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(2) Richard de Lucy holds " de antiquo feodo "10 fees, and 9 

 fees of Adam Malherbe, "de feodo Adce Malherhe." This Richard de 

 Lucy, alia* Lacam, temp. King Stephen, was a person of con- 

 siderable note; and in 1st Henry II (1154), was made a Justiciar 

 or Chief Justice of England ; an office which he held until 1179, 

 in which year, on 14th July, he died. In a document, temp. 

 Henry II, he is denominated Richard de Lucy, de Trivereu (Truro), 

 and is said to have resided in the castle, which it is supposed he 

 built. This castle was situated at the top of Pydar street ; the 

 mound on which it stood alone remains, and is now used as a 

 cattle-market-place. In 1140, de Lucy, who had conferred 

 considerable privileges on Truro, and probably made it a free 

 borough, resigned possession of the castle in favour of Reginald, 

 Earl of Cornwall. He confirmed to the burgesses all the privi- 

 leges which Richard de Lucy had granted to them ; and 

 retained all that Lucy had possessed, until his death, 21st Henry 

 II (1174-5). The manor of Truro passed in moieties to the 

 co-heiresses of Lucy ; one moiety was given by Rohesia, one of 

 the co-heiresses, to William de Briewere, a powerful baron, who 

 had great influence with King John. The lands granted by 

 Rohesia to de Briwere, were : - "Trewrok, Menely, Trenant, a 

 moiety of Treglasta and Truro with its advowson, and nine 

 knight's fees which William de Botterel held of the honor of 

 Richard de Lucy." This moiety afterwards fell to the family of 

 Hiwis or Hewissh, and, by successive female heirs, to Coleshill 

 and Arundell ; among the co-heirs of the latter family it became 

 subdivided. The other moiety passed, by marriage, from Lucy 

 to Be Ripariis (Rivers), and was conveyed by John de Ripariis, 

 before 1302, together with the castle of Truro, to Thomas, son 

 of Reginald de Prydyas, knight (Prideaux). Richard de Lucy, 

 by his wife Rohais, left two daughters, co-heiresses: — (1) Maude, 

 married, first, to Walter Eitz-Robert ; and, secondly, to Richard 

 de Ripariis. (2) Rohais, or Rohesia, married, first, to Fulbert 

 de Dover ; and, secondly, to Richard de Chilham. 



In the scutage-roll (1213-20), Robert Fitz- Walter is said to 

 have been possessed of eleven knights' fees, which had belonged 

 to his uncle, Richard de Lusti (Lucy). In the same roll, Robert 

 Peverel is said to have held nine knights' fees, " defeod ejusdem," 



