Ralph Dacre, 1st Baron Dacre
Ralph Dacre, 1st Baron Dacre | |
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Born | ca. 1290 |
Died | 1339 |
Noble family | Dacre |
Spouse(s) | Margaret de Multon, 2nd Baroness Multon of Gilsland |
Issue |
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Father | William Dacre |
Mother | Joan Gernet |
Ralph (or Ranulph) Dacre, 1st Baron Dacre (ca. 1290 – April 1339) was an English peer.
Dacre was the son of Sir William Dacre of Cumberland.
In 1321 he was
Governor of Carlisle.[1]
He married
Thomas de Beauchamp; the official record states:
and was within age, whereof the said Ranulph
standeth indighted in Ranulph de Dacre pardoned for stealing away in the night, out of the King's custodie, from his Castell of Warwick, of Margaret, daughter and heir of Thomas Multon of Gillsland, who held of the King in capite
curia Regis.[2]
He commanded the English in the Battle of Dornock. Lord Dacre died in April 1339 and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son, William. His third and fourth sons Ralph and Hugh also succeeded in turn. Another son, Thomas, died without issue and did not succeed to the barony.[3]
Notes
This article needs additional citations for verification. (February 2013) |
- ^ Burke, John (1831). A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland By John Burke. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ^ "Naworth Castle". Bell's Weekly Messenger. 16 July 1855. Retrieved 17 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Baines, Edward "The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, Vol. 5" pg. 3
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]