William Kingsmill (died 1618) was an English landowner.
He was a son of William Kingsmill (died 1592) and Bridget Raleigh (died 1607), a daughter of George Raleigh.Bernard Burke, Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry, vol. 1 (London, 1868), p. 52.Visitation of Warwickshire, 1619, p. 77.
His home was at Sydmonton. He was Sheriff of Hampshire in 1601 and 1612.
King James and Anne of Denmark stayed at Sydmonton Court in August 1603.John Nichols, Progresses of James the First, vol. 1 (London, 1828), p. 252. Anne of Denmark stayed in August 1611.William Shaw, HMC Lord De L'Isle & Dudley, vol. 4 (London, 1942), p. 282.
He died in January 1618.
Marriage and family He married Anne Wilkes or Willes, daughter of William Willes of Middleton Cheney. Their children included:Bernard Burke, Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry, vol. 1 (London, 1868), p. 52. Henry Kingsmill of Sidmonton (1587-1624), who married Bridget White (died 1672), their son Henry was killed at the battle of Edgehill.M. H. Bloxham, Sepulchral Monuments of Warwickshire, p. 16. Richard Kingsmill of Malshanger (died 1663) Constance Kingsmill, who married Thomas Baker (died 1625) of Whittingham Hall, Fressingfield Elizabeth Kingsmill, who married Edward Tyrrell of Thornton Eleanor Kingsmill, who married Timothy Tyrrell (died 1632), a Master of the Royal Hounds. Frances Kingsmill, who married Guido Forster of Hanslope
Anne, Lady Kingsmill wrote to the Earl of Salisbury on 14 June 1608, thanking him for favours shown to herself and her son.HMC Salisbury Hatfield, vol. 20 (London, 1968), p. 190.
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