Person:John Darcy (5)
Sir John Darcy, 1st Lord Darcy de Knayth
b.Abt 1280
d.15 Jun 1347
Parents and Siblings
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  • F.  Roger Darcy (add)
  • M.  Isabel D’Aton (add)
  1. Sir John Darcy, 1st Lord Darcy de KnaythAbt 1280 - 1347
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Sir John Darcy, 1st Lord Darcy de KnaythAbt 1280 - 1347
  • W.  Lady Joan de BurghAbt 1300 - 1359
  1. Elizabeth Darcy, Countess of Ormond1332 - 1390
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Sir John Darcy, 1st Lord Darcy de KnaythAbt 1280 - 1347
  • W.  Emmeline Silkstone (add)
  1. John Darcy, 2nd Lord Darcy de KnaythAbt 1317 - 1355/56
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Facts and Events
Name Sir John Darcy, 1st Lord Darcy de Knayth
Gender Male
Birth[2] Abt 1280
Marriage to Lady Joan de Burgh
Marriage to Emmeline Silkstone (add)
Death[1] 15 Jun 1347
Burial[2] Guisborough, Yorkshire, EnglandGisborough Priory
Reference Number? Q6228563?


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John D'arcy, 1st Baron D'arcy de Knayth (c. 1290 – 30 May 1347) was an English peer. He was created 1st Baron Darcy in 1317.

The son of Roger D'arcy and Isabel de Aton, he was born circa 1280, possibly at Knaith, Lincolnshire. Darcy became one of the most trusted advisors to Edward III of England and was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests in 1319, High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1323 and High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1327. He served as Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire in 1320. He was summoned to Parliament in 1331, 1333 and 1341 as "Johanni Darcy le Cosin".

In 1323 (until 1326), 1332 (until 1333) and again in 1340 (until 1344) he was chief governor of Ireland. In 1324, he presided at the trial of Alice Kyteler, the celebrated Witch of Kilkenny and her associates, and condemned several of them to death by burning. Alice herself, helped by her influential friends, escaped from prison and fled the country.

Darcy was named a Knight Bachelor in 1336.

He was steward to the king (1337–1340) and then chamberlain (1342–1346). An ambitious programme to reform the Irish administration produced little result, possibly because it was delegated to his Deputy, John Morice, a long serving and conscientious but not very competent civil servant.

In 1342, he joined the Earl of Northampton on an expedition to Flanders and on his return was made Constable of Nottingham Castle (1343–1344) and of the Tower of London (1345–1346). He took part in a number of wars against the Scots and French and fought at the Battle of Crecy in 1346, being sent home by the king to announce the victory in Parliament. He was created the first Lord Darcy of Knayth in 1332.

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References
  1. ↑ Sir John Darcy, 1st Lord Darcy de Knayth, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  3.   Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59)
    Volume 4 pages 54 and 55.
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