DARLEY, Henry (c.1596-1671), of Sand Hutton and Buttercrambe, Bossall, Yorks.

Family and Education

b. c. 1596, 1st. s. of Sir Richard Darley of Buttercrambe, and Elizabeth (d. aft. 1657), da. of Edward Gates† of Seamer, Yorks.; bro. of Richard*.C10/466/6; Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 87. educ. Trinity Camb. Mich. 1611;Al. Cant. G. Inn 26 Oct. 1614.G. Inn Admiss. m. (1) 23 Dec. 1619, Margery (d. Apr. 1624), da. of Ralph Hungate of Sand Hutton, Yorks., 1da.;Bossall, Yorks. par reg.; N. Yorks. RO, ZDA, Darley of Aldby mss, DDDA/21/34; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 48; Wills in the Yorks. Registry 1620-7 (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. xxxii), 25. (2) settlement 22 Nov. 1631, Elizabeth (d. bef. Aug. 1642), da. and h. of William Wattes of the Inner Temple, Mdx., 1s.C54/3290/6; N. Yorks. RO, ZDA, DDDA/21/37. suc. fa. 1654.C10/466/6; CCC 3215. bur. 6 Aug. 1671 6 Aug. 1671.Buttercrambe par. reg.

Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, Yorks. (N. Riding) 30 June 1627, 28 Apr. 1632;C181/3, f. 223v; C181/4, f. 114. River Derwent, N. Riding 15 Apr. 1629;C181/4, f. 1. E. Riding by June 1654-Sept. 1660;C181/6, pp. 46, 403. swans, England except south-western cos. c.1629.C181/3, f. 270. Capt. militia ft. N. Riding by c.1635–42.Add. 28082, f. 80v. Commr. assessment, E. Riding 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645; N. Riding 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Jan. 1660; Yorks. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 1 June 1660.SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Member, cttee. at Hull 24 May 1642.CJ ii. 577b; LJ v. 82b. Commr. sequestration, E., N. Riding 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. J.p. Northumb. 20 Jan. 1645-bef. Jan. 1650;C231/6, p. 8. N. Riding by 1648-bef. Oct. 1660;Add. 29674, f. 148v. E. Riding Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660.A Perfect List [of JPs] (1660). Member, cttee. to command Northern Assoc. army, 12 May 1645.CJ iv. 138b; LJ vii. 367b. Commr. Northern Assoc. N. Riding 20 June 1645; militia, Yorks. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. charitable uses, Yorks. 19 Sept. 1650, 22 Apr. 1651;C93/20/27; C93/21/1. N. Riding 13 Nov. 1658;C93/25/1. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660.C181/6, pp. 18, 376.

Colonial: member, Massachusetts Bay Co. 1628–9-?;F. Rose-Troup, The Massachusetts Bay Co. and its Predecessors (New York, 1930), 20. Providence Is. Co. 22 Nov. 1632-aft. Feb. 1650;CO124/2, ff. 38, 198. Saybrook Co. by July 1635–?Winthrop Pprs. (Mass. Hist. Soc.), iii. 198–9 Dep. gov. Providence Is. Co. 26 May 1636–8 May 1638.CO124/2, ff. 140v, 169.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 17 Aug. 1642.CJ ii. 725a. Commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647;LJ vi. 55b; LJ viii. 411a; ix. 500a. to Scottish Parliament, 19 July 1643;A. and O. to reside with Scottish army, 9 Apr. 1645.CJ iv. 105b. Member, cttee. for advance of money, 31 Oct. 1645;CJ iv. 314a; LJ vii. 670b. cttee. for compounding by Jan. 1646,SP23/3, p. 2. 8 Feb. 1647; cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647. Commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar. 1650;CJ vi. 388b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 4 July 1650.CJ vi. 437a. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1651.A. and O. Member, cttee. for the army, 17 Dec. 1652.CJ vii. 230b. Commr. admlty. and navy, 2 Feb. 1660.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Berwick-upon-Tweed Sept. 1643–?d.Berwick RO, B1/9, Berwick Guild Bk. f. 262.

Military: gov. Berwick-upon-Tweed by 13 Oct. 1643–?Berwick RO, B1/9, f. 265; The Scotch Intelligencer (13–17 Oct. 1643), 7 (E.71.11).

Parlimentarian

DARLEY, Henry (1595/6-1671), of Scryingham, Yorks. and Gray’s Inn Lane, London

: of S and Hutton and Buttercrambe, Bossall, Yorks.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

DARLEY, Henry (c.1596-1671), of Sand Hutton and Buttercrambe, Bossall, Yorks.

Will

admon. 12 Aug. 1671.Index of Wills, Admons. and Probate Acts in the Yorks. Registry 1666-72 (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. lx), 132.

Estates

in 1630, purchased fourth part of manor of Sand Hutton for £1,250, which he sold in 1664 for £1,260.N. Yorks. RO, ZDA, DDDA/21/36, 41. In 1634, sold for £1,400 an annuity of £100 issuing out of his annuity of £350 on property in Aldby, Bugthorpe, Buttercrambe, Holgate Sutton and Scrayingham, Yorks.C54/3289/30; N. Yorks. RO, ZDA, DDDA/6/1. In 1636, he leased East Park and lodge at Helmsley, Yorks.Belvoir, PZ.1, f. 43. Before 1642, estate inc. moiety of manor of Sand Hutton, Yorks.; property in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex acquired through his second marriage; and the above annuity of £350.N. Yorks. RO, ZDA, DDDA/6/1; DDDA/21/36; DAR.62; DAR.S.1; Yorks. Stuart Fines ed. W. Brigg (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. lviii), 197; VCH N. Riding, ii. 94. In 1642, sold his property in Essex (except one messuage) for £1,950.C54/3290/6. In 1650, purchased for £1,215 lands in manor of Northallerton, Yorks. from trustees for sale of church lands. In 1651, he and John Wastell* purchased borough of Northallerton for £237 from trustees for sale of church lands.Coll. Top. et Gen. i. 8, 290-1. By early 1650s, had debts of more than £2,500.LC4/203, f. 237v; C10/466/6. In 1654, inherited goods and chattels valued at £4,000.C10/466/6. In 1661, estate worth at least £544 p.a.N. Yorks. RO, ZDA, DAR.62.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

The Lamb in Gray’s Inn Lane [now Gray’s Inn Road], 1636;Winthrop Pprs. (Mass. Hist. Soc.), iii. 226-7. Gray’s Inn Lane, 1654.CSP Dom. 1653-4, p. 347.

Religion

presented George Blackaller to vicarage of Kilnwick, Yorks., 1651; James Browne to rectory of Burnby, Yorks., 1651; Thomas Gill to rectory of Wentworth, Cambs., 1651, and to rectory of Nunburnholme, Yorks., 1653.Add. 36792, ff. 26v, 29v, 37v, 65v.

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