Eustache de Hacche

Eustace accompanied the king to France in 1279, and in 1283 was in Wales on the king’s service. In the 1290s he was with Edmund of Lancaster in Gascony. He was present at the siege of Carlaverock, in Scotland, in July 1300.

He was summoned by writs to Parliament from 6 February 1298/9 to 22 January 1304/5, whereby he is held to have become Lord Hache. (Complete Peerage 6:387-389)

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: before 20 September 1306.

The Complete Peerage (6:389) gives the date.

Relationships

Father: unknown.

Mother: unknown.

The Complete Peerage (6:387 fn e) notes that his parentage is difficult to determine.

Spouse: Amice or Avice. Married before February 1287/8.

Her name is given by the Complete Peerage (6:388).

Children:

Juliane de Hacche married (1) William de Hardreshull; married (2) John Hansard.

Commentary

Dugdale, followed by Burke, states that Eustache was originally a menial servant, but the Complete Peerage casts some doubt on this, noting that Dugdale gives the same reference for the same assertion regarding William de Grandison.

References

Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59) Volume 6.

“Parishes: Harbury” in Salzman, L.F. (ed.), A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 6: Knightlow Hundred (Victoria County History, 1951).

“Parishes: Hartshill” in Salzman, L.F. (ed.), A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 4: Hemlingford (Victoria County History, 1947).

“Parishes: Moreton Morrell” in Salzman, L.F. (ed.), A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 5: Kington Hundred (Victoria County History, 1949).