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    Person Info
  • Name: Sir Dudley DIGGS
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1583 b
  • Death: 18 Mar 1638/9 d
  • Burial: 23 Mar 1638/9 in Chilham, Kent u


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Thomas DIGGS Birth: 1549 Death: 24 Aug 1595 in London
  • Mother:
  • Anne St LEGER Birth: Abt 1555 Death: 1636

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Thomas DIGGS Birth: Abt 1610 Death: 1687
  2. John DIGGS
  3. Dudley DIGGS Birth: Abt 1614 in Chilham Death: 1 Oct 1643
  4. Anne DIGGS
  5. Elizabeth DIGGS
  6. Mary DIGGS Death: Abt 4 May 1643
  7. Francis DIGGS
  8. Edward DIGGS Birth: 1621 Death: 15 Mar 1675/6 in Virginia
  9. Leonard DIGGS
  10. Herbert DIGGS
  11. Richard DIGGS

Bibliography
  1. Faris, David, Plantagenet ancestry of seventeenth century colonists: the descent from the later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of emigrants from England and Wales to the North American colonies before 1701, second edition. Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1999. NYPL APR (New England) 01-1513. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Faris PA2 p[0-9ivxc]*].
  2. Hart, Craig, Genealogy of the Wives of the American Presidents, Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2004. NYPL APK 05-1088 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Hart PresidentWives p[0-9]*].
  3. Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, MD: Genelogical Publishing Co, 2005. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson MCA p[0-9]*].
  4. Richardson, Douglas, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, MD: Genelogical Publishing Co, 2004. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson PA p[0-9]*].
  5. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p[0-9]*].
  6. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p[0-9]*].
  7. Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p119]
abt 1583 [Ref: Richardson MCA p283, Richardson PA p273, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p105],
parents:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p119, Hart PresidentWives p27, Richardson MCA p283, Richardson PA p273, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p105, Roberts RD600 p176]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p119, Richardson MCA p284, Richardson PA p273, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p105]
1638 [Ref: Hart PresidentWives p26]
Sources for burial Information
date:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p105],
place:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p119, Richardson MCA p284, Richardson PA p273, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p105]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary KEMPE
names:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p258, Richardson MCA p284, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p281],
child:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p119, Faris PA2 p120, Hart PresidentWives p26, Richardson PA p273, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p105, Roberts RD600 p176]
Research Notes:
Knt, of Chilham, Kent [Ref: Richardson PA p273, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p105, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p281]
Knt, of Chilham Castle, Kent [Ref: Faris PA2 p119, Richardson MCA p283]

heir of his father [Ref: Richardson PA p273, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p105]

admitted as a Gentleman Commoner aged 17 to Christ Church College, Oxford University [Ref: Faris PA2 p119, Richardson PA p273, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p105]

1601: obtained a B.A. degree, Oxford [Ref: Richardson PA p273, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p105]

29 Apr 1607: knighted [Ref: Faris PA2 p119]

Burgess for Tewkesbury [Ref: Richardson PA p273, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p105]

Knight of the Shire for Kent [Ref: Richardson PA p273, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p105]

Master of the Rolls [Ref: Richardson PA p273, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p105]

2 Feb 1617/8: admitted to Gray's Inn [Ref: Faris PA2 p119, Richardson PA p273, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p105]

diplomat, judge [Ref: Roberts RD600 p176]

member of the Virginia Company, and the Council for Virginia [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p105]

May 1622: he and associates were assigned land in Virginia [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p105]



Pedigree of Sir Dudley DIGGS
                                                                /-----Roger DYGGE
                                                       /-----John DYGGE
                                                      |         \-----Albina
                                              /-----John DYGGE
                                             |        |         /-----John De NORTHWODE, Lord Northwode
                                             |         \-----Juliane De NORTHWODE
                                             |                  \-----Joan HERT
                                     /-----John DIGGES
                                    |        |         /-----Thomas HORNE
                                    |         \-----Juliane HORNE
                            /-----John DIGGES
                           |        |                           /-----Sir William Le BRUYN, Lord Brun
                           |        |                  /-----Sir Ingram Le BRUYN, Lord Brun
                           |        |                 |         \-----Alice Le LAGER
                           |        |         /-----Sir Maurice Le BRUYN, Lord Brun
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Edmund De La POLE
                           |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth De La POLE
                           |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth De HAUDLO
                           |         \-----Joan BRUYN
                           |                 |         /-----Sir Henry RETFORD
                           |                  \-----Elizabeth RETFORD
                           |                          |         /-----Sir Ralph PAYNELL
                           |                           \-----Katherine PAYNELL
                           |                                    \-----Katherine
                   /-----James DIGGES
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir Robert De CLIFTON
                  |        |                           /-----Sir John De CLIFTON
                  |        |                          |         \-----Agnes De GREY
                  |        |                  /-----Sir Gervase De CLIFTON
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John De CRESSY
                  |        |                 |         \-----Katherine CRESSY
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Agnes
                  |        |         /-----Sir Gervase CLIFTON
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert FRAUNCEYS
                  |        |        |         \-----Isabel FRAUNCEYS
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas BRUMPTON
                  |        |        |                  \-----Isabel BRUMPTON
                  |        |        |                           \-----Isabel
                  |         \-----Joan CLIFTON
                  |                 |         /-----Vincent HERBERT
                  |                  \-----Isabel HERBERT
                  |                          |         /-----Robert CRALLE
                  |                           \-----Isabel CRALLE
                  |                                   |         /-----Simon PEPLESHAM
                  |                                    \-----Margaret PEPLESHAM
                  |                                             \-----Joan ROWSE
          /-----Leonard DIGGES
         |        |         /-----John ENGHAM
         |         \-----Philippe ENGHAM
 /-----Thomas DIGGS
|        |                  /-----James WILSFORD
|        |         /-----Thomas WILSFORD
|        |        |        |         /-----John BETTENHAM
|        |        |         \-----Elizabeth BETTENHAM
|         \-----Bridget WILSFORD
|                 |                           /-----Walter CULPEPER
|                 |                  /-----Sir John CULPEPER
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Ralph ROPER
|                 |                 |         \-----Agnes ROPER
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas LEWKNOR
|                 |                 |                  \-----Beatrix LEWKNOR
|                 |                 |                           \-----Elizabeth ECHINGHAM
|                 |         /-----Walter CULPEPER
|                 |        |        |         /-----John GAYNESFORD
|                 |        |         \-----Agnes GAINSFORD
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----William CLIFFORD
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Lewis CLIFFORD
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Eleanor Elizabeth SAVAGE
|                 |        |                  \-----Margaret CLIFFORD
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Sir William De MOLEYNS
|                 |        |                           \-----Anne De MOLEYNS
|                 |        |                                    \-----Margery WHALESBOROUGH
|                  \-----Elizabeth CULPEPER
|                          |                                    /-----Henry AUCHER
|                          |                           /-----Henry AUCHER
|                          |                          |         \-----Elizabeth DYGGE
|                          |                  /-----Thomas AUCHER
|                          |                 |         \-----Isabel ATTE TOWNE
|                          |         /-----Henry AUCHER
|                           \-----Anne AUCHER
|                                   |                           /-----William GUILDFORD
|                                   |                  /-----Edward GUILDFORD
|                                   |                 |         \-----Joan De HALDEN
|                                   |         /-----Sir John GUILFORD
|                                   |        |         \-----Julian De PITTLESDEN
|                                    \-----Elizabeth GUILFORD
|                                            |                  /-----John WALLER
|                                            |         /-----Richard WALLER
|                                            |        |         \-----Margaret LANDSDALE
|                                             \-----Alice WALLER
|                                                      \-----Silvia GULBY
Sir Dudley DIGGS
|                                    /-----Ralph St LEGER
|                           /-----Ralph St LEGER
|                          |        |         /-----John PROPHETT
|                          |         \-----Anne PROPHETT
|                  /-----Sir Anthony St LEGER, K.G.
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir Edmund HAUTE
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir Nicholas HAUTE
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Bennet De SHELVING
|                 |        |                  /-----William HAUTE
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Alice De COVEN
|                 |        |         /-----Richard HAUTE
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John De WYDEVILLE
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Richard De WYDEVILLE
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel GOBION
|                 |        |        |         \-----Joan WYDEVILL
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Thomas BEDLISGATE
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Joan BEDLISGATE
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Joan BEAUCHAMP
|                 |         \-----Isabel HAUTE
|                 |                 |                  /-----Sir John TYRRELL
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas TYRRELL
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir William COGGESHALL
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Alice COGGESHALL
|                 |                  \-----Elizabeth TYRELL
|                 |                          |                  /-----Sir Robert De MARNY
|                 |                          |         /-----Sir William De MARNY
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Alice Le LAGER
|                 |                           \-----Anne De MARNY
|                 |                                   |         /-----Sir Richard SERGEAUX
|                 |                                    \-----Elizabeth CERGEAUX
|                 |                                             \-----Philippa FITZ ALAN
|         /-----Sir Warham St LEGER
|        |        |         /-----Hugh WARHAM
|        |         \-----Agnes WARHAM
|        |                 |         /-----Geoffrey COLLE
|        |                  \-----Marian COLLE
 \-----Anne St LEGER
         |                                                      /-----Ralph De NEVILLE, Lord Neville Of Raby
         |                                             /-----John De NEVILL, K.G. Lord Neville Of Raby
         |                                            |         \-----Alice AUDLEY
         |                                    /-----Sir Ralph De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Westmoreland
         |                                   |        |         /-----Henry De PERCY, Lord Percy
         |                                   |         \-----Maud PERCY
         |                                   |                  \-----Idonia De CLIFFORD
         |                           /-----Edward NEVILLE, Lord Abergavenny
         |                          |        |                  /-----Edward III King Of England
         |                          |        |         /-----John Of Gaunt K.G., Duke of Lancaster
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Philippa Of Hainault
         |                          |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
         |                          |                 |         /-----Sir Payn Roet Of Hainault, Gulenne King Of Arms
         |                          |                  \-----Katharine Of Hainault
         |                  /-----Sir George NEVILLE, Lord Abergavenny
         |                 |        |                           /-----Thomas BEAUCHAMP, Orig K.G., Earl Of Warwick
         |                 |        |                  /-----William BEAUCHAMP. K.G., Baron Abergavenny
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Katherine MORTIMER
         |                 |        |         /-----Richard BEAUCHAMP, Earl Of Worcester
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Richard FITZ ALAN, K.G., Earl Of Arundel and Su
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Joan FITZ ALAN
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth De BOHUN
         |                 |         \-----Elizabeth BEAUCHAMP, Baroness Abergavenny
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Sir Edward DESPENSER, K.G., Lord Of Glamorgan
         |                 |                 |         /-----Thomas DESPENSER, K.G., Earl of Gloucester
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth De BURGHERSH, Baroness Burghersh
         |                 |                  \-----Isabel Le DESPENSER, Baroness Burghersh
         |                 |                          |         /-----Edmund Of Langley K.G., Earl Of Cambridge, Duke Of York
         |                 |                           \-----Constance PLANTAGENET
         |                 |                                    \-----Isabelle Of Castile
         |         /-----George NEVILLE, K.G., Lord Abergavenny
         |        |        |         /-----Hugh FENNE
         |        |         \-----Margaret FENNE
          \-----Ursula NEVILLE
                  |                                             /-----Edmund STAFFORD, K.G., Earl of Stafford
                  |                                    /-----Humphrey STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham
                  |                                   |         \-----Anne Countess Of Buckingham
                  |                           /-----Hunphrey STAFFORD, Earl Of Stafford
                  |                          |        |         /-----Sir Ralph De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Westmoreland
                  |                          |         \-----Anne NEVILLE
                  |                          |                  \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
                  |                  /-----Henry STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham
                  |                 |        |                  /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
                  |                 |        |         /-----Edmund BEAUFORT, K.G., Duke of Somerset
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret HOLAND
                  |                 |         \-----Margaret BEAUFORT
                  |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Richard BEAUCHAMP, K.G., Earl Of Warwick
                  |                 |                  \-----Eleanor BEAUCHAMP
                  |                 |                           \-----Elizabeth BERKELEY, Countess Of Warwick
                  |         /-----Edward STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham
                  |        |        |                           /-----Sir John De WYDEVILLE
                  |        |        |                  /-----Richard De WYDEVILLE
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel GOBION
                  |        |        |         /-----Sir Richard WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Thomas BEDLISGATE
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Joan BEDLISGATE
                  |        |        |        |                  \-----Joan BEAUCHAMP
                  |        |         \-----Katherine WYDEVILLE
                  |        |                 |                  /-----Jean II Count Of Brienne And Conversano
                  |        |                 |         /-----Peter Of Luxemburg, Count Of St. Pol
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Marguerite De Enghien
                  |        |                  \-----Jacquetta Of St.Pol
                  |        |                          |         /-----Francis De Baux, Duke Of Andria
                  |        |                           \-----Margaret Of Andria
                  |        |                                    \-----Sveva ORSINI
                   \-----Mary STAFFORD
                           |                                    /-----Sir Henry "Harry Hotspur" PERCY, K.G.
                           |                           /-----Sir Henry PERCY, Earl Of Northumberland
                           |                          |         \-----Elizbeth MORTIMER
                           |                  /-----Sir Henry PERCY, Earl Of Northumberland
                           |                 |        |         /-----Sir Ralph De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Westmoreland
                           |                 |         \-----Eleanor NEVILLE
                           |                 |                  \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
                           |         /-----Henry PERCY, K.G., Earl Of Northumberland
                           |        |        |                  /-----Robert POYNINGS, Lord Poynings
                           |        |        |         /-----Sir Richard POYNINGS
                           |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth De GREY
                           |        |         \-----Eleanor POYNINGS, Baroness Poynings
                           |        |                 |         /-----Sir John De BERKELEY
                           |        |                  \-----Eleanor De BERKELEY
                           |        |                           \-----Elizabeth BETTESHORNE
                            \-----Eleanor PERCY
                                    |                           /-----Thomas AP GWILYM
                                    |                  /-----Sir William AP THOMAS
                                    |                 |         \-----Maud MORLEY
                                    |         /-----William HERBERT, K.G., Earl Of Pembroke
                                    |        |        |         /-----Sir Dafydd GAM
                                    |        |         \-----Gladys Ferch DAFYDD
                                    |        |                  \-----Gwenlian Ferch Gwilym Ap Hywel Grach
                                     \-----Maud HERBERT
                                             |                  /-----Walter DEVEREUX
                                             |         /-----Sir Walter DEVEREUX
                                             |        |         \-----Elizabeth BROMWICH
                                              \-----Anne DEVEREUX
                                                      |         /-----John MERBURY
                                                       \-----Elizabeth MERBURY
                                                                \-----Alice PEMBRIDGE



Descendants of Sir Dudley DIGGS
1. Sir Dudley DIGGS m. Mary KEMPE
m. Mary KEMPE father: Sir Thomas KEMPE mother: Dorothy THOMPSON

2nd generation

9. Edward DIGGS m. Elizabeth PAGE
m. Elizabeth PAGE father: Francis PAGE