On the 21st of August, 1193, Robert de Lacy,

On the 21st of August, 1193, Robert de Lacy, the fifth Baron of Pontefract, Lord of Clitheroe, died. He left a widow, Isabella, the second daughter of Hamelin, Earl of Warenne. Robert had no heir to the de Lacy estates. Robert made a will that bequeathed all his titles to his cousin Albreda, the widow of Robert de Lisours, Lord of Sprotborough. Albreda, a fiercely loyal de Lacy family member, was born at and grew up at Pontefract Castle. Her father was the first Baron Robert de Lacy, and her brother was Baron Ilbert (II). Albreda was proud that she could trace her ancestry back to Lassy and Normandy.
Albreda was the widow of Robert de Lisours, Lord of Sprotborough. Her daughter (also called Albreda) had married Richard FitzEustace, 5th Baron of Halton. Richard and Albreda FitzEustace had two sons. The eldest John, had died in 1190 at Tyre while on a crusade. Albreda de Lisours willed her maternally inherited titles of the de Lacy estates to her surviving younger grandson, Roger. It was on the understanding that, first, he changed his name to Roger de Lacy and secured the continuation of the de Lacy family name before she died. She was preventing the estates from passing to the Crown. A condition to which Roger readily agreed. The Halton family became the de Lacys.
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