DARELL, William (d.1450), of Littlecote, Wilts.

Attestor, parlty. election, Kent 1416 (Mar.).

Under clerk of the receipt of the Exchequer by Mar. 1405-aft. 9 Dec. 1410; clerk by 23 Feb. 1411 – 23 Dec. 1415; under treasurer to Sir Walter Hungerford†, Lord Hungerford, 22 Feb. 1426–27 Feb. 1432. PRO List ‘Exchequer Offs.’, 197, 205, 213.

Jt. alnager, London 11 May 1411-Nov. 1413. CFR, xiii. 195–6.

Sheriff, Kent 30 Nov. 1416–17, Wilts. 16 Nov. 1420 – 13 Nov. 1423, 7 Nov. 1427 – 4 Nov. 1428, Oxon. and Berks. 5 Nov. 1432–3.

Escheator, Kent and Mdx. 30 Nov. 1417 – 4 Nov. 1418.

Commr. of inquiry, Kent July 1418 (possessions of Sir John Oldcastle†, Lord Cobham), Wilts. July 1419 (a ward in custody of the abbess of Wilton), Oct. 1419 (sale of timber in Clarendon park), Nov. 1419 (descent of land at Lavington), Nov. 1421 (escapes of felons), July 1421 (wastes in Devizes park committed by Robert Tyndale†), Berks., Hants, Oxon., Wilts. July 1427 (concealments), Wilts. Feb. 1429 (lands of Sir Thomas Brooke†), Bristol, Cornw., Devon, Dorset, Hants, Som., Wilts. July 1434 (concealments); array, Wilts. Mar. 1419, Mar. 1443; to treat for loans Nov. 1419, May 1428, Dorset, Som., Wilts. Mar. 1430, Wilts. Mar. 1431, Mar. 1439, Mar., May, Aug. 1442; collect sums levied as loans, Wilts. Jan. 1420; take assizes of novel disseisin July 1424, July 1437; C66/414, m. 24d; 440, m. 12d. hold musters, Poole Aug. 1426 (retinue of Sir Robert Hungerford); search Venetian galleys, London Nov. 1429; of gaol delivery, Old Sarum castle May 1431; C66/429, m. 3d. to assess a tax, Wilts. Jan. 1436.

J.p. Wilts. 12 July 1432–July 1443, 17 Mar. 1447 – May 1450.