1677 he was installed prebend of Holme, and the following year presented to the living of Thornton. In 1680, he published a reply to Selden's "History of Tithes," and a tract entitled "Religion and Loyalty," directed against the succession of a popish prince to the English throne. For this and other services to the Protestant cause, when William III came to the throne, he was presented to the Deanery of Durham, which he held till his death in 1699. Besides the above treatises he published numerous learned works of a liturgical character. His memoirs were written by his grandson, q. v.
[See also "Biographia Britannica," and "Allibone's Dictionary of Authors."]
William Darell,
ANTIQUARY,
Was probably a member of the ancient family of the Darels of Calehill, whose name appears on the Roll of Battle Abbey, as accompanying the Conqueror into England. Entering the Church, he was appointed a prebend in Canterbury Cathedral in 1554, and subsequently became one of the chaplains to Queen Elizabeth. He was a friend of William Lord Cobham, Constable of Dover Castle, to whom he dedicated a history of that famous stronghold. This work, originally written in Latin, was translated by Alexander Campbell, and published, with plates, in 1797. Darell died in 1584.
[See "Cooper's Athenæ Cantabrigienses."]
