Dorothy (Melton) Darcy (abt. 1501 - 1557)

Born about 1501 in Aston, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of George Darcy — married 1521 in Aston, Yorkshire, England

Descendants

Died 21 Sep 1557 at about age 56 in England

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Biography

Dorothy Melton was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Father Sir John Melton b. c 1478, d. 26 Feb 1545
Mother Katherine Hastings b. c 1478

Dorothy Melton was born circa 1501 at of Aston, Yorkshire, England.^[1]

A contract for the marriage of Dorothy Melton and Sir George Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Aston was signed on 26 March 1521 at Aston, Yorkshire, England.

Dorothy Melton died on 21 September 1557.^[2]

Family

• Sir George Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Aston b. c 1497, d. 28 Aug 1558

Child

• Agnes Darcy b. c 1522, d. b 1574

Sources

1. ↑ The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. IV, p. 75-76
2. ↑ The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, by Vernon James Watney, p., 540

See also:

• Flower, William, The Visitations of Yorkshire in the Years 1563 and 1564 (London: Harleian Society, 1881.), pp. 92, 203
• Poulson, George, The History and Antiquities of the Seigniory of Holderness in the East-Riding of the County of York (Hull, England: R. Brown, 1840-1841. FHL BRITISH Film #1,696,594.), 2:199
• Marlyn_Lewis