Richard de Luci

, Also called Richard de Luci de Lucy, († 1179 ), was a royal official in medieval England of the 12th century. He was niederadliger origin, his brother Walter was abbot of Battle Abbey.

Because a firm loyalty to King Henry II Richard de Luci was, 2nd Earl of Leicester, used after its accession to the throne in 1154, together with Robert de Beaumont in the Office of Justiciars, which he led in 1168 on alone after the death of the Earl. Previously, he was also appointed in 1156 to the sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire.

His loyalty to the king was rewarded several times of this, the de Luci in 1166 was wealthy enough to withstand 30 knight in his household. During the uprising, the king's sons in the years 1173 to 1174, he represented the royal cause in England, while the king himself, the suppression of the uprising devoted to the French mainland. It defeated de Luci on October 13, 1173, the rebels under Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester, in the battle at Fornham. The revolt in England was finally crushed in the following year, after the invasion of the Scots king William I was successfully repelled.

Towards the end of his life, de Luci moved back to the he founded Lesnes Abbey in Kent, where he died in 1179. He had two sons and a daughter:

• Geoffrey de Luci († 1180 )
• Geoffrey de Luci († 1204), Bishop of Winchester
• Maud de Luci, ∞ with Walter FitzRobert, Lord of Dunmow (Family Clare )