Hugh Dacre, 4th Baron Dacre

Hugh Dacre, 4th Baron Dacre also Hugh de Dacre (* around 1335 , † December 24, 1383 ) was an English nobleman and politician.

Family and career

Dacre was born the youngest of three sons of Ralph Dacre, 1st Baron Dacre and his wife Margaret de Multon . After the death of his father in 1339, the title of Baron Dacre fell to the eldest of the sons William . When he died childless in 1361, Dacre's brother Ralph took over the title. He fell victim to an assassination attempt in his bedroom on the night of August 17th to 18th, 1375. Dacre was arrested and questioned as a suspect in the Tower of London . On July 2, 1376, he was released from prison and was allowed to take over the title of his brother on July 10, 1376. He married between October 8, 1354 and July 1, 1355 Elizabeth de Maxwell, the widow of William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas . With this Dacre came into conflict in 1371, when he attacked him despite an agreed armistice and was sentenced to a fine of 100 pounds sterling . With her he had a son. Between December 1, 1376 and August 20, 1383 he was a member of the English Parliament . From 1379 Dacre was appointed head of the Western March several times by Richard II . With his death, the family's hereditary title of nobility passed to the only son Dacres William . Dacre was buried in Lanercost Priory .

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Charles Mosley (Ed.): Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage: Clan Chiefs, Scottish Feudal Barons . 107th edition. Volume I. Boydell & Brewer Inc., Singapore 1993, ISBN 0-9711966-2-1 , pp. 1013 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Dacre, Dacre (of Gilsland), and Dacre (of the South) . In: George E. Cokayne, Vicary Gibbs (Ed.): The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: extant, extinct or dormant . Vol. 4: Dacre to Dysart. St. Catherine Press, London 1916, pp. 6 .

Web links

Entry at Familysearch.org
Hugh de Dacre, 4th Lord Dacre on thepeerage.com , accessed September 1, 2016.

predecessor	Office	successor
Ralph Dacre	Baron Dacre 1375-1383	William Dacre

personal data
SURNAME	Dacre, Hugh, 4th Baron Dacre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dacre, Hugh de, 4th Baron Dacre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English nobleman and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1335
DATE OF DEATH	December 24, 1383

[Burkes-1] A ^b Charles Mosley (Ed.): Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage: Clan Chiefs, Scottish Feudal Barons . 107th edition. Volume I. Boydell & Brewer Inc., Singapore 1993, ISBN 0-9711966-2-1 , pp. 1013 .

[Gibbs-2] Dacre, Dacre (of Gilsland), and Dacre (of the South) . In: George E. Cokayne, Vicary Gibbs (Ed.): The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: extant, extinct or dormant . Vol. 4: Dacre to Dysart. St. Catherine Press, London 1916, pp. 6 .