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About William Digby
- 'William Digby, Esq.1
- 'M, d. before 1 August 1529
- Father Sir John Digby, Sheriff of Rutland, Warwickshire, & Leicestershire2 d. bt 19 May 1533 - 31 May 1533
- Mother Katherine Griffin2 b. c 1455, d. b 24 Oct 1517
- ' William Digby, Esq. married Helen Roper, daughter of John Roper, Esq., Attorney-General for King Henry VIII and Jane Fineaux, after 1518; Her 3rd husband. They had 2 sons (William & Lebbeus) & 3 daughters ((daughter), wife of Mr. Field; Margery, wife of Thomas Mulsho, & of Richard Clifford, Gent; & Isabel, wife of Sir Brian Lascelles).3,1 William Digby, Esq. died before 1 August 1529.1
- 'Family Helen Roper b. c 1480
- Citations
- 1.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 87.
- 2.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 86.
- 3.[S11583] The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, by Vernon James Watney, p., 556.
- http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2015.htm#...
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- 'The Visitation of the county of Rutland in the year 1618-19. Taken by William Camden, Clarenceaux king of arms (1870)
- http://www.archive.org/details/visitationcount10britgoog
- http://www.archive.org/stream/visitationcount10britgoog#page/n28/mo...
- CHART - (Digby.)
- 1. Sir Everard Digby of Tilton in Com' Lester Knt. mar. Jaquet d. of S'r John Ellis of Com' Devon. ch: 1. Sr Everard Digby sonne & heire., 3. Sir John Digby.
- 3. Sir John Digby of Eye Kettleby in Com' Leic. K't. 3. sonne. mar. Catherine da. of Nicholas Griffin of Graybrook in Co' Northampton. ch: 1. Symon Digby 2 sonne, 'William Digby'.
- 1. Symon Digby 2 sonne. mar. Catherin da. of Clapham of Beamesley Co. York. ch: 1. Augustin Digby., 2. Roger Digby.
- 3. Sir John Digby of Eye Kettleby in Com' Leic. K't. 3. sonne. mar. Catherine da. of Nicholas Griffin of Graybrook in Co' Northampton. ch: 1. Symon Digby 2 sonne, 'William Digby'.
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- 'Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical (1812)
- http://www.archive.org/details/collinsspeerage05brydgoog
- http://www.archive.org/stream/collinsspeerage05brydgoog#page/n360/m...
- 3. Sir John, of Eye-Kettleby, in the county of Leicester, who was Knighted by King Henry VII. for his services at the field of Bosworth; appointed Knight-Mareschal of his household; Steward to the priory of Lewes, in Sussex; Sheriff in 1515, for the counties of Warwick and Leicester, and for that of Rutland, in the years 1491, 1517, and 1523. On the 18th of July, 1511, he accompanied Sir Edward Poynings, Captain of 1500 archers, in aid of Margaret, Duchess of Savoy, daughter to Maximilian the Emperor, Governess of Flanders and the Low-Countries appertaining to Charles, the young Prince of Castile, against the Duke of Guelders, when they performed their commission, by restoring peace to that country. In 1513, he attended King Henry VIII. to Calais, and fought valiantly in the battle of Therouenne, but died 25 Henry VIIL having a monument erected to his memory at Frisby, and another at Melton, where he lies buried, both adorned with his coat-armour, and this epitaph on the latter: .....
- By his first wife, Catharine, daughter to Sir Nicholas Griffin, of Braybrook, in the county of Northampton, Knight of the Bath, he had two sons, 'William, who left no issue'; Simon; and a
- http://www.archive.org/stream/collinsspeerage05brydgoog#page/n361/m...
- daughter, Elizabeth, married to Humphry Hercy, of Grove, in Nottinghamshire, Esq. whose son, Sir John Hercy, left no issue.
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- 'The peerage of Ireland: or, A genealogical history of the present ..., Volume 6 By John Lodge, Mervyn Archdall
- http://books.google.com/books?id=z4oUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA273&lpg=PA273&dq...
- Pg. 264
- (3) Sir JOHN, of Eye-Kettleby, in the county of Leicester, who was knighted by King Henry VII. for his services at the field of Bosworth; appointed Knight-Mareschal of his household; Steward to the priory of Lewes, in Sussex; Sheriff in 1515, for the counties of Warwick and Leicester, and for that of Rutland, in the years 1491, 1517, and 1523. On 18 July, 1711, he accompanied Sir Edward Poynings, captain of 1500 archers, in aid of Margaret, Duchess of Savoy, daughter to Maximilian the Emperor, governess of Flanders and the Low-Countries appertaining to Charles, the young Prince of Castile, against the Duke of Guelders, when they performed their commission, by restoring peace to that country.-- In 1513, he attended King Henry VIII. to Calais, and fought valiantly in the battle of Therouenne, but died 25 Henry VII., having a monument erected to his memory at Frisby, and another at Melton, where he lies buried, both adorned with his coat-armour, and this epitaph on the latter: .....
- By his first wife, a daughter to Sir Nicholas Griffin, of Braybrook, in the county of Northampton, Knight of the Bath, he had two sons, 'WILLIAM, who left no issue'; SIMON; and a daughter ELIZABETH, married to Humphry Hercy of Grove in Nottinghamshire, Esq. whose son, Sir John Hercy, left no issue.
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William Digby's Timeline
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1495
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Kettleby &, Luffenham, Co. Leicester
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1506
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| 1528 |
1528
Age 33
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Kettleby, Leicest, England
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1540
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Beadell, Co. Rutland, England
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