Text this colour is a link for Members only. Support us by becoming a Member for only £3 a month by joining our 'Buy Me A Coffee page'; Membership gives you access to all content and removes ads.

Text this colour links to Pages. Text this colour links to Family Trees. Place the mouse over images to see a larger image. Click on paintings to see the painter's Biography Page. Mouse over links for a preview. Move the mouse off the painting or link to close the popup.



Biography of Mary Kitson Countess Rivers 1567-1644

Maternal Family Tree: Katherine de la Pole 1416-1488

Before 7th May 1567 [her father] Thomas Kitson (age 26) and [her mother] Elizabeth Cornwallis (age 26) were married. He the son of [her grandfather] Thomas Kitson and [her grandmother] Margaret Donnington Countess Bath.

On 7th May 1567 Mary Kitson Countess Rivers was born to Thomas Kitson (age 26) and Elizabeth Cornwallis (age 26).

In or before 1581 Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers (age 15) and Mary Kitson Countess Rivers (age 13) were married.

In 1581 [her daughter] Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers was born to [her husband] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers (age 16) and Mary Kitson Countess Rivers (age 13).

In March 1581 [her father-in-law] John Darcy 2nd Baron Darcy (age 49) died. He was buried at St Osyth's Priory [Map]. His son [her husband] Thomas (age 16) succeeded 3rd Baron Darcy of Chiche. Mary Kitson Countess Rivers (age 13) by marriage Baroness Darcy of Chiche.

In 1586 [her son] Thomas Darcy was born to [her husband] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers (age 21) and Mary Kitson Countess Rivers (age 18) at St Osyth's Priory [Map].

Around 1588 [her daughter] Mary Darcy was born to [her husband] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers (age 23) and Mary Kitson Countess Rivers (age 20).

Around 1590 [her daughter] Susan Darcy was born to [her husband] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers (age 25) and Mary Kitson Countess Rivers (age 22).

In 1593 [her daughter] Penelope Darcy Lady Gage was born to [her husband] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers (age 28) and Mary Kitson Countess Rivers (age 25) at St Osyth's, Essex.

On 28th January 1601 [her father] Thomas Kitson (age 60) died.

On 14th May 1602 [her son-in-law] Thomas Savage 1st Viscount Savage (age 16) and [her daughter] Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers (age 21) were married. She the daughter of [her husband] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers (age 37) and Mary Kitson Countess Rivers (age 35).

On 28th June 1611 [her son-in-law] John Gage 1st Baronet (age 41) and [her daughter] Penelope Darcy Lady Gage (age 18) were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years. She the daughter of [her husband] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers (age 46) and Mary Kitson Countess Rivers (age 44).

In 1612 [her daughter] Susan Darcy (age 22) died.

Around 1613 [her son] Thomas Darcy (age 27) and [her daughter-in-law] Mary Fitz (age 16) were married. He the son of [her husband] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers (age 48) and Mary Kitson Countess Rivers (age 45).

Around 1613 [her son] Thomas Darcy (age 27) died.

On 5th July 1621 [her husband] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers (age 56) was created 1st Viscount Colchester with a special remainder to his grandson [her grandson] John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers (age 18). Mary Kitson Countess Rivers (age 54) by marriage Viscountess Colchester

All About History Books

The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 4th November 1626 [her husband] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers (age 61) was created 1st Earl Rivers with a special remainder to his grandson [her grandson] John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers (age 23). Mary Kitson Countess Rivers (age 59) by marriage Countess Rivers.

In 1627 [her daughter] Mary Darcy (age 39) died.

In 1628 [her mother] Elizabeth Cornwallis (age 87) died.

On 25th February 1640 [her husband] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers (age 75) died at Winchester House Broad Street. His grandson [her grandson] John (age 37) succeeded 2nd Earl Rivers, 2nd Viscount Colchester. Baron Darcy of Chiche extinct.

In 1642 [her son-in-law] William Hervey (age 55) and [her daughter] Penelope Darcy Lady Gage (age 49) were married. She the daughter of [her former husband] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers and Mary Kitson Countess Rivers (age 74).

Before 1644 Unknown Painter. Portrait of Mary Kitson Countess Rivers (age 76).

Before 1644 Unknown Painter. Portrait of Mary Kitson Countess Rivers (age 76).

On 28th June 1644 Mary Kitson Countess Rivers (age 77) died.

Royal Ancestors of Mary Kitson Countess Rivers 1567-1644

Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Mary Kitson Countess Rivers 1567-1644

Queen Consort Camilla Shand

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Ancestors of Mary Kitson Countess Rivers 1567-1644

GrandFather: Thomas Kitson

Father: Thomas Kitson

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Donnington of Stoke Newington

GrandMother: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath

Mary Kitson Countess Rivers 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Cornwallis

GrandFather: Thomas Cornwallis

Mother: Elizabeth Cornwallis 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Jerningham

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Jerningham

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gervase Clifton

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Clifton

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Finch

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Jerningham

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bedingfield

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Bedingfield

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Bedingfield

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Shelton

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Shelton

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Clere

GrandMother: Anne Jerningham 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Drury

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Drury of Hawstead in Suffolk

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Drury

Great x 1 Grandmother: Bridget Drury 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Calthorpe 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Calthorpe 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Calthorpe 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Miles Stapleton of Ightham in Norfolk

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stapleton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine de la Pole 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England