Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre
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Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre (bef. 25 June 1539 – 25 September 1594) was an English courtier.
He was the son of
His father was convicted of the murder of a gamekeeper and hanged like a common criminal at
In the following years, his mother battled to have the properties restored on behalf of her children, and on her ascension in 1558, Queen
Gregory Fiennes is a sitter with his mother in a significant portrait by Hans Eworth.[2][3]
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Mary Nevill or Neville, Baroness Dacre, and her son Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre, 1559, by Hans Eworth
In 1565, he married Anne Sackville (d. 1595), daughter of Sir Richard Sackville and Winifred Brydges. They had one daughter, Elizabeth, who died young.
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Chelsea Old Church, Dacre Monument (1595) to Gregory Fiennes, Lord Dacre of the south, and his wife Ann Sackville -
Chelsea Old Church, Dacre monument detail
He died on 25 September 1594 at Chelsea and is buried at Chelsea Old Church within a magnificent marble tomb with his wife and daughter.[2] He was succeeded by his sister Margaret Fiennes, 11th Baroness Dacre.[2]
Notes
- ^ MacCulloch 2018, p. 326.
- ^ a b c d Broadway 2008.
- ^ Honig 1990, pp. 60–85.
References
- Broadway, Jan (3 January 2008) [First Published 2004]. "Fiennes, Gregory, tenth Baron Dacre (1539–1594)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9410. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Honig, Elizabeth (1990). "In Memory: Lady Dacre and Pairing by Hans Eworth". In Gent, Lucy; llewellyn, Nigel (eds.). Renaissance Bodies: The Human Figure in English Culture c. 1540-1660. London: ISBN 0948462086.
- ISBN 9780141967660.
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