Sir William Kingsmill

✓ SIR WILLIAM KINGSMILL, of SYDMONTON, Sheriff of Hants 1564 (d.1592); m. Bridget Raleigh; father of Sir Francis (our line). ||NO LONGER THE FLOOR - 7 Aug 2026|| The page image gives the whole English ascent, now wired: b. 1526, SHERIFF OF HANTS 1564, bur. 11 DEC 1592; m. BRIDGET, dau. of GEORGE RALEIGH of Thornburgh, co. Warwick (she d. 12 Aug 1607). FIVE GENERATIONS ADDED ABOVE HIM - see I100385, I100382, I100380, I100379. Formerly described here as the documented floor: the elder Sydmonton/Basingstoke Kingsmills - Sir John the Judge of Common Pleas (d.1509, m. Jane Giffard of Itchell), Richard of Doberton who entertained CATHERINE OF ARAGON 4 Nov 1501, the Castlemayne origin at the Royal Mill of Basingstoke - are printed in the article and left note-only above this rung. Source: Burke's LGI 1912 edn ('Bruce-Kingsmill of Hermitage Park', printed p.235, archive.org full-text sweep 6 Aug 2026, cross-confirmed by the 1912 Pennefather (p.418: 'Matthew Pennefather m. Levina Kingsmill, heir of Ballyowen, aft. New Park') and De Burgh of Oldtown articles, and by the LGI 1899 pp.369-71 photographs); OCR-derived details to be verified against the page images; contested rungs note-only.