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Personal data Sir Thomas Kitson 

  • He was born on October 9, 1540 in Hengrave Hall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England.
  • He died on January 28, 1602 in Eye, Suffolk, England, he was 61 years old.
  • He is buried after January 28, 1602 in St Peter and St Paul Churchyard, Eye, Suffolk, England.
  • A child of Thomas Kitson and Margaret Donnington
  • This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.

Household of Sir Thomas Kitson

(1) He is married to Harriet Cornwallis.

They got married about 1564 at Brome, Suffolk, England.


Child(ren):

  1. Joan Mary Cornish  1560-± 1631 
  2. Margaret Kitson  1560-1582
  3. John Kitson  1562-1563
  4. Margaret Kytson  1563-1582
  5. John Kytson  1565-1565
  6. Mary Kitson  1567-1644
  8. John Kitson  1570-????


(2) He had a relationship with Joan De Paget Atherton.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Thomas Kitson

Robert Kytson
1460-1548
Margaret Smyth
± 1465-????
John Donington
1483-1540
Elizabeth Courtenay Pye
1487-1552
Thomas Kitson
1485-1540

Thomas Kitson
1540-1602

(1) ± 1564

Harriet Cornwallis
1543-1628

Joan Mary Cornish
1560-± 1631
Margaret Kitson
1560-1582
John Kitson
1562-1563
Margaret Kytson
1563-1582
John Kytson
1565-1565
Mary Kitson
1567-1644
Elizabeth Margaret Kitson
1568-????
John Kitson
1570-????
(2) 

Joan De Paget Atherton
1540-1603


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Historical events

Birthday October 9, 1540

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1540: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 6 » King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves.
    • March 23 » Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the last religious community to be closed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
    • May 9 » Hernando de Alarcón sets sail on an expedition to the Gulf of California.
    • July 28 » Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.
    • August 15 » Arequipa, Peru is founded.
    • September 27 » The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III.

Day of death January 28, 1602

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1602: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 20 » The Dutch East India Company is established.
    • November 8 » The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford is opened to the public.
    • December 11 » A surprise attack by forces under the command of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva. (Commemorated annually by the Fête de l'Escalade.


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