Earl of Lincoln - Earls of Lincoln, Fourth Creation (1217)

Earls of Lincoln, Fourth Creation (1217)

The Earldom was created for a fourth time in 1217 for Ranulph de Blondeville. He had no issue. In April 1231, with the consent of the King, he gifted the Earldom before his death to his sister Hawise of Chester, and she was were formally invested by King Henry III in October 1232. She then gifted the Earldom, again with the consent of the King, to her daughter Margaret de Quincy suo jure, and her son-in-law John de Lacy, Baron of Pontefract. They were formally invested by Henry III in November 1232. Their grandson, the third Earl, married Margaret Longespee. Their daughter Alice inherited the earldom. She was the wife of Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster. They had no children and the earldom reverted to the Crown on Alice's death in 1348.

• 1217-1231 Ranulf de Blondeville, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1172–1232)
• 1231-1232 Hawise of Chester, 1st Countess of Lincoln suo jure (1180–c.1242) (received as inter vivos gift Apr 1231)
• 1232-1240 John de Lacy, 2nd Earl of Lincoln (1192–1240) (held jointly by the right of his wife - see below)
• 1232-1266 Margaret de Quincy, 2nd Countess of Lincoln suo jure (c. 1206–1266) (received as inter vivos gift 23 Nov 1232)
• 1272-1311 Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln (1251–1311) (Earldom administered in wardship by his mother Alice of Saluzzo from 1266–1272)
• 1311-1348 Alice de Lacy, 4th Countess of Lincoln suo jure (1281–1348) (reverted to the Crown as she died without issue)

The above list does not contain the men who became Earl of Lincoln by right of their wives who were Countess of Lincoln sou jure, except for John de Lacy, 2nd Earl of Lincoln. He is included in the above list because he was created Earl of Lincoln by Royal Charter (together with his wife Margaret de Quincy, Countess of Lincoln). The other men who became Earl of Lincoln by right of their wives were:

• Walter Marshal, 5th Earl of Pembroke, married Margaret de Quincy in January 1242, died November 1245
• Thomas of Lancaster, husband of Alice de Lacy, became Earl of Lincoln on the death of his father-in-law in February 1311, died March 1322
• Sir Ebolo Lestrange, married Alice de Lacy before November 1324, died September 1335
• Hugh de Frenes, married Alice de Lacy before March 1336, died c. January 1337

As Earl of Lincoln these husbands had immense power with the right to control the estates of their wives.

The above list also does not include Margaret Longespee, the lady who was titled Countess of Lincoln by right of her husband Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln.