Family and Education
b. by 1518, 1st s. of Sir Everard Digby. educ. ?Brasenose, Oxf.; M. Temple. m. Anne, da. of Sir Anthony Cope of Hanwell, Oxon., 3s. 6da. suc. fa. 11 Apr. 1540.Presumed to be of age at election. Vis. Rutland (Harl. Soc. iii), 20; PCC 73 Drury; VCH Rutland, ii. 223, 227.
Offices Held
Steward, lands in Rutland formerly of Duke of Clarence 1540 – d.; sheriff, Rutland 1541 – 42, 1549 – 50, 1553 – 54, 1561 – 62, 1567 – 68, 1575 – 76, 1585 – 86; j.p. 1543-d.; commr. benevolence 1544/45, musters 1546, contribution 1546, relief 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553; other commissions 1543 – d.; custos rot. 1558/59–d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Stoke Dry, Rutland.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
DIGBY, Kenelm (by 1518-90)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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