Kingston, Anthony (1508 - 1556)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 9
Total events naming patron - 4
Troupes - 2
Venues - 2
Bibliographic Sources - 5
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1508
Death Date: 1556-04-14 (Died in custody while travelling to London to face charges of conspiracy)

Notes

Imprisoned in the Tower 10--24 Dec. 1555

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Harpur , Dorothy ( - 1535)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1524-10-18
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Marriage was likely arranged by Anthony's father in order to forge connections with the Staffords, whom Dorothy's father, Robert, had served as a retainer. Anthony began petitioning for a divorce in 1533 [ODNB]
  2. Gainsford, Mary ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: by 1537
    Union ended: by 1552
    Note: Estranged by this year
  3. Not identified, ( - )
    Type: other
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Not identified, ( - )

  1. Male offspring: Kingston, Anthony (n.d.)
  2. Male offspring: Kingston, Edmund (n.d.)

Primary Title

Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1540-05-02
    Vacated 1556-04-14

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Keeper, Gloucestershire 1528-8-6 n.d.
Steward, Gloucestershire 1531 1556-04-14 Held office until death
Keeper, Gloucestershire 1532/3-2-4 n.d.
Keeper, Gloucestershire 1533 n.d.
Sheriff, Gloucestershire 1533-11-17 1534-11-13
JP, Gloucestershire 1537 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Gloucestershire 1539 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1539 1540
MP, Gloucestershire 1539 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1540 n.d.
Steward, Duchy of Lancaster 1540/1-2-5 1556-04-14 Held office until death
Chief Steward, Gloucestershire 1541-6-28 1556-04-14 Held office until death
Keeper, Gloucestershire 1541-6-28 n.d.
Keeper, Worcestershire 1541-6-28 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Gloucestershire 1542 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1542 1545
MP, Gloucestershire 1542 n.d. Possibly held this office in this year
MP, Gloucestershire 1545 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Gloucestershire 1545/6 n.d.
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Gloucestershire by 1546 n.d.
Chief Steward, Gloucestershire by 1547 1549
JP, Gloucestershire 1547 n.d.
Keeper, Gloucestershire 1547 n.d.
MP, Gloucestershire 1547 n.d.
Sheriff, Gloucestershire 1550-11-11 1551-11-10
Council Member, Marches of Wales 1551 n.d.
MP, Gloucestershire 1553-3 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1553/4 1556 Held office until death
Knight Marshall, England 1555 n.d.
MP, Gloucestershire 1555 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Cadeleigh Castle, Devon
    (Performance Venue)
    Date of 2nd marriage; estranged from wife by 1552
    Acquired: by 1537
    Divested: by 1552
  • Painswick Lodge, Gloucestershire
    (Performance Venue)
    Patrimony
    Acquired: 1548
    Divested: 1556-04-14

Lands

  • Devon: Cadeleigh & Honiton Manors
    Acquired: by 1537
    Acquired via 2nd wife
  • Gloucestershire: Flaxley Abbey & Lands
    Acquired: 1536/7-03-21
    Granted
  • Gloucestershire: Haresfield Manor
    Acquired: 1540
    Divested: 1556-04-14
    Patrimony; owned in part; sold park of the manor (later known as Haresfield Park) in 1552
  • Gloucestershire: Leonard Stanley Priory & Manor
    Acquired: 1544-10-22
    Granted
  • Gloucestershire: Miserden Manor
    Acquired: 1546-03-04
    Granted
  • Gloucestershire: Quenington Manor
    Acquired: 1545-09-25
    Purchased
  • Gloucestershire: Wishanger Manor
    Acquired: 1540
    Divested: 1552
    Leased

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1550-1551 Boothall, Gloucester , Gloucestershire Sir Anthony Kingston's Abbot of Misrule
Performance 1550-1551 Boothall, Gloucester , Gloucestershire Sir Anthony Kingston's Players
Performance 1551-1552 Boothall, Gloucester , Gloucestershire Sir Anthony Kingston's Players
Performance 1552-1553 Boothall, Gloucester , Gloucestershire Sir Anthony Kingston's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir Anthony Kingston's Abbot of Misrule Kingston, Anthony (1508 - 1556) Other 1
Sir Anthony Kingston's Players Kingston, Anthony (1508 - 1556) Players 3

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Cadeleigh Castle Devon Private Residence
Painswick Lodge Gloucestershire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982.
The Dictionary of National Biography. 1882–1901 (66 vols); 1908–9 (28 vols). 2 vols. London: Oxford UP, 1975.
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509–47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864–1932.
List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. Public Record Office Lists and Indexes 9. London: HMSO, 1898.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)