Title: High Sheriff of Lancaster
Name: Sir Henry de Lea, of Preston
Herald date: 1282-1284
Argent, three bars Sable.
Sir Henry was executed in 1315 for his part in the revolt against Thomas of Lancaster during the great upheavals of the reign of Edward II and in the aftermath of the English defeat at Bannockburn. Robert the Bruce sacked the town of Lancaster and attacked (but did not take) the castle.
