NEWDIGATE, John (c.1542-92), of Harefield, Mdx. and Arbury, Warws.

b. c. 1541, 1st s. of John Newdigate of Moor Hall, Harefield by his 1st w. Mary, da. of Robert Cheyney of Chesham Bois, Bucks. educ. Eton c.1554-9; King’s, Camb. 1559, BA 1564, fellow c.1564; began MA at Prague 1564 or 1565. m. (1) Martha (d.1575), da. and coh. of Anthony Cave of Chicheley, Bucks., by Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Lovett, 8s. 3da.; (2) c.1575, Mary Smith, 1s.; (3) c.1577, Winifred Wells, s.p. suc. fa 1565.C142/145/61; 232/15; E150/51/31; A. E. Newdigate-Newdegate, Gossip from a Muniment Room; Mdx. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxv), 67; Kimber and Johnson, Baronetage, ii. 417; W. Sterry, Eton Coll. Reg. 1441-1698, p. 244; Vis. Eng. and Wales, ed. Howard and Crisp, Notes, vii. 35.