitheroe, Penwortham, and Widnes, with the lordships of Rochdale and Tottington, remained in the hands of the crown from the attainder of Earl Thomas in 1322, until the reversal of the judgment in 1327, when they were delivered to Henry, earl of Lancaster, brother and heir of Thomas.^ In 1351, upon the creation of his son Henry, as duke of Lan- caster, they became merged in the duchy of Lancaster with the rest of the county and honour. Chart to Illustrate the Descent of the Earldoms of Lincoln and Salisbury to Alesia, Wife of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster Hugh, earl of=Bertrada, daughter of Simon, Chester. count of Montfort and Evreux. Sayer deQuinci, created earl of Winchester 1207, died 1 2 19.

Margaret, daughter and

co-heir of Robert, earl of Leicester, died 1235. I Ranulf, earl of Chester, created earl of Lincoln 1 2 17, died s.p. 1232, left the latter dignity to his 4th sister. Ha wise, 4th daughter: and coheir of her brother, suo jure coun- tess of Lincoln. Robert, eldest son, pre- deceased his father in 1217. Roger, earl of Winches- ter, died s.p. 1264. William de Longespde, = Ela, daughter and heir jure uxoris earl of Salisbury, died 1226, created earl of Salis- bury by Ric. L of William, earl of Salisbury (died s.p. in 1 1 96), countess of Salisbury, died 1261. Alice, daughter of=(i) John de Lacy,= (2) Margaret, mar.= (2) Walter Mar- Gilbert de L'Aigle, died s.p. before 1 22 1. constable of Chester, earl of Lincoln, 1232, jure uxoris, died 1240. before June, 1 22 1, suo jure countess of Lin- coln, died 1267. shall, earl of Pembroke, died s.p. 1245. William Longe- = spie, earl of Salisbury, died 1250. Edmund de Lacy, con-: stable of Chester, died 1258.

Alice, daughter of Man-

fred III, marquis of Saluzzo, living 131 1. William Longesp^e, earl = Matilda, daughter and of Salisbury, died s.p.m. heir of WalterClifford. 1256. Henry de Lacy, con-= stable of Chester, earl of Lincoln 1272, died s.p.m. 131 1. (l) Margaret, /ao y«ri? =(2) Joan, daughter of countess of Salisbury from I26l,died 1310. William, lord Martin of Kemys. Alice, suo jure countess of Lincoln, =Thomas Plantagenet, and probably countess of Salisbury, earl of Lancaster and died s.p. 1348. Married three Leicester, died s.p. times. 1322. THE BARONY OF LACY, OF CLITHEROE Of the various baronial families which obtained a footing in this county as feudatories of Roger of Poitou that of Lacy was the most powerful, and destined to become pre-eminently the greatest. Its first appearance in the county was not at so early a date as that of the constable of Chester, or that of Montbegon, dating after the completion of the survey, and 1 L. T. R. Misc. Enrolled Accts. No. 14, mm. 68-78. 312