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 6o DARCY 1341. He m., 2ndly (disp. from the Bishop of Lincoln, 7 Jan. i344/5),(') Elizabeth, da. and h.C") of Sir Nicholas de Menille, of Whorlton in Cleveland [Lord Menille], by Alice, da. of Sir William de Ros, of Helmsley, co. York [Lord Ros]. The King took his fealty, and they had livery of her lands, 10 Oct. 1348. (') On 22 Apr. 1353 he received a pardon for all homicides, felonies, robberies, &'c., for all oppressions by colour of any office he had held, for all trespasses of vert and venison, and of any consequent outlawries, and for all arrears and debts. ('^) He ^. 5 Mar. 1355/6, at Notton, co. York,('^) and was l?ur. in Guisborough Priory. His widow, the King having taken her homage and fealty, had livery of Whorlton, is'c, i May,(') and her dower was ordered to be assigned, 4 July 1356.^) She ;«., before 18 Nov. I356(^) (pardon for marrying without lie, 30 Oct. I357),0 as ist wife. Sir Piers de Mauley, /e sisme, of Mulgrave, co. York [Lord Mauley]. Her dower was again ordered to be assigned, [L] 30 (Dct. 1357 and [E.] 20 June 1358.0 She, who was /». 15 Oct. 1 33 1, at Whorlton, and /?ap. there,(^) J. 9 July 1368, (') Papal mandate to the Bishop of Lincoln, dated iv non. Oct. 3 Clement VI [4 Oct. 1344], correcting a former mandate, dated x kal. Aug. i Clement VI [23 July 1342] on a petition by John Darcy, baron, and Chamberlain to the King, on behalf of his son, Sir John Darcy, and Elizabeth da. of the late Sir Nicholas de Menille, to issue a dispensation that they might intermarry, although the said Elizabeth, and Alianore, Inte the wife of the said John Darcy the son, and da. of the late Robert de Holand, were related in both the 3rd and 4th degrees. {Papal Petitiom^ vol. i, pp. I, 78: Papal Letters^ vol. iii, pp. 87, 165). Letters patent from the Bishop, granting the dispensation, dated at Liddington, vii id. Jan. 1344. (Lincoln Reg., vol. vii, ff. 65 v-66). The marriage of Elizabeth had been granted to John Darcy le fitz, 21 Nov. 1 34 1. {Patent Roll, 15 Edw. Ill, p. 3, m. 4). (•>) She was also heir to any Barony of Menille that may be held to have existed. (■=) Close Roll, 22 Edw. Ill, p. 2, m. 18: Patent Roll, 27 Edw. Ill, p. 1, m. 4, p. 2, m. 3. {^) "Joliannes Darcy de Knayth'." Writs of diem cl. ext. 12 Mar. 30 Edw. in England and 17 in France. Inq., cos. Derby, Lincoln, York, Saturday after St. Edward [19 Mar.] 1355/6, and Thursday and Saturday before Palm Sunday [14, 16 Apr.] 1356. " Et quod idem Johannes obiit apud Notton' die sabati proximo post festum sancti Cedde [obiit v'° die M.ircii — cos. Lincoln, Fori] ultimo preterite Et quod Johannes filius ejus propinquior heres ejus est et quod fuit etatis quinque annorum ad festum nat' sancti Johannis Baptiste ultimo preterite [et etatis quinque annorum et amplius — co. yori]." Inq., Northumberland, 27 Apr. 1356, damaged [an abstract — with date of death 5 Mar., h. aged 5| — is in Lans- downe MSS., no. 207 a, f. 65 v]. (Ch. Ing. p. ?n., Edw. Ill, file 133, no. 31). (') Close Roll, 30 Edw. Ill, mm. 17, 15: Patent Rolls, 30 Edw. Ill, A 3, m. i5d; 31 Edw. Ill, p. 3, ";. II. (') Close Rolls, 31 Edw. Ill, m. 6; 32 Edw. Ill, m. 19. She presumably ;». Piers before her dower had been assigned in pursuance of the order of 4 July 1356. (*) Writ de etate probanda 9 Feb. 22 Edw. in England and 9 in France. " Probacio etatis Elizabethe filie et heredis Nichoiai de Menill' defuncti . . . quam Johannes Darcy dc Knayth' duxit in uxorem," York, Tuesday in tlie ist week ot Lent [11 Mar.] 1347/8. ". . . cadem Eiizabetha nata fuit apud Wherleton' in