Essex Digby DD (1609 - 1683)

Born 1609 in Dromore, Down, Ireland

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Died 12 May 1683 at about age 74 in Dromore, County Cork, Ireland

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Biography

Church of Ireland Clergy

Essex Digby was born in 1609 at Dromore, Co. Down, Ireland; the sixth son of Sir Robert Digby of Coleshill, Warwickshire, and Lettice Fitzgerald, Baroness Offaly. ^[1]

15 December 1630 he was introduced to the Rectory of Geashill, and a clause was inserted in the presentation, containing the King's grace or faculty, to hold the fame, notwithsianding his being out of orders ; but that he should continue his study, until he came to riper years to take orders upon him. (Which he held until 1670) ^[1]

1633 He entered Trinity College, Dublin. aged 24 ^[2]

Essex m1). to Thomasine, daughter to Sir William Gilbert of Kilminchy, Queen's co. Governor of the Fort of Leix; and his wife Catherine Castillian. ^[3]

1637 He became Rector of Ballycommon Aged 28 ^[2]

1642 Deposition made on his behalf by Henry Knowles of Geshell in the Kings County: Robbed of his goods and Cattell wheof he was Lawfully possessed by the Rebells then and nowe in Accion of Rebellion and their Confederates Complices....outed of his ffarme of Newtowne within the Barony of Geshell.....His goods were taken away and his house burnt by the Dempsies Duns and Connors.... ^[4]

1645-1659 Aged 36 he became Vicar of Belfast (Connor)^[2]

About 1650 He became Commonwealth Minister of Belfast (Connor)] ^[2]

1654 Death of Thomasine who was buried at St. John's Dublin on the 8th. of June.

Essex Digby m2. Lettice Brereton,

From 1661 - 1671 He was Dean of Cashel ^[2] & ^[5]

1661 DD Age: 52 ^[2]

1671 - 1683 Bishop of Dromore. Age: 62 ^[2]

1683 Essex died 12 May Age: 74 and was buried at Dromore, Cork, Ireland ^[2]

Issue by Thomasine: ^[1]

1. Robert Digby m. a daughter of ___ Spencer
2. Simon Digby (1644 - 1720) m. Elizabeth Westrena - Issue ^[6]
3. Lettice Digby m1). John Giffard, & m2). Thomas Loftus of Killyan
4. younger daughter married Sir Henry Warrington of Cloghstoken, co. Galway.

Issue by Lettice Brereton ^[1]

1. William Digby, of Newton, (Newtown) King's co. m. Anne Newcomen daughter of Sir Robert Newcomen and his wife Anna Bullen and widow of William Tynte, of Carmoon (Carhoon), in the county of Cork & Anthony Atkinson of Cangort - Issue ^[7] & ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Lodge, John and Archdall, Mervyn "The Peerage of Ireland, or, A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom; Pub 1789 vol 6 pg 284
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} Leslie, Canon JB "Clergy of Meath and Kildare (no date of publication) pg431
3. ↑ Collins, Arthur; Collins's peerage of England : genealogical, biographical, and historical; Pub 1812 pg 371
4. ↑ 1641 Depositions
5. ↑ Cotton, Henry; Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland by Cotton, Henry, pub 1848-1878 Vol 1 pg 36
6. ↑ Collins's peerage, pp. 370-371
7. ↑ Burke, Bernard; A Genealogical History of the Dormant: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire Pub: 1866 pg 400
8. ↑ Burke, Bernard, Sir; A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland Pub: 1912 pg 16

See Also

Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae: the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland by Henry Cotton, 1789-1879

1. Vol 3. - The Province of Ulster, Pg 281
2. Vol 1 - The Province of Munster, Pg 36
3. Vol 2 - The Province of Leinster, Pg 261

Brookes of Rantavan & Dromavana