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Marmaduke Darrell or Darrel or Dayrell (died 1632) was an English courtier, accountant, and naval administrator.
Darrell's estates were at DARRELL, Sir Sampson (1594-1635), of Hunterscombe, Bucks., later of Fulmer, Bucks. and East Smithfield, London, ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629'', ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010
/ref> Marmaduke Darrell died in March 1631–2 and was buried at Fulmer in the church of St James, which he had rebuilt in 1610. There is a monument with effigies of him and his wife.
Darrell's estates were at Fulmer
Fulmer is a village and civil parish in south Buckinghamshire, England. The village has along most of its northern border a narrow green buffer from Gerrards Cross and is heavily wooded adjoining neighbouring villages of Iver Heath and Wexham. ...
in Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire (), abbreviated Bucks, is a ceremonial county in South East England that borders Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-ea ...
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He was a Clerk of the Avery to Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the last of the five House of Tudor monarchs and is sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen".
El ...
. Darrell kept an account of the expenses of keeping Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567.
The only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scot ...
and her household at Tutbury Castle
Tutbury Castle is a largely ruined medieval castle at Tutbury, Staffordshire, England, in the ownership of the Duchy of Lancaster and hence currently of King Charles III. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. People who have stayed in the castle i ...
in 1585–6, totalling £3440-11s-8d. With Brian Cave, he set out a "diet" or budget for Mary, outlining the food required for her household and its cost. She needed an allowance of 12 pounds of sugar monthly for posset
A posset (also historically spelled poshote, poshotte) was originally a popular British hot drink made of milk curdled with wine or ale, often spiced, which was often used as a remedy.
The original drink became extinct and the name was revived ...
and caudle
A caudle (or caudel) was a hot drink that recurred in various guises throughout British cuisine from the Middle Ages into Victorian times. It was thick and sweet, and seen as particularly suitable and sustaining for invalids and new mothers. At ...
drinks taken in her chamber.
He attended Mary's execution at Fotheringhay Castle
Fotheringhay Castle, also known as ''Fotheringay Castle'', was a High Middle Age Norman Motte-and-bailey castle in the village of Fotheringhay to the north of the market town of Oundle, Northamptonshire, England (). It was probably founded a ...
and wrote to a cousin, William Darrell at Littlecote, describing the event, "she her selfe endured it (as wee must all truely saye that were eye witnesses) with great courage, and shewe of magnanimitye".
His family kept an embroidered glove believed to have been Mary's gift to him. The leather glove embroidered with coloured silks and silver thread, lined with crimson satin, is preserved at Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden is a market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England, north of Bishop's Stortford, south of Cambridge and north of London. It retains a rural appearance and some buildings of the medieval period. The population was 15, ...
Museum.
He was the victualler of the ships or Surveyor of Marine Victuals
The Surveyor of Marine Victuals later known as the General-Surveyor of Victuals was a civilian officer in the Royal Navy who was a former member of the Navy Board from 1550 until 1679, he was responsible for managing the supply of food, beverage ...
from 1595 to 1623, and Cofferer of the Household .
In 1603, James VI of Scotland
James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until hi ...
became King of England at the Union of the Crowns
The Union of the Crowns ( gd, Aonadh nan Crùintean; sco, Union o the Crouns) was the accession of James VI of Scotland to the throne of the Kingdom of England as James I and the practical unification of some functions (such as overseas dip ...
. Darrell was given funds of £2600 to organise the reception of his wife, Anne of Denmark
Anne of Denmark (; 12 December 1574 – 2 March 1619) was the wife of King James VI and I; as such, she was Queen of Scotland
The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the constitutional fo ...
, who came to England in June 1603, at Berwick-upon-Tweed
Berwick-upon-Tweed (), sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, and the northernmost town in England. The 2011 United Kingdom census recor ...
. He was to convey a number of courtiers and a group of ladies in waiting to meet her at Berwick and pay some of expenses of her journey to London. The official party of gentlewomen chosen by the Privy Council
A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a state, typically, but not always, in the context of a monarchic government. The word "privy" means "private" or "secret"; thus, a privy council was originally a committee of the mon ...
consisted of two countesses, Frances Howard, Countess of Kildare
Frances Howard, Countess of Kildare (died 1628), was a courtier and governess of Princess Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, and a member of the House of Howard.
Marriages
Frances Howard was the daughter of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Notting ...
, and Elizabeth, Countess of Worcester; two baronesses Philadelphia, Lady Scrope and Penelope, Lady Rich; and two ladies Anne Herbert, a daughter of Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, KG, KB (in or after 153819 January 1601) was a Welsh nobleman, peer and politician of the Elizabethan era. He was the nephew of Catherine Parr, and brother-in-law of Lady Jane Grey, through his first wif ...
, and Audrey Walsingham
Lady Audrey Walsingham (; 1568–1624) was an English courtier. She served as Lady of the Bedchamber to queen Elizabeth I of England, and then as Mistress of the Robes to Anne of Denmark from 1603 until 1619.
Family connections
Sometimes called "E ...
. A Venetian diplomat, Giovanni Carlo Scaramelli, wrote that the six great ladies were escorted north by 200 horsemen.
He married Anne Lennard. Their children included Sampson Darrell
Sir Sampson Darrell (1594 – 14 May 1635) was an English politician and Naval administrator who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons from 1625 to 1626. He was Surveyor of Marine Victuals of the Royal Navy from 1623 to 1635.
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(1594-1635), who was also Surveyor of Marine Victuals, and Mary Darrell, who married Robert Gorges
Robert Gorges (1595 – late 1620s) was a captain in the Royal Navy and briefly Governor-General of New England from 1623 to 1624. He was the son of Sir Ferdinando Gorges. After having served in the Venetian wars, Gorges was given a commissio ...
of Wraxall, Somerset
Wraxall is a village in North Somerset, England, about west of Bristol. Until 1811 the parish of the same name also included Nailsea and Flax Bourton. The village is now within the parish of Wraxall and Failand.
History
The origin of the name W ...
./ref> Marmaduke Darrell died in March 1631–2 and was buried at Fulmer in the church of St James, which he had rebuilt in 1610. There is a monument with effigies of him and his wife.
References
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