Born in Hengrave, Suffolk, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Kitson
and Margaret (Donington) Bourchier
Sister of
Elizabeth (Kitson) Croft [half], Catherine (Kitson) Spencer, Frances (Kitson) Barnaby, Anne Elizabeth (Kitson) Spring, Thomas Kitson, Henry Long MP [half] and Katherine (Longe) Fisher [half]
Wife of
Thomas Pakington
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
Thomas Tasburgh MP
— married
after 1571 (to 2 May 1577) [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 46
in Hawridge, Buckinghamshire, England
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Biography
Lady Dorothy Kitson was a member of the aristocracy in England.
Dorothy was born in 1531 to Sir Thomas Kitson and Lady Margaret Donnington.
Dorothy was one of five children, born to Sir Thomas and Lady Margaret
- Katherine Kitson Spencer 1524-1586
- Frances Kitson Bourchier Barnaby 1528-1586
- Dorothy Kitson Pakington Tasburgh 1531-1577
- Anne Elizabeth Kitson Spring 1535-1566
- Sir Thomas Kitson 1540-1603
Dorothy married Sir Thomas Pakington after a dispensation was granted on 20 September 1546.
Children of Sir Thomas Pakington and Lady Dorothy Pakington:
- Sir John Pakington 1549-1625
- Henry Pakington
- Robert Pakington
- Thomas Pakington
- Margaret Pakington
- Katherine Pakington
- Mary Pakington
Dorothy's husband died on 2 June 1571.
She married secondly Thomas Tasburgh. [1] [2]
Dorothy died in 1577 (aged 45–46). Her Will can be found at the National Archives. It's listed as: Dame Dorothy Packington, Wife of Hawridge, Buckinghamshire. PROB 11/59/313.
Lady Dorothy is buried in the parish church at Hawridge, where there is a monumental brass to her memory.[3]
The inscription reads: "Here lyeth buried the body of Dame Dorothie Pakyngton, A daughter of Sr Thomas Kytson late of London knight who was the wyfe first of Sr Thomas Pakyngton knyght, and last of Thomas Tasburgh Esquier, She lyved very vertuously and departed this lyfe, a mooste faythfull and godly Christian, the 2de of Maye, when she had lyved xlvj yeares and vij monethes, Anno dni. 1577."[4]
Sources
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Thomas Tasburgh," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Tasburgh&oldid=1064680115 (accessed March 20, 2022).
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Dorothy Kitson," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dorothy_Kitson&oldid=1023353928 (accessed March 20, 2022).
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Kitson#/media/File:Dorothy_Kitson's_memorial.jpg
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Thomas Tasburgh," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Tasburgh&oldid=1064680115 (accessed March 20, 2022).
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