KINGSTON, Anthony (by 1512-56), of Cadleigh, Devon and Painswick, Glos.

Family and Education

b. by 1512, o.s. of Sir William Kingston of London, and Elmore and Painswick, Glos. m. (1) by 18 Oct. 1524, Dorothy, da. of Robert Harpur; (2) Mary, da. of Sir John Gainsford of Crowhurst, Surr., wid. of Sir William Courtenay I (d. 23/24 Nov. 1535 of Powderham, Devon; 2s. illegit. Kntd. 2 May 1540; suc. fa. 14 Sept. 1540.Date of birth estimated from first shrievalty. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. Trans. vi. 292; xix. 312; Vis. Devon, ed. Vivian, 246; Wriothesley’s Chron. i. (Cam. Soc. n.s. xi), 117; LP Hen. VIII, iv.

Offices Held

Steward of the King 1528; keeper, Sedbury park, Glos. 1528, New park, Thornbury, Glos. 1533, town and castle of St. Briavels, Glos. 1547; steward, castle and lordship of Berkeley, Glos. 1531-d., duchy of Lancaster, Glos. and Herefs. 5 Feb. 1541 – d., town and hundred of Tewkesbury, Glos. 1541 – d.; sheriff, Glos. 1533 – 34, 1550 – 51; sewer extraordinary by 1533; sergeant of the King’s hawks 5 Aug. 1536; j.p. Glos. 1537 – d.; esquire of the body by 1539; commr. musters, Glos. 1539, 1542, chantries 1546, relief 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553; custos rot. 1546; chief steward, former lands of Cirencester abbey owned by Thomas Seymour, Baron Seymour of Sudeley, by 1547 – 49; member, council in the marches of Wales 1551; knight marshal 1555.LP Hen. VIII, ii, iv, vi-viii, xi, xii, xvi, xvii, xx, xxi; CPR, 1550–3, p. 394; 1553, pp. 351, 413; 1553–4, p. 19; Somerville, Duchy, i. 637; Strype, Eccles. Memorials, iii(1), 469; information from A.J.A. Malkiewicz; C60/35 m. 10; SC6 Edw. VI, 188, f. 4.

Parlimentarian

KINGSTON, Anthony (by 1512-56), of Cadleigh, Devon and Painswick, Glos.

Main residences: Cadleigh, Devon; Painswick, Glos.

Author

A.D.K.H.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

KINGSTON, Anthony (by 1512-56)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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