Believed to have been the second or third son of John Pakington and Elizabeth Washbourne, he was born between 1489-1496.
In 1520, Robert married Agnes, daughter of Sir John Baldwin by his first wife, Agnes Dormer. By her had two sons and three daughters: Thomas, John, Elizabeth, Anne, and Margaret.
After Agnes died, he married Katherine, the widow of Richard Collier of London, and daughter of Thomas Dallam.
Like his older brother John, Robert was an Inner Templar and was admitted in 1520, although he never practiced, despite the fact that his first father-in-law, John Baldwin, was Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Rather, he was a merchant and importer of sundry wares and exporter of cloth. He completed a decade-long apprenticeship with the Mercer's Company in 1510, which group he later served as Warden in 1527-8.
He lived in Needlers (now Pancras) Lane, and represented London as M.P. in 1529 (and was allegedly re-elected in 1533 and 1536) and spoke in parliament and elsewhere against abuses by the clergy.
Considered a staunch anti-cleric, he worshiped daily at the Mercer's chapel near his home. While on his way to mass on the morning of Monday, 13 November 1836-7, he was shot dead in the street by an unknown assassin who was never identified owing to the foggy conditions on that day.
He was murdered with a handgun in London in 1536, likely the first such killing in the city. His murder was later interpreted as martyrdom, and recounted in John Foxe's Acts and Monuments. He was the grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I's favourite, Sir John "Lusty" Pakington.
Robert was buried in the parish church of St. Pancras where a monument was later erected in his memory.
His father-in-law Sir John Baldwin became guardian of his eldest son, Thomas. His widow Katherine became the 2d wife of Sir Michael Dormer, a Mercer and Lord Mayor of London in 1541.
In 1520, Robert married Agnes, daughter of Sir John Baldwin by his first wife, Agnes Dormer. By her had two sons and three daughters: Thomas, John, Elizabeth, Anne, and Margaret.
After Agnes died, he married Katherine, the widow of Richard Collier of London, and daughter of Thomas Dallam.
Like his older brother John, Robert was an Inner Templar and was admitted in 1520, although he never practiced, despite the fact that his first father-in-law, John Baldwin, was Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Rather, he was a merchant and importer of sundry wares and exporter of cloth. He completed a decade-long apprenticeship with the Mercer's Company in 1510, which group he later served as Warden in 1527-8.
He lived in Needlers (now Pancras) Lane, and represented London as M.P. in 1529 (and was allegedly re-elected in 1533 and 1536) and spoke in parliament and elsewhere against abuses by the clergy.
Considered a staunch anti-cleric, he worshiped daily at the Mercer's chapel near his home. While on his way to mass on the morning of Monday, 13 November 1836-7, he was shot dead in the street by an unknown assassin who was never identified owing to the foggy conditions on that day.
He was murdered with a handgun in London in 1536, likely the first such killing in the city. His murder was later interpreted as martyrdom, and recounted in John Foxe's Acts and Monuments. He was the grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I's favourite, Sir John "Lusty" Pakington.
Robert was buried in the parish church of St. Pancras where a monument was later erected in his memory.
His father-in-law Sir John Baldwin became guardian of his eldest son, Thomas. His widow Katherine became the 2d wife of Sir Michael Dormer, a Mercer and Lord Mayor of London in 1541.
Believed to have been the second or third son of John Pakington and Elizabeth Washbourne, he was born between 1489-1496.
In 1520, Robert married Agnes, daughter of Sir John Baldwin by his first wife, Agnes Dormer. By her had two sons and three daughters: Thomas, John, Elizabeth, Anne, and Margaret.
After Agnes died, he married Katherine, the widow of Richard Collier of London, and daughter of Thomas Dallam.
Like his older brother John, Robert was an Inner Templar and was admitted in 1520, although he never practiced, despite the fact that his first father-in-law, John Baldwin, was Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Rather, he was a merchant and importer of sundry wares and exporter of cloth. He completed a decade-long apprenticeship with the Mercer's Company in 1510, which group he later served as Warden in 1527-8.
He lived in Needlers (now Pancras) Lane, and represented London as M.P. in 1529 (and was allegedly re-elected in 1533 and 1536) and spoke in parliament and elsewhere against abuses by the clergy.
Considered a staunch anti-cleric, he worshiped daily at the Mercer's chapel near his home. While on his way to mass on the morning of Monday, 13 November 1836-7, he was shot dead in the street by an unknown assassin who was never identified owing to the foggy conditions on that day.
He was murdered with a handgun in London in 1536, likely the first such killing in the city. His murder was later interpreted as martyrdom, and recounted in John Foxe's Acts and Monuments. He was the grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I's favourite, Sir John "Lusty" Pakington.
Robert was buried in the parish church of St. Pancras where a monument was later erected in his memory.
His father-in-law Sir John Baldwin became guardian of his eldest son, Thomas. His widow Katherine became the 2d wife of Sir Michael Dormer, a Mercer and Lord Mayor of London in 1541.
In 1520, Robert married Agnes, daughter of Sir John Baldwin by his first wife, Agnes Dormer. By her had two sons and three daughters: Thomas, John, Elizabeth, Anne, and Margaret.
After Agnes died, he married Katherine, the widow of Richard Collier of London, and daughter of Thomas Dallam.
Like his older brother John, Robert was an Inner Templar and was admitted in 1520, although he never practiced, despite the fact that his first father-in-law, John Baldwin, was Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Rather, he was a merchant and importer of sundry wares and exporter of cloth. He completed a decade-long apprenticeship with the Mercer's Company in 1510, which group he later served as Warden in 1527-8.
He lived in Needlers (now Pancras) Lane, and represented London as M.P. in 1529 (and was allegedly re-elected in 1533 and 1536) and spoke in parliament and elsewhere against abuses by the clergy.
Considered a staunch anti-cleric, he worshiped daily at the Mercer's chapel near his home. While on his way to mass on the morning of Monday, 13 November 1836-7, he was shot dead in the street by an unknown assassin who was never identified owing to the foggy conditions on that day.
He was murdered with a handgun in London in 1536, likely the first such killing in the city. His murder was later interpreted as martyrdom, and recounted in John Foxe's Acts and Monuments. He was the grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I's favourite, Sir John "Lusty" Pakington.
Robert was buried in the parish church of St. Pancras where a monument was later erected in his memory.
His father-in-law Sir John Baldwin became guardian of his eldest son, Thomas. His widow Katherine became the 2d wife of Sir Michael Dormer, a Mercer and Lord Mayor of London in 1541.
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