Ralph Dacre, 3rd Baron Dacre

Ralph Dacre, 3rd Baron Dacre also Randolf de Dacre (* October 1322 - † 17 or 18 August 1375 in Halton-on-Lune , Lancashire ) was an English nobleman and politician.

Family and career

Dacre was born one of three sons to 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 Ralph's older brother William . When he died childless in 1361, Ralph took over the title. Between 1346 and 1375 he worked as a pastor in Prescot . As early as August 14, 1362 he became a member of the English parliament , to which he belonged until October 4, 1373. In 1366 Edward III appointed him . to the head of the Western March . Dacre was murdered in his bedroom on the night of August 17-18, 1375. His brother Hugh 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.

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 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. 5 .

predecessor	Office	successor
William Dacre	Baron Dacre 1339-1375	Hugh Dacre

personal data
SURNAME	Dacre, Ralph, 3rd Baron Dacre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dacre, Randolf de, 3rd Baron Dacre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English nobleman and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	around October 1322
DATE OF DEATH	August 17, 1375 or August 18, 1375
Place of death	Halton-on-Lune

[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] A ^b 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. 5 .