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Thomas Pakington was the son of Robert Pakington, a London mercer and an Member of Parliament
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Thomas Pakington
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Foreign the City in 1534, who was murdered in London in 1537. Pakington was knighted by Queen Mary on 2 October 1553, and was sheriff of Worcester in 1561. He died at Bath Place, Holborn, on 2 June 1571, and was buried at Aylesbury on the 12th.
His widow Dorothy, who was his sole executrix, acquired some celebrity by her interference in electioneering matters.
On 4 May 1572 she issued a writ in her own name as "lord and owner of the town of Aylesbury", appointing burgesses for the constituency.
