Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Darcy

Who was Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Darcy?

Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Darcy or of Temple Hurst, KG, PC, was an English nobleman, the only son, and heir, of Sir William Darcy and his wife, Euphemia Langton, the daughter of Sir John Langton. Darcy was opposed to the Dissolution of the Monasteries and for his role in the Pilgrimage of Grace, was convicted of high treason for delivering up Pontefract Castle to the rebels. He was executed on Tower Hill 30 June 1537.