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Everard Digby 1496–1540 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1496

Birth Location: Stoke Dry, Rutlandshire, Olde England (1673441)

Death Date: 11 April 1540

Death Location: Stoke Dry, Rutland Unitary Authority, Rutland, England

Father: Sir Drystoke

Mother: Lady Walleys*

Spouse(s): Margaret Digby)

Children(s): Sir Rutland;, Anthony Digby, Katherine Digby, Cecilia Hooker)

Everard Digby was born in 1496 in Stoke Dry, Rutlandshire, Olde England (1673441), the child of Sir Everard Greenleaf Mp Digby Of Tilton And Drystoke And Lady Alice Wallace Walleys. Everard Digby married Margaret Margery Heydon M Digby, and had children including Anthony Digby, Cecilia Digby M Hooker, Katherine Digby, Sir Knight Kenelm Digby Mp Of Stoke Dry High Sheriff Of Rutland. Everard Digby passed away in 1540 in Stoke Dry, Rutland Unitary Authority, Rutland, England.

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Biography

  • Everard Digby was born in 1496 in Stoke Dry, Rutlandshire, Olde England (1673441), the child of Sir Everard Greenleaf Mp Digby Of Tilton And Drystoke And Lady Alice Wallace Walleys.
  • Everard Digby married Margaret Margery Heydon M Digby, and had children including Anthony Digby, Cecilia Digby M Hooker, Katherine Digby, Sir Knight Kenelm Digby Mp Of Stoke Dry High Sheriff Of Rutland.
  • Everard Digby passed away in 1540 in Stoke Dry, Rutland Unitary Authority, Rutland, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Drystoke
1446–1509
Birth Location: Tilton, Leicestershire, England
SD
Lady Walleys*
1457–1518
Birth Location: Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland
LW

Spouses(s)

Margaret Digby)
1498–1554
Birth Location: Baconsthorpe, , Norfolk, England
MD

Children(s)

Sir Rutland;
1510–1590
Birth Location: Tilton and Stokedry, Rutland, England
SR
Anthony Digby
1515–
Birth Location: Stoke Dry, Rutland, England
AD
Katherine Digby
1510–1570
Birth Location: Stoke Dry, Rutland, England
KD
Cecilia Hooker)
1504–1561
Birth Location: Blaston, Medbourne, Leicestershire, England
CH

Everard Digby's Ancestors

Self
Everard Digby
1496–1540
Birth Place: Stoke Dry, Rutlandshire, Olde England (1673441)
Parents
Sir Everard "Greenleaf MP" Digby of Tilton and Drystoke
1446–1509
Tilton, Leicestershire, England
Lady (Alice Wallace) Walleys*
1457–1518
Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Everard Simon "Lord of Tilton aka Greenleaf" Digby van) Tilton
1420–1461
Coleshill, Warwickshire, England
Jacques (Agnes) Clarke
1418–1496
Coleshill, Warwickshire, England
*Sir (Everard "Greenleaf" Digby van) Tilton
1420–1461
Tilton, Leicestershire, England
Jacques (Agnes) Clarke
1418–1496
Coleshill, Warwickshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert Digby
1395–1440
Joan (Belar)
1397–1450
Sir Hall,*
1394–1482
Lady Forde
1399–1480
Robert Digby
1395–1440
Joan (Belar)
1397–1450
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Tilton
1360–
Robert Tilton
1360–

Everard Digby's Descendants

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Everard Digby (1496–11 April 1540) m. Margaret (Margery Heydon (m.) Digby) (1498–1 Jan 1554)
  1. 1. Sir (Knight Kenelm Digby ** MP;of Stoke Dry; High Sheriff of) Rutland; 1510–1590 m. Mary (Anne Cope ** of Hanwell; Lady Digby of Stoke Dry) ; 1519–1602
    1. 1. Anne (Digby (Watson)) (Lady) 1546–1611 m. Sir (Edward) Watson 1542–1616
      1. 1. Joseph (Alfred) Watson 1587–1777 m. Jane Dorrington 1599–1687 m. Watson –1687
        1. 1. Margery (Watson) (Goodhue) 1617–1668 m. William Goodhue 1612–1699
      2. 2. Catherine WATSON 1570–1631
      3. 3. Emma Watson 1569–1632
      4. 4. Edward Watson 1585–1657
      5. 5. Anne Watson 1569–1632
      6. 6. Sir (Lewis Watson, 1st Baron) Rockingham 1584–1653
      7. 7. Temperance Watson 1586–1624
      8. 8. Mary (Stonebrook) Watson 1595–1624
      9. 9. Catherine Watson 1568–1631
      10. 10. Emma (Matilds) Watson 1569–1632
      11. 11. Francis Watson 1576–1632
      12. 12. Sir (Edward V Watson) ** 1570–1658
      13. 13. Right (Honorble Lewis Watson ** 1st Baron Rockingham; Viscount) Sondes; 1584–1653
      14. 14. Dorothy Watson 1581–1632
      15. 15. Lady (Elizabeth Watson) ** 1578–1615
      16. 16. Mary Watson 1570–1632
      17. 17. Edward (Watson of Stoke) Park 1586–1657
      18. 18. Frances Watson 1579–
      19. 19. Temperance Watson 1577–1624
    2. 2. Everard (Digby "Tildon" Digby ** MP;of Stoke Dry; High Sheriff of) Rutland; 1545–1592
    3. 3. Elizabeth Mainwaring –1624
    4. 4. Margaret Dudley 1545–1598
    5. 5. Anne Watson –1611
    6. 6. Katharine Digby –1705
    7. 7. Sir (Edward Digby ** MP;of Stoke Dry; High Sheriff of) Rutland; 1545–1582
    8. 8. Anne Watson –1611
    9. 9. Anna Cope –1607
    10. 10. Everard (Digby) ** 1578–1592
    11. 11. Catharine (Digby) ** –1733
    12. 12. Sir (Everard+ Digby of) Tilton 1545–1592
    13. 13. Elizabeth (Digby) ** –1624
  2. 2. Anthony Digby 1515–
  3. 3. Katherine Digby 1510–1570
  4. 4. Cecilia (Digby (m.) Hooker) 1504–1561

Everard Digby's Timeline

2 Records

1496
1496
Birth of Everard Digby in Stoke Dry, Rutlandshire, Olde England (1673441)
Stoke Dry, Rutlandshire, Olde England (1673441)
1540
11 April 1540
Age 44
Death of Everard Digby in Stoke Dry, Rutland, England
Stoke Dry, Rutland, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1496
    Event Place: Stoke Dry, Rutlandshire, Olde England (1673441)

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 April 1540
    Event Place: Stoke Dry, Rutland, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Stoke Dry, Rutland Unitary Authority, Rutland, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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