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About Anne Digby

  • 'A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great ..., Volume 4 By John Burke
  • A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great ..., Volume 4 By John Burke
  • Pg. 461
  • SIR SIMON DIGBY, knt. of Coleshill, in Warwickshire, a lordship which was among the extensive grants with which he was rewarded, after the accession of HENRY VII. for his services at Bosworth, married Alice, daughter and heir of John Walley, esq. of East Haddon, in the county of Devon, by whom he left, with three daughters, Sarah, m. to Nicholas Strelley; Alice, m. to Robert Clifton, esq. of Clifton, Notts; and Agnes, m. to William Tracy, esq. two sons, namely, . . . .
  • Sir Simon Digby d. in 1519, and was s. by his eldest son,
    • REGINALD DIGBY, esq. of Coleshill, sheriff of Leicestershire 26 and 26 HENRY VIII., who m. Anne, daughter and co-heir of Sir John Danvers, knt. of Calthorpe, in Oxfordshire, by whom he had a son and successor,
      • ' JOHN DIGBY, esq. of Coleshill, who m. Anne, eldest daughter of Sir George Thropmorton, knt. of Coughton, in the county of Warwick, by Catherine, his wife, daughter of Nicholas, Lord Vaux, of Harrowden, and was father of
        • SIR GEORGE DIGBY, knt. of Coleshill, who received the honour of knighthood from Robert, Earl of Leicester, for the gallant services he performed at the siege of Zutphen, in Flanders. He m. Abigail, daughter of Sir Arthur Heveningham, of Kettering, in Norfolk and had, with other issue,
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  • 'Anne Throgmorton1
  • F, #372586
  • Last Edited=17 Jul 2009
  • ' Anne Throgmorton married John Digby, son of Reginald Digby and Ann Danvers.1
  • ' She is the daughter of Sir George Throgmorton.1 Her married name became Digby.1
  • 'Child of Anne Throgmorton and John Digby
    • 1.Sir George Digby+1
  • Citations
  • 1.[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1141. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
  • http://thepeerage.com/p37259.htm#i372586
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  • 'Anne THROCKMORTON
  • 'Born: ABT 1532, Coughton, Warwickshire, England
  • 'Died: 21 Dec 1553
  • Father: George THROCKMORTON of Coughton (Sir Knight)
  • Mother: Catherine VAUX
  • 'Married: John DIGBY
  • http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/THROCKMORTON1.htm#Anne THROCKMORTON1
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Anne Digby's Timeline

1532
1532
Coughton, Warwickshire, England
1553
December 21, 1553
Age 21
1940
October 19, 1940
Age 21
1942
April 29, 1942
Age 21
1990
July 13, 1990
Age 21