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DACRE 7 VI. 1399. 6. Thomas (de Dacre), Lord Dacre of Gilsland, s. and h., b. at Naworth Castle 27, and bap. at Brampton, Cumberland, 28 Oct. 1387. (^) He had livery of his father's lands, 10 Nov. 1408, his homage being respited. C") He was sum. to Parl.('=) from i Dec. (1412) 14 Hen. IV to 26 May (1455) 33 Hen. VI, by writs directed Thome de Dacre (latterly Dacre) de Gillesland{^) Appointed Chief Forester of Inglewood Forest, 26 Feb. 1420/1, and again 10 Nov. 1422. (°) He m., v.p.,(^ Philippe, 3rd da. of Ralph (de Neville), Earl of Westmorland, by his 1st wife, Margaret, da. of Hugh (de Stafford), Earl of Stafford. She was living 8 July i353,(^) but d. before him.C") He d. 5 Jan. 1457/8, C") and was bur. in Lanercost Priory. {^) W rt de etate probanda 2^ Oct. loHen.IV. " Probacio etatis Thome de Dacre filii et heredis Willelmi Dacre chivaler," Penrith, Saturday the morrow of All Souls [3 Nov.] 1408. "... predictus Thomas ... est etatis viginti et unius annorum et amplius et fuit in festo apostolorum Simonis et Jude ultimo preterito . . . eo quod natus fuit apud castrum de Naward' in comitatu predicto in vigilia apostolorum Simonis et Jude et in festo eorundem in ecclesia de Branton' baptizatus." (Ch. Inq. p. m., Hen. IV, file 75, no. 60). (*) Close Roll, 10 Hen. IV, m. 28. i^) He was one of the 13 near relatives of Ralph, ist Earl of Westmorland, who sat together in the House of Lords. See note sub Westmorland, and for similar cases see vol. ii, p. 264, note "a." V.G. C^) On and after 24 Feb. 3 Hen. VI with the addition oi chivaler. "Proofs of sitting," Pari. Rolls, vol. iv, pp. 275, 422. («) Patent Rolls, 8 Hen. V, m. 2; I Hen. VI, />. I, m. 29. This office had belonged to the Multons of Gilsland, and the Dacres had hitherto unsuccessfully claimed it from the King. [Coram Rege, Hilary, 5 Edw. Ill, m. 162: Ancient Petitions, file 106, no. 5280: Patent Roll, 3 Ric. II, p. 2, m. 10 d). His father, William Dacre kt., gave them the manor of Holbeach, co. Lin- coln, to them and the heirs of their bodies, "by reason of mariage had betwixt the same Thomas and Philip." [Pari. Rolls, vol. vi, p. 44). (e) By two fines, levied in the quinzaine of St. John the Baptist 31 Hen. VI (licence 16 May 1452 — Patent Roll, 30 Hen. VI, p. 2, m. 29), the manors of Irthington, Lazonby, Kirkoswald, and Burgh-on-Sands, Cumberland, and Barton, Westmorland, were granted to Thomas Dacre, Lord of Dacre kt. and Philippe his wife, for life, rem. to Thomas s. of the said Thomas, for life, rem. to Thomas, s. of John de Dacre kt., for life, rem. to the heirs male of the body of Thomas, Lord of Dacre, rem. to the right heirs of the said Thomas, Lord of Dacre. [Feet of Fines, case 35, file 14, no. 17: for the Westmorland fine, which is missing, see Pari. Rolls, vol. vi, p. 44). The manor of Dacre must also, by fine or enfieffment, have been entailed on the heirs male. (Ch. Misc. Inq., file 322, no. 50). The Lords Dacre of the North practically owed their title merely to these entailments. C") "Thomas Dacre miles dominus de Dacre." Writs of diem cl. ext. 14 Nov. 37 Hen. VI. Inq., cos. Westmorland, Lincoln, Friday after St. Andrew [i Dec] 1458, and Thursday before St. Gregory the Pope [8 Mar.] 1458/9. " Et dicunt . . . quod idem Thomas . . . obiit quinto die Januarii anno . . . xxxvj" Et dicunt quod Ranulphus Dacre est filius ejusdem Thome . . . et heres masculus ejusdem Thome Dacre de corporc suo legitime procreatus propinquior Et est etatis xxx annorum et