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Continued: KINGSBURY FAMILY
"Among the Kingsburys, honesty and probity of character appear asmarked features and the trust and confidence inspired by those traitshave led to long continued terms in office in both church and State".Especially in the church, for there have been many Deacon Kingsburys.
Many have held offical positions, and were evidently trusted by theirneighbors, as they remained in office for a long time.
There seems to be a strong military tendency in the family, and inthis profession it has won it's greatest distinction, but in theology,medicine and law it has a good record.
Hon. Dainiel Webster was descended from Henry Kingsbury, through hismother Abigail Eastman and Mrs Frances Folsom Cleveland is alsodescended from this same Kingsbury-Eastman line. Also Senator EugeneHale has Kingsbury blood in his veins. Rev Azel Backus DD firstpresident of Hamilton College New York was a descendent also Mr JohnWard Dean Boston son of a Kingsbury mother.
The name Kingsbury is an ancient one and takes us back to the SaxonKings.
There were four places in England by the name of Kingsbury. One inthe county of Middlesex, about eight miles from London. One inHerfordshire, one in Warwickshire and one in Kingsbury Hundred calledKingsbury East-in Somersetshire on the river Parrot. Its ancient namewas Kingsbury Espiscopii.
Kingsbury in Warwickshire belonged to the famous countess Godiva. Itwas once called "Chinesburie". The Lordship of Kingsbury remaineduntil the time of Elizabeth in the family of Peter de Bracebridge. Adaughter of this race married Sir John Arden of Arden, Shakespearsmother.
The Bracebridges lived in Kingsbury Hall. Their Arms may be seenimpaled with those of the family of Francis.
Kingsbury Hall is described as a "house of Henry Seventh's time builtwith it's great mononcourt chamber within a fortress, of which thecurtain wall and the octagonal towers remain, probably of the time ofKing John. The manor of Kingsbury in the hundred of Caishoe countyHerts was so termed from the Saxon Kings, who were the ancientprossessors thereof and often resided and kept their court thereamoung whom Bertulph King of the Mercians celebrated a ParlimentaryCouncil there, on Friday after Easter in the year of Christ 851.There was a stately palace that belonged to the Castle of Kingsbury,situated at the west end of the town of it St Albens, where the SaxonKings delighted much, and their nobles and officers so often resorted.....that they became a great burden an charge to the Abbots and Monksof St Albens which induced them to purchase it. After they had mademany addresses to the King for it, Alfric, who had been Chancellor toKing Etheldred whilst he was Secular; prevailed with the King to sellto them all the Royal Manor of Kingsbury, with the park and woodsbelonging to it excepting one small fortress near the monastery, whichthe King would not suffer to be demolished, that the Marks his RoyalHouse would not be forgotten; and the Abbot and Monks bought andenjoyed it until the time of the dissolution when it returned to theCrown."
"Through various hands it passed to Sir Francis Bacon, Viscountverulam Keeper of the Great Seal, but when the Seal was taken from himand he retired from the Court he sold it" (Historical Antiquities ofHertfordshire by Sir Henry Chauncy)
"Camdon speaks of Kingsbury Castle at St Albans in his Britannia"."The first individual that is known to us is Gilbery Kingsbury ofWarwick about 1300 (Suffolk Traveller). He was the incumbent of StPeters church, Kingsbury, Warsickshire in 1414 appears the name ofJohn de Kingsbury."
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