Paternal Family Tree: Darcy
In or before 1280 [his father] Roger Darcy [aged 17] and [his mother] Isabel Aton [aged 17] were married.
Around 1280 John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth was born to Roger Darcy [aged 18] and Isabel Aton [aged 18] at Knayth.
Around 1281 [his mother] Isabel Aton [aged 19] died at Knayth.
On 16th August 1312 Thomas Fitzgerald 2nd Earl of Kildare and [his future wife] Joan Burgh Countess Kildare [aged 12] were married at Greencastle, County Down. She by marriage Countess Kildare. She the daughter of Richard "Red Earl" Burgh 2nd Earl of Ulster [aged 53] and Margaret Burgh Countess Ulster. He the son of John Fitzgerald 1st Earl of Kildare [aged 62] and Blanche La Roche Countess Kildare [aged 57].
In or before 1317 John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth [aged 36] and Emmeline Heron Countess Kildare were married.
In 1317 [his son] John Darcy 2nd Baron Darcy of Knayth was born to John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth [aged 37] and [his wife] Emmeline Heron Countess Kildare. He married 7th January 1345 Elizabeth Meinhill Baroness Darcy Knayth and Haversham and had issue.
In 1317 John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth [aged 37] was created 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth. [his wife] Emmeline Heron Countess Kildare by marriage Baroness Darcy of Knayth.
In 1319 John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth [aged 39] was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.
In 1319 John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth [aged 39] was appointed High Sheriff of Derbyshire.
In 1323 John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth [aged 43] was appointed High Sheriff of Lancaster.
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In 1327 John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth [aged 47] was appointed High Sheriff of Yorkshire.
On 9th July 1328 [his wife] Emmeline Heron Countess Kildare died.
After 9th July 1328 John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth [aged 48] and Joan Burgh Countess Kildare [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Baroness Darcy of Knayth. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of Richard "Red Earl" Burgh 2nd Earl of Ulster and Margaret Burgh Countess Ulster.
In or after 1329 [his son] Henry Darcy was born to John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth [aged 49] and [his wife] Joan Burgh Countess Kildare [aged 29].
On 7th July 1329 [his step-son] Richard Fitzgerald 3rd Earl of Kildare [aged 12] died. His brother Maurice [aged 11] succeeded 4th Earl Kildare.
On 3rd April 1332 [his daughter] Elizabeth Darcy Countess Ormonde was born to John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth [aged 52] and [his wife] Joan Burgh Countess Kildare [aged 32] at Platten, County Meath. She married 15th May 1346 her third cousin James Butler 2nd Earl Ormonde, son of James Butler 1st Earl Ormonde and Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde, and had issue.
In 1343 [his father] Roger Darcy [aged 81] died in Stallingborough.
In 1343 John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth [aged 63] was appointed Constable of Nottingham Castle.
In 1345 John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth [aged 65] was appointed Constable of the Tower of London.
Around 7th January 1345 [his son] John Darcy 2nd Baron Darcy of Knayth [aged 28] and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Meinhill Baroness Darcy Knayth and Haversham [aged 13] were married.
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On 15th May 1346 [his son-in-law] James Butler 2nd Earl Ormonde [aged 14] and Elizabeth Darcy Countess Ormonde [aged 14] were married at Ormond, County Tipperary. She by marriage Countess Ormonde. She the daughter of John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth [aged 66] and Joan Burgh Countess Kildare [aged 46]. He the son of James Butler 1st Earl Ormonde and Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde [aged 41]. They were third cousins. He a great grandson of King Edward I of England.
On 26th August 1346 the army of King Edward III of England [aged 33] defeated the French army at the Battle of Crécy. The English army was commanded by King Edward III of England, his son Edward "Black Prince" [aged 16], Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick [aged 33], William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton [aged 36] and John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Warwick [aged 30].
The English army was included: Bishop Thomas of Hatfield [aged 36], Hugh Despencer 1st Baron Despencer [aged 38], Bernard Brocas [aged 16], Thomas Felton [aged 16], James Audley [aged 28], Robert Bourchier 1st Baron Bourchier, Bartholomew "The Elder" Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh [aged 59], Bartholomew "The Younger" Burghesh 2nd Baron Burghesh [aged 18], Reginald Cobham 1st Baron Cobham [aged 51], John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth [aged 66], Robert Ferrers 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley [aged 37], Richard Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton [aged 19], William Scrope [aged 21], Stephen Scrope [aged 21], William Latimer 4th Baron Latimer of Corby [aged 16], John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle [aged 28], Gerard Lisle 1st Baron Lisle [aged 42], Nicholas Longford [aged 61], Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu, Walter Paveley 4th Baron Burghesh [aged 27], Michael Poynings 1st Baron Poynings [aged 28], Robert Ufford 1st Earl Suffolk [aged 48], John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford [aged 34], Thomas West [aged 34], John Willoughby 2nd Baron Willoughby [aged 43], John Wingfield [aged 26], Henry Percy 11th and 3rd Baron Percy [aged 25], Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon [aged 43] (possibly), Walter "Elder" Devereux [aged 37], John Devereux [aged 44], Enion Sais Brecon, John Chandos [aged 26], Richard Pembridge [aged 26] and John Sully [aged 63].
The French army suffered significant casualties. King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France [aged 52] was wounded. William de Coucy [aged 60] and his son Enguerrand 6th Lord de Coucy [aged 33] and were killed.
Charles II Count Alençon [aged 49] was killed. His son Charles [aged 9] succeeded Count Alençon.
Louis Chatillon II Count Blois I Count Chatillon was killed. His son Louis succeeded III Count Blois.
Louis Dampierre II Count Nevers I Count Flanders [aged 42] was killed. His son Louis [aged 15] succeeded III Count Nevers, II Count Flanders.
King John I of Bohemia [aged 50] was killed. His son Charles [aged 30] succeeded IV King Bohemia, Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg. Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg [aged 29] by marriage Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg.
Rudolph "Valiant" Metz I Duke Lorraine [aged 26] was killed. His son John succeeded I Duke Lorraine.
Jean IV de Harcourt [aged 39] was killed.
On 30th May 1347 John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth [aged 67] died. He was buried at Guisborough Priory [Map]. His son John [aged 30] succeeded 2nd Baron Darcy of Knayth. Elizabeth Meinhill Baroness Darcy Knayth and Haversham [aged 15] by marriage Baroness Darcy of Knayth.
On 23rd April 1359 [his former wife] Joan Burgh Countess Kildare [aged 59] died.
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Darcy 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Norman Darcy
Great x 1 Grandfather: Philip Darcy
Grandfather: Norman Darcy
father: Roger Darcy
John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth
Grandfather: William Aton
mother: Isabel Aton