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Sir Anthony Kingston (ca. 1508 - April 14, 1556)

Son of Sir William Kingston
William Kingston

Sir William Kingston was the Constable of the Tower of the Tower of London during the reign of Henry VIII of England. Among the notable prisoners he was responsible for were Anne Boleyn and the men accused of adultery with her....
 of Blackfriars, London, and holder of various positions under several Tudor
Tudor dynasty

The House of Tudor was a prominent European royal house that ruled the Kingdom of England and its realms from 1485 until 1603. Founded by Henry VII of England, who, though his paternal family was Welsh people ?his grandfather was Owen Tudor? was himself also a legitimized descendent of the royal House of Lancaster....
 monarchs.

In 1546, as the Constable of the Tower of London, he was charged with torturing the poet and Protestant preacher Anne Askew
Anne Askew

Anne Askew was an England poet and Protestant who was persecuted as a heresy. She is the only woman on record to have been tortured in the Tower of London, before being burnt at the stake....
, accused of heresy
Heresy

Heresy is an introduced change to some system of belief, especially a religion, that conflicts with the previously established canon of that belief....
.

In 1549 Kingston was made Provost Marshal
Provost Marshal

The Provost Marshal is the officer in the armed forces who is in charge of the military police .There may be a Provost Marshal serving at many levels of the hierarchy and he may also be the public safety officer of a military installation, responsible for the provision of fire and ambulance services as well as law enforcement....
 by King Edward VI and suppressed the Prayer Book Rebellion
Prayer Book Rebellion

The Prayer Book Rebellion, Prayer Book Revolt, Prayer Book Rising, Western Rising or Western Rebellion was a popular revolt in Cornwall and Devon, in 1549....
 in 1549 with great cruelty.






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Sir Anthony Kingston (ca. 1508 - April 14, 1556)

Son of Sir William Kingston
William Kingston

Sir William Kingston was the Constable of the Tower of the Tower of London during the reign of Henry VIII of England. Among the notable prisoners he was responsible for were Anne Boleyn and the men accused of adultery with her....
 of Blackfriars, London, and holder of various positions under several Tudor
Tudor dynasty

The House of Tudor was a prominent European royal house that ruled the Kingdom of England and its realms from 1485 until 1603. Founded by Henry VII of England, who, though his paternal family was Welsh people ?his grandfather was Owen Tudor? was himself also a legitimized descendent of the royal House of Lancaster....
 monarchs.

In 1546, as the Constable of the Tower of London, he was charged with torturing the poet and Protestant preacher Anne Askew
Anne Askew

Anne Askew was an England poet and Protestant who was persecuted as a heresy. She is the only woman on record to have been tortured in the Tower of London, before being burnt at the stake....
, accused of heresy
Heresy

Heresy is an introduced change to some system of belief, especially a religion, that conflicts with the previously established canon of that belief....
.

In 1549 Kingston was made Provost Marshal
Provost Marshal

The Provost Marshal is the officer in the armed forces who is in charge of the military police .There may be a Provost Marshal serving at many levels of the hierarchy and he may also be the public safety officer of a military installation, responsible for the provision of fire and ambulance services as well as law enforcement....
 by King Edward VI and suppressed the Prayer Book Rebellion
Prayer Book Rebellion

The Prayer Book Rebellion, Prayer Book Revolt, Prayer Book Rising, Western Rising or Western Rebellion was a popular revolt in Cornwall and Devon, in 1549....
 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
John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford

John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of England, Justice of the Peace was an English royal minister in the later Tudor dynasty era....
 left the task of settling scores with the Cornish
Cornish people

The Cornish people are regarded as an ethnic group of the United Kingdom originating in Cornwall. They are often described as a Modern Celts....
 to Anthony Kingston. Kingston was responsible for a series of murders and hangings of well known figures including Nicholas Boyer, the mayor of Bodmin
Bodmin

Bodmin is a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom, with a population of 12,778 . It was the county town of Cornwall, until the Crown Courts moved to Truro, which is also the administrative centre....
 and a number of priests were hanged, including Richard Bennet, vicar of St Veep
St Veep

St. Veep is a civil parish situated in Caradon in Cornwall, England, UK. It sits above the east bank of the River Fowey about 5 km southeast of Lostwithiel....
 and John Payne, portreeve of St Ives
St Ives, Cornwall

St Ives is a seaside resort, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne....
. Mayor Mayow of Gluvian in the parish of St Columb
St Columb

St Columb may refer to:...
 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".

In 1556, during Mary I
Mary I of England

Mary I , was Queen of England and Monarchy of Ireland from 19 July 1553 until her death. The fourth crowned monarch of the Tudor dynasty, she is remembered for restoring England to Roman Catholicism after succeeding her short-lived half brother, Edward VI of England, to the English throne....
's reign, Anthony was involved in the Dudley plot to put Elizabeth on the throne. Arrested in Cirencester
Cirencester

Cirencester is a market town in Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in Cotswold ....
, he died on 14 April on his way to London for trial, probably by his own hand.

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