William Dacre, 7th Baron Greystock, later 3rd Baron Dacre of Gilsland (c. 1493 – 18 November 1563) was an English peer, a

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landowner, and the holder of important offices under

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, including many years' service as Warden of the West Marches.

Life

The son of Thomas Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre, by his marriage to Elizabeth Greystoke, Dacre succeeded his mother as Baron Greystock on 14 August 1516 and his father as

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in 1525."Dacre of Gilsland, Baron (E, 1473 - abeyant 1569)"
''Cracroft's Peerage''. From his father, he inherited about of land in Cumberland, in

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and in

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. On an unknown date between 18 May 1519 and 1527, he married Lady Elizabeth Talbot, the fifth daughter of George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury, by his marriage to Anne Hastings, only daughter of

William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings (c. 1431 – 13 June 1483) was an English nobleman. A loyal follower of the House of York during the Wars of the Roses, he became a close friend and one of the most important courtiers of King Edward IV, ...

. She was still alive on 6 May 1552. Dacre was Captain of Norham Castle in 1522–23. Between 1523 and 1525, during the Scottish war, he was accused of stirring up border unrest and was later brought before the Star Chamber, where he lost his wardenries. Steward of Penrith, Warden of the West Marches from 1527 to 1534 and again from 1549 until his death in 1563,

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1549 to 1551 and Warden of the Middle Marches from 1553 until 1555. In 1534 he was accused of treason, being accused of holding unauthorised cross-border negotiations with the Scots, and was committed to the Tower on about 15 May 1534. He was tried in Westminster Hall and acquitted on 9 July 1534, to cheers, after defending himself in court for seven hours. However, he was fined heavily. In June 1528 he wrote from London to

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mentioning that he had been on a pilgrimage to

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and had fallen from his horse, breaking his left arm, "overthwart a cart-spirn".''State Papers Henry the Eighth'', vol. 4 (London, 1836), pp. 496–97. On his death in 1563, he was succeeded by his eldest son

Thomas Dacre, 4th Baron Dacre Thomas Dacre, 4th Baron Dacre of Gilsland, 8th Baron Greystoke (''ca.'' 1527 – 1 July 1566) was an English Member of Parliament and after his father's death a peer and major landowner in the counties of Cumberland, Yorkshire and Northu ...

. William was buried at

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. Children of William Dacre and Elizabeth Talbot: * Anne Dacre (died c. July 1581) * Dorothy Dacre *

(c. 1526 – 1566) * Leonard Dacre (c. 1527 – 12 August 1573) * Edward Dacre (c. 1528 – 1584) * Francis Dacre (c. 1529 – 19 February 1633) * Magdalen Dacre (1538 – c. 1608)

Notes

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