Biography of Humphrey Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland 1424-1485
Paternal Family Tree: Dacre
Maternal Family Tree: Jeanne Fougères Countess Lusignan Countess La Marche and Angoulême
Humphrey Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland was appointed Warden of the West Marches.
On 09 Jun 1396 [his grandmother] Margaret Stafford Baroness Neville Raby (age 32) died. She was buried at St Brandon's Church, Brancepeth.
In 1398 [his grandfather] William Dacre 5th Baron Dacre Gilsland, Baron Multon of Gilsand (age 41) died. His son [his father] Thomas Dacre 6th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 10) succeeded 6th Baron Dacre Gilsland, 6th Baron Multon of Gilsland.
Before 20 Jul 1399 [his father] Thomas Dacre 6th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 11) and [his mother] Philippa Neville Baroness Dacre of Gilsland (age 13) were married. She by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 35) and [his grandmother] Margaret Stafford Baroness Neville Raby. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
Around 1424 Humphrey Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland was born to Thomas Dacre 6th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 36) and Philippa Neville Baroness Dacre of Gilsland (age 38) at Naworth Castle [Map].
On 21 Oct 1425 [his grandfather] Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 61) died. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Staindrop [Map]. His grandson Ralph Neville 2nd Earl of Westmoreland (age 19) succeeded 2nd Earl of Westmoreland. Elizabeth Percy Countess of Westmoreland (age 30) by marriage Countess of Westmoreland.
Monument to Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and his wives [his grandmother] Margaret Stafford Baroness Neville Raby and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 46). Early Plate Bascinet Period. Orle. Man with Two Wives.
Elizabeth Percy Countess of Westmoreland: Around 1395 she was born to Henry "Hotspur" Percy and Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness Camoys at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. Around 1404 John Clifford 7th Baron Clifford and she were married. She by marriage Baroness de Clifford. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. In 1426 Ralph Neville 2nd Earl of Westmoreland and she were married. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. On 26 Oct 1436 Elizabeth Percy Countess of Westmoreland died.
Before 25 Nov 1467 Humphrey Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 43) and Mabel Parr Baroness Dacre of Gilsland were married. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward I of England.
On 25 Nov 1467 [his son] Thomas Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland was born to Humphrey Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 43) and [his wife] Mabel Parr Baroness Dacre of Gilsland at Cumberland.
On 08 Apr 1473 (some sources state 1482) Humphrey Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 49) was created 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland by King Edward IV of England (age 30). By letters patent he created Dacre Baron Dacre of Gilsland, declaring "that the said Humfrey Dacre, Knight, and the heirs male of the body of the said Thomas, late Lord Dacre, comyng, bee reputed, had, named and called the Lord Dacre of Gillesland". [his wife] Mabel Parr Baroness Dacre of Gilsland by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland.
Between 15 Nov 1482 and 09 Dec 1483 Humphrey Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 58) was summoned to the House of Lords as Humfrido Dacre de Gillesland.
On 06 Jul 1483 King Richard III of England (age 30) was crowned III King England by Cardinal Thomas Bourchier (age 65) at Westminster Abbey [Map]. Anne Neville Queen Consort England (age 27) by marriage Queen Consort England. Duke Gloucester merged with the Crown.
John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk (age 58) was appointed Lord High Steward. William Brandon (age 58), Thomas Fitzalan 17th Earl of Arundel (age 33), Thomas St Leger (age 43), Richard Hastings Baron Willoughby (age 50), Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England (age 46), Elizabeth York Duchess Suffolk (age 39), Giles Daubeney 1st Baron Daubeney (age 32) and Humphrey Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 59) attended.
Robert Dymoke (age 22) attended as the Kings' Champion.
Edmund Grey 1st Earl Kent (age 66) carried The Pointed Sword of Justice. Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 40) carried the Crown. Francis Lovell 1st Viscount Lovell (age 27) carried the Third Sword of State. John de la Pole 2nd Duke of Suffolk (age 40) carried the Sceptre. John de la Pole 1st Earl Lincoln (age 21) carried the Cross and Ball. Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham (age 28) carried the king's train. Edward Stafford 2nd Earl Wiltshire (age 13) bore the Queen's Crown.
Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby (age 48) carried the Lord High Constable's Mace. Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond (age 40) held Queen Anne's train. Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland (age 34) carried The Blunt Sword of Mercy. Christopher Willoughby 10th Baron Willoughby (age 30) was appointed Knight of the Bath.
Humphrey Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland attended.
[his aunt] Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York (age 68) refused to attend the Coronation of Richard III. History doesn't record her reason.
In 1484 Humphrey Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 60) was appointed Governor of Carlisle Castle.
Around 1485 [his daughter] Catherine Dacre was born to Humphrey Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 61) and [his wife] Mabel Parr Baroness Dacre of Gilsland.
In 1485 [his daughter] Elizabeth Dacre was born to Humphrey Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 61) and [his wife] Mabel Parr Baroness Dacre of Gilsland. Based on her father's death in 1485.
On 30 May 1485 Humphrey Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 61) died. He was buried at Lanercost Priory, Cumberland [Map]. His son [his son] Thomas Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 17) succeeded 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland.
On 14 Nov 1508 [his former wife] Mabel Parr Baroness Dacre of Gilsland died. She was buried at Lanercost Priory, Cumberland [Map].
[his daughter] Anne Dacre was born to Humphrey Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland and Mabel Parr Baroness Dacre of Gilsland.
[his son] Hugh Dacre was born to Humphrey Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland and Mabel Parr Baroness Dacre of Gilsland.
[his son] Philip Dacre was born to Humphrey Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland and Mabel Parr Baroness Dacre of Gilsland.
[his son] Christopher Dacre was born to Humphrey Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland and Mabel Parr Baroness Dacre of Gilsland.
[his son] Henry Dacre was born to Humphrey Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland and Mabel Parr Baroness Dacre of Gilsland.
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Kings Powys: Great x 10 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
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Kings Scotland: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 9 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ranulph Dacre
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Dacre
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Benet Gernet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Gernet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh Dacre 4th Baron Dacre of Gilsland, Baron Multon of Gilsand
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Multon 1st Baron Multon 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret "Flower of Gillesland" Multon Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 2nd Baroness Multon Gilsland
GrandFather: William Dacre 5th Baron Dacre Gilsland, Baron Multon of Gilsand
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Maxwell 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Maxwell Countess Atholl
Father: Thomas Dacre 6th Baron Dacre Gilsland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Hardy" Douglas 2nd Lord Douglas
Great x 3 Grandfather: Archibald Douglas
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Louvain Baroness Douglas 
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Douglas 1st Earl Douglas 
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Lindsay Crawford
Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Crawford
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Douglas 2nd Earl Douglas
Great x 3 Grandfather: Domhnall Mar II Earl Mar
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Mar Countess Douglas 11th Countess Mar
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Stewart 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Stewart
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jean Fitzjames
GrandMother: Joan Douglas Baroness Dacre Gilsland
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mistress Unknown
Humphrey Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Neville
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Fitzroger 5th Baron Warkworth 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Euphemia Clavering Baroness Neville Raby 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Zouche Baroness Warkworth 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Audley 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Audley 1st Baron Audley of Stratton Audley 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ela Longespée 
Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore 
2 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Iseult Mortimer 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Fiennes 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 7th Baron Percy Topcliffe
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Warenne Baroness Percy Topcliffe
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Percy 10th and 2nd Baron Percy 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl of Arundel 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Fitzalan Baroness Percy 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Clifford 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Vipont 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Idonia Clifford Baroness Percy 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas de Clare 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Clare Baroness Clifford Baroness Welles 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Juliana Fitzgerald 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Mother: Philippa Neville Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Stafford
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Stafford 1st Baron Stafford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Clinton 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Basset 1st Baron Basset Drayton 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Basset 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Audley 1st Baron Audley of Stratton Audley 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Audley 1st Earl Gloucester 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Iseult Mortimer 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Countess Stafford Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Clare Countess Gloucester Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandMother: Margaret Stafford Baroness Neville Raby 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 9th Earl Warwick 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Fitzjohn Countess Warwick
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Tosny 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Tosny Countess Warwick 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Philippa Beauchamp Countess Stafford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore 2 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Fiennes 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Mortimer Countess Warwick 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Piers Geneville
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jeanne Lusignan 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England