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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ VISITATION OF LEICESTERSHIRE IN HARLEIAN SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS
Vol II, p 63. - ↑ E E and E M Salisbury. FAMILY HISTORIES AND GENEALOGIES
Vol I, Part 2, pp 442-46.
- ↑ Source is Colonel Joseph L Chester as quoted by Nancy McKinney Sayford. Contradicts claim of Nichols' HISTORY OF LEICESTERSHIRE, Vol IV, p 19 which states that William married Helen, daughter of John Roper, and died without issue.
He cites the will of Sir John Digby in which a bequest was made to "Elyne Montegue, late wife to my son, William Digby of Luffenham, now deceased and daughter of John Roper." He provided that it should later go to "John Digby, "Son of my late son, William Digby." Helen Roper married (2) Sir Edward Montague and died in 1563. Her will mentions her son, William Digby, and smaller boys. Chester cites a pedigree in possession of the late Earl of Digby, of Sherborne Castle, Dorsetshire which follows the early record of the family as found in the VISITATIONS. This pedigree states William Digby was married twice: (1) Rose Perwich or Prestwich and (2)Helen Roper. The marriage of a William Digby with Rose Perwich or Prestwich of Lubenham is mentioned in the VISITATION of that country in 1619, which also names their two sons. The pedigree at Sherborne Castle gives the children, including Simon.
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