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Dacre, Thomas de (1387 - 1457/8)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1387-10-27
Death Date: 1458-01-05

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Neville, Philippa ( - 1457/8)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1399-7-20
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 6th Baron Dacre (of Gilsland)

Titles

  • 6th Baron Dacre (of Gilsland)
    Assumed: 1399-07-20
    Vacated: 1457/8-01-05

General Lands Note

Livery of lands 10 Nov. 1408

Details of Offices

Began Ended
JP, Cumberland 1410
JP, Westmorland 1411
JP, Cumberland 1412/13 1414
Commissioner of Array, Cumberland 1418 1419
JP, Cumberland 1418/19 1424
Master Forester, Cumberland 1420/1 -2 -26
JP, Westmorland 1421/2 1424
Master Forester, Cumberland 1422 -11 -10
JP, Cumberland 1427/8
JP, Westmorland 1432
JP, Cumberland 1432
JP, Westmorland 1433/4
Commissioner of Array, Northumberland 1434
JP, Cumberland 1435
JP, Westmorland 1436/7
JP, Cumberland 1437
JP, Cumberland 1439
JP, Westmorland 1439
Privy Councillor, England 1443 -5 -11
Commissioner of Array, Cumberland 1448
JP, Cumberland 1452
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Newcastle upon Tyne 1454

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Cumberland: Askerton Castle
  • Cumberland: Burgh by Sands, Irthington, Kirkoswald, Lazenby Manors
    Acquired: 1452
    Granted
  • Cumberland: Dacre, Gilsland
    Acquired: 1408-03-10
    Patrimony
  • Cumberland: Triermain Castle
    Patrimony
  • Lincolnshire: Holbeach Manor
    Given by father at marriage
  • Westmorland: Barton Manor
    Acquired: 1452
    Granted
  • Yorkshire: West Riding: Dacre Manor
    Acquired: 1408-03-10
    Patrimony

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Dacre's Minstrel
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Dacre's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Dacre's Minstrels Dacre, Thomas de (1387 - 1458) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Dacre's Minstrel Dacre, Thomas de (1387 - 1458) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Kirkoswald Castle Cumberland Private Residence
Naworth Castle Cumberland Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry IV [1399–1413]. 4 vols. London: HMSO, 1903--9
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry V [1413–22]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1910--11
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VI [1422--61]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1901--11
  • Clay, John William. The Extinct and Dormant Peerages of the Northern Counties of England. London: James Nisbet & Co., 1913
  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Denton, John. An Accompt of the Most Considerable Estates and Families in the County of Cumberland, from the Conquest unto the Beginning of the Reign of K[ing] James [the First]. Written ca. 1610. Kendal: T. Wilson, 1887
  • Roskell, John S.. The Knights of the Shire for the County Palatine of Lancaster (1377-1460). Manchester: Chetham Society, Chetham Society n.s.96 (1937):
  • Worsley, Giles. 'Naworth Castle, Cumberland – I: The Seat of the Earl of Carlisle.'. Country Life 181 (12 Feb. 1987): 74--9.