Family and Education
b. c. 1592, 2nd but o. surv. s. of Sir Richard Smythe* and his 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Scott of Scot’s Hall, Kent, wid. of John Knatchbull of Mersham Hatch, Kent.Arch. Cant. xx. 78. educ. ?travelled abroad 1610-13. SO3/4, unfol., April 1610. m. 3 Mar. 1617 (with £4,000), D. Lysons, Environs of London, iii. 622; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 62. Mary (d. 11 May 1678), da. of Richard Franklin of Willesden, Mdx., ?1s. d.v.p. Arch. Cant. xx. 78; S.H.A. Hervey, W. Stow Par. Reg. 78. Kntd. 28 Feb. 1617; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 161. suc. fa. 1628. d. 20 May 1632. Arch. Cant. xx. 78.
Offices Held
Commr. sewers, Maidstone, Kent 1628, Ticehurst, Kent 1630, Kent and Suss. Feb. 1632–d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Leeds Castle, Kent.
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
Web Title
SMYTHE, Sir John II (c.1592-1632)
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