Sir John De Digbie

1262 - 1305  (43 years)

• Name	Sir John De Digbie  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	1262	Of Tilton, Leicestershire, ENG
  Gender	Male
  Death	1305  [4]
  Person ID	I11947	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	John Digbie, Knight,   b. 1234   d. 1268 (Age 34 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Arabell De Harcourt,   b. Bef 1250   d. 1279 (Age > 29 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1258	Of Digby, Lincolnshire, ENG
  Family ID	F3683	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. John De Digby,   b. Abt 1282, Of Burrow, Leicestershire, ENG d. 1363, Tilton, Leicestershire, ENG (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Robert Digby  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F7174	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  John is the eldest son of Sir John de Digby and Arabella Harcourt. He has the title Knight in the original Digby family records. Annie Coppock Kransdorf interprets his "disk" on the Digby Manuscript to be "John de Digbie, Knighte, marrie Wake and had issue in the 20th yeere of Edward 3, 1345(6?)." She states that the 20th year is an error, it would have been the 18th year of Edward III's reign. This does not fit with the likely birthdates of the children. (C-1441, 2267) It should be noted that Burke's "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain, V. 4" says that this John married to Elizabeth Osville is the son of Robert de Digeby and Sibella, grandson of John de Digeby and great grandson of Sir John de Digeby and Arabella Haracourt instead. Burke's work was based upon the extensive 1634 genealogy done of the Digeby family.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2007] Digby, Kenelm, Digby Manuscript created circa 1634. [S3032] James W. Donovan to Linda Coate Dudick Letter dated 7 Oct 1995 from jamesd@the-college.iwctx.edu In possession of L. Dudick, (C-623). [S533] Charles Browning, Americans of Royal Descent (Sixth Edition, 1905, Historical Society of Pennsylvania). [S2009] Joseph Harry Digby at 3031 Pioneer Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, Digby (c1978). [S2010] Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of Great Britain, V. 4 (www.books.google.com). [S406] Natalelli-Waloszek, Annie, Email dated 2000+ at Xanadu2@Wanadoo.fr.