Everard Digby (Esquire)

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Everard Digby of Tilton and Digby (* around 1410 - 29 March 1461 ) was an English esquire .

Life

Everard Digby was a son of Simon Digby and Joan, a daughter of Sir James Beler. The Digby family owned lands and estates in Digby and Tilton , Lincolnshire and Stoke Dry in Rutland .

Everard, who was nicknamed Greenleaf , was sheriff of Rutland in 1459 and sat in Parliament as Knight of the Shire for Rutland from 1447 . During the Wars of the Roses , Everard fought for the House of Lancaster and King Henry VI. 1460 at the Battle of Wakefield , 1461 at the Second Battle of St Albans and 1461 at Towton .

Everard fell on March 29, 1461 with three brothers at Towton.

Marriage and offspring

Everard Digby was married to Anne, daughter of Francis Clarke of Whissendine. In some sources, the first name of his wife is also given as Alice or Agnes.

The couple had the following offspring:

  • Everard Digby ⚭ Jaquetta, daughter of John Ellis
  • Sir Simon Digby
  • Sir John Digby
  • Thomas Digby
  • Devorguilla Digby ⚭ Robert Hunt
  • Margaret Digby ⚭ Sir William Skeffington

According to the sources, Everard is said to have had a total of seven sons, but not all of them are named.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e George Lipscomb: The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham Vol. 4 , J&W Robins 1874, pp. 145/146
  2. ^ Francis H. Browning: Americans of Royal Descent , Genealogical Publishing Com. 1911, ISBN 978-0-806-30054-2 , p. 308
  3. ^ A b c Towton Battlefield Society
  4. ^ A b Towton Battlefield Society
    J. Chappell: Perilous Passages: The Book of Margery Kempe, 1534-1934 , Springer 2013, ISBN 978-1-137-27768-8
    George Lipscomb: The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham Vol. 4 , J&W Robins 1874, pp. 145/146
    Francis H. Browning: Americans of Royal Descent , Genealogical Publishing Com. 1911, ISBN 978-0-806-30054-2 , p. 308
    Roy Digby: The Gunpowder Plotters's Legacy , James Publishing Company 2001, ISBN 978-1-857-56520-1 , p. 4
    Richard III. Foundation Inc. ( Memento of the original from January 22nd, 2016 in the Internet Archive )     Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Edmund Lodge: The Genealogy of the existing British Peerage, Vol VI , Saunders & Otley London 1838, p. 148 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.richard111.com
  5. ^ JC Wedgwood and Anne Holt: The History of Parliament 1439-1509, Vol.I , HM Stationary Office 1936, p. 273
personal data
SURNAME Everard Digby
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Digby of Tilton and Digby, Everard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English esquire
DATE OF BIRTH around 1410
DATE OF DEATH March 29, 1461