Background
He was a younger son of Sir John Digby of Eye Kettleby, Leicestershire.
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 1540-1541 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 1548-1549, commissioner for relief in 1550 and a Justice of the Peace by 1558 to his death.
He was elected Member of Parliament for Rutland in the Parliament of England in 1542, sitting until 1545.
