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LINCOLN, EARLS OF

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 703 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LINCOLN, EARLS OF . The first See also:earl of Lincoln was probably See also:William de Roumare (c. 1095-c. 1155), who was created earl about r 14o, although it is possible that William de Albini, earl of See also:Arundel, had previously held the earldom. Roumare's See also:grandson, another William de Roumare (c. I150-c. 1198), is sometimes called earl of Lincoln, but he was never recognized as such, and about 1148 See also:King See also:Stephen granted the earldom to one of his supporters, See also:Gilbert de Gand (d. 1x56), who was related to the former earl. After Gilbert's See also:death the earldom was dormant for about sixty years; then in 1216 it was given to another Gilbert de Gand, and later it was claimed by the See also:great earl of See also:Chester, Ranulf, or Randulph, de Blundevill (d. 12j2). From Ranulf the See also:title to the earldom passed through his See also:sister Hawise to the See also:family of See also:Lacy, See also:John de Lacy (d. 1240) being made earl of Lincoln in x232.

He was son of See also:

Roger de Lacy (d. 1212), See also:justiciar of See also:England and See also:constable of Chester. It was held by the Lacys until the death of See also:Henry, the 3rd earl. Henry served See also:Edward I. in See also:Wales, See also:France and See also:Scotland, both as a soldier and a diplomatist. He went to France with See also:Edmund, earl of See also:Lancaster, in 1296, and when Edmund died in See also:June of this See also:year, succeeded him as See also:commander of the See also:English forces in See also:Gascony; but he did not experience any great success in this capacity and returned to England See also:early in 1298. The earl fought at the See also:battle of See also:Falkirk in See also:July 1298, and took some See also:part in the subsequent See also:conquest of Scotland. He was then employed by Edward to negotiate successively with popes See also:Boniface VIII. and See also:Clement V., and also with See also:Philip IV. of France; and was See also:present at the death of the English king in July 1307. For a See also:short See also:time Lincoln was friendly with the new king, Edward II., and his favourite, Piers See also:Gaveston; but quickly changing his attitude, he joined earl See also:Thomas of Lancaster and the baronial party, was one of the " ordainers " appointed in 1310 and was See also:regent of the See also:kingdom during the king's See also:absence in Scotland in the same year. He died in See also:London on the 5th of See also:February 1311, and was buried in St See also:Paul's See also:Cathedral. He married See also:Margaret (d. 1309), granddaughter and heiress of William Longsword, 2nd earl of See also:Salisbury, and his only surviving See also:child, Alice (1283-1348), became the wife of Thomas, earl of Lancaster, who thus inherited his See also:father-in-See also:law's earldoms of Lincoln and Salisbury. Lincoln's See also:Inn in London gets its name from he earl, whose London See also:residence occupied this site.

He founded See also:

Whalley See also:Abbey in See also:Lancashire, and built See also:Denbigh See also:Castle. In 1349 Henry See also:Plantagenet, earl (afterwards See also:duke) of Lancaster, a See also:nephew of Earl Thomas, was created earl of Lincoln; and when his grandson Henry became king of England as Henry IV. in 1399 the title merged in the See also:crown. In 1467 John de la See also:Pole (c. 1464-1487), a nephew of Edward IV., was made earl of Lincoln, and the same dignity was conferred in 1525 upon Henry See also:Brandon (1516-1545), son of See also:Charles Brandon, duke of See also:Suffolk. Both flied without sons, and the next family to hold the earldom was that of See also:Clinton.

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