William Dacre, 5th Baron Dacre (1357–20 July 1398)"Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage"
pg. 939 was an English nobleman and soldier. He was born in 1357, son of

Hugh Dacre, 4th Baron Dacre Hugh Dacre, 4th Baron Dacre (1335–1383) was an English nobleman. He was born in 1335, the youngest son of Ralph Dacre, 1st Baron Dacre and his wife Margaret de Multon, 2nd Baroness Multon of Gilsland. His two older brothers preceded him i ...

and his wife Ela Maxwell, daughter of Alexander Maxwell of Caerlaverock. He succeeded his father as

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# ...

upon the latter's death in 1383. Dacre's military career began in 1382 in Scotland, where he was knighted while serving under the banner of Richard le Scrope. Nicolas, N. Harrisbr>"The Controversy Between Sir Richard Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor in the Court of Chivalry, Vol. 2"
pg. 413 He was part of

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's invading army during the 1385

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into Scotland. Dacre was called to give a deposition in the celebrated case of

Scrope v Grosvenor ''Scrope v Grosvenor'' (1389) was an early lawsuit relating to the law of arms. One of the earliest heraldic cases brought in England, the case resulted from two different knights in King Richard II's service, Richard Scrope, 1st Baron Scrop ...

. He testified in favour of Scrope, and against Sir Robert Grosvenor. Dacre married Joan Douglas, said to be an illegitimate daughter of the Earl of Douglas. Cokayne, George Edwardbr>"Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Great Britain, Vol. 3"
pg. 2 Their son,

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succeeded to the barony upon William Dacre's death in 1398.

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