Title: High Sheriff of Lancaster
Name: Ranulf de Glanville, The Justiciar
Herald date: 1173-1174
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Undoubtedly one of the most important barons of the 12thC his long career saw Ranulf achieve the heights of both Treasurer and Justiciar of England. Ranulf was responsible for formulating the first book on English laws and customs ( De Legibus et Consteutudinibus Angliae) and he acted as tutor to both King Richard I and King John. As well as being High Sheriff of Lancashire he also held the same post in both Westmorland and Northumberland. He was instrumental in the success of the campaigns against King William (The Lion) of Scotland, actually capturing William at Alnwick.
Ranulf was married to a daughter of Theobald de Valoines, a relative of Geoffrey, and their great granddaughter married Robert Neville, a direct descendant of Bertrand de Bulmer.
Ranulf died in 1194 while on Crusade, at Acre.
