‹ E-CIPM 23-150: JOHN BROTHER OF PHILIP DARCY, KNIGHT , SON OF JOHN, LORD DARCY ›

[Proof: ms torn and worn.] Thomas de Selby , 60 and more, swears that John was aged 21 and more on.... last. He was born at Temple Hirst and baptised in the chapel of St Mary , Temple Hirst, on the feast of St Bricius the Bishop during the reign of ‪ Henry IV . His godfathers were John, prior of St Oswald ’s, and Robert Wa...fen, esquire , and his godmother was Lady Isabel ?Ne...ar. On the day of John’s birth, he was sent by John, late Lord Darcy , to check the furnishings in the chapel.... he found its altar hung with ten cloths of gold and its font adorned with silken hangings... Wymersley... and saw several other servants of the late Lord Darcy. John Wymersley told him that everything was prepared for the baptism of John Darcy .... Twenty-one years have since passed, and he thus remembers the age of John Darcy . Richard ... , 51 and more, was with the prior of St Oswald ’s, and... who told him that Lady Darcy had given birth to a son whom he was to raise from the font with Robert Wa …fen, esquire. He asked Richard to go with him to witness the baptism, and Richard thus saw John raised from the font. ... of Selby, 5...., says that John Darcy was born in the presence of master Thomas Polton, officer of the archbishop of York ... his wife and he..... as wife. ... Hagh of Selby,...., says that on the day of John Darcy ’s birth, Richard, his first-born son, was born and baptised.... Richard Darcy, esquire .... ... Byrne of Selby, ?60 and more, performed homage to John le Zouche, knight , for a tenement that he held of the same... [the rest of the proof is torn away]. [The order and type of reasons given by the jurors here are almost identical to those in 139.]