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Ranulph Dacre
- Preferred Name: Ranulph Dacre[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
- Alternate Name: Randulf
- Gender: M
- LdsEndowment: 4 DEC 1993 with note: GEDCOM data
- LdsBaptism: 9 SEP 1993 with note: GEDCOM data
- Birth: ABT 1246 in Cumberland, England at LATI: N4.5307 LONG: E3.0762
- Occupation: Sheriff of Cumberland, Knight, High Sheriff of Cumberland, Lancashire, & York
- LdsBaptism: 18 MAR 1947 with note: GEDCOM data
- Occupation: Sheriff of Cumberland and Yorkshire
- Death: BEF 18 JUN 1285 with note: His IPM was taken on this date 14 EDW I [20 Nov 1285 - 19 Nov 1286]
- LdsEndowment: 19 MAR 1947 with note: GEDCOM data
- FSID: LWN4-CP6
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Ranulph Dacre, in the lifetime of his father, had been a stanch adherent of King Henry III in the conflicts between that monarch and the barons, and upon succeeding to his inheritance, was appointed sheriff of Cumberland.
In the 7th Edward I [1279], he was constituted sheriff of Yorkshire, and continued in that trust until the end of the 3rd quarter of the 8th succeeding year.
This Ranulph m. Joane de Luci, and dying in the 14th Edward I, was s. by his son, William Dacre.
Ranulph Dacre, in the lifetime of his father, had been a stanch adherent of King Henry III in the conflicts between that monarch and the barons, and upon succeeding to his inheritance, was appointed sheriff of Cumberland. In the 7th Edward I [1279], he was constituted sheriff of Yorkshire, and continued in that trust until the end of the 3rd quarter of the 8th succeeding year. This Ranulph m. Joane de Luci, and dying in the 14th Edward I, was s. by his son, William Dacre.
This interesting surname is of English locational origin from a place thus called in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The place name is recorded in the Domesday book of 1086, as "Dacre" and gets its name from the river on which it stands. The name derives from the Welsh "deigr", Old breton "dacr" meaning tear and would refer to a "trickling stream". The surname is first recorded in the latter half of the 13th Century.
This interesting surname is of English locational origin from a place thus called in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The placename is recorded in the Domesday book of 1086, as "Dacre" and gets its name from the river on which it stands. The name derives from the Welsh "deigr", Old breton "dacr" meaning tear and would refer to a "trickling stream". The surname is first recorded in the latter half of the 13th Century. One, Ranulph Dacre, appears in the records of Norfolk (1292). Other recordings of the surname from the Yorkshire church registers include; the marriage of Randolf Dacre to Eleanor Fitzhugh which took place in 1436, in Ravensworth; on November 23rd 1574, Johanna Dacre married Johes Randall at Farnham; and Thomas Dacre married Margareta Dearlove on November 11th 1576, in the same place. A coat of arms granted to the Dacre family of Cumberland and Westmoreland depicts three gold escallops on a red shield. On the crest there is a tiger's head emerging from a ducal coronet and chained proper. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William de Dakyr, which was dated 1278, sheriff of Cumberland, during the reign of King Edward 1, "The Hammer of the Scots", 1272-1307.
Ranulph Dacre, in the lifetime of his father, had been a stanch adherent of King Henry III in the conflicts between that monarch and the barons, and upon succeeding to his inheritance, was appointed sheriff of Cumberland. In the 7th Edward I [1279], he was constituted sheriff of Yorkshire, and continued in that trust until the end of the 3rd quarter of the 8th succeeding year. This Ranulph m. Joane de Luci, and dying in the 14th Edward I, was s. by his son, William Dacre.
Ranulph Dacre, Sheriff of Cumberland was born circa 1235?. He was the son of William Dacre of Dacre, Sheriff of Cumberland.1 Ranulph Dacre, Sheriff of Cumberland was a stanch supporter, in the lifetime of his father, of King Henry III in the conflicts between the monarch and the barons before 1257/58.1 He became sheriff of Cumberland upon succeeding to his inheritance in 1257/58.1 He married Joane de Luci.1 Ranulph Dacre, Sheriff of Cumberland was constituted, in the 7th Edward I, sheriff of Yorkshire in 1278/79.1 He died in 1285/86. He died in the 14th Edward I.
Sir Randolf de Dacre (1290 – 20 April 1339)
Sir Randolf de Dacre was the son and heir of Sir William de Dacre and his wife Joan Gernet.
He was pardoned, 16 Oct 1313, for any part he may have taken in the death of Piers Gavaston. At the time o
=== Sheriff of Cumberland 1268-70 and of Y ===
Sheriff of Cumberland 1268-70 and of Yorks 1278-80 | (d. 3rd May 1286)
=== Ranulph or Ralph de Dacre, 1st Lord Dac ===
Ranulph or Ralph de Dacre, 1st Lord Dacre, was first of name to be summoned to Parliament from 14 of Edward II, 1321, to 12 of Edward III, 1338. He was Sheriff of Cumberland, Governor of Carlisls. He was Baron of Gillisland Jure Uxores, having married Margaret de Multon, sole heiress to the barony of Gillisland. Sources: Clay's Ex. and Dormant Peerages of Northern England, p. 36. Bank's Baronia Anglica Concentrata, Vol. 1, p. 171. Cokayne's Complete Peerage of England, Vol. 4, pp. 1-3. Edmonson's Pedigrees of English Peers, Vol. 4, p. 357.
=== DACRE NOT D'ACRE ===
This interesting surname is of English locational origin from a place thus called in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The placename is recorded in the Domesday book of 1086, as "Dacre" and gets its name from the river on which it stands. The surname is first recorded in the latter half of the 13th Century, (see below). One, Ranulph de Dacre, appears in the records of Norfolk (1292). Other recordings of the surname from the Yorkshire church registers include; the marriage of Randolf Dacre to Eleanor Fitzhugh which took place in 1436, in Ravensworth; on November 23rd, 1574, Johanna Dacre married [John] Randall at Farnham; and Thomas Dacre married Margareta Dearlove on November 11th, 1576, in the same place. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William de Dakyr, which was dated 1278, sheriff of Cumberland, during the reign of King Edward 1, "The Hammer of the Scots", 1272 - 1307.
Read more: https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Dacre#ixzz6s7tA4DFW
Preferred Parents:
Father: William Dacre Sheriff of Cumberland and Yorkshire, b. 1180 in Dacre, Cumberland, England d. 1258 in Dacre, Cumberland, England
Mother: Joan de Morley, b. 1185 in Swanton Morley, Norfolk, England
Family 1: Joan de Lucy, b. 1236 in Copeland, Cumberland, England d. 24 MAR 1288 in Cumberland, England
- m. 1260 in Bolton Le Sands, Lancashire, England
- William Dacre, b. ABT 1266 in Cumberland, England d. BEF 24 AUG 1318 in Naworth Castle, Cumberland, England
Sources:
- Title: Ranulph Dacre on WikiTree
Author: WikiTree contributors, "Ranulph Dacre", WikiTree, http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dacre-3 (accessed 9 April 2022)
Publication: Name: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dacre-3;
- Title: Final concords of the country of Lancaster, from the original chirographs, of feet of fines preserved in the Public record office, London by Lacashire, Eng Published 1899
Author: page 67
Publication: Name: https://archive.org/stream/p2finalconcords00lacauoft#page/66/mode/2up;
Note: Gives the corrections to the ancient pedigree of Dacre...check footnotes
- Title: IPM of Ranulph de Dacre alias de Dakere, de Daker
Author: Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Vol. 2, 1-19 Edward I:1272-1291. (London, 1906).
Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/cu31924011387804/page/356/mode/2up?q=Dacre;
- Title: The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant by Cokayne, George E. (George Edward), 1825-1911 Published 1910
Author: page 1 etc...and also footnote c on page 1
Publication: Name: https://archive.org/stream/completepeerageo04coka#page/n15/mode/2up;
Note: Gives the details on the Dacre line and also the wife of Ranulph listed as Geva
- Title: Ranulph Dacre Governor of Carlisle Castle
Author: Close rolls of the reign of Henry III / preserved ... 1268/1272.
Publication: Name: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.35112103127082&view=1up&seq=43&skin=2021&q1=Dacre;
Note: 1269: Roger de Leyburne, justiciar of the forest beyond Trent, was ordered to cause in the same forest Ranulph de Dacre, constable of the Carlisle castle, to have twelve oaks fitted for timber to the court and houses within the castle to repair therefrom. Witness the king at Westminster April
- Title: A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire for
Author: "A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire for." A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire for. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 May. 2016. .
Publication: Name: http://interactive.ancestry.com/48558/ExtinctPeerages-000945-152/399490;
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