Joan (Dacre) Fiennes (abt. 1433 - 1486)

Born about 1433 in Naworth Castle, Brampton, Cumberland, England

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Fiennes — married about Jun 1446 in England

Descendants

Died 8 Mar 1486 at about age 53 in Herstmonceux, Sussex, England

Biography

Joan Dacre, born about 1433 (aged 26 in 1459), suo jure Lady Dacre, was daughter and co-heiress to Sir Thomas Dacre by Elizabeth Bowet.^[1] In 1457 Joan Dacre inherited the title from her father.

Marriage

Joan married Richard Fiennes shortly after June 1446^[1] and her uncles were not pleased with the arrangement of Sir Richard Fiennes becoming Baron Dacre by right of his wife. While Joan held the title her uncle Ranulph Dacre, calling himself Lord Dacre, held most of the family manors in the north.^[2]

Issue

Joan and Roger had five sons:

1. John^[1]
2. Thomas^[1]
3. William^[1]
4. Richard^[1]
5. Roger^[1]

Joan and Roger had one daughter:

1. Elizabeth^[1]

Death

Joan, Lady Dacre, died March 8 1485/6. She left a will that was dated 13 Oct 1485 and proved 14 Jun 1486.^[1]

Will

Joan Fynes Lady Dacre, October 13th, 1485. My body to be buried in the quire of All Saints at Hurstmonceaux, between the high altar and the tomb of Sir Richard Fynes, Knight, my late husband; to Thomas, son of Sir John Fynes, Knight; to Edward Fynes, brother of the said Thomas; to Elizabeth Lady Clinton ’, and Thomas Fynes, my son and daughter, all my chattels. And I appoint my sons Thomas and William Fynes, and Thomas Oxenbridge, my executors. Proved June 14th, 1486.^[3]

Merge Notice

This Joan Dacre appears to have been merged with her Aunt, Joan (Dacre) Clifford, Baroness Clifford, daughter of Sir Thomas Dacre by Philippe Neville. The dates and marriages, combined with at least a handful of different gedcoms as sources and biographies, indicate the combination of these two Joans. The aunt was Baroness Clifford, married to Thomas Clifford. This profile is now for Lady Dacre and the biography, dates and sources reflect these changes.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), volume II, pages 581, 582, FIENNES 15, entry for RICHARD FIENNES.. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.
2. ↑ The History Jar Lord Dacre and Henry VIII
3. ↑ Nicolas, N. H. Testamenta vetusta. Vol. II. Parliament Street, London: Nichols and Son, 1826, p. 390.

See also:

• Magna Carta Ancestry: A study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Richardson, Douglas, (Kimball G. Everingham, editor. 2nd edition, 2011), vol. 2 p. 17.
• Magna Carta Ancestry: A study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Richardson, Douglas, (Kimball G. Everingham, editor. 2nd edition, 2011), vol. 3 p. 510.
• The complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, Cokayne, George Edward, (Gloucester [England] : Alan Sutton Pub. Ltd., 1987), vol. 3 p. 320.
• The complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, Cokayne, George Edward, (Gloucester [England] : Alan Sutton Pub. Ltd., 1987), vol. 4 p. 8, 9.
• Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica (John Bowyer Nichols and Son, London, 1842) Vol. 8, Page 200
• Sussex Archaeological Society. Sussex Archaeological Collections (H.Wolff, Lewes, England, 1859) Vol. 11, Page 63
• Ellis, William Smith. Hurstpierpoint: Its Lords and Families, Ancient and Modern (1866) Page 28
• Barrett-Lennard, Thomas. An Account of the Families of Lennard and Barrett (Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd., London, 1908) Page 185
• Benolte, Thomas; Philipot, John; & Owen, George. The Visitations of the County of Sussex: 1530 and 1633-4. London: The Harleian Society, 1905. Vol LIII, pp 11, Fynes & 77, Fynes.