William Dacre, Sheriff of Cumberland and Yorkshire

The Peerage: He held the office of Sheriff of Cumberland between 1236 and 1248. He held the office of Sheriff of Yorkshire between 1248 and 1250.

Shiprock, Chesire, England.

William's grandfather, he was born circa 1220 [or as early as 1205]. 'Of' Dacre. Sheriff of Cumberland in 20 Henry III, and later of Yorkshire in 32 Henry III. Also Governor of Carlisle by patent 52 Henry III and of the castles of Scarborough and Pickering in 1247/48. He married unknown. He died circa 1258.