Magdalen Dacre, English noble (born 1538)

Magdalen Dacre

16th and 17th-century English noblewoman and Catholic recusant

Magdalen Dacre, Viscountess Montagu was an English noblewoman. She was the daughter of William Dacre, 3rd Baron Dacre of Gilsland, and the second wife of Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu. Magdalen, a Roman Catholic, was a Maid of Honour to Mary I of England and was…