In 1617 Katherine Wright Lady Harington was born to Edmund Wright.
In or before 1635 James Harington 3rd Baronet [aged 27] and Katherine Wright Lady Harington [aged 17] were married.
Around 1635 [her son] Edmund Harington 4th Baronet was born to [her husband] James Harington 3rd Baronet [aged 27] and Katherine Wright Lady Harington [aged 18]. He married (1) August 1679 Sarah Alston Lady Harington (2) 6th September 1697 Abigail Vennour Lady Harington.
After 1636 [her son] Henry Harington was born to [her husband] James Harington 3rd Baronet [aged 28] and Katherine Wright Lady Harington [aged 19].
On or before 10th October 1639 [her son] Edward Harington 5th Baronet was born to [her husband] James Harington 3rd Baronet [aged 31] and Katherine Wright Lady Harington [aged 22]. He was baptised on 10th October 1639 at St Peter le Poer Church, Broad Street.
In July 1643 [her father] Edmund Wright died. His daughter inherited Swakeleys House.
In 1652 [her father-in-law] Edward Harington 2nd Baronet died. His son [her husband] James [aged 44] succeeded 3rd Baronet Harington of Ridlington in Rutlandshire. Katherine Wright Lady Harington [aged 35] by marriage Lady Harington of Ridlington in Rutlandshire.
1654. William Faithorne "The Elder" [aged 38]. Portrait of Katherine Wright Lady Harington [aged 37].
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 7th September 1665. Thence to Brainford, reading "The Villaine", a pretty good play, all the way. There a coach of Mr. Povy's [aged 51] stood ready for me, and he at his house ready to come in, and so we together merrily to Swakely, Sir R. Viner's [aged 34]. A very pleasant place, bought by him of [her husband] Sir James Harrington's [aged 57] lady [aged 48]. He took us up and down with great respect, and showed us all his house and grounds; and it is a place not very moderne in the garden nor house, but the most uniforme in all that ever I saw; and some things to excess. Pretty to see over the screene of the hall (put up by Sir Mr. Harrington, a Long Parliamentman) the King's head, and my Lord of Essex [aged 33] on one side, and Fairfax on the other; and upon the other side of the screene, the parson of the parish, and the lord of the manor and his sisters. The window-cases, door-cases, and chimnys of all the house are marble. He showed me a black boy that he had, that died of a consumption, and being dead, he caused him to be dried in an oven, and lies there entire in a box.
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In 1675 Katherine Wright Lady Harington [aged 58] died.
In 1680 [her former husband] James Harington 3rd Baronet [aged 72] died in exile in Europe. His son Edmund [aged 45] succeeded 4th Baronet Harington of Ridlington in Rutlandshire. Sarah Alston Lady Harington by marriage Lady Harington of Ridlington in Rutlandshire.