DARELL, Sir John (1645-94), of Calehill, Little Chart, Kent

Family and Education

bap. 20 Aug. 1645, 1st s. of Edward Darell of Gray’s Inn by Dorothy, da. of Robert Kipping of Tudeley, Kent. educ. G. Inn, entered 1658; Corpus, Oxf. 1663. m. 4 Aug. 1670, his cos. Elizabeth (d. 1672), da. and h. of Sir John Darell of Calehill, s.p. suc. fa. 1664; Kntd. 26 July 1670; suc. his uncle Sir John Darell at Calehill 1675. Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. liv), 45; Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 240; Arch. Cant. xvii. 46–48; Little Chart Reg. 50, 113, 116, 146, 148, 153.

Offices Held

Member, Soc. of Mines Royal 1666, asst. 1669–74, 1675–7, 1682–3; member, Soc. of Mineral and Battery Works 1667, asst. 1671–7.

Commr. recusants, Kent 1675; freeman, Maidstone 1678; recorder, Canterbury 1687–Oct. 1688. Centre Kentish Stud. Maidstone burghmote mins. Md/RF2/1, list of freemen, 1598–1721.

Chairman. cttee. of privileges and elections Nov. 1693–Jan. 1694.

Parlimentarian

DARELL, Sir John (1645-94), of Calehill, Little Chart, Kent.

Main residence: Calehill, Little Chart, Kent.

Author

A.A.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

DARELL, Sir John (1645-94)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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