Catherine Digby

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• Sir John Digby of Eye Kettleby, Sheriff of Rutland, Knight Marshal, etc. (d 1533) Nichols (vol 2, part 1, p262, note 6) reports that John was Knight Marshal of the King's household & Captain of Calais. m1. Catherine Griffin (dau of Nicholas Griffin of Braybrook)
  • 1. William Digby of Kettleby & Lubbenham (a 1551) m1/2. Rose Prestwich (dau/heir of William Prestwich of Lubbenham)
  • 2. Simon Digby of North Luffenham, Sheriff of Rutland (d 1560) This line is supported by Visitation (Rutland, 1618-9, 'Digby' (1)). m. Catherine Clapham (dau of Christopher Clapham of Beamesley) Nicolas????
  • 3. Anne Digby probably duplication with Anne Digby here m. Sir William Skeffington of Skeffington, Lord Deputy of Ireland (d 12.1535, m1. Margaret Digby)
  • 4. Elizabeth Digby m. Humphrey Hercy of Grove
  • 5. Alice or Parnel Digby (d 1545) m. George Ashby of Loseby
  • 6. Dorothy Digby Nichols shows Dorothy m. ?? Brokesby of Shouldby and an unnamed sister who m. ?? Brokesby of Frisby. We wonder whether or not there has been some confusion as the Mere sources show a Dorothy, probably of this generation, who married ... m1. John Brokesby of Frisby m2. William Mere of Mere
  • 7.+ other issue - Rowland (d 1545, rector of Barrowden), Everard (rector of Barrowden)

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• 'Katherine Griffin1,2,3,4
• 'F, b. circa 1455, d. before 24 October 1517
• Father Nicholas Griffin, Esq., 8th Lord Latimer, Sheriff of Northamptonshire4,3 b. 5 Jun 1426, d. 6 Jun 1482
• Mother Katherine Curzon1,4,3 d. bt 1 Jul 1465 - 2 Oct 1471
• ' Katherine Griffin was born circa 1455 at of Braybrook, Northamptonshire, England.4 She married John Bellers, Esq., son of John Bellers, Esq. and Elizabeth Sutton, after 1470; No issue.3,4 Katherine Griffin married Sir John Digby, Sheriff of Rutland, Warwickshire, & Leicestershire, son of Everard Digby, Esq. and Jacquette Ellis, circa 1478; They had 4 sons (William, Esq; Simon; Rowland; & Everard) and 4 daughters (Anne, wife of Sir William Skeffington; Elizabeth, wife of Humphrey Hercy, Esq; Alice, wife of George Ashby, Esq; & Dorothy, wife of Mr. Brokesby, Esq.).2,3 Katherine Griffin died before 24 October 1517.5,3
• 'Family 1 John Bellers, Esq. b. c 1413, d. 27 Jan 1476
• 'Family 2 Sir John Digby, Sheriff of Rutland, Warwickshire, & Leicestershire d. bt 19 May 1533 - 31 May 1533
• Children
  • ◦William Digby, Esq.3 d. b 1 Aug 1529
  • ◦Elizabeth Digby+ b. c 1480
• Citations
• 1.[S11581] Burke's Dormant & Extinct Peerages, p. 255.
• 2.[S387] Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, 4th Ed., by F. L. Weis., p. 63.
• 3.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 86.
• 4.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 288.
• 5.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 624.
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