DARCY, Robert (d.1448), of Maldon, Essex.

Controller of customs and subsidies, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 19 June 1401–16 Dec. 1402.

Clerk of the ct. of c.p. 24 Apr. 1410 – 23 Mar. 1413, by Jan. 1423 – Oct. 1440; jt. keeper of writs 16 Oct. 1440 – d.

J.p. Essex 16 June 1410 – Nov. 1413, 12 Dec. 1414 – July 1424, 3 June 1427 – d.

Commr. of oyer and terminer, Essex Nov. 1410, Nov., Dec. 1423; inquiry Nov. 1412 (post mortem), Essex, Suff. Oct. 1415 (Lord Scrope’s estates),CIMisc. vii. 516. Essex, Herts. Jan. 1416 (concealments), Essex July 1416 (dispute between Bishop Beaufort and John Doreward), Feb. 1419 (treasons, concealments), Apr. 1421 (shipwreck), Dec. 1421 (disseisin, claim by Sir William Coggeshall), July 1434 (concealments), June 1438 (customs evasion), Mar. 1442 (piracy and breach of truce with the Netherlands);C76/124 m. 12. array, Essex May 1415, Mar. 1419, Jan. 1436; to take custody of the late earl of Arundel’s estates, Norf., Suff., Essex Oct. 1415; raise royal loans, Essex Nov. 1419, July 1426, May 1428, Essex, Herts. Mar. 1430, Mar. 1431, Essex Feb. 1434, Nov. 1440, Mar. 1442, Essex, Herts. June 1446; assess contributions to a tax, Essex Apr. 1431, Jan. 1436; administer lands of St. Osyth abbey Feb. 1434; distribute tax allowances Apr. 1440, June 1445, July 1446; of gaol delivery, Colchester castle July 1440.

Escheator, Essex and Herts. 12 Nov. 1414 – 14 Dec. 1415, 16 Nov. 1420 – 20 May 1422, 12 Nov. 1427–4 Nov. 1428.

Steward of the estates of Joan, dowager countess of Hereford, prob. by 1415-c.1422.

Sheriff, Essex and Herts. 23 Nov. 1419–16 Nov. 1420.

Steward of lordship of Bradwell, Essex, by appointment of John, duke of Bedford, bef. 1435 – d.