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 52 DARCY took his homage and he had livery of the manor of Scottlethorpe, co. Lincoln, as h. to his uncle, Thomas Darcy.C) Constable of Durham Castle in I30i.('') He was sent to the Tower till further orders, i June 1306, having been convicted of divers trespasses. ("=) He was sum. for Military Service from 15 May (1297) 25 Edw. I to 5 Apr. (1327) i Edw. Ill, to attend the King at Salisbury, 26 Jan. (1296/7) 25 Edw. I, to Councils from May (1324) 17 Edw. II to 15 June (1328) 2 Edw. Ill, and to Parl.C^) from 29 Dec. (1299) 28 Edw. I to II Dec. (1332) 6 Edw. Ill, by writs directed Philippo Darcy, whereby he is held to have become LORD DARCY.C) He joined the contrariants, and was with his son, Norman, at the battle of Boroughbridge, 16 Mar. 1321/2, where they were taken prisoners, that day or the next; he was then a banneret. He was released from prison at York, together with his son, 12 Apr. 1 322,(^3 and had pardon and livery of his lands, 16 Aug. i322.('') He d. shortly before 24 Nov. 1333.Q 2. Sir Norman Darcy, of Nocton and Cawkwell, s. and h. He was at the battle of Boroughbridge, being taken prisoner, and released 12 Apr. 1322, as mentioned above. His lands in Cawkwell were restored to him, (*) Ch. Inq. p. m., Edw. I, file 92, no. 5: Fine Roll, 27 Edw. I, m. 20. (*") Coram Rege, Trinity, 29 Edw. I, ot. 57 d. (■=) Close Roll, 34 Edw. I, m. II. In 1314/5 the Prior of Nocton lodged a complaint against him. (Petition on Pari. Rolls, vol. i, p. 314: Patent Roll, 8 Edw. II, p. 2, m. 29 d). {^) He was sum. to the Pari, held at Lincoln in 29 Edw. I, but did not take part in the Barons' Letter to the Pope. (*) As to the writ of 1296/7 see Preface, and as to how far these early writs of summons did in fact create any peerage dignity, see Appendix A in the last volume. (*) Roll printed in Pari. IVr'tts, vol. ii, part ii, appendix, p. 200. He is, how- ever, there incorrectly included among those who were " treynez et penduz." (6) Their persons were granted to Philip's brothers, Robert and John, and to John Darcy le cosyn {Patent Roll, 15 Edw. II, p. 2, m. 18), all three of whom had been active on behalf of the King. These two younger brothers of Philip were: (l) Robert, of Great Sturton, co. Lincoln, who obtained the manors of Dunston and Stallingborough from his father, Norman, m. Joan, da. of Thomas fitz Eustace, of Caswick and Woolsthorpe, co. Lincoln, and d. in 1342/3, leaving a da. and h., Margaret, wife of John d'Argentine; see Argentine: (2) John, called le frcre, and Punch (in contradistinction to John Darcy, le ncveu, with whom, however, Dugdale has confused him), who was du Park' {i.e. Coningsby Park), and by his wife, Pernell, was father of John, father of John, both of Coningsby, the latter of whom was dead in 1359, leaving a widow, Alice. {Patent Rolls, 22 Edw. I, m. 28; 31 Edw. I, m. 28; 6 Edw. Ill, p. I, !n. II; 33 Edw. Ill, p. I, m. 13: Close Rolls, 23 Edw. I, m. 10; 24 Edw. I, m. 8 : De Banco, Trinity, 25 Edw. I, no. 1 1 9, ot. 122: feet of Fines, case 135, file 77, no. 14; case 138, file loi, nos. 19, 38: Ch. Inq. p. m., Edw. Ill, file 70, no. 3). (••) Ch. Privy Seals, I, file 119, no. 6173: Close Roll, 16 Edw. II, /;;. 26; c/. I Edw. Ill, p. I, mm. 22, 21. (') Writ ui diem cl. ext. 24 Nov. {Fine Roll, 7 Edw. Ill, m. 3).