Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Provost Marshal in Cornwall,
• Occupation: 18 Oct 1537; Knighted by King Henry VIII

Notes:

After the death of Sir William Courtenay in 1535, Kingston married his widow, Mary, daughter of Sir John Gainsford, and left Gloucestershire to reside at Chudleigh, Devon, which, with Honiton, belonged to his wife's jointure.

Died:
probably by his Hand,

Anthony married Mary Gainsford in 1535 in Inglesham, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom. Mary (daughter of John Gainsford and Ann Hawte) was born in 1499 in Upcott, Devon, England, United Kingdom; died in 1572 in Powderham, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Keeper of the Tower of London when Ann Boleyn was beheaded there
• Occupation: Provost Marshall
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent
• Occupation: 24 Apr 1538; Knight of the Garter

Notes:

(Research):The details in this biography come from the History of Parliament, a biographical dictionary of Members of the House of Commons.

Sir William Kingston of the Blackfriars, London, and Elmore and Painswick, Glos.(by 1476-1540), Kntd. 1513. KG nom. 24 Apr, inst. 18 May 1539. Yeoman, the chamber 1497, gent. usher 1504; j.p. Glos. 1506-d.; yeoman of the guard 1509; esquire of the body 1510; sheriff, Glos. 1514-15; jt. sewer and harbinger 1514; knight of the body 1519; carver l521; steward, duchy of Lancaster, Glos. and Herefs. 20 Mar 1521-d., chief steward, south parts of the duchy and Wales 29 Sep 1525-d.; constable, Thornbury castle. Glos. 29 Jan 1522, the Tower 28 May 1524-d.; capt, of the guard 1523; commr. subsidy, Glos. 1523, 1524, tenths of spiritualities 1535; Councillor by 1533; v.-chamberlain, the Household 1536-9, comptroller 12 Mar 1539-d.

The parentage of William Kingston has not been discovered. He cannot be placed among the Kingstons of Chilney and Kingston Bagpuze, Berkshire, who owned land in Somerset and Wiltshire, nor in the family of Kingston of Wendover, Buckinghamshire, in whose early 16th-century pedigree, however, the names William and George Kingston was to mention a

William married Elizabeth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]