Anthony Kingston was the son of Sir William Kingston of Blackfriars, London by one of Sir William's first two wives, either Anne, the widow of Sir John Guise, or Elizabeth, whose surname is unknown.
11 Facts About Anthony Kingston
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Anthony Kingston had a sister, Bridget, who married Sir George Baynham of Clearwell, Gloucestershire, son and heir of Sir Christopher Baynham.
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Sir William Kingston married thirdly, Mary, widow of Edward Jerningham, and daughter of Richard Scrope : by her Sir William had no issue.
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Anthony Kingston held offices about the court, such as that of serjeant of the king's hawks, and received land formerly belonging to the suppressed monasteries in Gloucestershire, including a regrant of the site of Flaxley Abbey.
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In 1549 Anthony Kingston was granted the rank of provost marshal by King Edward VI and was involved in the suppression of the Prayer Book Rebellion in 1549.
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Anthony Kingston subsequently ordered the executions of numerous individuals suspected of involvement with the rebellion as part of the post-rebellion reprisals.
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In 1552, Anthony Kingston was cited before John Hooper, bishop of Gloucester, on a charge of adultery.
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Anthony Kingston afterwards owned that Hooper had converted him from his evil life, and took a touching farewell of the bishop before the latter's martyrdom at the stake.
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Anthony Kingston was Knight marshal in the parliament of 1555 and a supporter in it of the Protestant religion.
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Anthony Kingston remained there till the 23rd, when he submitted, asked pardon, and was discharged.
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Anthony Kingston had no issue by either marriage, but by a mistress had two illegitimate sons, Anthony and Edmund, on whom by a deed of feoffment he settled part of his estates in 1547.