‘above the steps near my seat’ - North Luffenham Rutland
"Here is buried Simon Digby Esquier Gent. Pensioner of King Henry the eight. Second sonne of Sir John Digby Knight Marshall which Simon maried Katherine daughter of Christopher Clapham of Beamesley in Yorksher, esquire.
Here is also buried Roger Digby Esquier their sonne and heyre who married (Mary) daughter of John Cheyne of Shardelows in Buckinghamsher Esquire
Man is born to long suffering in a short uncertain life. In Christ, truth and certainty are found in life and death.
(Maria Nerendon), once wife to Roger Digby places this monument, 1582".
Simon died in 1560
He was the 2nd son of Sir John Digby of Eye Kettleby by Catherine d1500 daughter of Sir Nicholas Griffin of Braybrooke and Catharine d1558 daughter of Richard Curzon / Curson & Alice Willoughby flic.kr/p/dRCNFZ of Kedleston
He was the grandson of Sir Everard Digby 1510 flic.kr/p/bq67e5 and Jaquetta Ellis flic.kr/p/9e134f
He m Katherine d1558 daughter of Christopher Clapham of Beamsley Yorkshire
Children - 4 sons & 4 daughters
1. Roger 1582 who possessing a moiety of that manor, settled at North Luffenham. he m Mary daughter of John Cheney esq. of Shardellows, Agmondisham Bucks, and was buried under a monument by his father: Mary m2 ............. Nerendon (?)
2, Augustin
(Looks like someone took against Mary whose name has been chiseled out twice, possibly because she remarried - it is not clear who to )
Simon inherited his father’s property in Rutland in 1533, the rest of the estates passing to his nephew John Digby. He had followed his father into the royal household, rising from esquire of the body to gentleman pensioner before his retirement at Mary Tudor’s accession. He was returned to the Parliament of 1542 with John Harington shortly after he had been escheator and his friend Harington sheriff, doubtless owing the seat to Kenelm Digby, head of the senior line of the family, who was sheriff at the election.
Following the Dissolution in 1544 Digby fought in the French campaign which led to the capture of Boulogne. Queen Mary gave him an annuity of £46 13s.4d. and later named him to the bench. Little more is know apart from his sheep-rearing and disputes with neighbours. By his will made in October 1559 he asked to be buried in the church at North Luffenham ‘above the steps near my seat’, He provided for his children and named his son Roger executor and his ‘cousins’ Kenelm Digby and John Hunt supervisors. He died on 14 May 1560
- Church of St John the Baptist, North Luffentham, Rutland
‘above the steps near my seat’ - North Luffenham Rutland
"Here is buried Simon Digby Esquier Gent. Pensioner of King Henry the eight. Second sonne of Sir John Digby Knight Marshall which Simon maried Katherine daughter of Christopher Clapham of Beamesley in Yorksher, esquire.
Here is also buried Roger Digby Esquier their sonne and heyre who married (Mary) daughter of John Cheyne of Shardelows in Buckinghamsher Esquire
Man is born to long suffering in a short uncertain life. In Christ, truth and certainty are found in life and death.
(Maria Nerendon), once wife to Roger Digby places this monument, 1582".
Simon died in 1560
He was the 2nd son of Sir John Digby of Eye Kettleby by Catherine d1500 daughter of Sir Nicholas Griffin of Braybrooke and Catharine d1558 daughter of Richard Curzon / Curson & Alice Willoughby flic.kr/p/dRCNFZ of Kedleston
He was the grandson of Sir Everard Digby 1510 flic.kr/p/bq67e5 and Jaquetta Ellis flic.kr/p/9e134f
He m Katherine d1558 daughter of Christopher Clapham of Beamsley Yorkshire
Children - 4 sons & 4 daughters
1. Roger 1582 who possessing a moiety of that manor, settled at North Luffenham. he m Mary daughter of John Cheney esq. of Shardellows, Agmondisham Bucks, and was buried under a monument by his father: Mary m2 ............. Nerendon (?)
2, Augustin
(Looks like someone took against Mary whose name has been chiseled out twice, possibly because she remarried - it is not clear who to )
Simon inherited his father’s property in Rutland in 1533, the rest of the estates passing to his nephew John Digby. He had followed his father into the royal household, rising from esquire of the body to gentleman pensioner before his retirement at Mary Tudor’s accession. He was returned to the Parliament of 1542 with John Harington shortly after he had been escheator and his friend Harington sheriff, doubtless owing the seat to Kenelm Digby, head of the senior line of the family, who was sheriff at the election.
Following the Dissolution in 1544 Digby fought in the French campaign which led to the capture of Boulogne. Queen Mary gave him an annuity of £46 13s.4d. and later named him to the bench. Little more is know apart from his sheep-rearing and disputes with neighbours. By his will made in October 1559 he asked to be buried in the church at North Luffenham ‘above the steps near my seat’, He provided for his children and named his son Roger executor and his ‘cousins’ Kenelm Digby and John Hunt supervisors. He died on 14 May 1560
- Church of St John the Baptist, North Luffentham, Rutland