- Anthony Kingston
Sir Anthony Kingston (died 14 April 1556)
Son of Sir
William Kingston ofBlackfriars, London , and holder of various positions under several Tudor monarchs.In 1546, as the
Constable of the Tower of London , he was charged with torturing the poet and Protestant preacherAnne Askew , accused ofheresy .In 1549 Kingston was made
Provost Marshal byKing Edward VI and suppressed thePrayer Book Rebellion in 1549 with great cruelty. After the Cornish uprising, in which some 10% of the Cornish population were slaughtered when English and mercenary forces moved into Cornwall,John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford left the task of settling scores with the Cornish to Anthony Kingston. Kingston was responsible for a series of murders and hangings of well known figures including Nicholas Boyer, the mayor ofBodmin and a number of priests were hanged, including Richard Bennet, vicar ofSt Veep and John Payne, portreeve of St Ives. Mayor Mayow of Gluvian in the parish ofSt Columb was hanged outside a tavern in St Columb. After the events Cornish historian Richard Carew observed that in Cornwall Anthony Kingston "hath left his name more memorable than commendable". [ [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UfCvxdhNLHIC&pg=PA125&lpg=PA125&dq=Anthony+Kingston+cornwall&source=web&ots=xZMxXJaBHq&sig=qFD2TgIubdMnlD10rwwTukVNLQs&hl=en#PPA126,M1Philip Payton - (1996) "Cornwall", Fowey: Alexander Associates] ]In 1556, during Mary I's reign, Anthony was involved in the
Dudley plot to put Elizabeth on the throne. Arrested inCirencester , he died April 14 on his way to London for trial, probably by his own hand.References
External links
* [http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/AnthonyKingston.htm Tudor Place.com]
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