Background
Philip Darnall was a son of Henry Darnall (1564–1607) and Mary Tooke of "Bird"s Place" in Essendon, Hertfordshire, England.
Philip Darnall was a son of Henry Darnall (1564–1607) and Mary Tooke of "Bird"s Place" in Essendon, Hertfordshire, England.
Henry Darnall"s memorial stone in the parish church was described in 1826 as bearing the following inscription:
Mary, Philip and Ralph dyed in his life-time. Which Henry dyed in the 43d year of his Age, in Febr. Henry Darnall"s son Philip (apparently the second of that name, the first Philip having died) became a barrister like his father.
According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, Calvert converted in 1624.
The mission to France took place in 1610, when Darnall was still a child. Philip Darnall"s brother Ralph, also a barrister, was Clerk to the Parliament during the Protectorate.
Ralph Darnall"s daughter Mary married Charles Calvert, son and heir of the Proprietor of Maryland, Cecil Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore. Philip Darnall"s son, Colonel Henry Darnall (1645–1711) emigrated to Maryland, where he received political appointments including Deputy Governor under Charles Calvert, third Lord Baltimore, (1637–1715), and large grants of land from the Calverts, and thus amassed a large fortune.
His will, proved 18 February 1684, named brother Colonel
Henry Darnall as executor.