Biography of Richard Fiennes 7th Baron Dacre Gilsland 1415-1483

Paternal Family Tree: Fiennes

Maternal Family Tree: Maud Saye 1155-1222

In 1415 Richard Fiennes 7th Baron Dacre Gilsland was born to Roger Fiennes (age 30) and Elizabeth Holland (age 26). He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.

In Jun 1446 Richard Fiennes 7th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 31) and Joan Dacre 7th Baroness Dacre Gilsland (age 13) were married. He by marriage Baron Dacre Gilsland. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.

Around 1447 [his son] John Fiennes was born to Richard Fiennes 7th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 32) and [his wife] Joan Dacre 7th Baroness Dacre Gilsland (age 14) at Herstmonceux Castle [Map]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.

In 1449 [his father] Roger Fiennes (age 64) died. He was buried at All Saints Church Herstmonceux.

In 1449 [his mother] Elizabeth Holland (age 60) died.

Around 1455 [his daughter] Elizabeth Fiennes Baroness Clinton was born to Richard Fiennes 7th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 40) and [his wife] Joan Dacre 7th Baroness Dacre Gilsland (age 22). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 05 Jan 1458 Thomas Dacre 6th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 70) died. On 05 Jan 1458 His granddaughter [his wife] Joan Dacre 7th Baroness Dacre Gilsland (age 25) succeeded 7th Baroness Dacre Gilsland.

Around 1463 [his son-in-law] John Clinton 6th Baron Clinton (age 34) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Fiennes Baroness Clinton (age 8) were married at Herstmonceux. The difference in their ages was 26 years. They were fourth cousins. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Funeral of Edward IV

On 10 Apr 1483, in the morning, the coffin of King Edward IV of England (deceased) was moved to St Stephen's Chapel, Westminster Palace [Map]. Bishop Edward Story sang the masses. Richard Fiennes 7th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 68), Chamberlain to Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England (age 46), offered on the Queen's behalf.

On 17 Apr 1483 the coffin of Edward IV (deceased) was carried to Westminster Abbey [Map] by Edward Stanley 1st Baron Monteagle (age 21), John Savage (age 39), Thomas Wortley (age 50), Thomas Molyneux (age 38), probably John Welles 1st Viscount Welles (age 33) who had married Edward's daughter Cecily), John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne (age 41), Walter Hungerford (age 19), Guy Wolston (age 50), John Sapcote (age 35), Thomas Tyrrell (age 30), John Risley, Thomas Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 15), John Norreys, Louis de Bretelles and John Comyn 4th Lord Baddenoch.

Those in the procession included:

Thomas St Leger (age 43), widow of Edward's sister Anne.

William Parr (age 49).

John Astley.

William Stonor (age 33).

Henry Ferrers (age 40).

James Radclyffe (age 43).

George Browne (age 43).

Gilbert Debenham (age 51).

John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk (age 58) walked in front of the coffin with Edward's personal arms.

John Marlow Abbot Bermondsey followed by:

Bishop Thomas Kempe (age 93).

Bishop John Hales (age 83) (Bishop of Chester?).

Bishop Robert Stillington (age 63).

Bishop Edward Story.

Bishop Richard Bell.

Bishop James Goldwell.

Bishop William Dudley (age 58).

Bishop John Russell.

Cardinal John Morton (age 63) (as Bishop of Ely).

Bishop Edmund Tuchet (age 40) (as Bishop of Rochester).

Bishop Peter Courtenay, and.

Bishop Lionel Woodville (age 36).

Archbishop Thomas Rotherham (age 59) brought up the rear.

Cardinal Thomas Bourchier (age 65), then Archbishop of Canterbury, took no part due to infirmity.

John de la Pole 1st Earl Lincoln (age 21); the King's nephew,.

William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings (age 52).

Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset (age 28).

William Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Huntingdon (age 32) (some sources say Earl of Huntingindon?).

William Berkeley 1st Marquess Berkeley (age 57).

Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby (age 48).

Richard Fiennes 7th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 68).

John Dudley 1st Baron Dudley (age 82).

George Neville 4th and 2nd Baron Bergavenny (age 43).

John Tuchet 6th Baron Audley, 3rd Baron Tuchet (age 57).

Walter Devereux Baron Ferrers of Chartley (age 51).

Edward Grey 1st Viscount Lisle (age 51).

Henry Lovell 9th Baron Marshal 8th Baron Morley (age 7).

Richard Woodville 3rd Earl Rivers (age 30).

John Brooke 7th Baron Cobham (age 35).

Richard Hastings Baron Willoughby (age 50).

John Bourchier 6th Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 45).

Thomas Bourchier.

Thomas Bourchier.

On 25 Nov 1483 Richard Fiennes 7th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 68) died.

On 08 Mar 1486 [his former wife] Joan Dacre 7th Baroness Dacre Gilsland (age 53) died. Her grandson Thomas Fiennes 8th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 14) succeeded 8th Baron Dacre Gilsland.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 08 Sep 1559. The viij day of September at after-none [was] the obseque of Henry the Frenche kyng, the herse garnyshed with grett skochyons of armes bosted [Note. Possibly embossed] with grett crownes, and all under ther fett [feet] with blake, and a grett palle of cloth of gold, and ys helmett and mantyll of cloth of gold and cott armur, targett and sworde, and crest, and angyd [hanged] all the quer [choir] with blake and armes, and my lord tresorer (age 76) the cheyff [mourner], and next my lord chamburlen, my lord of Burgany, my lord of Hunsdon (age 33), and my lord Cobam (age 31), my lord Dacurs of the Sowth, and my lord Pallett, ser Recherd Sakefeld (age 52), and ser Edward Warner (age 48), and mony mo morners all in blake; and contenent songe durge, and a xiiij [14] haroldes of armes in ther cott armur afor the lordes, and after to the bysshope('s) palles to drynke.

[his son] Roger Fiennes was born to Richard Fiennes 7th Baron Dacre Gilsland and Joan Dacre 7th Baroness Dacre Gilsland. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.

[his son] Thomas Fiennes was born to Richard Fiennes 7th Baron Dacre Gilsland and Joan Dacre 7th Baroness Dacre Gilsland. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.

[his father] Roger Fiennes and [his mother] Elizabeth Holland were married. She the daughter of John Holland 1st Duke Exeter and Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

[his son] Richard Fiennes was born to Richard Fiennes 7th Baron Dacre Gilsland and Joan Dacre 7th Baroness Dacre Gilsland. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.

Richard Fiennes 7th Baron Dacre Gilsland 1415-1483 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

King Edward "Longshanks" I of England 1239-1307

King Edward III of England 1312-1377

John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster 1340-1399

Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England 1314-1369

Royal Ancestors of Richard Fiennes 7th Baron Dacre Gilsland 1415-1483

Kings Wessex: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 8 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 14 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 9 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 2 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 9 Grand Son of Malcolm III King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 8 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 4 Grand Son of Philip "Bold" III King France

Royal Descendants of Richard Fiennes 7th Baron Dacre Gilsland 1415-1483

Diana Spencer Princess Wales x 1

Ancestors of Richard Fiennes 7th Baron Dacre Gilsland 1415-1483

Great x 4 Grandfather: Giles Fiennes

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fiennes

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Fiennes

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Jordon

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Fiennes

Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Monceux

GrandFather: William Fiennes 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Saye

Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Saye 1st Baron Say

Great x 2 Grandfather: Geoffrey Saye 2nd Baron Say

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Leybourne 1st Baron Leybourne

Great x 3 Grandmother: Idonea Leybourne Baroness Say

Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Saye 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 9th Earl Warwick

Great x 3 Grandfather: Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Fitzjohn Countess Warwick

Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Beauchamp Baroness Say 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Tosny 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Tosny Countess Warwick 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Father: Roger Fiennes 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

GrandMother: Elizabeth Battisford

Richard Fiennes 7th Baron Dacre Gilsland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thurstan de Holland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert de Holand of Upholland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Holland 1st Baron Holand

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Zouche 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ela Longespée Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Zouche Baroness Holand 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Segrave 1st Baron Segrave

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Segrave

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud de Lucy

GrandFather: John Holland 1st Duke Exeter Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry III of England Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Edward "Longshanks" I of England Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip "Bold" III King France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret of France Queen Consort England 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria Reginar Queen Consort France 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Wake

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell 2 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hawise Quincy Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Wake Countess Kent 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fiennes

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Fiennes Baroness Wake Liddell 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Beaumont 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Mother: Elizabeth Holland Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward "Longshanks" I of England Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Edward II of England Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Edward III of England Son of King Edward II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip "The Fair" IV King France 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella of France Queen Consort England 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Blois I Queen Navarre 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hainault II Count Hainault II Count Holland 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Hainault I Count Hainault III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland 6 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Luxemburg Countess Hainault and Holland 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Valois I Count Valois 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainault 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Capet Countess Valois 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandMother: Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Capet Queen Navarre 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Patrick Chaworth

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Chaworth

Great x 1 Grandmother: Blanche Plantagenet Duchess Lancaster 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Brienne Viscount Beaumont 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Beaumont Sarthe 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Comyn 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Comyn Baroness Beaumont 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joanna Latimer