SMYTHE, Edward (bef. 1583-1637), of the Middle Temple and Drury Lane, Westminster, Mdx.

b. bef. 1583, Which was the date of his fa.’s death, see C142/203/2. As Smythe had already been a clerk by 1602, he was probably much older. 3rd s. of Richard Smythe of Abingdon, Berks. and Barbara, da. of Roger Jodrell of Yeardsley, Cheshire. Vis. London, (Harl. Soc. xvii), 246; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvii), 208-9; Vis. Cheshire (Harl. Soc. lix), 136. educ. M. Temple 1602, called 1608. MTR, 425, 500. m. bef. 1605 Katherine, at least 2s. 1da. Ibid. 725, 868; Add. 4177, f. 316. d. 23 Dec. 1637. Smyth’s Obit. ed. H. Ellis (Cam. Soc. xliv), 13. sig. Edwarde Smythe.