Margaret Bourchier, Countess of Bath

• Margaret Donington1
• F, #29452, b. 1499, d. 20 December 1560
• Father John Donnington, Esq.
• Mother Elizabeth Pye
• Margaret Donington was born in 1499 at of Stoke Newington, Middlesex, England; Age 40 in 1539.2 She married Sir Thomas Kitson, son of Robert Kitson, circa 1520.2 Margaret Donington married Sir Richard Long, son of Thomas Long and Margery Darell, after 11 September 1540.2 Margaret Donington married Sir John Bouchier, 2nd Earl of Bath, Lord FitzWarin, son of Sir John Bourchier, 1st Earl Bath, Lord FitzWarin and Cicely Daubeney, on 11 December 1548. Margaret Donington died on 20 December 1560 at Stoke Newington, Middlesex, England.2 She was buried on 12 January 1561 at Hengrave Churchyard, Hengrave, Suffolk, England.2
• Family 1 Sir Thomas Kitson b. c 1485, d. 11 Sep 1540
• Children
  • Frances Kitson3
  • Katherine Kitson+2 b. c 1525, d. b 8 Nov 1586
  • Ann Kitson+2 b. c 1530
  • Sir Thomas Kitson+4 b. bt 11 Sep 1540 - 31 Dec 1540, d. 1603
• Family 2 Sir Richard Long d. 29 Sep 1546
• Family 3 Sir John Bouchier, 2nd Earl of Bath, Lord FitzWarin b. 1499, d. 10 Feb 1561
• Children
  • Susan Bourchier
  • Bridget Bourchier5 b. a 1549
• Citations
• 1.[S9169] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. II, p. 17; Burke's Commoners, Vol. III, p. 213.
• 2.[S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC.
• 3.[S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. II, p. 16-17.
• 4.[S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. IV, p. 79.
• 5.[S11581] Burke's Dormant & Extinct Peerages, p. 65.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p981.htm#i...
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• Margaret Donington1
• F, #117190, b. circa 1509, d. 20 December 1561
• Last Edited=5 Aug 2013
• Margaret Donington was born circa 1509.1 She was the daughter of John Donington and Elizabeth Pye.1 She married, firstly, Sir Thomas Kitson, son of Robert Kytson, before 1540.1 She married, secondly, Sir Richard Long, son of Sir Thomas Longe and Margery Darrell, in 1541.2 She married by contract, thirdly, John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath, son of John Bourchier, 1st Earl of Bath and Cicely Daubeney, on 4 December 1548.1 She died on 20 December 1561 at Stoke Newington, London, England.1 She was buried on 12 January 1561/62 at Hengrave, Suffolk, England.1 Her will (dated 10 December 1561) was probated on 18 February 1561/62.1
• From before 1540, her married name became Kitson.1 From 1541, her married name became Long.2 From 11 December 1548, her married name became Bourchier.1 As a result of her marriage, Margaret Donington was styled as Countess of Bath on 11 December 1548.
• Children of Margaret Donington and John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath
  • 1.Susanna Bourchier3
  • 2.Bridget Bourchier3
• Child of Margaret Donington and Sir Thomas Kitson
  • 1.Frances Kitson+1 d. c Mar 1586
• Children of Margaret Donington and Sir Richard Long
  • 1.Jane Longe2 b. c 1541, d. a 1562
  • 2.Mary Longe2 b. c 1543
  • 3.Henry Long+2 b. 31 Mar 1544, d. 15 Apr 1573
  • 4.Catherine Longe2 b. c 1546, d. a 1568
• Citations
• 1.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 17. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• 2.[S1381] Cheryl Nicol, "re: Long Family," e-mail message to Darryl Lundy, 5 July 2005 to 14 May 2006. Hereinafter cited as "re: Long Family."
• 3.[S22] Sir Bernard Burke, C.B. LL.D., A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, new edition (1883; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1978), page 64. Hereinafter cited as Burkes Extinct Peerage.
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p11719.htm#i117190
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• Thomas KYTSON (Sir Knight)
• Born: ABT 1485/1495, Hengrave, Suffolk, England
• Died: 11 Sep 1540, Hengrave, Suffolk, England
• Notes: See his Biography.
• Father: Robert KYTSON
• Mother: ¿?
• Married 1: ¿?
• Children:
  • 1. Elizabeth KYTSON
• Married 2: Margaret DONNINGTON (C. Bath) (b. ABT 1509, Stoke Newington, London, England - d. 12 Jan 1561 - bur. Hengrave Church) (dau. of John Donnington of and Elizabeth Pye) (m.2 of Sir Richard Long - m. 3 John Bourchier, 2º E. Bath) ABT 1535
• Children:
  • 2. Catherine KYTSON
  • 3. Frances KYTSON
  • 4. Anne KYTSON
  • 5. Dorothy KYTSON
  • 6. Thomas KYTSON (Sir)
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/KYTSON.htm#Thomas KYTSON (Sir Knight)1
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• Sir Richard LONG
• Born: ABT 1494
• Died: 29 Sep 1546
• Father: Thomas LONG of Draycot (Sir) (See his Biography)
• Mother: Margery DARRELL
• Married: Margaret DONNINGTON (C. Bath) (b. 1509 - d. 12 Jan 1561) (dau. of John Donnington and Elizabeth Pye) (w. of Thomas Kytson - m. 3 John Bourchier, 2º E. Bath) 1541
• Children:
  • 1. Jane LONG (b. ABT 1541)
  • 2. Mary LONG (b. ABT 1543)
  • 3. Catherine LONG (b. ABT 1546)
  • 4. Henry LONG (b. 1542 - d. 15 Apr 1573) (m. Dorothy Clarke)
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/RichardLong.htm
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• John BOURCHIER (2° E. Bath)
• Born: 1499, Baunton, Devon, England
• Died: 10 Feb 1560/1561
• Buried: Hengrave, Suffolk, England
• Notes: In 1539 Henry VIII confiscated the manor of Bolham from Dunkeswell Abbey, and a little later granted the former monastic manors of Hackpen, Bolham, Sheldon and Saint Hill to the second Earl of Bath, John Bouchier, who had already inherited the Barony of Okehampton from the Dynham line. The second Earl lived somewhat dangerously, he owed the King £336. Bourchier held the office of Sheriff of Somerset in 1519. He held the office of Sheriff of Dorset in 1519. He was invested as a Knight circa 1523. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl of Bath on 30 Apr 1539. He succeeded to the title of Baron of Daubeney on 8 Apr 1548. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor in 1553. He was one of the first to declare the right of Queen Mary to the Crown. He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Dorset in 1556. He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Devon in 1556. He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall in 1556. He was a Commisisoner to decide on the claims made at Queen Mary's Coronation. He was a Commisisoner for the trial of Lady Jane Grey. He held the office of Governor of Beaumaris Castle.
• Father: John BOURCHIER (1º E. Bath)
• Mother: Cecily DAUBENEY
• Married 1: Elizabeth HUNGERFORD
• Children:
  • 1. Elizabeth BOURCHIER (b. ABT 1522)
• Married 2: Eleanor MANNERS (C. Bath)
• Children:
  • 2. John BOURCHIER (5º B. Fitzwaryn)
  • 3. Henry BOURCHIER (Sir)
  • 4. George BOURCHIER (Sir)
  • 5. Fulke BOURCHIER
  • 6. Maria BOURCHIER
  • 7. Cecily BOURCHIER
  • 8. Elizabeth BOURCHIER
  • 9. James BOURCHIER
  • 10. Robert BOURCHIER
  • 11. Margaret BOURCHIER
  • 12. Verney BOURCHIER
• Married 3: Margaret DONNINGTON (C. Bath) (b. ABT 1509, Stoke Newington, London, England - d. 12 Jan 1561 - bur. Hengrave Church) (dau. of John Donnington of and Elizabeth Pye) (w.1 of Thomas Kytson - w.2 of Richard Long) 11 Dec 1548
• Children:
  • 13. Susan BOURCHIER
  • 14. Bridget BOURCHIER
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/BOURCHIER1.htm#John BOURCHIER (2° E. Bath)
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• Sir Thomas Kitson (1485 – 11 September 1540) was a wealthy English merchant, Sheriff of London, and builder of Hengrave Hall in Suffolk.
• Thomas Kitson was the son of Robert Kitson of Warton, Lancashire. His mother's name is unknown. His sister, Margaret Kitson, married John Washington, ancestor of George Washington.[1]
• Kitson came to London as a youth, and was apprenticed .... etc.
• Kitson married twice:
  • Elizabeth Kitson, the first wife of Edmund Croftes (d. 14 February 1558) of Westow Hall, Little Saxham, Suffolk, son and heir of Sir John Croftes (d. 28 January 1558), who was in the service of Mary Tudor. Elizabeth Kitson bore Edmund Croftes two sons: .... etc.
  • After Elizabeth's death Edmund Croftes remarried to Eleanor Burgh, the daughter of Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh, by whom he had a son, John Croftes, and two daughters, Margaret and Alice[4]
• Secondly, Thomas Kitson married Margaret Donnington (d. 12 January 1561), the only child and sole heiress of John Donnington (d.1544) of Stoke Newington, a member of the Worshipful Company of Salters,[6][7] by his wife Elizabeth Pye, by whom he had a son born posthumously and four daughters:[2]
  • Sir Thomas Kitson (1540–1603), who married firstly Jane Paget, the daughter of William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, by whom he had no issue, and secondly Elizabeth Cornwallis, the eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Cornwallis (d.1604), by whom he had a son who died as an infant and two daughters, Margaret, who married Sir Charles Cavendish (November 1553 – 4 April 1617) (son of Sir William Cavendish by his wife Bess of Hardwick) by whom she had no issue,[8] and Mary, who married Thomas Darcy, 3rd Baron Darcy of Chiche.[9]
  • Katherine Kitson, who married Sir John Spencer (1524 – 8 November 1586) of Althorpe, Northamptonshire, and Wormleighton, Warwickshire,[10] by whom she had four sons and six daughters including:
    • John Spencer, MP, ancestor of the Earls Spencer and the Dukes of Marlborough.
    • Thomas Spencer
    • William Spencer
    • Richard Spencer, and six daughters.[11]
    • Elizabeth Spencer, who in 1574 married George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon, eldest son of Queen Elizabeth's cousin, Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon
    • Anne Spencer, who in 1575 married William Stanley, 3rd Baron Monteagle (c.1529-1581), and in 1592 Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset
    • Alice Spencer, who in 1579 married Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby (c.1559-1594). The three Spencer sisters were 'Phyllis, Charillis, and sweet Amaryllis’ in the poet Edmund Spenser's Colin Clout’s Come Home Again (1595).[12]
  • Dorothy Kitson (1531–1577), who married firstly Sir Thomas Pakington (died 2 June 1571) of Hampton Lovett, Worcestershire, by whom she had four sons, Sir John, Henry, Robert and Thomas, and three daughters, Margaret, Katherine and Mary,[11] and secondly Thomas Tasburgh (c.1554–c.1602) of Hawridge, Buckinghamshire, by whom she had no issue.[13][14]
  • Frances Kitson, who married firstly on 11 December 1548[15] her step-brother John Bourchier, Lord FitzWarin (who predeceased his father), eldest son of John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath, by whom she had a son, William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath, and secondly she married William Barnaby of Great Saxham, Suffolk.[11] Her monument with recumbent effigy exists in the south chancel aisle built by her father-in-law and step-father[16][a] in Tawstock Church, Devon, next to the Bourchier seat of Tawstock Court, and is covered by the earliest six-columned canopy in Devon.[17]
  • Anne Kitson, who married, as his first wife, Sir William Spring of Pakenham, Suffolk.[18]
• Margaret Donnington married secondly, within a few months of Kitson's death, Sir Richard Long (d.1546) of Wiltshire, Great Saxham and Shingay, Cambridgeshire, Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to King Henry VIII, by whom she had a son, Henry Long, and three daughters, Jane, Katherine and Mary.[2] She married thirdly, in 1548, as his third wife, John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath (d.1560), by whom she had two daughters, Susan and Bridget.[19] Margaret Donnington was a strong-minded lady who insisted that at the same time as her marriage to Bourchier, his son and heir should marry her own daughter Frances Kitson. The double marriage took place at Hengrave on 11 December 1548.[15] Thus the 2nd Earl's eldest son from his 2nd marriage to Eleanor Manners,[20] John Bourchier, Lord FitzWarin (who predeceased his father), married his own step-sister, Francesca Kitson, and was by her the father of William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath. Margaret Donnington and Bourchier made Hengrave their home[21] and Bourchier was buried at Hengrave.[22] Stained glass in the cloister of Hengrave Hall survives memorialising the Bourchier residency, showing ten quarterings of Bourchier (Bourchier, Louvaine, FitzWarin, Audley, Cogan, Hankford, Brewer,[23] Martin, Dinham, Arches) impaling Donnington (Argent, three pallets azure on a chief gules three bezants)[5]
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kitson
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• LONG, Sir Richard (by 1494-1546), of Southwark, Surr. and Shingay, Cambs.
• b. by 1494, 3rd s. of Sir Thomas Long of Draycot Cerne, and bro. of Sir Henry. m. settlement 10 Nov. 1541, Margaret, da. of John Donington of Stoke Newington, Mdx., wid. of Sir Thomas Kitson (d.11 Sept. 1540) of London and Hengrave, Suff., 1s. 3da. Kntd. 18 Oct. 1537.2
• http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/lo...
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• Sir Richard Long (ca. 1494 – 1546) was an English politician and courtier, for many years a member of the privy chamber of Henry VIII.
• Long was the third son of Sir Thomas Long of Draycot (ca. 1449–1508), Wiltshire landowner, and his wife, Margery (d. in or after 1508), daughter of Sir George Darrell of Littlecote House in Wiltshire.
• Long was among the retinue of Sir Gilbert Talbot in 1512, who .... etc.
• On 10 November 1541 he obtained the marriage settlement of Margaret Donnington, only daughter of John Donnington of Stoke Newington in Middlesex, and widow of Sir Thomas Kitson of Hengrave Hall, Suffolk. They had one son, Henry,[3] to whom the King stood as godfather in 1544,[citation needed] and three daughters, Jane, Katherine and Mary.[4] His granddaughter Elizabeth married William Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Thornhaugh.
• He received large grants of Abbey lands from Henry VIII, in Essex, Cambridge, Suffolk and elsewhere, and together with his marriage, meant that like his fellow courtiers Welsbourne and Walsh, he was a rich man at his death on 30 September 1546. His widow married John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath, on 11 December 1548. She died on 20 December 1561 at Stoke Newington and was buried at Hengrave on 12 January 1562.
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Richard_Long_(c.1494-1546)
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• The history and antiquities of the county of Buckingham (1847)
• https://archive.org/details/historyantiquiti02lips
• https://archive.org/stream/historyantiquiti02lips#page/8/mode/1up
• Pg.8
• Thomas Pakington, infant son of Robert, by Katharine Baldwyn, was in ward of the keeper of the privy seal in 1545, when his mother, then 23 years of age, was found by an inquisition to be one of the co-heirs of Sir John Baldwyn, Knt. and in 1551, having come into possession of this estate, he conveyed, inter alia, to John Burlace, Esq. of Little-Marlow, the Manor of Aylesbury and Berton with lands, &c. in Aylesbury.(7) Thomas Pakington was knighted by Queen Mary. He married Dorothy,(8) second daughter of Sir Thomas Kitson, Knt. of Hawridge, and of Hengrave, Co. Suffolk, by Margaret, only child of John Donington of Blaktoft, Co. York, and Stoke Newington, Co. Middlesex, by Elizabeth, heiress of the Pyes ;(9) and died in London, but was buried here with great pomp, the officers of the College of Arms attending.(10) His son, .... etc.
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Margaret Donington was born circa 1509. She was the daughter of John Donington and Elizabeth Pye. She married, firstly, Sir Thomas Kitson, son of Robert Kytson, before 1540. She married, secondly, Sir Richard Long, son of Sir Thomas Longe and Margery Darrell, in 1541. She married by contract, thirdly, John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath, son of John Bourchier, 1st Earl of Bath and Cicely Daubeney, on 4 December 1548. She died on 20 December 1561 at Stoke Newington, Middlesex, England. She was buried on 12 January 1561/62 at Hengrave, Suffolk, England. Her will (dated 10 December 1561) was probated on 18 February 1561/62.

As a result of her marriage, Margaret Donington was styled as Countess of Bath on 11 December 1548.

Child of Margaret Donington and Sir Thomas Kitson

• Frances Kitson+ d. c Mar 1586

Children of Margaret Donington and Sir Richard Long

• Jane Longe b. c 1541, d. a 1562
• Mary Longe b. c 1543
• Henry Long+ b. 31 Mar 1544, d. 15 Apr 1573
• Catherine Longe b. c 1546, d. a 1568
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Lady Margaret Donington, Countess of Bath

1509–1561

Birth 1509 • Stoke Newington, London, Middlesex, England

Death 12/20/1561 • Hengrave, Suffolk, England

When Lady Margaret Donington, Countess of Bath was born in 1509 in Stoke Newington, Middlesex, England, her father, John, was 26, and her mother, Lady, was 22. She had one daughter with Sir Thomas Kitson, Sheriff of London, Merchant in 1525. She died on December 20, 1561, in Hengrave, Suffolk, England, at the age of 52.

Birth

Lady Margaret Donington, Countess of Bath was born in 1509 in Stoke Newington, Middlesex, England, to Lady Elizabeth Pye of Hadon Hall Countess of Bath, age 22, and John Donington, age 26.

Stoke Newington, London, Middlesex, England

1509 • Stoke Newington, London, Middlesex, England

1525

Age 16

Birth of Daughter

Her daughter Lady Catherine was born in 1525 in Suffolk, England.

Hengrave Hall, Suffolk, England

Lady Catherine Kitson Baroness Spencer

1525–1586

1525 • Hengrave Hall, Suffolk, England

9 Nov

1540

Age 31

Death of Father

Her father John passed away on November 9, 1540, in London, London, England, at the age of 57.

London, London, England

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John Donington

1483–1540

09/11/1540 • London, London, England

9 Nov

1540

Age 31

Death of Husband

Her husband Sir Thomas passed away on November 9, 1540, in Hengrave, Suffolk, England, at the age of 55.

Hengrave, Suffolk, England

Sir Thomas Kitson, Sheriff of London, Merchant

1485–1540

09/11/1540 • Hengrave, Suffolk, England

24 Feb

1552

Age 43

Death of Mother

Her mother Lady Elizabeth passed away on February 24, 1552, in Derbyshire, England, at the age of 64.

Derbyshire, England

Lady Elizabeth Pye of Hadon Hall Countess of Bath

1487–1552

02/24/1552 • Derbyshire, England

20 Dec

1561

Age 52

Death

Lady Margaret Donington, Countess of Bath died on December 20, 1561, in Hengrave, Suffolk, England, when she was 52 years old.

Hengrave, Suffolk, England

12/20/1561 • Hengrave, Suffolk, England