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Darcy, Thomas (1467 - 1537)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1467-05
Death Date: 1537-06-30

Notes

Attainted and beheaded for treason for his role in the Pilgrimage of Grace

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Tempest, Dousabella ( - 1499)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Sandys, Edith ( - 1529)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1499
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Possibly married 1500

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 1st Baron Darcy (of Darcy or of Temple Hurst)

Titles

  • 1st Baron Darcy (of Darcy or of Temple Hurst)
    Assumed: 1509-10-17 (date summoned to parliament by this title)
    Vacated: 1537-06-30
  • Knight
    Assumed: 1498
    Vacated: 1537-06-30

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Privy Councillor, England
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: West Riding 1495
Capt, Northumberland 1498 1509 probably surrendered office in this year Part of the Marches towards Scotland
Constable, Porter, Receiver & Steward, Northumberland 1498 -6 -8
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1498
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1498
Constable & Steward, Yorkshire: North Riding 1500 1501 -09 -8
Chamberlain & Treasurer, Northumberland 1501 -9 -10
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1501 1502
JP, Northumberland 1502
Receiver General, Derbyshire 1503 -6 -12
Receiver General, Durham 1503 -6 -12
Receiver General of Customs, Northumberland 1503 -6 -12
Receiver General of Customs, Newcastle upon Tyne 1503 -6 -12
Receiver General of Customs, Yorkshire 1503 -6 -12
Reciever General, Yorkshire 1503 -6 -12
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1504
JP, Northumberland 1504
Steward, Northumberland 1505 -6 -6
Steward, Yorkshire: North Riding 1505 -6 -6
Steward, Durham 1505 -6 -6
Warden General, Marches towards Scotland, East March 1505 -9 -1
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1506 1508
JP, Northumberland 1506
Commissioner of Array, Northumberland 1509
Vice-chamberlain of the Household, England 1509
Warden & Chief Justice in Eyre, North of Trent 1509 -6 -11
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: West Riding 1511
Commissioner of Array, Northumberland 1511
Commissioner of Musters, Devon 1511
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1511 1512
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1511 1512
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1511 1514
Warden General, Marches towards Scotland, East March 1511 -10 -20
Warden General, Marches towards Scotland, Middle March 1511 -10 -20
Commissioner of Musters, Yorkshire 1512
Commissioner of Musters, Northumberland 1512
JP, Northumberland 1512
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1514
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1514
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1521
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1525
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1525
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1525
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1528
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1528
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1529 1530
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1530
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1530
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1532
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1532
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1532
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1536
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1536

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Temple Hirst, Yorkshire: West Riding
    Patrimony
  • Temple Newsam, Yorkshire: West Riding

Lands

  • Lincolnshire
  • Yorkshire: West Riding

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Newcastle upon Tyne (Unknown), Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) Lord Darcy's Bearward
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Darcy's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Lord Darcy's Minstrels
Performance - Town Hall, Grimsby, Lincolnshire Lord Darcy's Minstrels
Performance - Town Hall, Grimsby, Lincolnshire Lord Darcy's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Darcy's Minstrels Darcy, Thomas (1467 - 1537) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Darcy's Minstrels Darcy, Thomas (1467 - 1537) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Darcy's Minstrels Darcy, Thomas (1467 - 1537) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Darcy's Minstrels Darcy, Thomas (1467 - 1537) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Darcy's Bearward Darcy, Thomas (1467 - 1537) Performing Animals 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VII [1485–1509]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1914--16
  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509--47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864--1932
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.