78 DARCY his death the Barony of Darcy as restored in 1548 became extinct,{^) by the failure of the issue male of the restored Lord. His widow m. (lie. 1636) Sir Francis Fane, K.B. She d. in her 63rd year, at Aston, and was bur. there, 24 July 1669. He d. in 1680, in his 69th year, and was bur. with her. M.I. to both there. DARCY OF CHICHEC) BARONY. I. Thomas Darcy, only s. and h. of Roger D. (Esquire of the Body to Henry VII), by Elizabeth, da. of I. 1551- Sir Henry Wentworth, of Nettlestead, Suffolk, was b. 1506; sue. his father, Sep. 1508; was knighted at Calais, I Nov. 1532; Master of the Artillery in the Tower of London, and Gent, of the Privy Chamber to Henry VIII, 1545; Vice Chamberlain and Capt. of the Yeomen of the Guard to Edward VI, 1550-51, and Lord Chamber- lain Mar. 1 550/1-53. On 5 Apr. 1551, he was cr. BARON DARCY OF CHICHE, Essex.C=) Norn. K.G. 18 Sep., and inst. 6 Oct. 1551. He was one of the 26 Peers who signed the letters patent, 16 June 1553, settling the Crown on Lady Jane Grey.('^) He m. Elizabeth, da. of John (de Vere), 15th Earl of Oxford, by Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir Edward Trussell, of Kibblestone, co. Stafford. He^. atWyvenhoe, 28 June 1558, aged about 52, and was bur. (as was his wife) at St. Osyth's Priory, Essex. Will pr. 1 4 Mar. 1 5 60/ 1 . /«y. />. w. 1 3 Sep. ( 1 5 5 8) 5 and 6 Ph. (^ Mar. II. 1558. 2. John (Darcy), Baron Darcy of Chiche, only s. and h., aged 26 at his father's death. Knighted at the Coronation, 15 Jan. 1558/9. He took his seat in the House of Lords 25 Jan. (1558/9) I Eliz.("=) He entertained the Queen at St. Osyth's, July 1 56 1, and Aug. 1579. Admitted Gray's Inn, 4 Feb. 1562/3. He m. Frances, da. of Richard (Rich), Baron Rich (Lord Chancellor), by Elizabeth, sister of William Jenks. She d. before him. He d. 3 Mar. 1580/1, and was bur. at St. Osyth's, aged about 58. Will pr. 1581. (*) Any right that could accrue to the heir j'^w^ra/, under the restoration of 1548, as also the right to the original Barony of Darcy, by writ 1509, if the attainder thereof in 1537 were reversed, vests in the descendants of his only sister who left issue, Anne, wife of Henry Savile, of Copley, co. York. Her representa- tives (through the family of Howard) are (i) Lord Mowbray, Segrave, and Stourton, and (2) Lord Petre, who are also coheirs of the Barony of Lucy. See the descent in Banks, Bar. Ang.., vol. i, p. 181. See also pedigree, p. 71, ante. C") Chich was the original name of St. Osyth's, Essex, which was so called from the great Priory of St. Osyth, founded there. This Priory was sold by the Crown to Lord Darcy in 1553 for some ;^4,ooo. (J. H. Round). V.G. (■=) See Creations^ 1 483-1 646, in App., 47th Rep., D.K. Pub. Records. (<*) See a list of these iub Edward, Earl of Derby [1521]. (^) His name appears in several fabricated lists of writs (1-23 Eliz.) printed in Dugdale's Summonses. V.G.
