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Dearnley, Albert Edward
Rank: Lance Corporal     Army Number: 4850091
Unit: 1st Bn
Home address given as Hull. Enlisted 15.8.1918, aged 15 years. Served with Leicestershire Regiment from 1918. Discharged 4.12.1923 with conduct noted as good.
see www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk.

Accidental Death - fell through roof.
source: Ancestry 'public' tree

Indexed as Albert E Dearnley, aged 38.

Mentioned in the 1654 will of Cicely (Sutton) (Crossley) Darnelly.
see Cicily Sutton.

St Mary Woolchurch Haw was a parish church in the City of London, destroyed in the Great Fire of London of 1666 and not rebuilt.
The Mansion House now stands on the site.

Will of Edward Darnelly 1676
The use of initial capitals is erratic and it is difficult to tell when an initial capital is intended.
2ly etc is used in the will for secondly etc. Westham, Essex, is assumed to refer to West Ham.
‘=’ is used in the will instead of a hyphen, but a hyphen is used below for ease of reading.
Guesses are in italics. Abbreviations are expanded thus: Eliz(abeth).
The names of relatives mentioned in the will are listed at the end.

In the name of God Amen
I Edward Darnelly being in reasonable health and good memory doe
make this my last will in manner and forme following (that is to say) I doe
yield up my soule and spiritt to God that gave it in hope of a en-
joyfull Resurrection through the meritt and sufferings of the
Righteous one the Lord Jesus my Blessed Saviour And Redeemer And in this
ffaith I live and dye As for my Body I desire it may be interred in St
Mildred Bread Streete Church near to the place where my wife Hannah was
buried And this to be done in the evening without Pomp And as for that little
estate which God have lent me I will and bequeath as followeth In primis
I give and bequeath ffour hundred pounds of current money of England
unto my Grandaughter Sarah Wharton to be paid her att the age of one
and twenty yeares or day of marriage which shall ffirst happen And my
will is that she be allowed Interest for the same att ffoure li p centum
p And the same Comence att one yeares End after my decease If the
greatest part of what is oweing mee be paid to my Executor by that time
2ly I give and bequeath unto my said Gran-daughter Sarah Wharton
A Chest with all the Plate and Lynned therein A note of the particulars
thereof is in the said Chest with my own and my sister in laws Mary
Styles names to the same note 3ly I give and bequeath unto my sister in
law Mary Styles widdow twenty pounds of Currant money of England
And all my houshould goods now in her hands att Westham in Essex
4ly I give and bequeath to Mr Hollingworth now Curate of the
Parish of Westham in Essex the sume of ffive pounds Item I give unto the
Poore of Westham ward Six pounds to be distributed among such of them as doe
frequent hearing of divine Service on the Sabbath days But not to the
Comon swearers among them Item I give and bequeath unto Abigal Edwards
Spinster now liveing with my sister in law Mary Styles the sume of
ffive pounds Item I give and bequeath unto Mary-Ann Shipleigh now
liveing with my sister in law Mary Styles the sume of ffive pounds
Item I give unto my sister Eliz(abeth) Davis now in Ireland the sume of
tenn pounds Item I give unto the Company of Apothecaries whereof I am
a member the sume of tenn pounds to buy a piece of Plate in my memory
Item I give unto Ffrancis Coppinger and Mary Coppinger son and daughter
of Ffrancis Coppinger the sume of ffive pounds to each of the Children Item
I give unto Mr Durrham Minister of St Mildred Bread Streete Parish ffive
pounds Item I give unto Mr Rich(ard) Hill Soape boyler att the Red Crosse on
Bread Streete Hill ffive pounds Item I give unto the wife of the said Rich(ard)
Hill ffive pounds Item I give unto Mr J(oh)n Spicer Counsellor att Lawe
ffive pounds Item I give and bequeath unto my two sonnes Edward Darnelly
and Samuell Darnelly All the rest and residue of my Estate not bequeathed
and given away by this my will And because both my said sonns are not
in the Kingdom of England And therefore am uncertain whither they be
alive my will is that if one or either of them be dead att the signeing this
my last will and testament that one hundred pounds of the deceaseds
part shall be paid to my Gran-daughter Sarah Wharton And if it appear
that att my decease Both my said sonnes be dead then my will is that my
said Gran-daughter shall have in the whole one thousand pounds besides
the Chest of Plate and Lynnen but if my said Gran-daughter should dye
before she receive her portion And one or both of my said sonnes be liveing
then my will is that what she should have be divided betwixt them or to
one of them if but one of them liveing Lastly my will is that All my
just debts and ffunerall charges be paid with the ffirst moneys that shall
be received of what is oweing to me And I doe hereby Constitute
nominate and appoint and desire my loveing friend Mr William Pott
Cittizen and Apothecary of London to be my Reall Executor of this my last
will and testament And for his paines for this trouble that I putt upon
him in manageing this Charge I give and bequeath unto him the said
William Pott the sume of fforty pounds Item My will is that what
watch or watches Ring or Rings and Ready money I dye possess and seized
of I leave to be dispose of among my friends att the will of my Executor
before mentioned Moreover my will and desire is that if my debts be duly
paid into my Executor that then the proportion which I have bequeathed to my
sonn Samuell Darnelly be sent to him into the East Indies by the discretion
and Advice of the East India Company Item my will is that if either my
Children or Grandchild or any of the legatees should molest of disturbe my
Executor by any Contentions lawsuits that then their legacies to be void
And to all that is men(t)ioned in these two sheets of Paper I sett my
hand and seale And deliver them forsigned and seald and declare them to be my
last will and testament Dated the tenth day of June Anno D(o)m(ine) 1676
Edward Darnelly / Signed seald and declared as my last will and testament
In the presence of Chr Endlin Mathew Jennett Thomas Hitch

Probatum fuit … … London
… … William Potts … …

Transcribed by JAD
November 2011

Relatives of Edward Darnelly named in his will of 1676 (edited 2019)
His sons:	Edward Darnelly
	Samuell Darnelly
His grandchild	Sarah Wharton (the daughter of James Wharton and Hannah Darnelly)
His sister:	Elizabeth Davi(e)s, wife of Edward Davies
His great-nephew:	Ffrancis Coppinger (the son of Francis Coppinger and Mary Darnelly)
His great-niece:	Mary Coppinger (sister to Ffrancis above)
His sister-in-law:	Mary Styles (widow, née Brightwell), sister of his wife Hannah
His niece:	Mary Ann Shipleigh (Shapley), daughter of his wife's sister Elizabeth.

Perhaps the Joane Dearneley, widow of Hilltopp buried 22 Aug 1685 Glossop.
see Joane (?)