Lady Anne Russell

Family

Sir Thomas Digges married Agnes, (or Anne), daughter of Sir William [Warham?] St. Leger, knight, and of Ursula his wife, daughter of George Neville, lord Abergavenny, and had issue,

1. Sir Dudley Digges [q. v.],
2. Leonard Digges the younger [q. v.],
3. Margaret, and
4. Ursula (who were alive at the date of his decease), besides
5. William and
6. Mary, who died young.

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References

• http://www.oxford-shakespeare.com/Probate/PROB_11-86-204.pdf SUMMARY: The document below is the Prerogative Court of Canterbury copy of the last will and testament, dated 10 June 1591, together with a codicil dated 28 September 1594, proved 1 September 1595, of Thomas Digges (c.1546 – 24 August 1595), of St Mary Aldermanbury, whose widow, Anne, married Thomas Russell (1570-1634), the overseer of the will of William Shakespeare of Stratford upon Avon, and whose son, Leonard Digges, wrote commendatory verses for the First Folio and the 1640 edition of Shakespeare’s Poems.
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=61429285
• https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/DIGG4.htm Anne Digges St. Leger Wife of Thomas Digges. Mother of Dudley Digges, Leonard Digges, Margaret Digges, Ursula Digges, William Digges, and Mary Digges. Daughter of Sir Warham St. Leger and Ursula St. Leger.