Maternal Family Tree: Mary Kitson Countess Rivers
Before 7th May 1567 [her father] [her grandfather] Thomas Kitson [aged 26] and [her mother] Elizabeth Cornwallis [aged 26] were married. He the son of Thomas Kitson and [her grandmother] Margaret Donnington Countess Bath.
On 7th May 1567 Mary Kitson Countess Rivers was born to Thomas Kitson [aged 26] and Elizabeth Cornwallis [aged 26].
In or before 1581 Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers [aged 15] and Mary Kitson Countess Rivers [aged 13] were married.
In 1581 [her daughter] Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers was born to [her husband] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers [aged 16] and Mary Kitson Countess Rivers [aged 13]. She married 14th May 1602 Thomas Savage 1st Viscount Savage, son of John Savage 1st Baronet, and had issue.
In March 1581 [her father-in-law] John Darcy 2nd Baron Darcy [aged 49] died. He was buried at St Osyth's Priory [Map]. His succeeded son [her husband] Thomas [aged 16] succeeded 3rd Baron Darcy of Chiche. Mary Kitson Countess Rivers [aged 13] by marriage Baroness Darcy of Chiche.
In 1586 [her son] Thomas Darcy was born to [her husband] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers [aged 21] and Mary Kitson Countess Rivers [aged 18] at St Osyth's Priory [Map]. He married 1613 Mary Fitz.
Around 1588 [her daughter] Mary Darcy was born to [her husband] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers [aged 23] and Mary Kitson Countess Rivers [aged 20].
Around 1590 [her daughter] Susan Darcy was born to [her husband] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers [aged 25] and Mary Kitson Countess Rivers [aged 22].
In 1593 [her daughter] Penelope Darcy Lady Gage was born to [her husband] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers [aged 28] and Mary Kitson Countess Rivers [aged 25] at St Osyth's, Essex. She married (1) George Trenchard (2) 28th June 1611 John Gage 1st Baronet and had issue (3) 1642 William Hervey.
On 28th January 1601 [her father] Thomas Kitson [aged 60] died.
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On 14th May 1602 [her son-in-law] Thomas Savage 1st Viscount Savage [aged 16] and Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers [aged 37] and Mary Kitson Countess Rivers [aged 35].
On 28th June 1611 [her son-in-law] John Gage 1st Baronet [aged 41] and Penelope Darcy Lady Gage [aged 18] were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years. She the daughter of Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers [aged 46] and Mary Kitson Countess Rivers [aged 44].
In 1612 [her daughter] Susan Darcy [aged 22] died.
In 1613 Thomas Savage 1st Viscount Savage [aged 27] was created 1st Baron Darcy of Chiche. He the son-in-law of the last Baron of the 1513 creation Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers [aged 48].
Around 1613 Thomas Darcy [aged 27] and Mary Fitz [aged 16] were married. He the son of Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers [aged 48] and Mary Kitson Countess Rivers [aged 45].
Around 1613 [her son] Thomas Darcy [aged 27] died.
On 5th July 1621 [her husband] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers [aged 56] was created 1st Viscount Colchester with a special remainder to his grandson John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers [aged 18]. Mary Kitson Countess Rivers [aged 54] by marriage Viscountess Colchester
On 4th November 1626 [her husband] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers [aged 61] was created 1st Earl Rivers with a special remainder to his grandson John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers [aged 23]. Mary Kitson Countess Rivers [aged 59] by marriage Countess Rivers.
In 1627 [her daughter] Mary Darcy [aged 39] died.
In 1628 [her mother] Elizabeth Cornwallis [aged 87] died.
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On 25th February 1640 [her husband] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers [aged 75] died at Winchester House Broad Street. His succeeded grandson John [aged 37] succeeded 2nd Earl Rivers, 2nd Viscount Colchester. Baron Darcy of Chiche extinct.
In 1642 [her son-in-law] William Hervey [aged 55] and Penelope Darcy Lady Gage [aged 49] were married. She the daughter of Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers and Mary Kitson Countess Rivers [aged 74].
Before 1644 Unknown Painter. Portrait of Mary Kitson Countess Rivers [aged 76].
Before 1644 Unknown Painter. Portrait of Mary Kitson Countess Rivers [aged 76].
On 28th June 1644 Mary Kitson Countess Rivers [aged 77] died.
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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
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Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of King William I of Scotland
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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 
7 x Great Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Calthorpe 8 x Great Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
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 
19 x Great Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
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