Agnes (Baldwin) Pakington (abt. 1501 - bef. 1536)

Born about 1501 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Pakington MP — married before 1525 in Buckinghamshire, England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before Nov 1536 before about age 35 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Agnes (Baldwin) Pakington was born in Buckinghamshire, England.

Agnes, the daughter of Sir John Baldwin^[1] aka Baldewyn,^[2] and his wife, Agnes Dormer, was born say 1501. Her father's principal place of residence was Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England,^[1] so Agnes was probably born there. In Harleaian Manuscript 533, she is called Ann, and Foss incorrectly called her Katherine.^[1]

Her father, chief justice of the common pleas, was a judge at the trials of Sir Thomas More and Anne Boleyn and her companions.^[1] Elected burgess to represent Hindon, Wiltshire, he sat in the House of Commons for the parliament from 3 November, 1529, until 4 April, 1536.^[1]

In his will made on 22 September, 1506, proved 7 October, that year, William Dormer of West Wycombe, left bequests including 10 marks each to: his daughter Joan Alburgh; his daughter Margery Deane; his [+daughter?] Agnes Baldwin; John Baldwin the younger; Agnes [interlined: Alice] Baldwin; Richard Baldwin; and £10 to his [-s] godson William Baldwin.^[3]

Marriage and Children

Agnes was married to Robert Packington, MP for London.^[1] As their eldest son was born before 18 May, 1525,^[2] they were married in or before 1524, likely at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. Robert was the son of John Pakington and his wife, Elizabeth Washborne.

Agnes and Robert had two sons and three daughters:

1. Sir Thomas Pakington^[1] aka Pakyngton, born before 18 May, 1525,^[2] (d 2 Jun 1571), married Dorothy Kitson (1531-1577);
2. John Pakington, of whom little is known;
3. Elizabeth Pakington, who was married to 1) John Lane (-12 Sep 1557) of Walgrave, Northamptonshire; and 2) Sir Richard Malory, Alderman of London and Lord Mayor in 1564;
4. Anne Pakington, who was married to Richard Cupper, Esq. of Glympton, Oxfordshire; and
5. Margaret Pakington, who was married to 1) Benedict Lee, Esq. (-1559), of Burston, Buckinghamshire, half-brother of Sir Anthony Lee, and a henchman to Henry VIII, and 2) Thomas Scott, Esq. of Yorkshire.

On 18 May, 38 Henry VIII [1546], Thomas Pakyngton had livery of lands as kinsman and heir of Sir John Baldewyn, late chief justice of Common Pleas, that is son and heir of Robert Pakyngton and Agnes his wife, one of the daughters and coheirs of Sir John.^[2] Therefore, Thomas was aged 21 before then, so born before 18 May, 1525, and Agnes and Robert were married in or before 1524.

Death and Burial

There is no record of when or where Agnes Pakington died. However, before Robert was shot at Cheapside in November, 1536, he had married a second wife, Katherine, widow of Richard Colyer.^[4] Richard died in 1533 and Robert married Katherine soon after.^[4]

When Sir John Baldwin died on 24 October 1545, his next heirs were Thomas Packington, son of his daughter Agnes, and John Burlacy, son of his daughter Petronilla.^[1] Elsewhere John Burlacy is called John Berlase.

William Dormer's Will

Nicolas in Testamenta Vetusta states, William Dormer of West Wycombe left a bequest to "Agnes, my daughter, wife of William Baldwin,"^[5] whereas according to Nina Green's transcript his will actually says "his [+daughter?] Agnes Baldwin."^[3]

Research Notes

• Pakington has been variously spelled Packington, Pakynton, Pakinton and others. The most common are Pakington (and most sources use this spelling) and Packington.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} C Trice Martin, "Baldwin, John (d. 1545)," Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. III. Baker—Beadon, ed., Leslie Stephen, (London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1885), 37. e-Book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfNationalBiographyVol3/page/n43/mode/1up : accessed 26 March, 2023).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} James Gairdner, CB, LL.D, and R H Brodie, ed., "Appendix." Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic of the Reign of Henry VIII. Vol. XXI.—Part 1, 21 volumes, (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1908), 485. e-Book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/letterspapersfor21greauoft/page/485/mode/1up : accessed 29 March, 2022).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Nina Green, trans, "The National Archives Prob 11/15, ff. 83-4: Last will and testament, dated 22 September 1506, of William Dormer", The Oxford Authorship Site, 2013, (http://www.oxford-shakespeare.com/Probate/PROB_11-15_ff_83-4.pdf : accessed 29 March, 2023).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} D J Keene and Vanessa Harding. "St. Pancras Soper Lane 145/10," Historical Gazetteer of London Before the Great Fire Cheapside; Parishes of All Hallows Honey Lane, St Martin Pomary, St Mary Le Bow, St Mary Colechurch and St Pancras Soper Lane, (London: Centre for Metropolitan History, 1987), 691-704. British History Online, (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-gazetteer-pre-fire/pp691-704 : accessed 1 April, 2023).
5. ↑ Nicholas Harris Nicolas, Testamenta Vetusta: being Illustrations from Wills, of Manners, Customs, &c. as well as of the Descents and Possessions of Many Distinguished Families. From the Reign of Henry the Second to the Accession of Queen Elizabeth; Volume II, (London: Nichols and Son, 1826), 474. e-Book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/testamentavetus01nicogoog/page/474/mode/1up : accessed 29 March, 2023).

See also:

• Baldwin, Charles Candee. The Baldwin Genealogy 1500-1881. (Cleveland, Ohio: Leader, 1881), 15.
• Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica and the British Archivist, p. 103, free eBook available from Google Books
• A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies ..., By John Burke, Sir Bernard Burke, p. 396, free eBook available from Google Books