DARCY, Sir Thomas (1506-58), of Danbury, Wivenhoe and St. Osyth (Chiche), Essex.

Family and Education

b. 4 Dec. 1506, o.s. of Roger Darcy of Danbury by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Henry Wentworth of Nettlestead, Suff. m. (1) by Sept. 1521, Audrey, da. of Sir John Raynsford of Bradfield, Essex, s.p.; (2) by 1532, Elizabeth, da. of John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford, 3s. at least 1 da. suc. fa. 3 Sept. 1508. Kntd. 1 Nov. 1532, KG nom. 18 Sept., inst. 6 Oct. 1551. cr. Baron Darcy of Chiche 5 Apr. 1551.Date of birth given at proof of age, C142/46/96. CP; Morant, Essex, i. 314; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 16, 45, 47; PCC 21 Maynwaryng, 10 Loftes; C142/116/31.

Offices Held

Commr. tenths of spiritualities, Essex 1535, benevolence 1544/45, array 1545, musters 1546, 1556, 1557, relief 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553, heresy 1556, knight, the Household by 1533; carver 1540, v.-chamberlain 2 Feb. 1549 – Apr. 1551, chamberlain 5 Apr. 1551 – July 1553; j.p. Essex 1538–?d.; keeper, Colchester castle, Essex 1541 – 53, St. Osyth’s priory 1541 – 53, Framlingham castle, Suff. 1547 – 53, manor of East Greenwich, Kent by 1550 – 53; serjeant or master of the King’s armoury June 1544–51; gent. privy chamber by 1544; steward, Bury St. Edmunds, Suff. 1547 – 53; PC 24 Jan. 1550 – July 1553; master of the buckhounds 28 May 1550–1; ld. lt. ?Essex 1550, Essex 1553; trier of petitions in the Lords, Parlts. of Mar. 1553, Apr. 1554, Nov. 1554, 1555 and 1558.LP Hen. VIII, ix, xiii-xxi; The Gen. n.s. xxx. 19–20; APC, iii. 18, 371; iii. 222; v. 312; CPR, 1549–50, p. 418; 1553–4, pp. 283–4; Stowe 571, f. 30; Lit. Rems. Edw. VI, 248, 267, 312; J. E. Oxley, Ref. in Essex, 226; LJ, i. 430, 448, 465, 492, 514.

Parlimentarian

DARCY, Sir Thomas (1506-58), of Danbury, Wivenhoe and St. Osyth (Chiche), Essex.

Main residences: Danbury, Wivenhoe; St. Osyth (Chiche), Essex.

Author

S.M.T.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

DARCY, Sir Thomas (1506-58)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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