Anne was born about 1555, the daughter of Sir Warham Saint Leger of Ulcombe and Southampton, a descendant of King Edward I, by Ursula de Neville, daughter of George, Lord Bergavenny, a descendant of King Edward III. She was the wife of Thomas Digges, an English mathematician at Cambridge, and consultant engineer, married about 1577. They had six children. (Detail supplied by Anne Shurtleff Stevens, January 2013.)
The surname is often spelled 'Digges', but clearly lacks the 'e' on the marker.∼Mother of Sir Dudley Digges
The surname is often spelled 'Digges', but clearly lacks the 'e' on the marker.∼Mother of Sir Dudley Digges
Anne was born about 1555, the daughter of Sir Warham Saint Leger of Ulcombe and Southampton, a descendant of King Edward I, by Ursula de Neville, daughter of George, Lord Bergavenny, a descendant of King Edward III. She was the wife of Thomas Digges, an English mathematician at Cambridge, and consultant engineer, married about 1577. They had six children. (Detail supplied by Anne Shurtleff Stevens, January 2013.)
The surname is often spelled 'Digges', but clearly lacks the 'e' on the marker.∼Mother of Sir Dudley Digges
The surname is often spelled 'Digges', but clearly lacks the 'e' on the marker.∼Mother of Sir Dudley Digges
Inscription
Anne St. Leger / Mother of Sr. Dudley Diggs, kt, / Master of the Rowles / A Modest, Humble, Prudent and Religious Matron/ lyeth here Buried. Ao. Dni. 1636 / Aetat. suae 81
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