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Baroness Lady Katherine Kitson Spencer 1521–1586 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1521

Birth Location: Hengrave, Suffolk, England

Death Date: 8 November 1586

Death Location: Great Brington, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England

Father: Sir Kytson

Mother: Lady (15thgg)

Spouse(s): Knight (14thgg), Sir Northamptonshire, John II

Children(s): Sir ?), Lord Spencer, SIR Knight, Sir deSpencer, Robert Spencer, Anne Fairfax, Catharine SPENCER, Gerard Spencer, Michael Knight, Sir Diana", Anne Spencer, Margaret Spencer, Alice Stanley, Edward Spencer

In 1521, Baroness Lady Katherine Kitson Spencer entered the world in Hengrave, Suffolk, England, born to Sir Thomas Lord Of Warton Hall Sheriff Of London Knight Of The Garter Merchant Kitson Or Kytson And Lady Margaret Donington Bouchier Countess Of Bath 15Thgg. Baroness Lady Katherine Kitson Spencer married John Ii Sir Knight Spencer Of Althorpe High Sheriff Of Wormleighton Ii, Knight Sir John Spencer Ii High Sheriff Of Northamptonshire England 14Thgg, Sir John Spencer Of Althorp High Sheriff Of Northamptonshire, and had children including Alice Princess Spencer Egerton Stanley, Anne Spencer, Anne Spencer Fairfax, Catharine Spencer, Edward Sallare Spencer, Gerard Spencer, Lord Charles Spencer, Margaret Spencer, Michael Knight, Robert Edmund Spencer, Sir John Iii Baron Spencer Of Althorpe Spencer Knight, Sir Knight John Spencer Iii Trinity Coll Alumni Middle Temple Law Mp Mayor Of London Jp High Sheriffe Of Wormleighton 12Th Ggf Lady Diana, Sir Nicholas Colonel Despencer, Sir William Spencer Of Yarton. Baroness Lady Katherine Kitson Spencer passed away in 1586 in Great Brington, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1521, Baroness Lady Katherine Kitson Spencer entered the world in Hengrave, Suffolk, England, born to Sir Thomas Lord Of Warton Hall Sheriff Of London Knight Of The Garter Merchant Kitson Or Kytson And Lady Margaret Donington Bouchier Countess Of Bath 15Thgg.
  • Baroness Lady Katherine Kitson Spencer married John Ii Sir Knight Spencer Of Althorpe High Sheriff Of Wormleighton Ii, Knight Sir John Spencer Ii High Sheriff Of Northamptonshire England 14Thgg, Sir John Spencer Of Althorp High Sheriff Of Northamptonshire, and had children including Alice Princess Spencer Egerton Stanley, Anne Spencer, Anne Spencer Fairfax, Catharine Spencer, Edward Sallare Spencer, Gerard Spencer, Lord Charles Spencer, Margaret Spencer, Michael Knight, Robert Edmund Spencer, Sir John Iii Baron Spencer Of Althorpe Spencer Knight, Sir Knight John Spencer Iii Trinity Coll Alumni Middle Temple Law Mp Mayor Of London Jp High Sheriffe Of Wormleighton 12Th Ggf Lady Diana, Sir Nicholas Colonel Despencer, Sir William Spencer Of Yarton.
  • Baroness Lady Katherine Kitson Spencer passed away in 1586 in Great Brington, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Kytson
1485–1540
Birth Location: Warton, Fylde Borough, Lancashire, England
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Lady (15thgg)
1509–1561
Birth Location: Hadon Hall, Derbyshire, England or Stoke Newington, London, Engalnd
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Spouses(s)

Knight (14thgg)
1517–1586
Birth Location: Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
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Sir Northamptonshire
1517–1586
Birth Location: Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
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John II
1517–1586
Birth Location: Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England
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Children(s)

Sir ?)
1555–1609
Birth Location: Yarnton, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
S?
Lord Spencer
1558–1624
Birth Location: Cawthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
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SIR Knight
1546–1599
Birth Location: Wormleighton, Warwickshire, England
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Sir deSpencer
1546–1598
Birth Location: Cople, Bedfordshire, Suffolk, England
Sd
Robert Spencer
1549–1627
Birth Location: Cople, Bedfordshire, England
RS
Anne Fairfax
1540–1618
Birth Location: North Yorkshire, England
AF
Catharine SPENCER
1545–1639
Birth Location: Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, Hengrave, Suffolk, England
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Gerard Spencer
1543–1577
Birth Location: England
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Michael Knight
1546–1658
Birth Location: Althorp, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
MK
Sir Diana"
1538–1610
Birth Location: Wormley, Warwickshire, England
SD
Anne Spencer
1556–1583
Birth Location: Gillingham, Dorset, England
AS
Margaret Spencer
1546–1626
Birth Location: Hengrave, Suffolk, England
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Alice Stanley
1559–1637
Birth Location: Althorpe (Northamptonshire) England
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Edward Spencer
1530–1610
Birth Location: Devon, England
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Baroness Spencer's Ancestors

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Baroness Spencer
1521–1586
Birth Place: Hengrave, Suffolk, England
Parents
Sir Thomas Lord of Warton Hall, Sheriff of London, Knight of the Garter, Merchant, Kitson or Kytson
1485–1540
Warton, Fylde Borough, Lancashire, England
Lady (Margaret Donington Bouchier - Countess of Bath) (15thgg)
1509–1561
Hadon Hall, Derbyshire, England or Stoke Newington, London, Engalnd
Grandparents
Sir (John) Donington_of_Hadon_Hall
1483–1540
Hadon Hall, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Pye
1487–1552
Hadon Hall, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
John Pye
1444–1550
Elizabeth Whitney
1447–1495
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Baroness Spencer's Descendants

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Baroness (Lady Katherine Kitson) Spencer (1521–8 November 1586) m. Knight (Sir John Spencer II, High Sheriff of Northamptonshire, England) (14thgg) (1517–8 Nov 1586) m. Sir (John Spencer of Althorp, High Sheriff of) Northamptonshire (3 FEB 1517–8 Nov 1586) m. John (II Sir Knight Spencer of Althorpe High Sheriff of WORMLEIGHTON) II (1517–8 November 1586)
  1. 1. Sir (William SPENCER (of Yarton) ?) 1555–1609 m. Lady (Margaret) Bowyer 1556–1608 m. Mary Catlyn 1555–1619
    1. 1. Lady (Alice Elizabeth Russell Spencer 9th) GGM 1579–1632 m. Thomas Russell 1577–1632 m. Rob (15 Russell) #2064A 1579–1632
      1. 1. Sir (Robert) Russell 1608–1689
        1. 1. Elspet (Elizabeth) Russell 1636–1666 m. Alexander (Donaldson) Wilson 1629–1660
      2. 2. Sir (William) Russell 1602–1669
      3. 3. Sir (William Thomas) Russell 1626–1683
      4. 4. Mary Howard 1592–1658
  2. 2. Lord (Charles) Spencer 1558–1624
  3. 3. SIR (John III Baron Spencer of Althorpe Spencer) Knight 1546–1599
  4. 4. Sir (Nicholas (Colonel)) deSpencer 1546–1598
  5. 5. Robert (Edmund) Spencer 1549–1627 m. Margaret Willoughby 1561–1597
    1. 1. Sir (William of Wormleighton Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer of Wormleighton, KB,) MP 1591–1636 m. Penelope (Wriothesley Spencer, Baroness of) Wormleighton 1598–1667 m. Penelope (Lady of Southampton Wriothesley Baroness Spencer) of 1598–1667
      1. 1. William (Ashton Lancashire) Spencer 1615–1687
      2. 2. Mary (Grace) Spencer 1621–1638
      3. 3. Lady (Anne) Spencer 1623–1672
      4. 4. Catherine Spencer 1616–1622
      5. 5. Catherine Spencer 1616–1617
      6. 6. Rachel Spencer 1616–1638
      7. 7. Anne Spencer 1616–1629
      8. 8. Henry (3rd earl of spencer Lord Spencer van) Wormleighton 1620–1643
        1. 1. 2ND (EARL ROBERT SPENCER OF WORMLEIGHTON AND SUTHERLAND (KNIGHT OF THE GARTER) Earl of) Sunderland 1641–1702 m. Anne (Lady of Bristol) Digby 1637–1715
      9. 9. Hon. (Lady Alice) Spencer 1625–1696
      10. 10. Robert (Spencer 1st Viscount Teviot) Captain 1630–1679
      11. 11. Anne Spencer 1616–1622
      12. 12. Catherine Spencer 1616–1617
      13. 13. Elizabeth Spencer 1618–1672
      14. 14. Henry Spencer 1620–1643 m. Elizabeth Spencer 1617–1672 m. Lady (Dorothy Sidney Spencer (Smythe), Countess of) Sunderland 1617–1684
        1. 1. George Spencer 1633–1695
        2. 2. Robert (Spencer, 2nd Earl of) Sunderland 1640–1702 m. Lady (Anne) Digby 1646–1715
        3. 3. Dorothea (Spencer, Viscountess of) Halifax 1640–1670
        4. 4. Lady (Penelope) Spencer 1642–1667
        5. 5. Hon (Henry) Spencer 1643–1649
      15. 15. Margaret Spencer 1627–1693
      16. 16. Rachel Spencer 1616–1638
      17. 17. Robert Spencer 1628–1682
  6. 6. Anne (Spencer -) Fairfax 1540–1618
  7. 7. Catharine SPENCER 1545–1639
  8. 8. Gerard Spencer 1543–1577
  9. 9. Michael Knight 1546–1658
  10. 10. Sir (Knight John Spencer III "Trinity Coll. Alumni-Middle Temple Law-MP-Mayor of London-JP-High Sheriffe of Wormleighton-12th GGF Lady) Diana" 1538–1610 m. Alice (Bromfield) (Leake-Spencer) 1540–1610 m. lady (Mary margaret) Catlin 1548–1619
    1. 1. Robert (Spencer 1st Baron Spencer of Wormleighton Baron Spencer of) Wormleighton 1571–1627 m. Lady (Margaret Willoughby, of Wollaton Baroness) Spencer 1571–1597
      1. 1. Lydia Kenden 1595–1620
      2. 2. Sir (John Spencer, Lord Mayor of) London 1590–1610
      3. 3. Lady (Mary Willoughby) Spencer 1588–1639
      4. 4. Elizabeth Fane 1590–1618
      5. 5. Penelope ((Lady Baroness Spencer) Wriothesley) (Risley) 1598–1667
      6. 6. Margret 1598–
      7. 7. Randolph Spencer 1590–1658
      8. 8. Richard Spencer 1593–1667
      9. 9. Edward Spencer 1594–1656
      10. 10. Margret (Margaret) Spencer 1597–1613
      11. 11. Mary SPENCER 1620–1658
      12. 12. Timothy Spencer 1598–1667
    2. 2. Matthew Spencer 1574–1586
    3. 3. William Spencer 1564–
    4. 4. Anne Fisher 1585–1663
    5. 5. Abraham Spencer 1582–1600
    6. 6. Robert Spencer 1586–1638
    7. 7. Adam Spencer 1579–
    8. 8. Theophily Spencer 1577–
    9. 9. Stephen Spencer 1562–1642
    10. 10. Mary Spencer 1575–1602
    11. 11. Lady (Elizabeth Spencer (of North) Hampton) 1574–1632
    12. 12. John ((Johne)) Spencer 1587–1627
    13. 13. Dorathie Spencer 1587–1685
    14. 14. Margaret Spencer 1585–1685
    15. 15. Ellen ((Helena)) Spencer 1578–
    16. 16. William Spencer 1591–1592
    17. 17. Mary Spencer 1575–1575
    18. 18. Alice Spencer 1576–1603
    19. 19. Thomas Spencer 1574–1680
    20. 20. James (Spencer,) Baron 1565–1611
    21. 21. SIR (Robert FIRST BARON WORMLEIGHTON) Spencer 1549–1627
    22. 22. Thomas Spencer 1574–1680
    23. 23. James (BARON) (SPENCER) 1565–1611
    24. 24. Richard Spencer 1560–1624
    25. 25. Ann Spencer 1540–1618
  11. 11. Anne Spencer 1556–1583
  12. 12. Margaret Spencer 1546–1626
  13. 13. Alice (Princess Spencer Egerton) Stanley 1559–1637
  14. 14. Edward (Sallare) Spencer 1530–1610

Baroness Spencer's Timeline

3 Records

1521
1521
Birth of Baroness Lady Katherine Kitson Spencer in Hengrave, Suffolk, England
Hengrave, Suffolk, England
1545
1545
Age 24
Baroness Lady Katherine Kitson Spencer was married in Hengrave, Suffolk, England
Hengrave, Suffolk, England
1586
8 November 1586
Age 65
Death of Baroness Lady Katherine Kitson Spencer in Great Brington, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Great Brington, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1521
    Event Place: Hengrave, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1545
    Event Place: Hengrave, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 November 1586
    Event Place: Great Brington, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
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