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Humphrey Dacre

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Humphrey Dacre

Birth
England
Death
30 May 1485 (aged 60–61)
England
Burial
Lanercost, City of Carlisle, Cumbria, England Add to Map
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Knight, Chief Forester of Inglewood Forest, Governor of Carlisle Castle, Warden of the West Marches.

Younger son of Thomas Dacre and Phillipe Neville, grandson of Ralph de Neville and Margaret de Stafford, William Dacre and Joan Douglas.

Husband of Mabel Parr, daughter of Sir Thomas Parr of Kirkby-Kendal and Alice Tunstall. They had six sons and three daughters:
* Sir Thomas, 3rd Lord Dacre
* Hugh, cleric
* Christopher
* Philip
* Ralph
* Humphrey
* Anne m Thomas Stangeways
* Elizabeth m Richard Huddleston
* Katherine m George FitzHugh, Knight of the Bath & Sir Thomas Neville

Humphrey and his brother, Randolph, fought on the Lancastrian side of the Battle of Towton in 1461, where his brother was killed, the estates and honors forfeited. Humphrey received a general pardon 21 June 1468, and he received his estates including Gilsland. His possession was disputed by a niece, Joan Fiennes.

He was summoned to parliament as Humfrido Dacre de Gillesland, and was present for the coronation of King Richard III in 1483.
Knight, Chief Forester of Inglewood Forest, Governor of Carlisle Castle, Warden of the West Marches.

Younger son of Thomas Dacre and Phillipe Neville, grandson of Ralph de Neville and Margaret de Stafford, William Dacre and Joan Douglas.

Husband of Mabel Parr, daughter of Sir Thomas Parr of Kirkby-Kendal and Alice Tunstall. They had six sons and three daughters:
* Sir Thomas, 3rd Lord Dacre
* Hugh, cleric
* Christopher
* Philip
* Ralph
* Humphrey
* Anne m Thomas Stangeways
* Elizabeth m Richard Huddleston
* Katherine m George FitzHugh, Knight of the Bath & Sir Thomas Neville

Humphrey and his brother, Randolph, fought on the Lancastrian side of the Battle of Towton in 1461, where his brother was killed, the estates and honors forfeited. Humphrey received a general pardon 21 June 1468, and he received his estates including Gilsland. His possession was disputed by a niece, Joan Fiennes.

He was summoned to parliament as Humfrido Dacre de Gillesland, and was present for the coronation of King Richard III in 1483.


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