Simon Digby, Royal receiver of the forfeited Lovel Bedale moiety
Dates: died 1498
Biography
Simon Digby was a royal adherent who received the Crown's receivership of the forfeited Lovel moiety of Bedale in 1487. The source distinguishes this administrative custody from the later grant to his brother.
Notes / Sources
Recorded as receiver rather than unqualified manor owner.
Research sources:
- McCall, The Early History of Bedale, pp. 63-64, describing the Crown's custody and Simon Digby's receivership of the Bedale moiety. — https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/The_Early_History_of_Bedale_in_the_North_Riding_of_Yorkshire_%28IA_earlyhistoryofbe01mcca%29.pdf
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