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 22 DARCY. Cholmondeley. He in. fourthly Elizabeth, (coheir to her brother John West), (la. of William West of Tirbeck, co. York. He d. .i.p. 5 July ltilio when the Barony of Darcy as restored in 15-18 became extinct {') by fuilure oi the issue male of the restored Lord. His widow m. the Hou. Sir Francis Fane, K.B.. and </. 1619. DARCY OF CHICHE. Barony. i. « Thojlas Dabot, Knt, Viee-Ch.imberlain of the t i = i Household, Captain of the Royal Guard and a Knight," was, 5 April 1551, cr. "BARON DARCY OF CHICHE, co. Earex'W He was only s. and h. of Roger Darcy, (Esquire of the body to Henry VII), by Elizabeth, was 4. 150(3 ; sue. his father, Sep. 150S, was Knighted at Calais, 1 Nov. 1532: was Master of the Artillery in the Tower of London, and Gent, of the Privy Chamber to Hen. VIII, in 1545, ami, being Vice-Chamberlain to Edward VI, was raised to the Peerage as above. He was a few months later el. 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.( c ) lie m. Elizabeth, da. of John (de Vere 15th Earl ok Oxford, by Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir Edward Trisseel. He d. at Wyvenhoe, 28 June 1558 and was bur. (as was his wife) at St. Osyth's Priory, Essex. "Will pr. 14 March 1560/1. II. 155S. ft John (Darcy), Baron Darcy of Chiche, only s. and h., sum. to Par)., 23 Jany. (1558/9), 1 Eliz., &c. He entertained the Queen at St. Osyths, July 1561 and Aug. 1579. He accompanied the Earl of Essex into Ireland. He ,a. Frances, da. of Richard (Rich), Baron Ricu of Leeze (Lord Chancellor), by Elizabeth, sister of William Jesks. He d. a widower, 3 March 1580/1, and was bur. at St. Osyths. Will pr. 1581. III. 11581, 3. and 2. Thomas (Darcy), Baron Darcy of Chiche, s. to and h., b. about 1565. He NU, April 15S3, Mary, da. and h. of Sir 1 640. Thomas Kitson, of Hengrave, Suffolk, by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Cor.vwali.is. His only s. and h. an, (Thomas Darcy), Barony. having d. s.p. in his lifetime, his son-in-law Sir Thomas Savage, I 1613 husband of his 1st da. Elizabeth, obtained 8 Oct. 1613, a " grant of the rcversicn of the dignity [of Baron Darcy of Chiche] from the death of Thomas, the present Baron without heirs male of his body,"( b ) with rem. to the heirs male of his 'own body by the said Elizabeth, his wife. On 5 July 1621, "Thomas, Lord Darcy, Baron of Chiche," was cr. "VISCOUNT COLCHESTER, co, Essex, for life [sic], with reversion to Thomas Savage, Knt. and Bart., one of the Gentlemen of the Chamber, husbaud of Elizabeth, da. of Thomas, Lord Darcy, and to the heirs male of his body by the said Elizabeth,"( b ) and finally the said Viscount was or. 4 Nov. 1626, EARL RIVERS, with rem. "to the heirs male of his body, with rem. to Thomas Savage Knt. and Bart and the heirs male of his body,"( b ) the said Thomas Savage being himself cr., at the same date, Viscount Savage. He d., s.p.m.s., 21 Feb. 1639/40 in London when the Barony of Darcy of Chiche (cr. 1551) became extinct. He was bur. at St. Osyth's. Will dat. 14 March 1635, pr. 25 Feb. 1639/40. His widow was bur. in Trinity Church, Colchester. Will dat. 7 May and pr. 16 Nov. 1644. II. 1640. $. John (Savage), Earl Rivers [1626] Viscount Colchester [1621] Viscocnt Savage [1626] and Baron Daroy op Chiche [1613] grandson and h. being s. and h. of Thomas, 1st Viscount Savage, by Elizabeth, 1st da. and coheir of Thomas fDarcy) Earl Rivers, Viscount Colchester and Baron Darcy of Chiche, next above named. Having sue. his father, 20 Nov. 1635, in the Viscouutcy of Savage, he sue. his maternal grandfather in the other dignities according to the spec, limitations of the same. These continued united till their extinction, See "Rivers " Earldom, cr. 1626 ; ex. 1728. ( a ) Any right that could accrue to the heir yeneral, under the restoration of 1548, as also the right to the original Barony of Darcy, by writ 1509, subject to the reversal of the attainder thereof in 1538, vests in the descendants of Anne, wife of Henry Savile of Copley, co. York. Her representatives (thro' the family of Howard) are (1) Lord Mowbray, Segrave and Stourton, and (2) Lord Petre. See the descent in Banks' " Bar. Any. Cone." Vol. i. p. 181. Sec also pedigree, p. 23, note " a." ( b ) See " Creations, 1483-1646," in ap. 47th Rep. D.K. Pub. Records. (') See a list of these sub " Derdy," Earldom of, 1521-72.