Kingston served at the head of a thousand Gloucestershire men under the Duke of Norfolk in the suppression of the Pilgrimage of Grace , 1536 – 7 , and fought in the defeat ( 13 October 1536 ) of the rebels at Louth . He was knighted by Henry VIII , 18 October 1537 . He held offices about the court , such as that of serjeant of the king 's hawks , and received land belonging to the suppressed monasteries in Gloucestershire , including a regrant of the site of Flaxley Abbey . He was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucestershire for 1533-34 and 1550-51
Pilgrimage of Grace
Pilgrimage of Grace
Anthony Kingston