Thomas de Lucy, 2nd Baron Lucy

Thomas de Lucy, 2nd Baron Lucy (also Thomas Lucy ) († December 5, 1365 in London ) was an English nobleman and military man.

Thomas Lucy was the eldest son of Anthony Lucy, 1st Baron Lucy and his wife Elizabeth. At the beginning of the Hundred Years War he took part in the fighting in Flanders . However, when it came to new fighting on the Scottish border, Lucy was one of the English troops in northern England, where he took part in the victorious Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346 . While his father was still alive, he was appointed to parliament in 1342 . After the death of his father in 1343 he inherited his possessions in northern England and was called to parliamentary sessions as Baron Lucy .

He married Margaret de Multon in November 1329, daughter of John de Multon of Egremont, with whom he had several children, including:

• Anthony Lucy, 3rd Baron Lucy (1341-1368)
• Reynold Lucy († before 1369)
• Maud de Lucy, 5th Baroness Lucy (1343 / 45–1398)

1. ⚭ Gilbert de Umfraville, 9th Earl of Angus
2. ⚭ Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland

His heir was initially his son Anthony, who died three years after his father. Anthony's only daughter, Joan, died as a child in 1369 shortly after her father. Since Thomas 'second son Reynold had also died childless, Thomas' daughter Maud eventually became his heir.

literature

• John Burke: A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance ... London, Colburn & Bentley 1831, p. 325

Web links

• Thomas de Lucy, 2nd Lord Lucy on thepeerage.com , accessed January 6, 2016.
• Leigh Rayment ′ Peerage Page: Lucy

predecessor	Office	successor
Anthony de Lucy	Baron Lucy 1343-1365	Anthony de Lucy