Family and Education
bap. 5 Nov. 1559,Par. Bk. of St. Helen’s Church, Worcester ed. J.B. Wilson, i. 12. 3rd but 2nd. surv. s. of Christopher Dighton I† (d.1587), vintner of High Street, Worcester, being 1st. s. with 2nd w. Alice, da. of one Conygard, alias Richardson. W.R. Buchanan-Dunlop, ‘Old Worcester Fams. III. Dighton’, Trans. Worcs. Arch. Soc. xxii. 84-5; CPR, 1554-5, p. 308; Par. Bk. St. Helen’s Church, Worcester, ii. 95, 97. m. (1) 17 Jan. 1586, Elizabeth (d. 18 Sept. 1590), da. of one Booth of Cheshire, 2s. d.v.p.; (2) 31 May 1591, Helen (Eleanor), da. of Thomas Walsgrove alias Fleet† of Worcester, clothier, 3da. Par. Bk. of St. Helen’s Church, Worcester, i. 25, 26, 29, 31, 33; ii. 7, 8, 97, 99; Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xxvii), 48; HP Commons, 1558-1603 sub Walsgrove alias Fleet, Thomas. d. 2 Aug. 1604. Par. Bk. St. Helen’s Church, Worcester, ii. 107.
Offices Held
Member of the Twenty Four, Worcester by 1588, high chamberlain 1592 – 93, low bailiff 1596 – 97, low alderman 1597 – 98, high bailiff and judge of Ct. of Orphans 1598 – 99, high alderman 1599 – 1600, auditor 1600.
High master, Weavers, Walkers and Clothiers’ Co. Worcester 1596–7.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: High Street, Worcester.
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
Web Title
DIGHTON, Christopher (1559-1604)
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