Family and Education
b. ?1470, 3rd s. of Humphrey, 1st Lord Dacre of Gilsland by Mabel, da. of Sir Thomas Parr of Kendal, Westmld. Kntd. 9 Sept. 1513.Date of birth given as 1470 but without source cited, HP, ed. Wedgwood, 1439-1509 (Biogs.), 247.
Offices Held
Sheriff, Cumb. 1497 – Dec. 1505, Feb. – Nov. 1522, Jan. – Nov. 1526, 1531 – 32, Norhamshire and Elandshire Mar. 1526 – Jan. 1528, Northumb. 1520 – Feb. 1522; j.p. Cumb. 1510 – d., Northumb. 1512 – d., Westmld. 1524 – d., northern circuit 1540; commr. musters, Cumb. 1511, 1513, 1524, 1525, for wardenship 1522; dep. to William, 3rd Lord Dacre, steward of Hexham, capt. of Norham in 1526; dep. warden, east marches in 1526, west marches in 1528.
Main residences: Croglin; Carlisle, Cumb.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
DACRE, Sir Christopher (?1470-at least 1540)
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Oxford 1644
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