Nicola de la Haie (born c. 1150; d. 1230),[1] of Swaton in Lincolnshire, (also written de la Haye) was an English landowner and administrator who inherited from her father not only lands in both England and Normandy but also the post of hereditary constable of Lincoln Castle. On her own, she twice defended the castle against prolonged sieges. After the death of her second husband in 1214, she continued to hold the castle until she retired on grounds of old age in 1226.[2][3]
On 18 October 1216, she was also appointed sheriff of Lincolnshire by King John.[4][5]
- ^ Her name, written Nicole in French and Nicolaa in the Latin of the time, has here been put in the usual English spelling.
- ^ Johns, Susan M. (23 September 2004). "Haie, Nicola de la (d. 1230)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: subscription or UK public library membership required). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/47223. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Golding, Brian (28 September 2006). "Canville [Camville], Gerard de (d. 1214)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: subscription or UK public library membership required). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4543. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Louis: The French Prince Who Invaded England By Catherine Hanley
- ^ Lady Nicholaa de la Haye, Magna Carta Trust