DIGBY, John (1618-64), of Sherborne Castle, Dorset.

Family and Education

b. 1618, 2nd s. of Sir John Digby, 1st earl of Bristol, and Beatrice, da. of Charles Walcot of Walcot, Salop, and wid. of Sir John Dyve of Bromham, Beds.; bro. of George*.Hutchins, Dorset, iv. 473. educ. Magdalen Coll. Oxf. matric. 12 May 1634, ‘aged 16’.Al. Ox. d. unm. 17 Mar. 1664.Catholic Rec. Soc. vi. 50, 56-7.

Offices Held

capt. of horse, regt. of Sir John Conyers, royal army, Sept. 1640.E352/293, unfol. Capt. of horse (roy.), regt. of Visct. Grandison, army of Sir Ralph Hopton*, July 1642-Sept. 1643.Bellum Civile, ed. Healey (Som. Rec. Soc. xix), 3. Col. of horse, army of Prince Maurice, Sept. 1643-Apr. 1644; gen. of horse, 23 Apr. 1644-Aug. 1646.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 192–3; Mems. of Prince Rupert, ii. 411–2.

ordained secular priest, Roman Catholic Church, c. Oct. 1660.

Parlimentarian

DIGBY, John (1618-64), of Sherborne Castle, Dorset.

Dorset.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

DIGBY, John (1618-64), of Sherborne Castle, Dorset.

Will

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Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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