Leonard Digges

1520 - 1559  (39 years)

• Name	Leonard Digges
  Birth	1520	Digges Court, Wotton, Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	1559	Barham, Kent, England
  Person ID	I61049	Bob Juch's Tree 2
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	Sir James (Jacob) Digges,   b. 1480, Digges Court, Wotton, Kent, England d. 1540, Barham, Kent, England (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Phillipa Engham,   b. 1493, King Court, Kent, England
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F21161	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bridget (Sarah) Wilford
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Digges,   b. Abt 1546, Digges Court, Barham, Kent, England d. 24 Aug 1595, London, England (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F21163	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Leonard was one of the mathematicians who anticipated the dilemna of Copernicusand Ptolemy, but he kept his own findings uncirculated though published. Leonard and his son Thomas were both mathematicians and were both politically active, sometimes costing the family royal displeasure which translated into lost land.