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Darcy of Chiche, Baron (E, 1551 - 1640)

Creation: 5 Apr 1551

Extinct: 21 Feb 1639/40

Family name: Darcy later Savage

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Arms:

Argent three Cinquefoils Gules

Crest:

A Demi Woman hair flowing proper vested Gules holding in the dexter hand three Roses Gules slipped and leaved Vert

Supporters:

Dexter:  A Goat Argent unguled tufted and horned Or; Sinister:  A Buck Ermine unguled and crined Or

Motto:

 Vertu Cerche Honneur

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Thomas [Darcy], 1st Baron Darcy of Chiche, KG

only son and heir of Sir Roger Darcy, of Danbury, co. Essex, Esquire of the Body to King Henry VIII, by his wife Elizabeth Wentworth, 2nd dau. by his first wife of Sir Henry Wentworth, de jure 4th Baron le Despencer

born

1506

mar.

Lady Elizabeth de Vere (bur. at St Osyth's Priory, co. Essex), 1st dau. of John [de Vere], 15th Earl of Oxford, by his second wife Elizabeth Trussell, sister and hrss. of John Trussell, of Kibblestone, co. Stafford, and dau. of Sir Edward Trussell, of Kibblestone, co. Stafford

children

1. Hon John Darcy, later 2nd Baron Darcy of Chiche

1. Hon Constance Darcy, mar. Edmund Pyrton, of Bentley

died

28 Jun 1558 (bur. at St Osyth's Priory, co. Essex)

created

5 Apr 1551 Baron Darcy of Chiche, of Chiche in the County of Essex

suc. by

son

note

knighted 1532; Master of the Artillery in the Tower of London, and Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to King Henry VIII 1545; Vice Chamberlain and Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard to King Edward VI 1550-51; Lord Chamberlain 1550/1-53; Knight of the Garter 1551; was one of the 26 Peers who signed the letters patent settling the Crown on Lady Jane Grey 1553

John [Darcy], 2nd Baron Darcy of Chiche

born

c. 1532

mar.

Hon Frances Rich (d. bef. 1580), 9th dau. of Richard [Rich], 1st Baron Rich, by his wife Elizabeth Jenks, dau. and hrss. of William Jenks, of London, grocer

children

1. Hon Thomas Darcy, later 3rd Baron Darcy of Chiche later 1st Viscount Colchester later 1st Earl Rivers

2. Hon John Darcy (d. unm.)

1. Hon Elizabeth Darcy (d. 2 Deb 1616/7; bur. at Cheam, co. Surrey), mar. 1582 as his second wife John [Lumley], 1st Baron Lumley

died

3 Mar 1580/1 (bur. at St Osyth's Priory, co. Essex)

suc. by

son

note

knighted at Queen Elizabeth I's Coronation 1558/9; admitted to Gray's Inn 1562/3; entertained Queen Elizabeth I at St Osyth's 1561 and 1579

Thomas [Darcy], 3rd Baron Darcy of Chiche later 1st Viscount Colchester later 1st Earl Rivers

born

c. 1565

mar.

bef. 20 Apr 1583 Mary Kitson (d. betw. 7 May and 28 Jun 1644; bur. in Trinity Church, Colchester, co. Essex), dau. and hrss. of Sir Thomas Kitson, of Hengrave, co. Suffolk, by his wife Elizabeth Cornwallis, dau. by his first wife of Sir Thomas Cornwallis, of Brome, co. Suffolk

children

1. Hon Thomas Darcy (dvp. and sp.), mar. ...... Percy (widow of Sir Alan Percy), dau. of Sir John Fitz, of Tavistock, co. Devon

1. Lady Elizabeth Darcy, a Lady of the Bedchamber, cr. 21 Apr 1641 suo jure Countess Rivers for life (b. 1581; d. 9 Mar 1650/1), mar. 14 May 1602 Thomas [Savage], 1st Viscount Savage, and had issue:

1a. Hon John Savage, later 2nd Viscount Savage later 2nd Earl Rivers

2a. Hon Thomas Savage, mar. Elizabeth Somerset (widow of Hon Sir Edward Somerset, 5th son of Edward [Somerset], 4th Earl of Worcester), dau. and cohrss. of William Whitmore, of Leighton, co. Cheshire, by his wife Margaret Beeston, sister and cohrss. of Sir George Beeston, of Beeston, co. Cheshire, and had issue:

1b. Darcy Savage, of Leighton, co. Cheshire, mar. and had issue:

2c. Bridget Savage, mar. Sir Thomas Mostyn, 2nd Bt. MP, of Mostyn, co. Flint, and had issue

3a. Hon Francis Savage (dsp.)

4a. Hon William Savage (dsp.)

5a. Hon James Savage (dsp.)

6a. Hon Richard Savage (dsp.)

7a. Hon Charles Savage, mar. and had issue:

1b. Mary Savage, mar. Jeremy Thoresby, of Leeds, co. York, and had issue

1a. Lady Jane Savage (d. bef. 16 Apr 1631), mar. aft. 18 Dec 1622 as his first wife John [Paulet], 5th Marquess of Winchester, and had issue

2a. Lady Dorothy Savage (d. 6 Dec 1691), mar. 10 Apr 1637 Charles [Howard], 2nd Earl of Berkshire, and had issue

3a. Lady Elizabeth Savage, mar. Sir John Thimbleby, of Irnham, co. Lincoln (b. 17 Jun 1603; d. 19 Dec 1661), and had issue

4a. Lady Anne Savage (d. 16 Jun 1696), mar. as his second wife Robert [Brudenell], 2nd Earl of Cardigan, and had issue

5a. Lady Catherine Savage, a nun

6a. Lady Henrietta Maria Savage, mar. Ralph Sheldon, of Becley

2. Lady Mary Darcy, mar. Roger Manwood, son of Sir Peter Manwood, of St Stephen's, Canterbury, co. Kent

3. Lady Penelope Darcy (d. 1661), mar. (1) Sir George Trenchard, of Wolverton, co. Dorset, (2) c. 28 Jun 1611 Sir John Gage, 1st Bt., of Firlie, co. Suffolk, and (3) 1642 as his second wife Sir William Hervey, of Ickworth, co. Suffolk, and had issue by her second husband

4. Lady Susan Darcy (d. unm.)

died

s.p.m.s. 21 Feb 1639/40 (bur. at St Osyth's, co. Essex)

created

5 Jul 1621 Viscount Colchester, for life, with reversion to "Thomas Savage, Knight and Baronet, one of the Gentlemen of the Chamber, husband of Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas, Lord Darcy, and to the heirs male of his body by the said Elizabeth"

4 Nov 1626 Earl Rivers, with remainder "to the heirs male of his body, with remainder to Thomas Savage, Knight and Baronet, and the heirs male of his body

suc. by

grandson

note

on 8 Oct 1613 his son-in-law, Sir Thomas Savage, obtained a "grant of the reversion of the dignity from the death of Thomas, the present Baron without heirs male of his body", with remainder to the heirs male of his own body by the said Elizabeth, his wife

On the death of the 1st Earl Rivers the Barony of Darcy of Chiche (cr. 1551) became extinct, but the Viscountcy of Colchester and the Earldom of Rivers, as well as the Barony of Darcy of Chiche (cr. in reversion 1613), passed to his grandson.

First written 7 Mar 2014

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