Family and Education
b. c.1609, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Dacres* (d. Dec. 1668) of Cheshunt and Martha, da. of Thomas Elmes of Lilford, Northants.Vis. Herts. 1574 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. xxii), 47. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 16 Oct. 1629 ‘aged 20’;Al. Ox. Oxf. and Camb. MA (ad eundum gradum), 1632;Al. Cant. L. Inn, 25 Jan. 1631.LI Admiss. i. 212. m. Elizabeth Brownell, 2s. 3da. d. June 1668.PROB11/328/48.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Herts. 1 Sept. 1646 – bef.Jan. 1650, 17 Sept. 1660–d.C231/6, p. 56; C231/7, p. 40. Commr. assessment, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Beds. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; militia, Herts. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Hunts. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, Herts. 1660; subsidy, 1663;SR. sewers, River Lea, Herts., Mdx. and Essex 14 Dec. 1663;C181/7, p. 223. oyer and terminer, Herts. 24 Dec. 1664.C181/7, p. 304.

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Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

DACRES, Thomas (c.1609-68), of Cheshunt, Herts.

Will
21 June 1668, pr. 16 Sept. 1668.PROB11/328/48.
Estates
at d. owned lands at Waltham Holy Cross and Chambers near Epping, Essex, also unspecified lands in Lincs.PROB11/328/48.
Oxford 1644
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