Francis (Darrell) Dayrell (1648 - 1675)

Born 1648 in Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Lewis) Carleton — married 24 Feb 1672 (to before 22 Jun 1675) in St Clement Danes, Middlesex, England

Died 22 Jun 1675 at about age 27 in Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, England

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Biography

Sir Francis Dayrell was a Lincoln's Inn lawyer, knighted by King Charles II, who died young of small pox at the age of 30. He had no sons, and both his daughters died in their infancy.

Birth and Parentage

Francis Dayrell was born at Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire in 1648, the second son of Sir Thomas Dayrell, of Lillingstone, Bucks, knight, and his wife, Sarah, daughter of Sir Hugh Wyndham, of Pilsden Court, Dorset. ^[1]He was christened in the parish church of Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, on 24 February 1648. The Find My Past transcription, which has 1645 (no original available) is probably an error. ^[2]

Sir Thomas had been an eminent lawyer and member of Lincoln's Inn, 'celebrated for his learning at the Bar' ^[3] Francis had a sister, Mary, who married Sir Henry St George, Garter King-at-Arms at Lillingstone Dayrell, on 15 May 1614. ^[3]and two brothers, Thomas, the oldest, who died of small pox aged 24, in 1664, Marmaduke, and Wyndham, who also died of small pox aged 21, in 1674.

Life and Career

Francis followed his father into the Law and was likewise admitted into Lincoln's Inn, on 8 May 1665, four years before his father died, aged 59, in 1669. ^[4]

Marriage and Family

Francis Dayrell was a bachelor, 24, living at Lincoln's Inn when he married Elizabeth, then 18, (so born in 1654) a spinster, one of the daughters of Edward Lewes of Van in the county of Glamorgan, Wales. Both her parents were already dead, and Elizabeth had the consent of her brother to marry. Her residence was in the parish of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Middlesex, and the wedding probably took place at St Clement Danes in London, on 24 February 1672.^[1][5][6]

Only five days after Francis's wedding, on the evening of February 1672, King Charles II visited Lincoln's Inn at the invitation of Sir Francis Goodricke, Lent Reader and Solicitor General to the Duke of York. ^[7]It was seen as an extraordinary honour, especially when Charles and his glittering attendants signed the admission book, in effect, making themselves honorary members of Lincoln's Inn. The King then knighted Mr Richard Stote and Mr Nicholas Pedley, Benchers (and former Lincoln's Inn Readers), James Butler, (an illegitimate son of James, duke of Ormonde), a barrister, and finally 'Mr Francis Darrell', then a mere student.

that soe every degree and order of the society might have a signall testimony of his majesties high favour... ^{[8][9][10][11]}

Francis and Elizabeth were living in London when their two daughters were born:

1. Elizabeth, (probably) bap. 16 Jul 1673 at St Clement Danes ^[12]
2. Mary (probably) bap. 26 Nov 1674, at St Clement Danes ^[13]

both of whom died in their infancy.^[1]

Death and Burial

In June 1674, Francis and Elizabeth entered into litigation against Philip (Wenman) Lord Wenman and others, in matters concerning property in Piddington and Brill, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire,^[14]and a year later, on 1 June 1675, their names both appear on a House of Lords document (Main Papers 259 - 291), titled Lewis' Bill.--Consent of Will. and Mary Jephson, Will. Morgan, Rich. Lewis, Francis and Eliz. Dayrell, and J. Daniell to the Bill. ^[15]

Not long afterwards, Francis, like his brothers Thomas and Wyndham before him, developed the dreaded signs of smallpox; high fever, head and body aches and vomiting. He may even have had the haemorraghic variety, which would have resulted in bleeding in the base of the pustules. Francis died on or shortly before 22 June 1675, (when he was buried near his father in the church of All Saints, 'Castle Camps' Cambridgeshire.^[1][16][17]A monument erected to the memory of his father can be seen in the church of St Mary and St John in Church Green, Hinxton, Saffron Walden, Cambridgeshire, CB10 1RS. It also contains details about Francis and the rest of his family.^[1][18]

He was succeeded by his brother Marmaduke. ^[19]

Elizabeth remarried in what might be seen as almost indecent haste, a mere six months later, to William Morgan, a Welsh landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England between 1659 and 1680.^[20]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} The Monument to Sir Thomas Dayrell, †1669 at Hinxton, Cambridgeshire. Retrieved from cms (Here;) Accessed 4 Jul 2023.
2. ↑ Francis Dayrell in 1645., Cambridgeshire Baptisms., Cambridgeshire, England Retrieved from fmp (Here;) Accessed 4 Jul 2023.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} The History of the Dayrells of Lillingstone Dayrell. Retrieved from robarts (Here;) Accessed 4 Jul 2023.
4. ↑ The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn; (1896)., Admissions Register Vol. 1 (1420-1799)., The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn. Retrieved from the Internet Archive (Here;) Accessed 4 Jul 2023.
5. ↑ Francis Dayrell in 1672., Britain, Marriage Licences., London, England., Retrieved from fmp (Here;) Accessed 4 Jul 2023.
6. ↑ Francis Daryell in 1672., Britain, Marriage Licences., England, (see orig, transcript). Retrieved from fmp (Here;) Accessed 4 Jul 2023.
7. ↑ The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn(February 2015), The Golden Book. Retrieved from li (Here;) Accessed 4 Jul 2023.
8. ↑ Pearce, Robert Richard., (Jan 1848)., A History of the Inns of Court and Chancery: With Notices of Their Ancient Discipline, Rules, Orders, and Customs, Readings, Moots, Masques, Revels, and Entertainments; Including an Account of the Eminent Men of the Four Learned and Honourable Societies,--Lincoln's Inn, the Inner Temple, the Middle Temple, and Gray's Inn, &c. (p.155)., London: Richard Bentley. Retrieved from Google e-Books (Here;) Accessed 4 Jul 2023.
9. ↑ Shaw, William Arthur., Burtchaell, George Dames., (1906)., The Knights of England. A complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of knights bachelors, incorporating a complete list of knights bachelors dubbed in Ireland. (Vol. 2. p.247)., London Sherratt and Hughes. Retrieved from the Internet Archive (Here;) Accessed 4 Jul 2023.
10. ↑ Retrieved from (Here;) Accessed 4 Jul 2023.
11. ↑ Le Neve, Peter.,(1873)., Le Neve's Pedigrees of the Knights Made by King Charles II., King James II., King William III. and Queen Mary, King William Alone, and Queen Anne. Pub: Harleian Society. Retrieved from Google e-Books (Here;) Accessed 4 Jul 2023.
12. ↑ Elizabeth in 1673., Westminster Baptisms., St Clement Danes, Middlesex, England Retrieved from fmp (Here;) Accessed 4 Jul 2023.
13. ↑ Mary in 1674., Westminster Baptisms., St Clement Danes, Middlesex, England. Retrieved from fmp (Here;) Accessed 4 Jul 2023.
14. ↑ The National Archives. Reference: C 5/470/85., Retrieved from tna (Here;) Accessed 5 Jul 2023.
15. ↑ Main Papers 259 - 291. Reference: HL/PO/JO/10/1/360., Retrieved from tna (Here;) Accessed 5 Jul 2023.
16. ↑ Francis Dayrell, burial Castle Camps, Cambs. 1765; Results for Parish Burials in Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records. Retrieved (sub needed) from fmp (Here;) Accessed 4 Jul 2023.
17. ↑ Sir; A Knight Francis Dayrell, 22 Jun 1675 in England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1538-1983. FamilySearch Online Database with Images, citing Burial, Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, England, Cambridge University Library, England; FHL microfilm. Retrieved from FamilySearch (Here;) Accessed 4 Jul 2023.
18. ↑ Le Neve, Gent., John., (1718)., Monumenta Anglicana: Being Inscriptions on the Monuments of Several Eminent Persons Deceased in Or Since the Year 1650, to the End of the Year 1679. Deduced Into a Series of Time by Way of Annals., Pub: W. Bowyer., Retrieved from Google e-Books (Here;) Accessed 4 Jul 2023.
19. ↑ Burke, Bernard., (1879)., A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, ( Vol. 1, p.440)., Dayrell of Shudy Camps., Pub: Harrison. Retrieved from Google e-Books (Here;) Accessed 4 Jul 2023.
20. ↑ Bradney, Joseph Alfred., (1994)., A history of Monmouthshire from the coming of the Normans into Wales down to the present time., Vol.4., p. 81)., Cardiff: Merton Priory. Retrieved from the Internet Archive (Here;) Accessed 5 Jul 2023.