William Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre

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William Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre (* around 1319  , † July 18, 1361 ) was an English military man and politician.

Family and career

Dacre was born the eldest of three sons of 1st Baron Dacre and his wife Margaret de Multon. He married Katherine Neville, second daughter of Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville de Raby, on April 20, 1339 . The two had no children. After the death of his father in 1339 he was given the title of Baron Dacre . With the death of his mother in 1361, he also took on the title of Baron Multon of Gilsland . The latter died out, while his younger brother Randolf became the 3rd Baron Dacre. By decree of January 30, 1346, Edward III appointed. him to the sheriff of Dumfries . In October of the same year he took part in the Battle of Neville's Cross as a member of the armed forces of the English Crown . On November 25, 1350 he became a member of the English Parliament and in July 1353 took part in the Magnum Concilium at the king's court.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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 .
  2. ^ Entry on GeneAll.net

literature

  • 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. 3 f .

See also

predecessor Office successor
Ralph Dacre Baron Dacre
1339-1361 		Randolf Dacre
Margaret de Multon Baron Multon of Gilsland
1361 		Title expired
personal data
SURNAME Dacre, William, 2nd Baron Dacre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dacre, William de, 2nd Baron Dacre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobleman and politician
DATE OF BIRTH around 1319
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 1361