DARCY, Conyers (1599-1689) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

bap. 24 Jan. 1599, 1st s. of Conyers Darcy^†, 7th Bar. Darcy of Knaith and 4th Bar. Conyers and Dorothy, da. of Sir Henry Belasyse, bt.; bro. of Hon. James Darcy^‡and Hon. Marmaduke Darcy^‡. educ. unknown. m. 14 Oct. 1616, Grace, da. of Thomas Rokeby of Skiers, Yorks., 6s. (5 d.v.p.), 7da. (3 d.v.p.). Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 81. d. 14 June 1689.

Offices Held

Constable, Middleham Castle 1660 – 71; bailiff and steward, liberty of Richmond, Yorks. (N. Riding) 1660 – 71; kpr., Richmond Forest, Yorks. (N. Riding) 1660–71. Eg. 3402, ff. 54v-55; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 213; CSP Dom. 1671, p. 158.

Col. regt. of ft 1642–3; Newman, Royalist Officers, 103. capt. tp. of ind. horse 13 June-16 Aug. 1667. CSP Dom. 1667, pp. 182, 393.

Parlimentarian

DARCY, Conyers (1599-1689)

Associated with: Hornby Castle, Hornby, Yorks. (N. Riding); Aston Hall, Aston, Yorks. (W. Riding).

Likenesses

oils on canvas by E. Mascall, 1640s, York Museums Trust; oil on canvas, aft. Robert Walker, 1650s, sold by Bonhams 15 Jan. 2008.

Author

Littleton, Charles

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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