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DILLINGTON, Robert (c.1558-1604), of Knighton, I.o.W.

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b. c. 1558, s. of Anthony Dillington of Knighton by his 1st w. Anne, da. of one Reade of Wales. educ. I. Temple 1576. m. Dorothy, da. of John Charles of Tavistock, Devon, wid. of Richard Servington of Tavistock, s.p. suc. fa. 1587. Kntd. aft. June 1597.C142/212/38; Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 15, 182; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 168, 676; APC, xxvii. 197.
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DILLINGTON, Robert (c.1558-1604), of Knighton, I.o.W.
Main residence: Knighton, I.o.W.
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DILLINGTON, Robert (c.1558-1604)

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DIGHTON, Christopher II (d.1604), of Worcester.

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Yr. s. of Christopher Dighton I of Worcester, prob. by his 2nd w. m. Helen, da. of Thomas Walsgrove alias Fleet, of Worcester, 1s. 3da.
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Member of the 48, Worcester 1587, chamberlain 1592 – 93, bailiff 1595 – 96, 1597 – 98, auditor 1599–1600.

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DIGHTON, Christopher (1559-1604), of High Street, Worcester
Main residence: Worcester.
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DIGHTON, Christopher II (-d.1604)

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DIGHTON, Christopher I (d.1587), of Worcester.

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s. of Thomas Dighton of Normanby, Lincs. by Joane Eland. educ. ?G. Inn 1540. m. (1) Margaret (Mary or Margery) Bellingham or Bullingham; (2) Alice Congard alias Richardson; (3) Elizabeth Booth of Cheshire; 4s. inc. Christopher II 4da.PCC 16 Spencer; Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xxvii), 48-9; Gloucester Shire Hall, anon. peds. Dighton box. The pedigrees confuse the Member with his son and namesake.
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Freeman, Worcester 1546; member of the 48, 1552, of the 24, 1555; bailiff 1559 – 60, 1574 – 75; auditor 1561 – 62, 1576 – 77, 1586 – 87; gov. Worcester free sch. from 1561; bridgemaster 1568.Nash, Worcs. app. cxii.; Worcester Guildhall, audit of city accts. 1540–1600, passim; CPR, 1554–5, p. 308.

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DIGHTON, Christopher I (d.1587), of Worcester.
Main residence: Worcester.
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DIGHTON, Christopher I (-d.1587)

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DIGGES, Thomas (c.1546-95), of Wootton and Wingham, Kent.

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b. c. 1546, 1st s. of Leonard Digges of Wootton by Bridget, da. of Thomas Wilford of Hartridge.Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 65. em> educ. ?Univ. Coll. Oxf. m. Agnes, da. of William St. Leger of Ulcombe and Leeds Castle, Kent, 2s. 2da. suc. fa. c.1559.
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Consultant engineer Winchelsea harbour c. 1577, Dover harbour 1581; supervisor of the works at Dover harbour 1582; muster master gen. of forces in the Netherlands under the Earl of Leicester 1586–94.

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DIGGES, Thomas (c.1546-95), of Wootton and Wingham, Kent.
Main residences: Wootton; Wingham, Kent.
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DIGGES, Thomas (c.1546-95)

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DIGGES, Richard (d.1634), of Marlborough, Wilts.

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2nd s. of John Digges of Pirton by his w. Elizabeth, of Noddall, Yorks. educ. Oxf. BA 1579; New Inn; L. Inn 1581, called 1589. m. (1) Margaret, da. of Richard Gore of Aldrington, Wilts., 1s. 2da.; (2) Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Waldron.
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Of counsel to Marlborough bef. 1603, mayor 1608; bencher, L. Inn and autumn reader 1608, keeper of the Black Bk. 1614, treasurer 1616 – 17, Lent reader 1619; serjeant-at-law 1623.

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DIGGES, Richard (c.1564-1634), of Marlborough, Wilts. and Lincoln’s Inn, London; later of Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane, London
Main residence: Marlborough, Wilts.
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DIGGES, Richard (-d.1634)

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