Simon Digby (died 1560)

Simon Digby (by 1499 - 1560), was an English Member of Parliament.

He was a younger son of Sir John Digby of Eye Kettleby, Leicestershire.

He was an esquire of the body in 1520, escheator for Northamptonshire and Rutland in 1540–41 and a gentleman pensioner by 1544. He fought in France under Henry VIII in the military campaign which led to the capture of Boulogne in 1544. He was appointed High Sheriff of Rutland for 1548–49, commissioner for relief in 1550 and a Justice of the Peace by 1558 to his death.

He was elected MP for Rutland in the Parliament of England in 1542, sitting until 1545.

He married Catherine, the daughter of Christopher Clapham of Beamsley, Yorkshire, with whom he had 4 sons and 4 daughters.

References

• "DIGBY, Simon (by 1499-1560), of North Luffenham, Rutland". History of Parliament. Retrieved 14 April 2013.