William Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre (''ca.'' 1319–1361) was an
English peer. In the final months of his life, he was also 3rd Baron Multon of Gilsland. In some sources, he is called William de Dacre.
Life
Dacre was the son of
Ralph Dacre, 1st Baron Dacre (''ca.'' 1290–1339), by his marriage to
Margaret de Multon (died 1361), later ''suo jure''
Baroness Multon of Gilsland.
Dacre inherited from his father (who commanded the English forces at the
Battle of Dornock) the
Barony of Dacre and from his mother that of Multon of Gilsland. He married Catherine Neville, daughter of
Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville de Raby
Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville of Raby ( – 5 August 1367) was an English aristocrat, the son of Ralph Neville, 1st Baron Neville de Raby by Eupheme de Clavering.
Neville led the English forces to victory against King David II of Scotla ...
, but died childless in 1361 and was succeeded in the baronies by his brother Ralph, who was later succeeded by another brother,
Hugh
Hugh is the English-language variant of the masculine given name , itself the Old French variant of '' Hugo (name)">Hugo'', a short form of Continental Germanic Germanic name">given names beginning in the element "mind, spirit" (Old English ). ...
.
He was
summoned to
Parliament
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on 25 November 1350.
[John Harris Nicolas, ''A synopsis of the peerage of England'', vol. 1 (1825)]
p. 166
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Dacre held the Lancashire
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manors of Skelmersdale
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, Whiston, Speke, and Parr, and he obtained a charter
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for the holding of a three-day market
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*Market (economics), system in which parties engage in transactions according to supply and demand
*Market economy
*Marketplace, a physical marketplace or public market
*Marketing, the act of sat ...
and moveable fair
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at Prescot
Prescot is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley in Merseyside, England. It lies about to the east of Liverpool city centre. At the 2001 Census, the civil parish population was 11,184 (5,265 males, 5,919 femal ...
, then also in Lancashire, to begin on the Wednesday following Corpus Christi. In this grant, Dacre is described as "parson of the church of Prescote", and he was undoubtedly its patron
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. In 1375, his brother Ralph was the rector of Prescot.
Dacre died in 1361,[ holding also the manor of Halton in Lancashire.][''Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire'', vol. 50 (Printed for the Society, 1900), p. 67]
References
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