- Bef 1339
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Name |
Randolph (1st Lord Dacre) De Dacre |
Prefix |
Sir |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
Bef 20 Apr 1339 |
Person ID |
I156298 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
10 Dec 2023 |
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Notes |
- n 1331 he was appointed High Sheriff of Cumberland and Governor of Carlisle.
He commanded the English in the Battle of Dornock.
He married Margaret de Multon, Baroness Multon of Gilsland. Dacre carried off his bride-to-be, a ward of Edward III, from Warwick Castle where she was in the care of Thomas de Beauchamp; the official record states:
Ranulph de Dacre pardoned for stealing away in the night, out of the King's custodie, from his Castell of Warwick, of Margaret, daughter and heir of Thomas Multon of Gillsland, who held of the King in capite and was within age, whereof the said Ranulph standeth indighted in curia Regis.
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