Sampson D'Artois or Dartas
Sampson d'Artois was a French-born officeholder in fifteenth-century Ireland.
The d'Artois family were originally from Gascony. Sampson came to Ireland about 1490 in the service of the English Crown. The most notable contemporary member of the d'Artois family was Sir Jenico d'Artois the elder who was a trusted military commander in the service of three successive Kings of England.
That Sampson was a close relative, and most likely a brother, of Jenico is confirmed by Jenico's will, in which he appointed his widow Elizabeth and Sampson as his co-executors. An order of the Privy Council of 1426 released them from any debts which they had incurred as executors.
Sampson was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland in 1424; he appointed James Blakeney as his deputy. Blakeney became Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1431, when Sampson presumably either died or retired.
