Parnell Ashby, John Bellers named in will of John Digby of Eye Kettleby

Hi! I've just looked at will (at Nat. Archives) of John Digby d. 1533
of Eye Kettleby who asks for masses for the souls of John Bellers and
Parnell Ashby (as well as others known to be his close kin). Can anyone
help me out as to Parnell (male or female??) or as to the relationship

mjcar...

Parnell is a female first name - Petronilla in Latin.

with John Bellers, presumably the one who had previously owned Eye
Kettleby.

alden...

This family is in many of the Visitations.

I believe John Bellars was the first husband of the Katherine Griffin
who was the first wife of John Digby. John Digby and Katherine
Griffin's daughter Alice married George Ashby so presumably Parnell was
a daughter of George and Alice.

See:

Visitation of Warwick, 1619.
Visitation of Rutland, 1618-9.
VCH Rutland.
Visitation of Cheshire, 1613.

etc.

Doug Smith