Mary de Dacre

✓ Mary, da. of the lord of Dacre (not named); 1st wife of 'old Sir Ralph' Vernon of Shipbrook; mother of Sir Ralph of Hanwell, Master Richard parson of Stockport, Nicholas and Hugh (friars), Thomas, Agatha (Venables) and Roesia (Brereton) - Agatha and Roesia were proved sisters of the whole blood of Richard the parson when the Venables and Brereton heirs tried and failed to show Thomas a son of the second partner. Source: Ormerod, History of Cheshire (1819), vol. III, pp.130-133 'Shipbrook' (barony of Vernon: text, Augustine Vincent's account from Woodnoth's Collections, and chart 'Vernon of Shipbrook'), read 2 Nov 2026 (archive.org djvu text). [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 2 Nov 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]