'Dacre2'
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Families covered: Dacres of Cheshunt
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| Believed to have descended from the noble Westmoreland house of Dacre was ... | |||||||||||||||
| Henry Dacres of Malfield (Mayfield), Staffordshire (alderman of London) | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth (d 1530) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Robert Dacres of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire (d 1543-4, Master of Requests) the first mentioned by Visitation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Monoux (dau of Sir George Monoux (Mannock), Lord Mayor of London) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | George Dacres of Cheshunt (d 1580) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Carew (dau of Sir Wymond Carew of Cornwall) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Thomas Dacres of Cheshunt (d 1615) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Katharine Coleshill of London and/or Essex | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Elizabeth Dacres | ||||||||||||||
| This Elizabeth is shown by Chauncy as daughter of Dorothy Pigot. Provisionally we follow Visitation in showing her as the only child of this marriage because Chauncy shows (also) a second Elizabeth as daughter of Dorothy. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (1601) Richard Hale of Tuin (Tewin) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Dorothy Pigott (dau of Thomas Pigott of Doddeshall) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Sir Thomas Dacres of Cheshunt (a 1634) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Martha Elmes (dau of Thomas Elmes of Lilford) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Thomas Dacres 'of Cheshunt' 'of St. Andrew-in-le-Mott' (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Austin (dau of Sir Robert Austin, 1st Bart of Bexley) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Robert Dacres, last of Cheshunt (a 1675, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Bromewell (dau/heir of John Bromewell of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Anne Dacres | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas Smith of Clerkenwell | |||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | other issue - Thomas, Robert, John, Martha, Elizabeth, Susan, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Margaret Dacres | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Whatton of Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Anne Dacres (a 1700) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Robert Atkyns (Chief Baron of the Exchequer) | |||||||||||||||
| (D)+ | other issue - Thomas (dsp), John, Edward, Martha, Elizabeth, Christian | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Sir Henry Dacres (4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Margaret Lever (dau of Sir Thomas Lever) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Katharine Goldsmith (dau of Sir Francis Goldsmith) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Frances Dacres | ||||||||||||||
| m1. John Harris or Norris of Essex | |||||||||||||||
| m2. W. Pristly | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Susan Dacres | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Manning of Westram | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Elizabeth Dacres | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Took of Wormly | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Martha Dacres (b 1639-40, d 06.08.1655) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Dodderidge of Brembridge | |||||||||||||||
| (7)+ | other issue - John, Edward (dsp), George, Arthur, Richard, Robert, Charles | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Edward Dacres (4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Arabella Hawkins (relict of Sir H. Atkins) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | George Dacres | ||||||||||||||
| m. Lucy Browne (dau of Sir John Browne of Lincolnshire) | |||||||||||||||
| This was possibly the George of Cheshunt who was father of ... | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Anne Dacres (d by 1697) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir Robert Jason of Broad Somerford, 2nd Bart (bpt 1640, d 1687) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Samuel Bretton | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Mary Dacres | ||||||||||||||
| m. Luke Garnon | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Susan Dacres | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Lucy | |||||||||||||||
| g. | Elizabeth Dacres | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ed. Tate | |||||||||||||||
| h. | Prudence Dacres | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Dewhurst | |||||||||||||||
| j. | Ursula Dacres | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Edward Atkins (baron of the Ezchequer) | |||||||||||||||
| j.+ | other issue - Henry, Robert/Richard (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Arthur Dacres | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Robert Dacres | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Maxie of Essex | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Walter Dacres | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Upton | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Margaret Dacres | ||||||||||||||
| m1. George Garrard | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Henry Savil | |||||||||||||||
| vi. | Elizabeth Dacres (a 1617) possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christopher Hampden of Wendover (bpt 24.06.1560, bur 20.06.1628) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Dorothy Dacres | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ FitzRalph (Chamberlain of Gedney) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Alice Dacres (d 1558) apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Cheeseman of Dormans Well (d 1547, MP) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Ann Dacres (d 22.08.1563) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| Ann's marriages are confirmed by HoP ("Sir John Pakington") and a report on the probate of Sir John's will, a copy of which may be seen here, kindly brought to our attention by a contributor, OWC (08.05.12)) which also identifies her children. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Robert Fairthwaite of London | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Martin Fairthwaite | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Elizabeth Fairthwaite | ||||||||||||||
| m. Nicholas Tichborne of Roydon | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Elizabeth Tichborne apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Glasier of Chester | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir John Pakington (d 1560, judge) | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Eleanor Dacres probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Rolle of London then Stevenstone (b by 1486, d 20.11.1552) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Alice | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) 'The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire', vol 1 (1826), by Sir Henry Chauncy, with thanks to a contributor (OWC, 08.05.12) for bringing this to our attention
(2) Visitation (Hertfordshire, 1634, Dacres of Cheshunt) with just trivial support from VCH (Hertfordshire, vol 3, Parishres: Cheshunt)
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