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John Digby 1476–1533 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1476

Birth Location: Drystoke, Rutland, England

Death Date: 19 May 1533

Death Location: Eye Kettleby, Leicestershire, England

Father: Everard 3

Mother: Jaquetta Ellys

Spouse(s): Lady Griffin

Children(s): Parnel 1

The story of John Digby began in 1476 in Drystoke, Rutland, England. John Digby married Lady Catherine Griffin, and had children including Parnel Digby Ashby 1. John Digby passed away in 1533 in Eye Kettleby, Leicestershire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of John Digby began in 1476 in Drystoke, Rutland, England.
  • John Digby married Lady Catherine Griffin, and had children including Parnel Digby Ashby 1.
  • John Digby passed away in 1533 in Eye Kettleby, Leicestershire, England.

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John Digby's Ancestors

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John Digby
1476–1533
Birth Place: Drystoke, Rutland, England
Parents
Everard Digby 3
1480–1540
Tilton and Stokedry, Rutland, England
Jaquetta Ellys
–1496
Grandparents
John (Sir Digby van Eye) Kettleby
1445–1533
Coleshill, Warwickshire
Catherine Griffin
1450–1517
Kettleby, Leicester, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Digby's Descendants

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John Digby (1476–19 May 1533) m. Lady (Catherine) Griffin (1475–1520)
  1. 1. Parnel (DIGBY Ashby) 1 1490–1518 m. George (Ashby) 1 1490–1546
    1. 1. (Dame) (Anne Elizabeth Lovell (nee Ashby)) 1497 1497–1539 m. FRANCIS (Lovell Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk, Justice of the Peace for) Norfolk 1495–1551
      1. 1. Sir (Thomas Lovell (Sir Knight)) 1526 1526–1567
        1. 1. Anne Lovell 1539–1600 m. Robert (de) Grey 1535–1601

John Digby's Timeline

2 Records

1476
1476
Birth of John Digby in Drystoke, Rutland, England
Drystoke, Rutland, England
1533
19 May 1533
Age 57
Death of John Digby in Eye Kettleby, Leicestershire, England
Eye Kettleby, Leicestershire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1476
    Event Place: Drystoke, Rutland, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 May 1533
    Event Place: Eye Kettleby, Leicestershire, England

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