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Sir Everard Digby 1578–1606 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 May 1578

Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England

Death Date: 30 Jan 1606

Death Location: Executed (27 Jan 1606 (Convicted and sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered) for Gunpowder Plot, Hartford, Cheshire, England

Father: Sir Dygbye

Mother: Katherine DeNewkirk

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Sir Everard Digby was born in 1578 in London, Middlesex, England, the child of Sir Everard Duffield Dygbye And Katherine Stockbridge Denewkirk. Sir Everard Digby passed away in 1606 in Executed (27 Jan 1606 (Convicted and sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered) for Gunpowder Plot, Hartford, Cheshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Everard Digby was born in 1578 in London, Middlesex, England, the child of Sir Everard Duffield Dygbye And Katherine Stockbridge Denewkirk.
  • Sir Everard Digby passed away in 1606 in Executed (27 Jan 1606 (Convicted and sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered) for Gunpowder Plot, Hartford, Cheshire, England.

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Sir Digby's Ancestors

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Sir Digby
1578–1606
Birth Place: London, Middlesex, England
Parents
Sir Everard Duffield Dygbye
1558–1606
London , England
Katherine (Stockbridge) DeNewkirk
1570–1669
Stringston, Somerset, England
Grandparents
Everard (Simon) Digby
1520–1570
Beadell, Rutland, Yorkshire, England
Maria Neale
1525–1584
Keythorpe, Leicestershire, England
Stockbridge (Vanderschaff De) Newkirk
1540–1570
London, England
Theuber Newark
1549–1564
London, Middlesex, England
Great-Grandparents
William Digby
1495–1558
Rose Prestwich
1500–1557
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Digby
1450–1533
Katherine Griffin
1450–1502

Sir Digby's Timeline

2 Records

1578
16 May 1578
Birth of Sir Everard Digby in London, Middlesex, England
London, Middlesex, England
1606
30 Jan 1606
Age 28
Death of Sir Everard Digby in Executed (27 Jan 1606 (Convicted and sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered) for Gunpowder Plot, Hartford, Cheshire, England
Executed (27 Jan 1606 (Convicted and sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered) for Gunpowder Plot, Hartford, Cheshire, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 May 1578
    Event Place: London, Middlesex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Jan 1606
    Event Place: Executed (27 Jan 1606 (Convicted and sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered) for Gunpowder Plot, Hartford, Cheshire, England

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