Dorothy Kitson | |
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| Born | c. 1531 |
| Died | 1576/1577 |
| Spouse(s) | Sir Thomas Pakington Thomas Tasburgh |
| Children | Sir John Pakington Henry Pakington Robert Pakington Thomas Pakington Margaret Pakington Katherine Pakington Mary Pakington |
| Parent(s) | Sir Thomas Kitson, Margaret Donnington |
Dorothy Kitson (c. 1531 – 1576/1577), later Dorothy, Lady Pakington, was the daughter of Sir Thomas Kitson, a wealthy London merchant and the builder of Hengrave Hall in Suffolk. Her first husband was Sir Thomas Pakington, by whom she was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I's favourite, Sir John "Lusty" Pakington. After Sir Thomas Pakington's death, she married Thomas Tasburgh. She was one of the few women in Tudor England to nominate burgesses to Parliament and to make her last will while her husband, Thomas Tasburgh, was still living. Her three nieces are referred to in the poems of Edmund Spenser.