An early reference to the de Luci family refers to the render by Henry I of the Lordship of Dice, Norfolk to Richard de Luci, Governor of Falaise, Normandy, after defending it with great valour and heroic conduct when besieged by Geoffrey, Earl of Anjou.
The first records are about Adrian de Luci (born about 1064 in Lucé, Normandy, France) who went into England after William the Conqueror.
The Anglo-Norman family of the same name (de Lucy, anciently de Luci) derived from this French village.
In February 1130/31, Henry I in the charter for Séez Cathedral refers to Richard de Luci and his mother Aveline.