Mary (Gaynsford) Kingston (abt. 1498 - 1572)

Born about 1498 in Guildford, Surrey, England

Ancestors

Wife of William Courtenay — married about 1521 (to 24 Nov 1535) in Powderham, Devon, England

Wife of Anthony Kingston — married 1549 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England

Descendants

Died 12 Feb 1572 at about age 74 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England

Biography

She was born around 1498 in Guildford, Surrey, England. She was the daughter of Sir John Gainesford and his second wife, Ann Haute.^[1][2]She married Sir William Courtenay, son of Sir William Courtenay and Cecily Cheney.^[2]in Powderham, Devon, England in 1521. After the death of her first husband she married for a second time, Sir Anthony Kingston. The marriage took place about 1549 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England.

Sources

1. ↑ Surrey Archaeological Collections, Volume 3. Surrey Archaeological Society, 1865. Page 60.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Mosley, Charles, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A, Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1123.

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• Bindoff, Stanley Thomas, The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509-1558 (London: Secker & Warburg, 1982.), 2:468

• Bannerman, William Bruce, The Visitations of the County of Surrey Made and Taken in the Years 1530, ..1572, .. and 1623 (London: Publications of the Harleian Society, 1899.), p. 12

• Brydges, Egerton, Collins's Peerage of England (London: T. Bensley, 1812.), 6:264

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