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Sir Everard Digby 1435–1509 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: about 1435

Birth Location: Tilton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England

Death Date: 16 Jan 1509

Death Location: Tilton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England

Father: Sir Greenleaf)

Mother: Jacques Clarke

Spouse(s): Jacquetta Ellys

Children(s): Sir Drystoke, Thomas Digby, Darnigold Digby, Katharine Digby, Anne Digby, Edward Digby, Elizabeth Digby, Ellen Digby

Sir Everard Digby was born in 1435 in Tilton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England, the child of Sir Everard Simon Lord Of Tilton Digby Aka Greenleaf And Jacques Agnes Clarke. Sir Everard Digby married Jacquetta Agnes Ellys, and had children including Anne Digby, Darnigold Digby, Edward Digby, Elizabeth Digby, Ellen Digby, Katharine Digby, Sir Everard Greenleaf Mp Digby Of Tilton And Drystoke, Thomas Digby. Sir Everard Digby passed away in 1509 in Tilton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Everard Digby was born in 1435 in Tilton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England, the child of Sir Everard Simon Lord Of Tilton Digby Aka Greenleaf And Jacques Agnes Clarke.
  • Sir Everard Digby married Jacquetta Agnes Ellys, and had children including Anne Digby, Darnigold Digby, Edward Digby, Elizabeth Digby, Ellen Digby, Katharine Digby, Sir Everard Greenleaf Mp Digby Of Tilton And Drystoke, Thomas Digby.
  • Sir Everard Digby passed away in 1509 in Tilton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

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Sir Digby's Ancestors

Self
Sir Digby
1435–1509
Birth Place: Tilton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England
Parents
Sir Everard Simon 'Lord of Tilton', Digby (aka Greenleaf)
1415–1461
Coleshill, Warwickshire, England
Jacques (Agnes) Clarke
1417–1496
Coleshill, Warwickshire, England
Grandparents
Simon (de Digby de) Tilton
1385–1418
Digby, Lincolnshire, England
Joanna Bellers
1395–1450
Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England
John (I Clarke, First Baron of Forde Hall) Clerke
1394–1482
Wrotham, Kent, England
Lady (Agnes Susan) Forde
1399–1480
Forde, Wrotham, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert Tilton
1364–1412
Catherine Pakenham
1348–1410
William Belers
1370–1420
Elizabeth Houby
1371–1412
Sir Clerke
1375–1446
Lady Hall
1375–1418
Thomas Forde
1376–
Sarah Warrett
1379–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Digby
1305–1399
Elizabeth Oseville
1332–1363
Simon Pakeman
1306–1376
Agnes Hull
1310–1378
James Bellars
1335–1411
Margaret Bernake
1356–1383
Anthony Houby
1345–1371
Joan Clinton
1349–1408
Sir DeClarke
1350–1377
Eleanor Rowlinge
1352–1375
William Forde
1321–
Juliana Wode
1330–
Sir Forde
1350–1407
Maud Echingham
1352–1400

Sir Digby's Descendants

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Sir (Everard) Digby (about 1435–16 Jan 1509) m. Jacquetta (Agnes) Ellys (1437–08 Jul 1496)
  1. 1. Sir (Everard, Greenleaf MP Digby of Tilton and) Drystoke 1472–1540 m. Margery Heydon 1484–1554
    1. 1. Baringold Digby 1499– m. Robert Hunt 1497–1585
      1. 1. Sir (John, Esquire of Rutland, MP) Hunt 1525–1586 m. Amy Cave 1525–1586
        1. 1. John Hunt 1544–1576 m. Isabell Bull 1545–1620
        2. 2. Gertrude Hunt 1545–
        3. 3. Remegius (Hunt aka) Remeige 1546–1618
        4. 4. Johis (John) Hunt 1556–1615
        5. 5. Francis Hunt 1551–
        6. 6. John (Thomas) Hunt 1553–1622
        7. 7. Dorothy Hunt 1554–
        8. 8. Margaret Hunt 1555–
        9. 9. Susan Hunt 1557–
    2. 2. Cecilia Digby 1504–1563
    3. 3. Katheryn Digby 1510–
    4. 4. Anthony Digby 1515–1590
    5. 5. Kenelym Digby 1512–1590
  2. 2. Thomas Digby 1472–
  3. 3. Darnigold Digby 1486–
  4. 4. Katharine Digby 1484–
  5. 5. Anne Digby 1480–
  6. 6. Edward Digby 1480–1540
  7. 7. Elizabeth Digby 1478–
  8. 8. Ellen Digby 1476–

Sir Digby's Timeline

4 Records

1435
about 1435
Birth of Sir Everard Digby in Tilton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England
Tilton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England
1509
16 Jan 1509
Age 74
Death of Sir Everard Digby in Towton, Yorkshire, England
Towton, Yorkshire, England
1509
16 Jan 1509
Age 74
Burial of Sir Everard Digby in Tilton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England
Tilton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England
1509
12 Feb 1509
Age 74
Sir Everard Digby - Probate
None

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: about 1435
    Event Place: Tilton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Jan 1509
    Event Place: Towton, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 16 Jan 1509
    Event Place: Tilton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: 12 Feb 1509

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