John Digge (aft. 1379 - aft. 1450)

Born after 1379 in Kent, England

Ancestors

Husband of Juliane (Horne) Digge — married before 1413 in Kent, England

Descendants

Died after 1450 at about age 71 in Kent, England

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Biography

John was the son and main heir of John Digge and Juliane Northwode.^[1][2][3] His birth may have been in the early 1380s: his parents married in about 1379 (a fine was paid for their marriage in November that year). His birth place was probably in Kent, where his parents had their main residence.^[1][2]

John inherited Digges Court, Barham, Kent. He also held other lands in Kent, at Lower Hardres, Nackington and Bishopsbourne.^[1][2]

John married Juliane Horne^[3] before 1413.^[1][2] They had four sons:

• John^[1][2][3]
• Aymer,^[1][2] who married someone called Eleanor and was the heir of Thomas Horne;^[4] his IPM was held in 22 Henry VI (1443-4)^[5]
• William^[1][2]
• Thomas^[1][2]

In 1441/2 his wife was the heir of her brother James Horne, who lived at Popeshall, Coldred, Kent.^[1][2][6]

John was a Commissioner of Array for Kent in December 1435.^[7] He died after 1450: that year he quitclaimed some Kent property back to William Haute of Bishopsbourne, Kent.^[1][2]

Research Notes

Children

The 1619 Visitation of Kent ascribes to John a younger son called Odomarus, of Newington.^[3] No other reliable source has been found to confirm this.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. II, p. 80, DIGGES 8, Google Books
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. III, p. 103, GRANDISON 7
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Robert Hovenden (ed.). The Visitation of Kent taken in the years 1619-1621, Harleian Society, 1898, p. 65, Internet Archive
4. ↑ Joan, widow of Thomas Horne, and her second husband John Drury sued Eleanor, late wife of Aymer (heir of Thomas Horne) for an annuity out of property at Poppeshall, Kent - List of Early Chancery Proceedings preserved in the Public Record Office, Vol. I, Kraus Reprint Corporation, 1963, p. 157, Internet Archive
5. ↑ The National Archives, ref. C 139/116/45, catalogue entry
6. ↑ Edward Hasted, 'Parishes: Coldred', in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, Volume 9 (Canterbury, 1800), pp. 385-393, British History Online, accessed 9 July 2021
7. ↑ Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Henry VI, Vol. II, A.D. 1429-1436, HMSO, 1907, p. 519, Internet Archive

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was developed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 9 July 2021 and approved the same day by Thiessen-117

John Digge is descendant of Magna Carta Surety Baron Geoffrey de Say in a Richardson-documented trails to Gateway Ancestors Anne Baynton and Edward Digges (Magna Carta Ancestry, vol. II, pages 78-83 DIGGES). The Baynton trail was badged by the Magna Carta Project on 16 July 2021; the Digges trail was badged in March 2023. To view these trails, see the Magna Carta Trails section on Fernando Baynton's profile and the Magna Carta Trails section of Edward Digges' profile.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".