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 CO n n CONYERS 407 Sir Thomas Fairfax, of Denton, co. York. She was hur. 11 May 1653, at Hornby. He ^. 3, and was i>ur. there 6 Mar. 1653/4, aged 83. V. 1654. 5. CoNYERS (Darcy), Lord Darcy [i344](*) and Lord Conyers [1509], s. and h. He was sum. to Pari, from 8 May (1661) 13 Car. II to i Mar. (1679/80) 32 Car. II, by writs directed Conyers Darcie de Darcie,(^') with, in the last two writs (7 Oct. 1678 and i Mar. 1679/80), the addition of the words '■'■ et MeynilV .' (f) On 5 Dec. 1682 he was cr. EARL OF HOLDERNESS within the parts of East Riding, co. York. He d. 14 June 1689. VI. 1680. 6. Conyers (Darcy), Lord Darcy (*) and Lord Conyers, s. and h. ap., who was sum. v.p.{^) in his father's Barony of Conyers [1509] i Nov. (1680) 32 Car. II, as Conyers Darcy de Conyers, and took his seat 2 days later.(°) On 14 June 1689 he j«c.his'father as EARL OF HOLDERNESS, fe'c. He d. 1692. VII. 1692. 7. Robert (Darcy), Earl of Holderness, Lord Darcy (*) and Lord Conyers, grandson and h., being s. and h. of John Darcy, s. and h. ap. of the last named Peer, who d. v.p. and before his father's accession to the Earldom, 7 June 1688. He d. 20 Jan. iiiiji. VIII. 1722. 8. Robert (Darcy), Earl of Holderness [1682], Lord Darcy [1344] and Lord Conyers [1509], s. and h. He d. s.p.m.s., 19 May 1778, aged 60, when the Earldom of Holderness became extinct, but the Barony of Darcy [1344] and the Barony of Conyers [cr. by the writ of 1 509] devolved as under. 00 a- to 2 S DC o t- o 00 w w o 3 (*) According to the decision, 29 Sep. 1903, as to that Barony. He never used this title, being unaware that he had any right thereto. V.G. C") He was given the old precedency in the Pari, of 1 661, being placed between Lord Dacre (1321) and Lord Stourton (1448), and in the Pari, of 1679 was placed between Lord Ferrers (1299) and Lord FitzWalter (1369). ("=) The Barony of Meynell, or Meinill, cr. by the writs of summons [1336-42], which, owing to absence of proof of sitting, is not considered to be a heritable dignity (see sub Meinill), has by some been held to have been vested in the Lords Darcy from 1342 to 141 8, and to have fallen into abeyance at the latter date between the families of Conyers and Strangeways. (See tabular pedigree sub Darcy). In 1644 Conyers Darcy represented the former coh. It was probably from an erroneous impression that the signed bill of 1 64 1 " restored " this Barony as well as that of Darcy, that the words were here inserted. ("*) This is the only instance of the s. and h. ap. of a Baron (possessing two Baronies) being sum. v.p. in one of his father's Baronies; a like summons, in the case of the s. and h. ap. of a Viscount, occurred in 1628, and in 1723. See ante, p. 401, note " a." See also vol. i. Appendix G. {^) House of Lords' Journals. He was allowed the precedency of 1509, being placed in the Pari, of 1685 between Lord Stourton (1448) and Lord Cromwell (1540).