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Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Robert DIGBY, Lord Digby Death: 7 Jun 1642 in Cork House, Dublin
  2. George DIGBY
  3. Gerald DIGBY
  4. John DIGBY
  5. Symon DIGBY
  6. Essex DIGBY
  7. Philip DIGBY

Bibliography
  1. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 04 Dacre-Dysart. London: St Catherine Press, 1916. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 4 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo04byucoka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IV [Ap][p0-9].*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 07 Hussee-Lincolnshire. London: St Catherine Press, 1929. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VII [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 10, Oakham-Richmond. London: St Catherine Press, 1945. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP X [Ap][p0-9].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1580 [Ref: CP X p18],
parents:
[Ref: CP X p18]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP X p19]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: CP X p19]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sir Robert DIGBY
date:
settlement 19 Apr 1598 [Ref: CP X p18],
child:
[Ref: CP IV p353]
Research Notes:
1st Baroness Offaly, of Barony cr 1620 [Ref: CP X p18]

heir of her father [Ref: CP X p18]

heir gen of her grandfather Gerald FitzGerald, Earl of Kildare [Ref: CP IV p353]

Gerald, 14th Earl, succeeded to the Earldom Apr 1599, but his claim to the estates etc was in 1606 opposed by Dame Lettice Digby, the heir general [Ref: CP VII p241]



Pedigree of Lettice FITZGERALD
                                                                /-----Maurice FITZ THOMAS FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Kildare
                                                       /-----John FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Kildare
                                                      |         \-----Elizabeth De BURGHERSH
                                              /-----John Cam FITZ GERALD
                                             |         \-----Margaret De La HERNE
                                     /-----Thomas FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Kildare
                            /-----Gerald FITZGERALD, K.G., Earl Of Kildare
                           |        |                           /-----Morice FITZ THOMAS, Earl Of Desmond
                           |        |                  /-----Gerald Fitz Morice, Earl Of Desmond
                           |        |                 |         \-----Aveline Fitz Nicholas
                           |        |         /-----James FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond
                           |        |        |        |         /-----James BUTLER, Earl Of Ormond
                           |        |        |         \-----Alianore Le BOTILLER
                           |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth DARCY
                           |         \-----Joan FITZ GERALD
                           |                 |         /-----Ulick Mac RICHARD BURK
                           |                  \-----Mary Mac RICHARD BURK
                   /-----Gerald FITZGERALD, Earl Of Kildare
                  |        |                  /-----Sir Edward FITZEUSTACE
                  |        |         /-----Rowland FITZEUSTACE, Baron Portlester
                  |         \-----Alison FITZEUSTACE
                  |                  \-----Jenet BELLEW
          /-----Gerald FITZGERALD, Earl Of Kildare
         |        |                                             /-----Sir Reynold De GREY, Lord Grey Of Ruthin
         |        |                                    /-----Reynold De GREY, Lord Grey Of Ruthin
         |        |                                   |         \-----Alinore LESTRANGE
         |        |                           /-----Edward De GREY, Lord Ferrers Of Groby
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir William ASTLEY, Lord Astley
         |        |                          |         \-----Joan ASTELEY
         |        |                          |                  \-----Joan WILLOUGHBY
         |        |                  /-----Sir John GREY
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----William De FERRERS, Lord Ferrers Of Groby
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Henry FERRERS
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Philippa De CLIFFORD
         |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth FERRERS, Lady Ferrers Of Groby
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas MOWBRAY, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
         |        |                 |                  \-----Isabel MOWBRAY
         |        |                 |                           \-----Elizabeth FITZ ALAN
         |        |         /-----Thomas GREY, K.G., Marquess of Dorset
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir John De WYDEVILLE
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Richard De WYDEVILLE
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel GOBION
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Richard WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Thomas BEDLISGATE
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Joan BEDLISGATE
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Joan BEAUCHAMP
         |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth WYDVILLE
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----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
         |         \-----Elizabeth GREY
         |                 |                                    /-----Sir John BONVYLE
         |                 |                           /-----William BONVILLE, K.G., Lord Bonville
         |                 |                          |         \-----Elizabeth FITZ ROGER
         |                 |                  /-----William BONVILLE
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----Reynold De GREY, Lord Grey Of Ruthin
         |                 |                 |         \-----Margaret GREY
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Margaret De ROOS
         |                 |         /-----William BONVILLE, Lord Harrington
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert HARINGTON, Lord Harington
         |                 |        |        |         /-----William HARINGTON, Lord Harington
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel LORING
         |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth HARINGTON
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir John HILL
         |                 |        |                  \-----Margaret HILL
         |                 |        |                           \-----Maud DAUBENEY
         |                  \-----Cicely BONVILLE, Baroness Harrington And Bonvil
         |                          |                           /-----John De NEVILL, K.G. Lord Neville Of Raby
         |                          |                  /-----Sir Ralph De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Westmoreland
         |                          |                 |         \-----Maud PERCY
         |                          |         /-----Sir Richard De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Salisbury
         |                          |        |        |         /-----John Of Gaunt K.G., Duke of Lancaster
         |                          |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
         |                          |        |                  \-----Katharine Of Hainault
         |                           \-----Katherine NEVILLE
         |                                   |                  /-----John De MONTAGU, K.G., Earl Of Salisbury
         |                                   |         /-----Sir Thomas MONTAGU, K.G., Earl Of Salisbury
         |                                   |        |         \-----Maud FRAUNCEYS
         |                                    \-----Alice MONTAGU, Countess Of Salisbury
         |                                            |         /-----Sir Thomas HOLLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
         |                                             \-----Eleanor De HOLAND
         |                                                      \-----Alice FITZALAN
 /-----Gerald FITZGERALD, Lord Gerald
|        |                                    /-----Sir Richard BROWNE
|        |                           /-----Sir Thomas BROWNE
|        |                  /-----Sir Anthony BROWNE
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir John FITZ ALAN, Lord Arundel
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir John FITZ ALAN, Lord Arundel
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Eleanor MAUTRAVERS, Baroness Mautravers
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas ARUNDEL
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Edward DESPENSER, K.G., Lord Of Glamorgan
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth DESPENSER
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth De BURGHERSH, Baroness Burghersh
|        |                 |         \-----Eleanor ARUNDEL
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Henry MOYNS
|        |                 |                  \-----Joan MOYNS
|        |         /-----Sir Anthony BROWNE, K.G.
|        |        |        |                                    /-----John De NEVILL, K.G. Lord Neville Of Raby
|        |        |        |                           /-----Sir Ralph De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Westmoreland
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Maud PERCY
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Richard De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Salisbury
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----John Of Gaunt K.G., Duke of Lancaster
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Katharine Of Hainault
|        |        |        |         /-----John De NEVILLE, K.G., Marquess of Montagu
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----John De MONTAGU, K.G., Earl Of Salisbury
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MONTAGU, K.G., Earl Of Salisbury
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Maud FRAUNCEYS
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Alice MONTAGU, Countess Of Salisbury
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas HOLLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Eleanor De HOLAND
|        |        |        |        |                           \-----Alice FITZALAN
|        |        |         \-----Lucy NEVILLE
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Sir John INGOLDTHORPE
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Thomas INGOLDTHORPE
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth BURGH
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Edmund INGOLDTHORPE
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Walter De La POLE
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret De La POLE
|        |        |                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth BRADESTON
|        |        |                  \-----Isabel INGOLDTHORPE
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Sir Payn TYBETOT
|        |        |                          |         /-----Sir John TIPTOFT, Lord Tiptoft
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Agnes WROTH
|        |        |                           \-----Joan TIPTOFT
|        |        |                                   |         /-----Sir Edward CHERLETON, K.G., Lord Cherleton
|        |        |                                    \-----Joyce CHERLETON
|        |        |                                             \-----Eleanor HOLLAND
|         \-----Mable BROWNE
|                 |                                             /-----John De GAUGE
|                 |                                    /-----John GAUGE
|                 |                           /-----Sir John GAGE
|                 |                          |        |         /-----John SUDGROVE
|                 |                          |         \-----Joan SUDGROVE
|                 |                  /-----William GAGE
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Philip St CLAIR
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Thomas St. CLAIR
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret De LOUVAIN
|                 |                 |         \-----Alianore St. CLAIR
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Sir William De HOO
|                 |                 |                  \-----Margaret HOO
|                 |                 |                           \-----Eleanor WINGFIELD
|                 |         /-----Sir John GAGE, K.G.
|                 |        |        |         /-----Bartholomew BOLNEY
|                 |        |         \-----Agnes BOLNEY
|                 |        |                  \-----Eleanor
|                  \-----Alice GAGE
|                          |                                    /-----William GUILDFORD
|                          |                           /-----Edward GUILDFORD
|                          |                          |         \-----Joan De HALDEN
|                          |                  /-----Sir John GUILFORD
|                          |                 |         \-----Julian De PITTLESDEN
|                          |         /-----Sir Richard GUILFORD, K.G.
|                          |        |        |                  /-----John WALLER
|                          |        |        |         /-----Richard WALLER
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret LANDSDALE
|                          |        |         \-----Alice WALLER
|                          |        |                  \-----Silvia GULBY
|                           \-----Philippe GUILFORD
|                                   |         /-----John PIMPE
|                                    \-----Anne PIMPE
Lettice FITZGERALD
|                  /-----Robert KNOLLYS
|         /-----Sir Francis KNOLLYS, K.G.
|        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas PEYNSTON
|        |         \-----Lettice PEYNSTON
 \-----Catherine KNOLLYS
         |                                                      /-----Sir Tudor Fychan Ap GRONW
         |                                             /-----Maredudd Ap TUDUR FYCHAN
         |                                            |         \-----Margred Ferch Thomas
         |                                    /-----Owen Ap Maredudd Ap TUDOR
         |                                   |        |         /-----Dafydd Fychan Ap Daffyd Lloyd
         |                                   |         \-----Margred
         |                                   |                  \-----Neste Ferch Ieuan
         |                           /-----Edmund TUDOR, Earl Of Richmond
         |                          |        |                  /-----Charles V King Of France
         |                          |        |         /-----Charles VI King Of France
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Jeanne Of Bourbon
         |                          |         \-----Catherine Of France
         |                          |                 |         /-----Stephen III Duke Of Bavaria
         |                          |                  \-----Isabella Of Bavaria
         |                          |                           \-----Thaddea VISCONTI
         |                  /-----Henry VII TUDOR, King Of England
         |                 |        |                           /-----John Of Gaunt K.G., Duke of Lancaster
         |                 |        |                  /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Katharine Of Hainault
         |                 |        |         /-----John BEAUFORT, K.G., Duke of Somerset
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas HOLLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret HOLAND
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Alice FITZALAN
         |                 |         \-----Margaret BEAUFORT
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Sir Roger De BEAUCHAMP
         |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John De BEAUCHAMP, Baron Beauchamp Of Bletsoe
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Mary
         |                 |                  \-----Margaret De BEAUCHAMP
         |                 |                          |         /-----John De STOURTON
         |                 |                           \-----Edith STOURTON
         |                 |                                    \-----Alice
         |         /-----Henry VIII TUDOR, King Of England
         |        |        |                                    /-----Edmund Of Langley K.G., Earl Of Cambridge, Duke Of York
         |        |        |                           /-----Richard Of York Earl Of Cambridge
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Isabelle Of Castile
         |        |        |                  /-----Richard PLANTAGENET, K.G., Duke of York
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Roger De MORTIMER, Earl Of March
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Anne De MORTIMER
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Eleanor HOLLAND
         |        |        |         /-----Edward IV Duke Of York, King Of England
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----John De NEVILL, K.G. Lord Neville Of Raby
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Ralph De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Westmoreland
         |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Maud PERCY
         |        |        |        |         \-----Cecily NEVILLE
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----John Of Gaunt K.G., Duke of Lancaster
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
         |        |        |        |                           \-----Katharine Of Hainault
         |        |         \-----Elizabeth PLANTAGENET
         |        |                 |                           /-----Sir John De WYDEVILLE
         |        |                 |                  /-----Richard De WYDEVILLE
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Isabel GOBION
         |        |                 |         /-----Sir Richard WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Thomas BEDLISGATE
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan BEDLISGATE
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Joan BEAUCHAMP
         |        |                  \-----Elizabeth WYDVILLE
         |        |                          |                  /-----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
          \-----Katherine CARY
                  |                                    /-----Geoffrey BOLEYN
                  |                           /-----Sir Geoffrey BOLEYN, Lord Mayor Of London
                  |                          |        |         /-----Sir John BRACTON
                  |                          |         \-----Anne BRACTON
                  |                  /-----Sir William BOLEYN
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas HOO
                  |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas HOO, K.G., Lord Hoo
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Eleanor De FELTON
                  |                 |         \-----Anne HOO
                  |                 |                 |         /-----Nicholas WYCHINGHAM
                  |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth WYCHINGHAM
                  |                 |                           \-----Joan De ANTINGHAM
                  |         /-----Sir Thomas BOLEYN, K.G., Earl of Wiltshire and Orm
                  |        |        |                           /-----James BUTLER, Earl Of Ormond
                  |        |        |                  /-----James BUTLER, Earl Of Ormond
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Anne WELLES
                  |        |        |         /-----Thomas ORMOND, Earl of Ormond
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----William BEAUCHAMP. K.G., Baron Abergavenny
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Joan BEAUCHAMP
                  |        |        |        |                  \-----Joan FITZ ALAN
                  |        |         \-----Margaret ORMOND
                  |        |                 |                  /-----Richard HANKERFORD
                  |        |                 |         /-----Sir Richard HANKEFORD
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Thomasine STAPELDON
                  |        |                  \-----Anne HANKEFORD
                  |        |                          |         /-----John De MONTAGU, K.G., Earl Of Salisbury
                  |        |                           \-----Anne De MONTAGU
                  |        |                                    \-----Maud FRAUNCEYS
                   \-----Mary BOLEYN
                           |                                    /-----Sir John HOWARD
                           |                           /-----Sir Robert HOWARD
                           |                          |         \-----Alice TENDRING
                           |                  /-----Sir John HOWARD, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
                           |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MOWBRAY, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
                           |                 |         \-----Margaret MOWBRAY
                           |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth FITZ ALAN
                           |         /-----Sir Thomas HOWARD, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
                           |        |        |                  /-----Richard De MOLEYNS
                           |        |        |         /-----Sir William De MOLEYNS
                           |        |        |        |         \-----Eleanor BEAUMONT
                           |        |         \-----Catherine MOLEYNS
                           |        |                  \-----Margery WHALESBOROUGH
                            \-----Elizabeth HOWARD
                                    |                           /-----Frederick TILNEY
                                    |                  /-----Philip TILNEY
                                    |                 |         \-----Margaret De ROCHFORD
                                    |         /-----Frederick TILNEY
                                    |        |        |         /-----Sir Edmund THORPE, Lord Thorpe
                                    |        |         \-----Isabel THORPE
                                    |        |                  \-----Joan De NORTHWOOD
                                     \-----Elizabeth TILNEY
                                             |                  /-----Sir William CHEYNEY
                                             |         /-----Lawrence CHENEY
                                             |        |         \-----Katherine PABENHAM
                                              \-----Elizabeth CHENEY
                                                      |         /-----John COKAYNE
                                                       \-----Elizabeth COKAYNE
                                                                \-----Ida De GREY



Descendants of Lettice FITZGERALD
1. Lettice FITZGERALD m. Sir Robert DIGBY
m. Sir Robert DIGBY father: Sir George DIGBY mother: Abigail HEVANINGHAM

2nd generation

2. Robert DIGBY, Lord Digby m1. Sarah BOYLE m2. Elizabeth ALTHAM
m. Sarah BOYLE father: Richard BOYLE, Earl of Cork mother: Catherine FENTON
m. Elizabeth ALTHAM father: Sir James ALTHAM mother: Mary STAPERS

3rd generation

9. Kildare DIGBY, Lord Digby m. Mary GARDINER
m. Mary GARDINER father: Robert GARDINER

4th generation

11. Simon DIGBY, Lord Digby m. Frances NOEL
m. Frances NOEL father: Edward NOEL, Earl of Gainsborough mother: Elizabeth WRIOTHESLEY
12. William DIGBY, Lord Digby m. Jane NOEL
m. Jane NOEL father: Edward NOEL, Earl of Gainsborough mother: Elizabeth WRIOTHESLEY

5th generation

13. Frances DIGBY m. James SCUDAMORE, Viscount Scudamore
m. James SCUDAMORE, Viscount Scudamore father: John SCUDAMORE, Viscount Scudamore mother: Frances CECIL
14. Edward DIGBY m. Charlotte FOX
m. Charlotte FOX father: Sir Stephen FOX mother: Christian HOPES