Bridget Kingsmill

The widow of FitzGerald married George Raleigh as his second wife and had one daughter: Bridget.

Ancestor of Queen Elizabeth ll and of Elizabeth The Queen Mother (Elizabeth Bowles Lyon)

Family

Bridget Raleigh, daughter of George Raleigh and his second wife, married Sir William Kingsmill, son of Sir John Kingsmill and Constance Goring.

William and his wife Bridget had 14 children. Their marriage would have been in 1553 or 1554, based on a 1553 reference[3] for the Conveyance of the Hampshire and Berkshire lands of John Kyngismyll to his son William, of Sydmonton, Hants., who was shortly to be married to Bryget, sister of Simon Raleygh of Farnborough, Warwickshire. His short, one page will (held by Hampshire Archives[20]) is dated 30 Jan 1586 and was proved in 1596. It names just his wife and his heir/son and executor William.

Children of Bridget Raleigh and Sir William Kingsmill, born at Hampshire, England, include:

1. William Kingsmill, b. c 1555, d. 1600. First son. Married 1) Jane St. Leger 2) Anne Wilkes.
2. Constance Kingsmill, b. abt 1556. First daughter. Married Richard Fiennes, Lord Say
3. Thomas Kingsmill, b. abt 1555. Second son. Married Dadeth Valeda..
4. Frances Kingsmill, b. abt 1563, d. 1 Jan 1627. Married John Croker.
5. Francis Kingsmill+1 b. 1569, d. 1620. Sixth son. Married Dorothy Hunt.
6. Eleanor Kingsmill, b. bef 12 Jun 1571. Married Henry Goring.
7. Bridget Kingsmill, b. abt 1573, d. abt 1606. Married Thomas Norris.
8. Catherine Kingsmill, b.c. 1574. Married Anthony Palmer of London
9. Richard Kingsmill. Third son. Father of Frances Kingsmill.
10. Robert Kingsmill. Fourth son. s.p.
11. Ferdinando Kingsmill. Fifth son.
12. George Kingsmill. Seventh son.
13. John Kingsmill. Eighth son.
14. John Kingsmill. s.p.

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Notes

Brigitte and William are lying in the church of St. Mary's at Kingsclere a town near Sydmonton. The two marble figures lying on the top of the tomb. Sir William and Lady Brigitte

Level Item FindingNo 19M61/1542 Title Acquittance: all goods, chattels and household stuff received by (i) following an agreement with William Kingsmill Date 7 Mar 1593 Description i) Dame Bridget Kingsmill, relict of Sir William Kingsmill

ii) William Kingsmill, her son and executor of the will of Sir William Kingsmill

Signed: Bryghett Kyngismyll

Witnesses: Henrie Goringe; Thomas Millman

Endorsed: 'My mothers acquitans'

Paper, folded short. PhysicalDescription Damaged. Seal of (i).

91 of 584

Collection Kingsmill of Sydmonton

"Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, vo. 10, p. 122, which contains a letter (dated 19 Feb. 1535/6) from George RALEGH to Thomas CROMWELL, regarding some income from lands he had in Ireland through this 2nd wife whom he describes as lately dead, naming her first husband as Sir Thomas FITZGARETHE, viz.: "19 Feb. R. O.323. 323. George Ralegh to Cromwell.

I have lately lost my wife, by whom I had 60l. land in cos. Warw. and Glouc., besides 40l. yearly, payable to her out of Ireland of the gift of her first husband, Sir Thos. Fitzgarethe. These have now descended to Sir Jas. Fitzgarethe, brother and heir to Sir Thos. Geffrey. Please write to Sir Jas. that I may have the farm, during his life and mine, of these his lands in Gloucester and Warwick, of the yearly value of 60l. 4s. 3�d.

Farnborough, 19 Feb. Signed.

P. 1. Add.: Secretary. Endd."

Note this appears to indicate that daughter Bridget may not be the daughter of Jane Connesby?

Kingsmill, MS Harl 1544, fo. 5 - 7, click here to see full sized original.

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-593348
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Raleigh-46 Cites
  • 1. "Raleigh," in Vis. of Warwick, 1619, 12. Harleian Society.
  • 2. "Kingsmill," in Vis. of Hants, p. 3. Archive.org See Also...
  • Watney, V.J. (1928). The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, II:470 & III:651
• “Correct mother of Bridget RALEGH or RALEIGH, wife of Sir William KINGSMILL (also GODDARD, and ERNLE or ERNELEY)” < link >
  • Leo van de Pas's excellent website includes Bridget RALEGH wife of Sir William KINGSMILL, of Sidmanton, Hants., as one of the lines of the Prince of Wales's ancestry, quoting The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Sendrince Charles, Prince of Wales, Edinburgh, 1977, Paget, Gerald, Reference: M 7098, as the source. Her parents are given as George RALEGH (will dated 2 Apr. 1546), of Thornburgh, Warws., and his wife Jane CONINGSBY.
  • In the Visitation of Warwickshire (1619), however, pp. 76-77 (pedigree of RALEIGH), George RALEIGH is said to have married three times. http://www.archive.org/stream/visitationcount01britgoog His first wife was Jane daughter of William CONNYSBY, of Aldenha' Kt, by whom he had numerous progeny, but not BRIDGET. It was by his second wife who is described as "widow of Fitz Gerrard", by whom he had issue, one child, "Bridget ux. William KINGMILL." Finally, George RALEIGH's third wife was Anne, daughter of ...ERNELEY. (this is where my interest first arose because I am tracing all references to ERNELEY or ERNLE and vars.)
  • In an article for which I have only seen quoted material on the NEHGS website: "RALEGH of Farnborough: vol. 145, 1991, pp. 3-21, by Danny D. Smith, George RALEGH's 2nd wife is described as the widow of Sir Thomas FITZGARETHE. http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/services/articles_fienn...
  • This led me to the Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, vo. 10, p. 122, which contains a letter (dated 19 Feb. 1535/6) from George RALEGH to Thomas CROMWELL, regarding some income from lands he had in Ireland through this 2nd wife whom he describes as lately dead, naming her first husband as Sir Thomas FITZGARETHE, viz.: … http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=75416 The index to this work (available via British History Online) includes FITZGARETHE and FEISGERROT under the heading FITZGERALD, from which I take it that Sir Thomas FITZGARETHE would be known under the form, Sir Thomas FITZGERALD. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=75447
• "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland" Vol. 2, B. Burke, 1898, page 235.
• http://powys.org/pl_tree/ps40/ps40_112.html Only child by her father’s second wife.
  • [56, Hants of 1530 on, pub Harleian 1912, Kingsmill p. 3], [60, Saye and Sele article, Vol XI, p. 485]
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p42441.htm#i424410
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kingsmill-16
• "Kingsmill, MS Harl 1544, fo. 5 - 7," in Vis. of Hants., 1530, 1575 & 1634, p. 2 - 3. Harleian Society. < Archive.Org >