Robert Newdigate
Robert Newdigate or Newdegate (died 1613) was an English courtier and landowner.
Biography[edit]
Newdigate was the son of John Newdigate of Harefield, Middlesex, and Anne Conquest (died 1619). He was the younger brother of John Newdigate (died 1610), the husband of Anne Fitton.[citation needed]
Newdigate was a squire of the body to Elizabeth I.[1] He was knighted by James VI and I in May 1603.[2] He was a Member of Parliament for Grampound (1597) and Buckingham (1601).
In July 1605, Anne of Denmark stayed at his house at Hawnes or Haynes near Ampthill.[3] She was entertained by a Scottish singing woman and Morris dancers, and gave them rewards of 40 shillings.[4]
He married Elizabeth Stuteville, a daughter of Thomas Stuteville of Dalham, in 1590. Their children included Robert and Joan.[citation needed]
Newdigate died on 5 September, 1613.
References[edit]
- ^ 'Newdigate, Robert II (c.1565-1613), of Hawnes', History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981
- ^ John Nichols, Progresses of James the First, vol. (London, 1828), p. 520.
- ^ John Nichols, Progresses of James the First, vol. (London, 1828), pp. 518, 520.
- ^ Andrew Ashbee, Records of English Court Music, 1603-1625, vol. 4 (1991), p. 195.