DIGBY, Sir Everard (by 1472-1540), of Tilton, Leics. and Stoke Dry, Rutland.

Family and Education

b. by 1472, 1st s. of Sir Everard Digby of Tilton and Stoke Dry by Jacquetta, da. of Sir John Ellis of Devon. educ. ?L. Inn, adm. 1495. m. by 1518, Margery, da. of Sir John Heydon of Baconsthorpe, Norf., 3s. inc. Kenelm 1da. suc. fa. 22 Jan. 1509. Kntd. by 1520.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.ms, C142/25/84, 78/49. Vis. Leics. (Harl. Soc. ii), 40-41; Vis. Rutland (Harl. Soc. iii), 17, 20; Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 151-2; PCC 22 Alenger; LP Hen. VIII, iii.

Offices Held

J.p. Leics 1511 – d., Rutland 1524 – d., commr. subsidy, Rutland 1512, 1514, 1515; other commissions Leics. and Rutland 1509 – d., sheriff, Rutland 1513 – 14, 1518 – 19, 1528 – 29, 1532 – 33, Warws. and Leics. 1520 – 21, jt. steward, lands in Rutland formerly of Duke of Clarence May 1517.LP Hen. VIII, i, ii, iv, v, viii, xi, xiii, xiv; Statutes, iii. 85, 113, 173.

Parlimentarian

DIGBY, Sir Everard (by 1472-1540), of Tilton, Leics. and Stoke Dry, Rutland.

Main residences: Tilton, Leics; Stoke Dry, Rutland.

Author

S.M.T.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

DIGBY, Sir Everard (by 1472-1540)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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