John Darcy (bef. 1404 - 1458)

Born before 13 Nov 1404 in Temple Hirst, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Joan (Greystoke) Darcy — married about 1424 in England

Descendants

Died 27 Apr 1458 after age 53 in England

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Biography

John was the second son of John Darcy, 5th Lord Darcy of Knaith and 4th Lord Meinell, and Margaret Grey.^[1] His proof of age indicates that he was baptised on 13 November (the feast day of St Brice/Bricius) at Temple Hirst, Yorkshire.^[2] Inquisitions Post Mortem for his older brother Phillip Darcy, 6th Lord Darcy of Knaith, suggest that he was likely to have been born in about 1404,^[3][4] the year suggested by Douglas Richardson.^[1] (See Research Notes.)

He married Joan Greystoke, daughter of John Greystoke, 4th Lord Greystoke, and Elizabeth Ferrars, eldest daughter and co-heiress of Robert Ferrers, 2nd Lord Ferrers of Wem.^[1][5][6][7] They married, probably about 1424, without a license because Darcy had not yet reached his majority, and he did not receive a pardon for this offense until October, 1427, when he paid 200 marks to obtain it.^[8][9][10] There were at least eight children from this marriage:

• Richard Darcy, Knt;^[11] b. c1425;^[12] m. c1449 Eleanor le Scrope;^[13][14] d. bef. 1 June 1454^[13][15]
• Phillip Darcy^[1][16]
• John Darcy^[1][16]
• Thomas Darcy^[1][16]
• George Darcy^[1][16]
• Elizabeth Darcy^[1][16]
• Jane (or Joan) Darcy; m. John Beaumont, Esq. of Cole Orton (Hunter)^[14][17]
• Eleanor Darcy^[1][16]

John Darcy died in 1454^[1] and was succeeded by his grandson, Sir William Darcy.^[8] His widow married (second) William Stoke, Knt., by dispensation dated 27 April 1458,^[14] and was still living in 1471/2.^[1]

Research Notes

Birth Year

On 15 January 1428 there was a proof of age for John which gave his age as 21 and more,^[2] suggesting a possible birth year of about 1407. Inquisitions Post Mortem for John's brother Philip (who died on 2 August 1418) found John to be his next heir male (though Philip's two daughters were his direct heirs), and several give his age on the date of the Inquisitions. They point to a birth date of probably about 1404:

• An IPM held at Calais on 20 August 1419 says he was then age 14 and more.^[3]
• IPMs held at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland on 21 September 1419 and at Thirsk, Yorkshire on 3 October 1419^[4] say he was then age 15 and more.^[3]
• An IPM held at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire on 17 October 1420 says he was then age [16] and more: the age is square-bracketed, indicating uncertainty (possibly because of difficulty in deciphering the original record), in the transcript on the Mapping-the-Medieval-Countryside website).^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), vol.3, pp. 541-542 LAUNCE 15. John Darcy.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} University of Winchester/King's College London, 2014. Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online], Proof of age for John brother of Philip Darcy, knight, son of John, Lord Darcy 1428, accessed: 16 November 2020
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} University of Winchester/King's College London, 2014. Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online], IPMs for Philip Darcy, Knight, son and heir of John Darcy, deceased, accessed 24 May 2023
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Baildon, William Paley (ed). Inquisitions post mortem relating to Yorkshire. (Yorkshire Archaelogical Society records #59) (1918), p. 157
5. ↑ Jacobus, Donald L. The Darcy Ancestry of Mrs. John Sherman. The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), vol. 21 (1944), p. 173, available here by subscription.
6. ↑ Flower, William. Visitation of Yorkshire 1563-1564. London: Mitchell and Hughes (1881), pp. 91- 92
7. ↑ Banks, Thomas C. Baronies in Fee. Ripon: Wm. Harrison (1844), vol. 1, pp. 178-179.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Verduyn, Anthony. Darcy Family. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online edition (23 Sep 2004), available here by subscription.
9. ↑ Waters, Robert E.C. Chester of Chicheley. London: Robson & Sons (1878), vol. 2, p. 664.
10. ↑ Ord, J.W. The History and Antiquities of Cleveland... London: Simpkin and Marshall (1846), p. 446.
11. ↑ Brydges, Sir Egerton. Collins Peerage of England. London: T. Bensley (1812), vol. 9, p. 471
12. ↑ Jacobus, Donald L. The Darcy Ancestry of Mrs. John Sherman. The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), vol. 21 (1944), p. 173, available here by subscription.
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), vol.3, p. 542 LAUNCE 16. Richard Darcy
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1 14.2} Clay, John William. Extinct and Dormant Peerages of the Northern Counties of England. London: J Nisbet & Co. (1913), p. 42.
15. ↑ Fisher, John. History and Antiquities of Masham and Mashamshire. London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. (1865), p. 238.
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5} Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), vol. 3, p. 4, LAUNCE 9. John Darcy, Google Books
17. ↑ Thoresby, Ralph. Ducatus Leodiensus. London: Maurice Atkins (1816), p. 226

See Also:

• Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica. London: J.B. Nichols (1843), vol. 8, pp. 160-161.

• Dugdale, William. The Baronage of England after the Roman Conquest. London: Tho. Newcomb (1675), "d'Arcie," p. 374.

• Hodgson, John C. A History of Northumberland. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: A. Reid, Sons, and Co. (1893), vol 5, p. 411.

• Page, William (ed). Victoria County History: Hertford. London (1912), vol. 3, p. 451, available at British History Online.

• Poulson, George. History and Antiquities of the seigniory of Holderness. London: W. Pickering (1840), vol. 2, pp. 200-201

• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), vol.2, pp. 389-391 DARCY 14. John Darcy.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was developed for the Magna Carta Project on 23 May 2023 by Jen Hutton and review for the Project by Michael Cayley on 24 May 2023.

John Darcy is in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Mary Launce to Magna Carta Surety Baron Robert de Ros (Magna Carta Ancestry, vol. III, pages 4-10 LAUNCE). This trail, set out HERE, was badged in July 2023.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".