William Kingsmill
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William Kingsmill was member of parliament and lived at Ballybeg Abbey in County Cork, a dissolved Augustinian house turned into a gentleman's seat, which was a common enough fate for Irish monastic property. His daughter Levina married into the Pennefathers.
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William Kingsmill, M.P., of Ballybeg Abbey, co. Cork - father of Levina (m. Matthew Pennefather; our line), through whom Balyowen/New Park came to the Pennefathers. DOCUMENTED FAMILY ORIGIN (Burke's LGI 'Kingsmill of Hermitage Park' pp.369-70, read 23 Jul 2026) - recorded NOTE-ONLY, the Ballybeg-branch bridge not yet cleanly wired: the family's original name was CASTLEMAYNE, of Basingstoke, Hants (12th-16th c.), who took the name KINGSMILL from a grant of the ROYAL MILL there. Richard Kingsmill of Doberton Manor (d.1511) HOSTED CATHERINE OF ARAGON at Basingstoke, 4 Nov 1501, on her way to marry Prince Arthur; his descendants = KINGSMILL OF SYDMONTON COURT, Hants (Sir John d.1556 × Constance Goring; William d.1592; Sir William kt at the Charterhouse 1603, entertained James I at Sydmonton 1603). A younger Kingsmill went to Ireland under Carew c.1601-2, acquired lands incl. BALLYBEG ABBEY, co. Cork, and was knighted at Dublin 1603 - the Ballybeg founder, ~2 generations above our William. THE EXACT INTERMEDIATE GENERATIONS from that founder to our William of Ballybeg are not cleanly extractable from the scan - FLAGGED for a zoom of the Ballybeg paragraph (or Betham) before wiring individuals. END OF LINE as WIRED. Source: Burke's LGI 'Pennefather of Rathsallagh' + 'Kingsmill of Hermitage Park'. Added July 2026; origin noted 23 Jul 2026. [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 24 Jul 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]