DARCY, Edward (1543-1612), of Dartford Place, Kent.

b. 1543, 3rd s. of Sir Arthur Darcy of Brimham, Yorks. by Mary, da. of Sir Nicholas Carew of Beddington, Surr.;J. Stow, Surv. London (1734), i. 272-3; Vis. Yorks. (Harl. Soc. xvi), 92-93. bro. of Sir Francis and Sir Henry. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. 1561;Though unusually old to enter university, the Edward Darcy who matriculated in 1561 was probably the MP, as his brother Arthur accompanied him to Cambridge: Al. Cant. i(2), p. 10. I. Temple 1561. m. Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Astley of Writtle, Essex, 15 ch. (at least 3s.).Stow, loc. cit.; Hasted, Kent, ii. 297-8. Kntd. 11 May 1603.