Thomas Dacre, 6th Baron Dacre
Thomas Dacre, 6th Baron Dacre | |
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 Naworth Castle, seat of the Dacre family | |
| Born | 27 October 1387 Naworth Castle, Cumberland |
| Died | 5 January 1458 |
| Noble family | Dacre |
| Spouse(s) | Philippa Neville |
| Issue | Sir Thomas Dacre Randolph Dacre Humphrey Dacre Ralph Dacre Richard Dacre George Dacre John Dacre Joan Dacre Margaret Dacre |
| Father | William Dacre, 5th Baron Dacre of Gilsland |
| Mother | Joan Douglas |
Thomas Dacre, 6th Baron Dacre of Gilsland (27 October 1387 – 5 January 1458), was born at Naworth Castle, Cumberland, on 27 October 1387, the son of William Dacre, 5th Baron Dacre of Gilsland, by Joan Douglas, the illegitimate daughter of Sir William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas.
Dacre married, before 20 July 1399, Philippa Neville, the third daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, by his first wife, Margaret Stafford.[1]
They had seven sons and two daughters:[2]
- Sir Thomas Dacre (d. before 5 January 1458), who married Elizabeth Bowet, and by her had two daughters, Joan Dacre, wife of Richard Fiennes, 7th Lord Dacre of the South, and Philippa Dacre, wife of Sir Robert Fiennes.[3]
- Randolph Dacre, 1st Baron Dacre of the North, who married Eleanor Fitz Hugh, by whom he had no issue. He was slain at the Battle of Towton on 29 March 1461, and attainted, whereby his title was forfeited.[4]
- Humphrey Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre of the North (d. 30 May 1485), who married Mabel Parr (d. 14 November 1508), and by her had six sons and three daughters.[5]
- Ralph Dacre.
- Richard Dacre.
- George Dacre.
- John Dacre.
- Joan Dacre, who married Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford.
- Margaret Dacre, who married John le Scrope.
Dacre died 5 January 1458. The date of his wife Philippa's death is unknown, although she was living 8 July 1453.
Footnotes
- ^ Cokayne 1916, p. 18; Richardson II 2011, pp. 16, 294.
- ^ Richardson II 2011, pp. 16–18.
- ^ Richardson II 2011, pp. 16, 294.
- ^ Cokayne 1916, p. 18.
- ^ Cokayne 1916, pp. 18–19; Richardson II 2011, p. 18.
References
- Cokayne, George Edward (1916). The Complete Peerage, edited by Vicary Gibbs. Vol. IV. London: St. Catherine Press.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Richardson, Douglas (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Vol. II (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City.
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- Lewis, Marlyn, compiler The Plantagenet Connection. (Note: She also compiled "Ahnentafel for Elizabeth Plantagenet (Wife of Henry Tudor): Generations 1-15". Arvada, Colorado: Heliotrope Communications, 1996.)
- Cokayne, G. E. Complete Peerage, St. Catherine Press, London, 1959, Vol IV p. 6
- Faris, David Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 1996, 1st ed p. 76
- Weis, Frederick Lewis Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1760, 7th ed. Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992.