Family and Education
b. by 1499, yr. s. of Sir John Digby of Eye Kettleby, Leics. by 1st w. Catherine, da. of Nicholas Griffin of Braybrooke, Northants. m. by 1531, Catherine (d. 14 Aug. 1558), da. of Christopher Clapham of Beamsley, Yorks., 4s. 4da.Date of birth estimated from first Household post. Vis. Rutland (Harl. Soc. iii), 17 and Vis. Leics. (Harl. Soc. ii), 40-41 both give unreliable pedigrees drawn up in the 17th century. Vis. Northants. ed. Metcalfe, 14, 24; PCC 22 Alen, 35 Mellershe; C142/55/16, 18, 40, 131/168.
Offices Held
Jt. (with fa.) bailiff, manor of Barrowden, Rutland 12 Aug. 1519 – May 1533, sole May 1533 – d.; esquire of the body in 1520; escheator, Northants. and Rutland 1540 – 41; gent. pens. by 1544 – ?54; sheriff, Rutland 1548 – 49; commr. relief 1550; j.p. by 1558–d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: North Luffenham, Rutland.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
DIGBY, Simon (by 1499-1560)
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Oxford 1644
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