[924] The _Gesta Hen._ as above, p. 161, seem to imply that the appointment was given to Hugh of Chester. After relating the earl’s restoration to his lands and honours, they add: “Et postea præcepit ei [rex] ut iret in Hiberniam ad subjiciendum eam sibi et Johanni filio suo ... et præcepit prædicto comiti ut debellaret reges et potentes Hiberniæ qui subjectionem ei facere noluerunt.” Hugh de Lacy is named simply in the general list of those who were to accompany him. But Gerald (_Expugn. Hibern._, l. ii. c. 20, Dimock, vol. v. p. 347), says that Hugh de Lacy was re-appointed viceroy at this time. That he acted as such for the next seven years is certain, while there is, as far as I know, no indication that his namesake of Chester ever was in Ireland at all. It seems therefore that either the earl refused the office--or the king changed his mind--or the author of the _Gesta_, confused by the identity of Christian names, has substituted one Hugh for another. [925] When he was superseded for about half a year by John de Vesci (the constable of Chester) and Richard de Pec. Gir. Cambr. as above, c. 23 (pp. 355, 356). _Gesta Hen._ as above, p. 270. [Illustration: Map V. FRANCE & BURGUNDY cir. 1180. Shewing the growth of the Angevin Empire from the time of Fulk the Black. _Anjou 987, Touraine 1044, Maine 1111, Normandy 1144, Aquitaine and Gascony 1152, England 1154, Nantes 1158, Quercy 1160, Britanny 1169, Overlordship of Toulouse 1173._ Key: _Royal Domain (France)_ _House of St. Gilles (Toulouse)_ _Aragon_ _Provence_ _Maurienne_ Wagner & Debes’ Geogˡ. Estabᵗ. Leipsic. London, Macmillan & Co. ]