Richard Fiennes, 7th Baron Dacre

Who was Richard Fiennes, 7th Baron Dacre?

Richard Fiennes, jure uxoris 7th Baron Dacre 'of the South' in Herstmonceux Castle, Sussex, England, was the son of Sir Roger Fiennes and Elizabeth Holland. His paternal uncle was James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele.

Richard's father, Sir Roger Fiennes, was the Member of Parliament for Sussex. He was invested as a Knight before 8 June 1422. He held the office of Treasurer of the Household between 1439 and 1446, and built Herstmonceux Castle with spoils from the Hundred Years' War. Sir Roger was a brother of James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele. He married Elizabeth Holland and had a son, Sir Richard.

Richard married Joan Dacre, 7th Baroness Dacre in June 1446.

Sir Richard Fiennes was the hereditary keeper of Herstmonceaux Castle, an office which descended in the Fiennes family until the execution of the ninth baron. By patent of 7 November 1458 King Henry VI of England accepted him as Lord Dacre, and by two writs in 1459 and 1482 Fiennes was summoned to Parliament as Baron Dacre.