Individual Details
Kenelm Digby
(Abt 1500 - )
Knight of the Shire, High Sheriff, and Justice of the Peace for Rutland; Commissioner of Benevolence, Musters, and Relief. Digby began his long parliamentary career as a junior M.P. for Stamford in 1539, but after his father's death in 1540 was senior Knight of the Shire, representing Rutland in at least ten Parliaments from 1545 to 1584. In 1564 he was reported to be 'indifferent' in religion but towards the close of his life was described as unsound in faith and one of his sons was a notable Catholic. His wife Anne was a daughter of Queen Katherine Parr's wealthy chamberlain Sir Anthony Cope.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1500 | Stoke Dry, Rutlandshire, England | |||
| Marriage | 1539 | Uppingham, Rutland, England - Ann Cope | |||
| Will | 1590 | Stoke Dry, Rutland, England |  | ||
| Burial | 21 Apr 1590 | St Andrew Churchyard, Stoke Dry, Rutland, England |  |
Families
| Spouse | Ann Cope (1517 - ) |
| Father | Sir Everard Digby (1472 - 1540) |
| Mother | Margery Heydon (1498 - ) |
Notes
Will
PCC Will of Keneline Digbie of Stoke Dry, Rutland 1590Citation: Source Citation The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 76 Source Information Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Source text: PCC Will of Keneline Digbie of Stoke Dry, Rutland 1590 Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers. Name of Register: Drury Quire Numbers: 48 - 87. Will of Keneline Digbie of Stoke Dry, Rutland. Held by:The National Archives, Kew - Prerogative Court of Canterbury Date:05 November 1590 Reference:PROB 11/76/281 will written 26 February 1588/89 Keneline Digbie of Stoke Dry Rutland esquire -buried in chancel of Stoke Dry -executors wife Anne Digbie and second son John Digbye -supervisors Sir William Haydon of Baconthorp in Norfolk knight and Edward Watsonin of Rockingham Northamptonshire and James Digbye of Northhaffenham Rutland esquires my 2 sons-in-law -3 daughters Elizabeth Ursula and Bridgett -eldest son Everarde Digbie -Oxford College -everyone of my yeomen and every of my maids -poor of Stoke Dry, Uppingham and Luddenton -poor of Caldecott Easton by Willard and Stokerston -repairing of churches of Stoke Dry and Tilton -my 2 sons Everard Digbie and John Digbie -daughter Anne Watson and to my daughter Margerie Dudley and to everyone of their children -lease in Hullyocke -lease of Wrigt in Rutland to son Everarde Digbye -Thomas Skeffington Anthonie Digbie Henry Herrenden esquire John Hunte gentleman witnesses Henry Herendon Thomas Tabbes John Brightwen
Endnotes
1. "England, Rutland Parish Registers, 1538-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QGLZ-4TF9 : 16 March 2018), Kenelm Digbye, 21 Apr 1590; from "Rutland Parish Records," database and images, FindMyPast (https://www.findmypast.com : 2017); citing 7, DE1882/1, Burial, Stoke Dry, Rutland, England, United Kingdom, The Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland, Leicester, UK..