Sir
George
"1st Baron Darcy of Aston"
Darcy
Born about in Aston, Yorkshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Darcy KG
and Dowsabel (Tempest) Darcy
Husband of
Dorothy (Melton) Darcy
— married
1521 in Aston, Yorkshire, England
Descendants 
Father of
Edith (Darcy) Dawnay, Agnes (Darcy) Fairfax, Dorothy (Darcy) Metham, John Darcy, Elizabeth (Darcy) Stapleton and Mary (Darcy) Babington
Died
at about age 67
in County Meath, Ireland
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Aug 2010
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Biography
Sir George Darcy was a member of the aristocracy in England.
Sir George Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Aston was likely born about 1491, based on his parents marriage in 1490, at Aston, Yorkshire, England. He died on 28 August 1557/8.[1][2]
Parents
- Father Sir Thomas Darcy, Lord of Darcy, Constable of Bamburgh Castle, Captain & Treasurer of Berwick b. c 1467, d. 30 Jun 1537
- Mother Dowsabel Tempest b. c 1462, d. b 7 Dec 1499
Marriage
A contract for the marriage of Sir George Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Aston and Dorothy Melton (b. c 1501 - d. 21 Sep 1557) was signed 26 March 1521 at Aston, Yorkshire. Their children are:
- William Darcy (dvp.)
- Thomas Darcy (dvp.)
- William Darcy (dvp.)
- Hon John Darcy, later 2nd Baron Darcy of Aston
- Hon George Darcy
- Hon Agnes Darcy (b. c 1522, d. b 1574), mar. as his first wife Sir William Fairfax MP, of Walton and Gilling Castle, co. York, High Sheriff of Yorkshire 1577 (d. 1 Nov 1597), 1st son and heir of Sir Nicholas Fairfax MP, of Walton and Gilling Castle, co. York, by his first wife Jane Palmes, dau. of Guy Palmes, of Lindley, co. York
- Hon Edith Darcy, mar. Sir Thomas Dawnay, of Cowick, co. York
- Hon Dorothy Darcy (bur. 26 dec 1553), mar. Sir Thomas Metham, of Metham, co. York, and had issue
- Hon Clare Darcy (d. after 1558)
- Mary Darcy (b. abt. 1537; age 4 in 1541),[2] mar. (1) 1560 Henry Babington, of Dethick, co. York, and (2) Henry Foljambe, of Barlborough, co. York
- Hon Elizabeth Darcy, mar. Brian Stapleton, of Carlton, co. York
Will
Sir George Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Aston left a will on 15 August 1558.
Sources
- ↑ The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. IV, p. 75-76.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Furnivall, 1897.[1]
- Burke, B. (1866). "George Darcy," in a Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. Google Books.[2]
- Furnivall, F.J. (1897). Child-marriages, Divorces, and Ratifications &c. in the Diocese of Chester, A.D. 1561-6, pp. xxiv. Google Books.[3]
- Darcy of Aston, Baron (E, 1548 - 1635) Cracroft's Peerage
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Categories: Aston, Yorkshire
Marlyn Lewis.
Tudor Place bio.
Leigh Rayment calls him 2nd Lord Darcy de Darcy.
His dates for this line are different than ours.
Explanation of the difference of opinion here
Cracroft's Peerage.
ThePeerage.com distinguishes D'Arcy and Darcy and has him twice
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