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Sir Everard Digby 1485–1540 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1485

Birth Location: Stroke Dry, Rutland, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 4 Nov 1540

Death Location: Stroke Dry, Rutland, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Everard Tilton

Mother: Jacquette Ellis

Spouse(s): Lady Heydon, Margaret Heydon

Children(s): Sir Rutland

In 1485, Sir Everard Digby entered the world in Stroke Dry, Rutland, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, born to Everard Digby Of Tilton And Jacquette Ellis. Sir Everard Digby married Lady Margaret Heydon, Margaret Heydon, and had children including Sir Knight Kenelym Digby Of Stoke Dry High Sheriff Of Rutland. Sir Everard Digby passed away in 1540 in Stroke Dry, Rutland, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1485, Sir Everard Digby entered the world in Stroke Dry, Rutland, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, born to Everard Digby Of Tilton And Jacquette Ellis.
  • Sir Everard Digby married Lady Margaret Heydon, Margaret Heydon, and had children including Sir Knight Kenelym Digby Of Stoke Dry High Sheriff Of Rutland.
  • Sir Everard Digby passed away in 1540 in Stroke Dry, Rutland, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Everard Tilton
1450–1509
Birth Location: –
ET
Jacquette Ellis
1455–1496
Birth Location: Devon, England
JE

Spouses(s)

Lady Heydon
1485–1557
Birth Location: Stoke Dry, Rutland, England
LH
Margaret Heydon
1475–1505
Birth Location: Heydon, Norfolk, England
MH

Children(s)

Sir Rutland
1512–1590
Birth Location: Stoke Dry, Rutland, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
SR

Sir Digby's Ancestors

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Sir Digby
1485–1540
Birth Place: Stroke Dry, Rutland, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Everard Digby, of Tilton
1450–1509
Jacquette Ellis
1455–1496
Devon, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Digby's Descendants

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Sir (Everard) Digby (Abt. 1485–4 Nov 1540) m. Lady (Margaret) Heydon (1485–25 May 1557) m. Margaret Heydon (1475–1505)
  1. 1. Sir (Knight Kenelym Digby Of Stoke Dry; High Sheriff of) Rutland 1512–1590 m. Countess (Dowager Lady Anne Cope Lady Digby of Stoke) Dry 1517–1602
    1. 1. Lady (Anne) Digby 1546–1611 m. Sir (Knight Edward IV) Watson 1542–1616
      1. 1. Mary Watson 1595–1624 m. John Paterson 1590–1679
        1. 1. John (Charles) Patterson 1622–1704 m. Ellen (Francis) O'Gay 1632–1654

Sir Digby's Timeline

2 Records

1485
Abt. 1485
Birth of Sir Everard Digby in Stroke Dry, Rutland, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Stroke Dry, Rutland, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
1540
4 Nov 1540
Age 55
Death of Sir Everard Digby in Stroke Dry, Rutland, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Stroke Dry, Rutland, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1485
    Event Place: Stroke Dry, Rutland, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 Nov 1540
    Event Place: Stroke Dry, Rutland, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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