Baron Multon of Gilsland was a title in the

Peerage of England The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. From that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were closed to new creations, and new peers were created in a single Peerag ...

. It was created when on 26 August 1307 Thomas de Multon was summoned to

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. At his death, his daughter Margaret inherited the title; she married Ralph Dacre, who was summoned to parliament as

Baron Dacre Baron Dacre is a title that has been created three times in the Peerage of England, each time by Hereditary peer#Writs of summons, writ. History The first creation came in 1321, when Ralph Dacre, 1st Baron Dacre, Ralph Dacre was Hereditary peer# ...

and not as Baron Multon in 1321. If the Multon barony was extant thereafter, it can be supposed to have descended with the new Dacre one.

Barons Multon of Gilsland (1307)

Thomas de Multon, 1st Baron Multon of Gilsland Lord Thomas de Moulton (21 February 1276 – 26 November 1313) was the first Baron Multon of Gilsland. Life Thomas was the great-great-grandson of Thomas de Moulton (d. 1240) and grandson of Thomas II de Multon (d. 1271). His father Thomas was ...

(''ca.'' 1282–1313) * Margaret de Multon, 2nd Baroness Multon of Gilsland (d. 1361) * William Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre, 3rd Baron Multon of Gilsland (''ca.'' 1319–1361)

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Multon of Gilsland 1307 establishments in England Baronies in the Peerage of England Noble titles created in 1307