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Lucy de Richard was born in 1089.
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Richard de Lucy
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Lucy de Richard became, on the accession cf Henry II, chief justiciar conjointly with Robert de Beaumont, earl of Leicester; and after the death of the latter (1168) held the office without a colleague for twelve years.
The chief servant and intimate of the king he was among the first of the royal party to incur excommunication in the Becket controversy.
In 1173 he played an important part in suppressing the rebellion of the English barons, and commanded the royalists at the battle of Fornham.
He resigned the justiciar- ship in 1179, though pressed by the king to continue in office, and retired to Lesues Abbey in Kent, which he had founded and where he died.
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Richard de Lucy was remembered as the chief justiciar of England under King Henry II (reigned 1154–89). He was involved in the king’s struggle against the archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, and he virtually controlled the country during Henry’s protracted absences resulting from family rebellions that challenged the king’s royal power.
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Lucy de Richard married Rohese.
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July 14, 1179 (aged 90) -
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