Elizabeth (Walrond) Digges (abt. 1558 - aft. 1628)

Born about 1558 in Aldbourne, Wiltshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Goddard Esq — married about 1580 in Aldbourne, Wiltshire, England [uncertain]

Wife of Richard Digges — married 9 Jan 1616 in Ogbourne St Andrew, Wiltshire, England

Descendants

Died after 1628 after about age 70 in Wiltshire, England

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Biography

Elizabeth Walrond was born circa 1558 at Aldbourne, Wiltshire, England.^[1] She was named in the 1569 will of her father Thomas.^[2]

She married, firstly, Richard Goddard, Esq., son of Thomas Goddard, Esq. and Anne Gifford, circa 1580 at Aldbourne, Wiltshire, England. They had 3 sons & 1 daughter:^[1][3][4]

• Thomas
• Edward, Gent
• Richard
• Elizabeth, wife of Lewis Pollard, Esq.

When Richard died in 1614, Elizabeth was named a beneficiary in his will. ^[5]

She married, secondly, on 9 January 1616 at Ogbourne St Andrew, Wiltshire, Richard Digges, Esq.^{[3][4] [6] [7]}

Together, they held the manor of Upper Upham at Aldbourne which had come to Elizabeth through her marriage to Richard Goddard. ^[8] Elizabeth Walrond died after 1628.^[3][4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 352.
2. ↑ Will of Thomas Walrond: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
   The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 51
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 5111 #917559 (accessed 31 March 2024)
   Will of Thoma Waldron, granted probate on 14 Jun 1569. Died about 1569 in Alborne, Wiltshire, England.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 253.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 91.
5. ↑ Rainald W. Knightley Goddard, Goddard Wills, Mitchell Hughes and Clarkes, London 1910
6. ↑ Ancestry.com. Wiltshire, England, Marriages, 1538-1837 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Ancestry Record WiltshireMarriages #26055
7. ↑ Collectanea topographica et genealogica 1838 pg356 Google Books
8. ↑ Aldbourne Heritage. org.uk

See Also

• Reed, Paul C. & Hopkins, Dorothy E., The Identity of Anne Gifford, Wife of Thomas Goddard: Correcting the Royal Ancestry of the Immigrant William Goddard, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 2002) Vol. 156, Page 139.