On an escutcheon of pretence.
Quarterly.
| 1. Stanley. | 3. Lucy. | Venetia Stanley. |
| 2. The Duke of Brabant. | 4. Percy. |
Legend.—Insignia Kenelmi Digby Eqvitis Avrati.
[Plato. Opera. Paris, 1578.]
Initials "K.D." for Kenelm Digby, and "V." for Venetia, his wife.
[Aristotle. Opera. Lut. Parisiorum, 1619.]
Kenelm Digby (born 11th July 1603, died 11th June 1665) was the elder son of Sir Everard Digby, Knight, and Mary Mulsho, his wife. He inherited large estates from his father in spite of the fact that much of Sir Everard's property had been confiscated. Kenelm Digby was educated at Oxford, at Gloucester Hall, near Worcester College. He travelled much on the Continent, particularly in France and in Spain. In 1623 he was Knighted by James I. Quite early in life he had fallen in love with Venetia, daughter of Sir Edward Stanley, and in 1625 he married her.