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Sir Everard Digby 1475–1540 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1475

Birth Location: tilton and stokedry, Rutland, England

Death Date: 4th Nov 1540

Death Location: Stoke Dry, Rutland, England

Father: Everard Digby

Mother: Jacquetta Ellis

Spouse(s): Margaret Heydon, Margaret Heydon, Margaret Heydon

Children(s): Kenelm Digby

The story of Sir Everard Digby began in 1475 in tilton and stokedry, Rutland, England. Sir Everard Digby married Margaret Heydon, Margaret Margery Heydon, and had children including Kenelm Rutland Mp Esq Digby. Sir Everard Digby passed away in 1540 in Stoke Dry, Rutland, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Everard Digby began in 1475 in tilton and stokedry, Rutland, England.
  • Sir Everard Digby married Margaret Heydon, Margaret Margery Heydon, and had children including Kenelm Rutland Mp Esq Digby.
  • Sir Everard Digby passed away in 1540 in Stoke Dry, Rutland, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Digby's Ancestors

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Sir Digby
1475–1540
Birth Place: tilton and stokedry, Rutland, England
Parents
Everard Rutland Digby
1449–1509
Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England
Jacquetta Ellis
1455–1496
Devon, England
Grandparents
Everard Digby
1416–1461
Colehill, Warwickshire, England
Alice Clark
1418–1480
, Warwickshire, , England
Sir (Richard George) Ellis
1433–1475
Girsby,Burgh On Bain,Lincolnshire,England
Margaret Lyffyn
1434–1479
St. Katherine's Wapping, Southwark, London, Middlesex, England
Great-Grandparents
Simon Tilton
1390–1440
Joan Belar
1403–1450
John Clerke
1394–1482
Susan
1399–1480
JONOTHAN ELLIS
1408–1440
MARGARET HAWLEY
1411–1435
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Tilton
1360–
James Beler
John *
1380–1465
Lady Blount
1385–1432
Thomas Hawley
1377–1417
Joan Holland
1380–1434

Sir Digby's Descendants

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Sir (Everard) Digby (1475–4th Nov 1540) m. Margaret (Margery) Heydon (1485–1 Jan 1554) m. Margaret Heydon (1485–1505) m. Margaret Heydon (1475–1 Jan 1554)
  1. 1. Kenelm (Rutland MP esq) Digby 1510–1590 m. Mary\Anne(Countess (Dowager)) Cope 1519–1571
    1. 1. Sir (Everard) Digby 1545–1592 m. Mary Neale 1560–1578
      1. 1. Elizabeth Digby 1570–1594 m. Nathan Lynde 1565–1595 m. Nathan Lynde 1532–1619
        1. 1. Thomas Lynde 1594–1671 m. Mary Stratton 1596–1634 m. Marguerite (Martin) ? 1600–1662 m. Mrs (Rebecca) Trerice 1606–1688 m. Elizabeth Tolt 1630–1698 m. Rebecca Corde 1625–1668 m. Rebeccah Trerice 1631–1688

Sir Digby's Timeline

2 Records

1475
1475
Birth of Sir Everard Digby in tilton and stokedry, Rutland, England
tilton and stokedry, Rutland, England
1540
4th Nov 1540
Age 65
Death of Sir Everard Digby in Stoke Dry, Rutland, England
Stoke Dry, Rutland, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1475
    Event Place: tilton and stokedry, Rutland, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4th Nov 1540
    Event Place: Stoke Dry, Rutland, England

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