Thomas Darcy, 1st Earl Rivers
The Earl Rivers | |
|---|---|
| 1st Earl Rivers | |
| Tenure | 1626–1640 |
| Successor | John Savage, 2nd Earl Rivers |
| Other titles | Viscount Colchester Baron Darcy of Chiche |
| Born | Thomas Darcy c. 1565 |
| Died | 25 February 1640 (aged 74–75) Winchester House, London |
| Buried | St Osyth, St Peter and St Paul church, Essex 51°47′55″N 1°04′38″E / 51.79863°N 1.07724°E |
| Nationality | English |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Kitson |
| Issue | Thomas Darcy Edward Darcy Elizabeth Darcy Mary Darcy Penelope Darcy Susan Darcy |
| Parents | John Darcy, 2nd Baron Darcy of Chiche Frances Rich |
Thomas Darcy, 1st Earl Rivers (c. 1565 – 25 February 1640) was an English peer and courtier in the reigns of Elizabeth I, James I and Charles I.
Early life
[edit]He was the son of John Darcy, 2nd Baron Darcy of Chiche* and Frances Rich. His grandfather was Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Chiche*, a supporter of Lady Jane Grey.[1] He succeeded to his father's title as 3rd Baron Darcy of Chiche* in March 1581. In 1613, he obtained a new grant of the Barony of Darcy of Chiche* with a special remainder, on the failure of his male issue, to his son-in-law, Sir Thomas Savage, and his heirs. He attended the courts of Elizabeth I and James I, and was created Viscount Colchester in the Peerage of England on 5 July 1621.[2] During the reign of Charles I, Darcy was further honoured when he was made Earl Rivers on 4 November 1626.[2] Both of these titles were created with the special remainder to Sir Thomas Savage and his heirs.[3]
*Chiche was the old name for St Osyth, Essex.
Marriage and children
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Earl Rivers married Mary Kitson, a daughter of Sir Thomas Kitson, and by her had issue:[4]
- Thomas Darcy (d. 1614). He was a page to Prince Henry and performed at the tournament Prince Henry's Barriers in January 1610.[5][6]
- Elizabeth Darcy (1581–1651), married Thomas Savage, 1st Viscount Savage and had issue, including John Savage, 2nd Earl Rivers[7]
- Mary Darcy (d. 31 July 1627), married in 1615, Roger Manwood (1591–1623), without issue[8]
- Penelope Darcy (d. 1661), a noted recusant, married firstly, 11 June 1610, as his second wife, Sir George Trenchard (c.1575–1610) of Wolveton,[9] secondly, in 1611, Sir John Gage, 1st Baronet, by whom she had issue,[10] and thirdly, Sir William Hervey in 1642[11]
- Susan Darcy, died unmarried
Death and succession
[edit]The Earl died on 25 February 1640 at Winchester House, near Broad Street, London and was buried with his ancestors at St Osyth, Essex.[2] He was succeeded in his titles, except for the original barony of Darcy of Chiche of 1581, by his grandson, John Savage, 2nd Earl Rivers.[2]
An inventory was made of the goods of Mary Countess-Dowager Rivers on 28 June 1644. The furnishings are listed in the rooms of an unnamed house, not St Osyth's Priory.[12]
Notes
[edit]- ^ F. G. Emmison, Elizabethan Life: Wills of Essex Gentry and Merchants (Chelmsford, 1978), p. 8.
- ^ a b c d Cokayne XI 1949, p. 25.
- ^ Collins IX 1812, pp. 400–401.
- ^ Burke 1866, pp. 156–157.
- ^ John Gage, History and Antiquities of Hengrave (London, 1822), pp. 221-2.
- ^ Norman Egbert McClure, Letters of John Chamberlain, vol. 1 (Philadelphia, 1939), p. 293
- ^ Cokayne XI 1949, p. 458.
- ^ Moseley & Thrush 2010.
- ^ Hasler 1981.
- ^ Gage 1822, pp. 238–239.
- ^ Ferris & Sgroi 2010.
- ^ HMC 1 1913, pp. 35–51.
References
[edit]- Boothman, Lyn; Parker, Richard Hyde (2006). Savage Fortune: An Aristocratic Family in the Early Seventeenth Century. Suffolk Records Society. Vol. 49. Woodbridge: Boydell; Suffolk Records Society. ISBN 1843831996.
- Burke, Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, By Sir Bernard Burke, LL.D., Ulster King of Arms (New ed.). London: Harrison.
- Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1844). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland (2nd ed.). London: John Russell Smith.
- Cokayne, G. E. (1949). White, Geoffrey H. (ed.). The Complete Peerage; or, a History of the House of Lords and all its Members from the Earliest Times. Vol. XI. London: St Catherine Press.
- Collins, Arthur; Brydges, Egerton (1812). Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Historical, and Biographical; Greatly Augmented, and Continued to the Present Time by Sir Egerton Brydges, K. J. Vol. IX (6th ed.). London: F. C. and J. Rivington, and others.
- Ferris, John P.; Sgroi, Rosemary (2010). "Hervey, Sir William II (1586-1660), of Ickworth, Suff.". In Thrush, Andrew; Ferris, John P. (eds.). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629. historyofparliamentonline.org.
- Gage, John (1822). The History and Antiquities of Hengrave, in Suffolk. London: James Carpenter.
- Hasler, P.W. (1981). "Trenchard, George II (c.1575-1610), of Wolveton, Dorset and London". In Hasler, P.W. (ed.). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603. historyofparliamentonline.org.
- Historical Manuscripts Commission (1913). Report on the Manuscripts of Allan George Finch, Esq., of Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland. Vol. 1. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office.
- Kyle, Chris (2010). "Savage, John (1603-1654), of Rock Savage, Cheshire". In Thrush, Andrew; Ferris, John P. (eds.). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629. historyofparliamentonline.org.
- Moseley, Virginia C.D.; Thrush, Andrew (2010). "Manwood, Roger (1591-1623), of Hackington, Kent". In Thrush, Andrew; Ferris, John P. (eds.). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629. historyofparliamentonline.org.
- Walter, John (3 January 2008). "Savage [née Darcy], Elizabeth, suo jure Countess Rivers". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/69349. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)