Sir Thomas (Kytson) Kitson^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1540 - 1602  (~ 62 years)

• Name	Thomas (Kytson) Kitson
  Prefix	Sir
  Birth	Abt 1540	Hengrave Hall, Suffolk, England
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	Hengrave, Suffolk, England
  _FSFTID	LVMC-GF9
  _FSLINK	https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=LVMC-GF9
  Death	28 Jan 1602
  Notes	Castles of Great Britain Hengrave Hall, Bury St. Edmunds, England Margaret died in December 1561 and Thomas Kytson the younger became own er of the Hall. In the early part of Queen Elizabeth's reign Thomas Kyts on seems to have been an object of suspicion to the Court party, a nd as he was an intimate friend of the Duke of Norfolk he was involved in difficulties for some time after th at noble's downfall. A few years afterwards however, the Queen did not dis dain to visit Hengrave on her progress to and from Norwich in 1578,"whe re in very deed the fare and banquet did so far exceed a number of other places that it is wort hy of mention. A show representing the fayries as well as might be was the re seen, in which a riche Jewell was presented to the Queen's Highness ". It was on this occasion that the Queen knighted Thomas Kytson. Sir Thomas, at one time evidently compromised on the religious issue, prom ising the Queen to attend Protestant services, but soon after we find h is wife in prison for refusing to do so and both are on the list of recusa nts drawn up in March 1588. Following his father's example Sir Thomas left Hengrave to his widow, Eliz abeth for life in 1602. Margaret, their elder daughter and her husband di ed in the lifetime of Elizabeth Kytson and Hengrave reverted to Mary, wi fe of Thomas, lord Darcy of Chich. [Castles of Great Britain, website, on Hengrave Hall, Bury St. Edmun ds, England] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley E ditor-in-Chief, 1999 Page: 1108 Thomas Kitson Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, Page: IV:79 http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal32446 http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/KYTSON.htm#Thomas%20KYTSON1
  Person ID	I2448	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2015

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Cornwallis,   b. Abt 1545   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1573	Brome, Suffolk, England
  Children	1. Mary Kitson,   b. 1566, Hengrave, Suffolk, England d. 28 Jun 1644, Colchester, Essex, England (Age 78 years)   2. Katherine Kitson   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F408	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

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  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett). [S27] http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/.