'Digby02'
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Families covered: Digby of Drystoke, Digby of Gothurst, Digby of Tilton
[Most of this page was orginally included within Digby01. It was moved here to facilitate review of both pages.]
| Sir Everard Digby of Tilton & Drystoke, Sheriff of Rutland (d 1540) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Margery Haydon (dau of Sir John Haydon (Heydon) of Norfolk) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Kenelyn Digby of Stoke Dry or Drystoke, Sheriff of Rutland (d 21.04.1590) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anna Cope (dau of Sir Anthony Cope or Coope of Hanwell) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Everard Digby 'of Tilton' | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Neale (dau of Francis Neale of Kethorpe, m2. Sampson Erdeswick of Sandon, m3. Thomas Digby) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Everard Digby 'of Drystoke' (b 1581, d 29.01.1606, conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is partly supported by Visitation (Buckinghamshire, 1634, 'Digby of Gotehurst') and has been supplemented slightly by information kindly provided by a contributor (OWC, 07.07.07). | |||||||||||||||
| m. (1596) Mary Mulsho (dau/heir of William Mulsho of Goathurst (Gotehurst)) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Kenelm Digby of Gotherst or Gothurst, 'Ornament of England' (b 11.06.1603, d 11.06.1665) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Venetia Stanley (b 1600, d 01.05.1633, dau/coheir of Sir Edward Stanley of Winwick or Tonge Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Digby of Gothurst or Goathurst (b 29.12.1627, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Catharine (Howard) (dau of Henry, Earl of Arundel) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Mary Longueville (dau of Sir Edward Longuville, 1st Bart of Wolverton (bur 06.08.1661) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Margaretta Maria Digby | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Conway, Bart of Bodrythan (d 1721) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Charlotte Theopila Digby (b 1671) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Henry Mostyn of Penbeddw (Penbeddus) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Margery Digby | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Dudley of Clopton | |||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | other issue - Kenelm (b 10.1625, dvpsp 09.07.1648), Everard (b 12.01.1629, dsp young), George (b 17.01.1632, dsp young) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Sir John Digby (d Longport 09.047.1645, Major General) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | George Digby of Sandon (b 1589/90, a 04.1663) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by Visitation (Grazebrook 1885, Staffordshire, 1663-4, 'Digby of Sandon'). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Chetwynd (dau of Sir Walter Chetwynd of Ingestrey) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Jane Digby (b c1637, d 11.1703) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1660) Charles Gerard, Lord of Gerard's Bromley (b 07.1634, d 12.1667) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 28.05.1692) Sir Edward Hungerford (bur 08.07.1711) | |||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue (d unm) - Aylmer (d infant), Elizabeth, Mary, Christian | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | John Digby | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | Mary Digby | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Robert Reeve (alias Wright) of Thwaite | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Elizabeth Digby possibly the Elizabeth who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Mainwaring | |||||||||||||||
| B. | John Digby of Seaton, Rutland (a 1618, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| Nichols follows Visitation which notes that one record suggests that "the children ... should change places of the wives". | |||||||||||||||
| m1. _ Palmer of Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Anne Digby | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Swinglehurst of Seaton | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Thomasina | |||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - Kenelin (b c1598, a 1618), James, Ursula, Mary, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Margeret (Margery) Digby | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Dudley of Clopton (d 1608) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Anne Digby | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Watson of Rockingham Castle (d 1616) | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Katherine Digby | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Digby of North Luffenham (a 1618) | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Bridget Digby probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir William Sherard of Lobthorpe (a 1634) | |||||||||||||||
| G.+ | other issue - Anthony of Aston (dsp), 2 other daughters | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Anthony Digby of Aston | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Katharine Digby | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anthony Meers of Kinton (b c1511, d 11.03.1587-8) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): 'History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester' (John NichoÏs, vol 3, part 1, 1800, 'Pedigree of Digby of Tilton', p473) with support from Visitation (Rutland, 1618-9, 'Digby' (2)) and as reported above
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