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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# ...

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, successor = Margaret Fiennes, 11th Baroness Dacre , suc-type = , spouse = Anne Sackville , spouse-type = , issue-type = , issue = Elizabeth Fiennes , issue-link = , issue-pipe = , full name = , native_name = , styles = , other_titles = , noble family =

Fiennes Fiennes or Ffiennes may refer to: Places * Fiennes, a commune of the Pas-de-Calais ''département'' in northern France. People A toponymic surname pronounced and borne by a prominent English family, descendant from Eustace I Fiennes, a nobleman ...

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Herstmonceux Castle Herstmonceux Castle is a brick-built castle, dating from the 15th century, near Herstmonceux, East Sussex, England. It is one of the oldest significant brick buildings still standing in England. The castle was renowned for being one of the fi ...

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, occupation = , memorials = , website = , module = Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre (bef. 25 June 1539 – 25 September 1594) was an English courtier. He was the son of

(c. 1515–1541) and Mary Neville. He was baptized at Hurstmonceux, Sussex, on 25 June 1539 and he may have been named after

Thomas Cromwell Thomas Cromwell (; – 28 July 1540) was an English statesman and lawyer who served as List of English chief ministers, chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540, when he was beheaded on orders of the king, who later blamed false cha ...

's son,

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in 1541, and in the aftermath, the family was stripped of its lands and titles by

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restored the title of

to Gregory, his elder brother Thomas having died of the plague at age 15. Gregory Fiennes is a sitter with his mother in a significant portrait by

.{{sfn, Broadway, 2008{{sfn, Honig, 1990, pp=60-85 File:Mary Nevill and Gregory Fiennes Baron Dacre v.2.jpg, ''Mary Nevill or Neville, Baroness Dacre, and her son Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre'', 1559, by

In 1565, he married Anne Sackville (d. 1595), daughter of Sir Richard Sackville and Winifred Brydges. They had one daughter, Elizabeth, who died young. File:Chelsea Old Church, Dacre Monument.jpg, Chelsea Old Church, Dacre Monument (1595) to Gregory Fiennes, Lord Dacre of the south, and his wife Ann Sackville File:Chelsea Old Church, Dacre Monument detail.jpg, Chelsea Old Church, Dacre monument detail He died on 25 September 1594 at Chelsea and is buried at

within a magnificent marble tomb with his wife and daughter.{{sfn, Broadway, 2008 He was succeeded by his sister Margaret Fiennes, 11th Baroness Dacre.{{sfn, Broadway, 2008

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*{{cite ODNB, last=Broadway , first=Jan , title=Fiennes, Gregory, tenth Baron Dacre (1539–1594) , orig-year=First Published 2004 , date=3 January 2008 , doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/9410 , url=https://doi-org.rp.nla.gov.au/10.1093/ref:odnb/9410 *{{cite book , last1=Honig , first1=Elizabeth , editor1-last=Gent , editor1-first=Lucy , editor2-last=llewellyn , editor2-first=Nigel , title=Renaissance Bodies: The Human Figure in English Culture c. 1540-1660 , date=1990 , publisher=

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, location=London , pages=60–85 , chapter=In Memory: Lady Dacre and Pairing by Hans Eworth , isbn=0948462086 *{{Cite book , last=MacCulloch , first=Diarmaid , author-link=Diarmaid MacCulloch , year=2018 , title=Thomas Cromwell: A Life , location=London , publisher=

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