William Dacre, 7th Baron Greystock, later 3rd Baron Dacre of Gilsland (''ca.'' 1493 – 18 November 1563) was an English peer, a

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landowner, and the holder of important offices under

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, including many years' service as

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Life

The son of Thomas Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre, by his marriage to Elizabeth Greystoke, Dacre succeeded his mother as

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on 14 August 1516 and his father as

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in 1525.Dacre of Gilsland, Baron (E, 1473 - abeyant 1569)
at cracroftspeerage.co.uk From his father, he inherited about 70,000

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s (280 km²) of land in Cumberland, 30,000 acres (120 km²) in

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and 20,000 acres (80 km²) in

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. On an unknown date between 18 May 1519 and 1527, he married Lady Elizabeth Talbot, the fifth daughter of

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, by his marriage to Anne Hastings, only daughter of William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings. She was still alive on 6 May 1552. He was Captain of

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in 1522–23, Steward of Penrith,

from 1527 to 1534 and again from 1549 until his death in 1563,

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1549 to 1551 and Warden of the Middle Marches from 1553 until 1555. In 1534 he was accused of treason, committed to the Tower about 15 May 1534; he was tried in Westminster Hall and acquitted on 9 July 1534, but fined heavily. In June 1528 he wrote from London to

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mentioning that he had been on a pilgrimage to

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and had fallen from his horse, breaking his left arm, "overthwart a cart-spirn."''State Papers Henry the Eighth'', vol. 4 (London, 1836), pp. 496-7. On his death in 1563, he was succeeded by his eldest son Thomas Dacre, 4th Baron Dacre. William was buried at

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. Children of William Dacre and Elizabeth Talbot: * Anne Dacre (died c. July 1581) * Dorothy Dacre * Thomas Dacre, 4th Baron Dacre (c. 1526 – 1566) * Leonard Dacre (c. 1527 – 12 August 1573) * Edward Dacre (c. 1528 – 1584) * Francis Dacre (c. 1529 – 19 February 1633) *

Magdalen Dacre Magdalen Dacre, Viscountess Montagu (January 1538 – 8 April 1608) was an English noblewoman. She was the daughter of William Dacre, 3rd Baron Dacre of Gilsland, and the second wife of Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu. Magdalen, a fervent ...

(1538 – c. 1608)

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