The originals of the maps mention ed in this book are in a very ' a nd not e re roduction b n frail state suitabl for p y ordi ary processes . ' d ef a w n r r It was decide , ther ore, th t a fe sets o ly should be ep o du ed S c One W c by a pecial photographi process . set ill be Tullie o le r t l deposited at H use, Carlis , othe s hey wil be accessible to scholars , CUMBERLAND AND WEST MORLAND ANTI QUAR IAN AND A H E L I L S IET Y RC A O OG CA OC . X RA SER ES VO E X I E UM V . T I , L BARONY OF GILSLAND ’ Lord William Howard s Surve y, in taken 1 603 . Edited by M A P A RAHAM . S . H B G . T . , , KENDAL I D B Y I U W O S ON 2 8 . PR NTE T T S ILS N , , HIGHGATE INT RODUCT I N O . H R A HAM By T . B . G . 1 3 0428 0 A W n n full biography of Lord illiam Howard , better k ow as W ll n n in n n his Hous ehold Belted i , is co tai ed the ope i g pages of B ook s S S in o8th a nd , published by the urtees ociety their volume, R v m W e . O sb edited by the George y . The sobriquet Belted ill , n La o the L a s t M ins trel coi ed by the author of the y f , is perhaps a n n of W li n poetic re deri g balt , that is bold , il e , a type of ick n in n e his ame much vogue amo g the border rs of day . W n E nd 1 1 6 Lord illiam , bor at Audley , Essex, December 9 , 5 3 , t i s on of th n was h rd Thomas , 4 Duke of Norfolk , by his seco d r a M n a nd S ir ma ri ge with argaret, o ly daughter heiress of Thomas of W n Audley, alde , Essex . M a nd His mother, argaret , died three weeks after his birth , his r z father , the Duke , ma ried , as his third wife , Eli abeth daughter ’ of S ir Le burne Cuns wick We n a nd widow James y , of , stmorla d , of - n S he in 1 6 8 n Thomas Lord Dacre of Gilsla d . died 5 , leavi g four n n n nn M a nd infa t childre , amely, George (Lord Dacre) , A e , ary Elizabeth ; a nd the Duke of Norfolk consequently obtained from wn a n n the Cro wardship d marriage of those childre . ' Geor e Lord n in 1 6 g , Dacre , was accide tally killed 5 9, by a fall n n - from a woode vaulti g horse . ’ It was the Duke s ambition that the three sons of his second m r a nd in arriage should mar y, they did fact marry, his three - a nd step daughters wards . The subjoined pedigree will aid the telling of a complex story l’E E E F D DIGR O ACRE . Wil am Da c e = liza eth l i ( r ) E b , f e r e o d Dacre d . a t d au . o o L r , G g t arl Kirk os wa d 1 6 . a o l , 5 3 (T lb ) E h w ur of S re sb y . vi OF I D ~ THE BARONY G LSLAN . = iza eth 2 . hom as eonard D acre El b T L , o d Dacre a t d u f ir ward D uk S o e in s . d . a . o a tta ted d . L r , (H ) , p Kirk oswa d 1 6 ames Le f orf k 6 . o o s te in F ande s 1 . l , 5 J y N l , p l r , 573 urne of Cuns father and uar b , g wick Wes tm or dian of the dward D ac e , E r , 6 inf nt D nd (1. 1 a ac es a ttaint d d s . a e . l , 5 7 r , , p - eheaded 1 2 . in F a ders 1 8 . b 57 l n , 5 4 F ancis D ac e r r , attainted Ciro. F 6 1 59 1 , d . eb . 1 3 3 . eo e D a c e ad nne D acre ad Mar D ac e G rg ( r ) L y A , L y y r , o d Da cre k illed m hili rd m h m D re 111 rd P owa . o as ac . o L r , . p (H ) T , L i i iam o ard a cc dent . r f unde w rd fter 1 6 a o r . o a a W w by , 5 9 E l A l H , ll H He died in the wards ar of S uf cto e 2 8 E l O b r , lk owe 1 . fo . S he died T r, 595 Particulars concerning the three uncles of George Lord Dacre , n n a nd n s n re amely Leo ard , Edward Fra ci Dacre , attai ted ’ s ectivel c n n in C om lete Peera e n p y, are o tai ed the p g , u der the n vol IV 2 - headi g Dacre , . , pp . 4 5 . Particulars con cernin g the three infant sisters a nd coheirs of n nn M a nd George Lord Dacre , amely Lady A e , Lady ary Lady z c n n in Com lete Peera e n r Eli abeth Da re , are co tai ed the p g , u de the n IV 2 n headi g Dacre , vol , p . 3 , ote E . Particulars con cerning the same thr ee infants a n d coheirs are ” n n in Com lete Peera e n n nd co tai ed the p g u der the headi g Aru el , I 2 a nd find n vol . , p . 55 , foot ote a . r s It should be stated at the outset that, f om the date of Thoma ’ ' ’ in 1 6 6 n - W l Lord Dacre s death , 5 , u til Lord il iam Howard s n in 1 6 0 1 n n an acquisitio of the property , Gilsla d remai ed as c in n n z a nd es heat the ha ds of Quee Eli abeth , all claims made thereto were treated as incidents of little cons equence by that n masterful sovereig . ’ Mr n nf n n n . Leo ard Dacre , the i a ts pater al u cle , assumed the n n a title Lord Dacre of Gilsla d . It has bee ably rgued ' C lle t e T o t Ge 2 8 in o o a rl a . e n . ( p , vol v , at p 3 ) that he was justified n n f and n a s so doi g . But he we t a step urther, claimed all Gilsla d ' heir in tail male under a family settlement alleged to have been W r made by his father , the late illiam Lord Dac e . T he Duke of Norfolk instituted proceedings in Chancery to l nf n n estab ish the rights of his i a t wards . Leo ard Dacre was n z and n Naworth impatie t of delay, so he sei ed garriso ed Castle H ous ehold Book s . ( , p xi) 0 0 I D I ' NTRO UCT ON . Vl l ' in r 1 0 his 0 0 0 m en of However , Februa y 57 , force of 3 , composed th e n n n a nd n S Gilsla d te a try ma y cottish borderers , was cut to o n n n in pieces by the r yal cavalry u der Lord Hu sdo , a bloody n n n a nd n z n d e cou ter ear High Gelt Bridge , lost its guido embla o e n n e with a red bull , badge of the lords Dacre . Lord Hu sdo wrot to the queen His foot gave the proudest charge upon my shot ' I s w D E Ca l o Add liz . 1 0 n a m . that ever ( . , 57 , p Holi shed n n n e adds there were amo g them ma y desperate wome , that gav n u a nd Chronicle the adve t re of their lives fought right stoutly ( , ’ n vol . iv , p . Leo ard Dacre escaped by a hair s breadth , n of fled the bei g rescued by some the S cottish borderers . He o n and n n r c u try was attai ted for high treaso , as was also his brothe Edward . n in 1 2 Thomas Duke of Norfolk was beheaded for high treaso 57 . m S ff n W n h n ns The arriage register of a ro alde c urch , Essex , co tai n n O 2 8 1 W the followi g e try ctober , 577 , Lord illiam Howard and z W li n n 1 s Lady Eli abeth Dacres . Lord il am , the early 4 year of be a i age , proceeded to Cambridge , to educ ted at (it is bel eved) ’ S t .