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SNYGGE, George (c.1546-1617), of Broad Street, Bristol, Glos. and Serjeants’ Inn, Fleet Street, London

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b. c. 1546,In 1609 he said he was aged 62, but the inscription on his funeral monument states he was 73 when he died. C24/252/10; I.M. Roper, ‘Effigies of Bristol’, Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. xxvii. 113. o. surv. s. of George Snygge, merchant, of Bristol and 1st w. Margaret Tayler. Vis. Som. ed. Weaver, 130. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1564, BA 1566; M. Temple 1567, called 1575. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. by 1586, J. Maclean, ‘Fam. of Yonge’ Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. xv. 240. Alice, da. of William Yonge, merchant, of Ogbourne, Wilts., 5s. (at least 2 d.v.p.) 7da. Vis. Som. 130; PROB 11/149, f. 168; Bristol RO, Common Council procs. 1598-1608, p. 104. suc. fa. 1582; W. Barrett, Hist. and Antiqs. of City of Bristol, 514. Kntd. 3 Feb. 1605. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 136. d. 11 Nov. 1617. Roper, 112.
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Reader, M. Temple 1590, 1599, bencher by 1593 – 1603, treas. 1602–3; MTR, 308, 332, 388, 422. recorder, Bristol 1593–1605;Bristol Lists comp. A.B. Beaven, 232. sjt.-at-law 1603; Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 538. bar. exch. 1604–d.; C66/1637, mm. 22–3. c.j. Brecon circ. 1608–17. W.R. Williams, Hist. of Gt. Sessions in Wales, 131.

J.p. Glos. and Som. by 1593–d.; Hatfield House, ms 278; C66/2147. commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. by 1602 – d., charitable uses, Glos. 1603–9, C93/3/7, 33. piracy, Bristol 1604, sewers, Glos. 1607, C181/1, ff. 17, 92, 181/2, ff. 23, 307. subsidy, Bristol 1608; SP14/31/1, f. 15. member, Council in the Marches of Wales at d. T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, p. 21.

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SNYGGE, George (c.1546-1617), of Broad Street, Bristol, Glos. and Serjeants’ Inn, Fleet Street, London
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SMYTHE, Edward (bef. 1583-1637), of the Middle Temple and Drury Lane, Westminster, Mdx.

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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.
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Clerk to exch. bar. (Sir) George Snygge* to 1602; MTR, 425. counsel to Edmund, 3rd Bar. Sheffield, by 1609-at least 1614. CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 534.

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SMYTHE, Edward (bef. 1583-1637), of the Middle Temple and Drury Lane, Westminster, Mdx.
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SMYTHE, Sir Richard (1563-1628), of Bromley, Kent and St. Stephen Coleman Street, London; later of Leeds Castle, Kent

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b. 1 Dec. 1563, 5th but 4th surv. s. of Thomas Smythe† of London and Westenhanger, Kent and Alice, da. and h. of Sir Andrew Judd of London and Tonbridge, Kent; bro. of Sir John I* and Sir Thomas*. educ. M. Temple 1585. m. (1) Sept. 1589, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Scott† of Smeeth, wid. of John Knatchbull of Mersham Hatch, Kent, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da.; (2) aft. 1598, Jane (d. 13 Oct. 1607), da. and h. of John White, Haberdasher, of St. Stephen Coleman Street, London, wid. of Samuel Thornhill† (d.1598) of Bromley, Kent, 1da.; (3) 22 Nov. 1610, Margaret (d.1638), da. and h. of John Langton, merchant, of London, wid. of Robert Clarke (d.1610), merchant, of Bethnal Green, Stepney, Mdx., 1da.H.G. Fanshawe, Hist. Fanshawe Fam. 92; Arch. Cant. xx. 78; Stow, Survey of London (1633), pp. 295, 788; MTR, 278; PROB 11/68, f. 236; 11/91, f. 62; 11/116, f. 20r-v; GL, St. Andrew Undershaft par. reg.; EDWARD SAVAGE II. Kntd. 23 July 1603.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 119. d. 21 July 1628.
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J.p. Kent 1602–d.;C231/1, f. 129v; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Chas. I, 59. commr. sewers, Walland Marsh, Kent and Suss. 1604 – at least17, Dengemarsh, Kent 1604-at least 1625,C181/1, ff. 90v, 92, 96; 181/2, f. 300; 181/3, f. 185v. Ravensbourne to Gravesend, Kent 1614 – at least27, Rother valley, Kent and Suss. 1618 – at least22, Havering levels, Essex 1625,C181/2, ff. 210, 328v; 181/3, ff. 59v, 159, 225. subsidy, Kent 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624; SP14/31/1; C212/22/20–1, 23. freeman, Hythe, Kent 1614;G. Wilks, Barons of Cinque Ports and Parl. Rep. of Hythe, 68–9. steward, duchy of Cornw. manors of Shepton Mallet and Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Som. 1617;G. Haslam, ‘Jacobean Phoenix’, in Estates of English Crown 1558–1640 ed. R.W. Hoyle, 282. vestryman, St. Stephen Coleman Street, London by 1623-at least 1628;GL, ms 4458/1, pp. 6, 35. commr. Forced Loan, Kent 1626.Harl. 6846, f. 37.

Recvr.-gen. duchy of Cornw. (jt.) 1604–d.;CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 93; 1625–6, p. 559. surveyor-gen. to Prince Charles 1617–24;SC6/Jas.I/1681–6, unfol. member, Prince Charles’s Council 1617-at least 1625.Haslam, 275; CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 448.

Member, N.W. Passage Co. 1612, E.I. Co. 1614 – at least24, Muscovy Co. by 1618. CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, pp. 239, 272; 1622–4, p. 269; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 549.

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SMYTHE, Sir Richard (1563-1628), of Bromley, Kent and St. Stephen Coleman Street, London; later of Leeds Castle, Kent
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SMYTHE, Sir John III (c.1599-1640), of Sutton-at-Hone, Kent

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b. c. 1599, 1st. s. of Sir Thomas Smythe* of London and Bidborough, Kent and his 3rd w. Sarah, da. of William Blount of London. educ. travelled abroad 1615-18. m. 19 Nov. 1618, Isabel, da. of Robert Rich†, 1st earl of Warwick, 3s. 1da. Arch. Cant. xx. 77; SO3/6, unfol. April 1615. Kntd. 22 Sept. 1618; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 169. suc. fa. 1625. d. 16 Oct. 1640.
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Freeman, Rochester, Kent 1626. Rochester, Guildhall Mus. Customal, new f. 45.

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SMYTHE, Sir John III (c.1599-1640), of Sutton-at-Hone, Kent
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SMYTHE, Sir John I (1557-1608), of Westenhanger, nr. Hythe, Kent

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bap. 16 Sept. 1557, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Thomas Smythe†, Haberdasher, of London and Westenhanger, farmer of customs, 1569-88, and Alice, da. and h. of Sir Andrew Judd, Skinner, of Ashford, Kent, ld. mayor of London 1550-1; bro. of Sir Richard* and Sir Thomas*. educ. G. Inn 1577. m. c.1578, Elizabeth, da. and h. of John Fyneux† of Herne, Kent, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 6da. (4 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1591; Kntd. 11 May 1603.H.C. Fanshawe, Hist. Fanshawe Fam. 92; Arch. Cant. xx. 76; A.J. Pearman, Ashford, 20; GI Admiss.; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 105. d. 29 Nov. 1608.
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J.p. Kent 1587–d.;Cal. of Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Eliz. ed. J.S. Cockburn, 254; Cal. of Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 53. commr. to inquire aft. Catholic missionaries, Kent 1592, subsidy 1595; Staffs. RO, D593/S/3/6; D593/S/4/38/16. sheriff, Kent 1600–1; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 69. commr. sewers, Walland Marsh and Dengemarsh, Kent and Suss. 1604; C181/1, ff. 90v, 92. capt. militia ft. Ashford 1605.Arch. Cant. lxxxii. 131.

Dep. gov. Mines Royal 1605–d. Select Charters of Trading Cos. ed. T.C. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 15.

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SMYTHE, Sir John I (1557-1608), of Westenhanger, nr. Hythe, Kent
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SMYTH, George (c.1599-1641), of Morville, Salop

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b. c. 1599,Birth assumed from parents’ marriage settlement (21 Mar. 1598): C142/268/137. 1st s. of John Smyth of Morville and 1st w. Anne, da. of Sir Thomas Vernon of Haslington, Cheshire. Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 439-40; Vis. Cheshire (Harl. Soc. lix), 243. educ. I. Temple 1617. I. Temple Admiss. m. settlement 20 Feb. 1614, Jane (bur. 1 Oct. 1643), da. of Sir Hugh Brawne of Newington Butts, Surr. 1s. C142/620/65; Salop RO, Morville par. reg. transcript; Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. lx), 13. suc. fa. 1636. Salop RO, Bridgnorth St. Leonard’s par. reg. transcript. d. 8 Nov. 1641. C142/620/65.
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SMITH, George (d.1619), of Madford House, Exeter, Devon

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1st s. of John Smith of Exeter, merchant, and Alice, da. of Alexander Muttleberry of Jordans, Som. m. (1) 30 Sept. 1572, Joan (d. aft. 1587), da. of James Walker of Exeter, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da.; (2) settlement 30 Mar. 1598 (with £1,200), Grace (bur. 16 Jan. 1645), da. and coh. of William Viell of Trevorder, Cornw. and wid. of Peter Bevill of Killigarth, Cornw., 1da.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 691-2; Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. xi), 76; CPR, 1586-7, p. 152; C78/276/7; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 549. suc. fa. by 1581; Devon Taxes 1581-1660 ed. T.L. Stoate, 109. Kntd. 12 June 1604. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 133. d. 21 Mar. 1619. WARD 7/58/12.
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Freeman, Exeter 1568, Exeter Freemen ed. M.M. Rowe and A.M. Jackson (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. extra ser. i), 88. bailiff 1575–6, J.J. Alexander, ‘Exeter MPs’, Reps. and Trans. Devon Assoc. lxi. 210. common councilman 1579-at least 1614, Devon RO, ECA Act Bk. 3, p. 430; Act Bk. 7, p. 115. churchwarden, St. Petrock, Exeter 1580–2, R. Dymond, ‘St. Petrock’s parish, Exeter’, Reps. and Trans. Devon Assoc. xiv. 467. recvr. Exeter 1582 – 83, sheriff 1583 – 84, mayor 1586 – 87, 1597 – 98, 1607–8, Alexander, 210. alderman 1590-at least 1614, Devon RO, ECA Act Bk. 5, p. 178; Act Bk. 7, p. 115. commr. subsidy 1593 – 95, 1602, 1608, 1610, Devon 1608, Tudor Exeter ed. M.M. Rowe (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. n.s. xxii), 76–7; Exeter Tax and Rate Assessments ed. W.G. Hoskins (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. n.s. ii), 1; SP14/31/1; E179/101/440. j.p. 1602–d., C231, f. 133; C66/2234. collector, tenths and fifteenths, Exeter 1604 – 05, 1607, E401/1874–5, 2403–4, 2408. Privy Seal loans, Devon 1604–5, E401/2585, ff. 22–4. commr. aid, 1609, SP14/43/107. oyer and terminer, Exeter 1614–15, C181/2, ff. 206v, 223v. dep. lt. ?1614–d. APC, 1613–14, p. 428; C231/4, f. 126.

Gov., Exeter French Co. 1586–7. W. Cotton, Elizabethan Guild of City of Exeter, 43.

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SMITH, George (d.1619), of Madford House, Exeter, Devon
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SMITH (SMYTH), John (1567-1641), of Warrens Court, North Nibley, Glos.

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b. 10 Nov. 1567,R. Bigland, Hist. Monumental and Gen. Colls. Relative to County of Gloucester ed. B. Frith (Glos. Rec. Series v.), 936. 1st s. of Thomas Smith of Hoby, Leics. and Joan, da. of Richard Alan of Derby. J. Smyth, Berkeley Mss ed. J. Maclean, i. ped. educ. Derby g.s.; household of Henry Berkeley, 7th Lord Berkeley, 1584; Magdalen, Oxf. 1590; Clement’s Inn c.1593; M. Temple 1594, called 1605. Smyth, ii. 394-5; Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. (1) 5 Oct. 1597, Grace (d. 9 Nov. 1609), da. and h. of William Thomas of Wotton-under-Edge, Glos., wid. of John Drewe of North Nibley, s.p.; (2) 9 Jan. 1610, Mary (d.1666), da. of John Browning of Coaley, Glos. 5s. 4da. Smyth, i. ped.; iii. 302. suc. fa. by 1594. M. Temple Admiss. i. 66. d. 24 Feb. 1641. Abstracts of Glos. Inquisitiones Post Mortem ed. W.P.W. Phillimore and G.S. Fry (Index Lib. xiii), 168.
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Servant to Sir Thomas Berkeley* 1584–90; Smyth, ii. 394. household steward to 7th Lord Berkeley 1596–7, Ibid. 378. steward of Berkeley estate 1597 – d.; auditor to Henry Percy, 9th earl of Northumberland 1605–9. J. Broadway, ‘John Smyth of Nibley: A Jacobean Man-of-Business and his Service to the Berkeley Fam.’, Midland Hist. xxiv. 89.

Steward of the hundred of Berkeley, Glos. 1597–d.;Ibid. i. pp. i, iv. escheator, Glos. 1601–3; List of Escheators comp. A.C. Wood (L. and I. Soc. lxxii), 59. steward of V.-Admlty Ct., Glos. 1603–13; Smyth, ii. 372. commr. sewers, Glos. 1615, 1625, C181/2, f. 240v; C181/3, f. 172v. subsidy 1629. Smyth, iii. 9.

Member, Virg. Co. 1612, A. Brown, Genesis of US, 1005. cttee. 1621, Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, i. 473. member, Somers Is. Co. 1620, T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 378. Fisheries Soc. 1632. SP16/221/1.

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SMITH (SMYTH), John (1567-1641), of Warrens Court, North Nibley, Glos.
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SMALMAN, Francis II (1595-1639), of Wilderhope, Rushbury, Salop and the Inner Temple, London

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b. 29 Sept. 1595, 1st s. of Stephen Smalman of Wilderhope and Jane, da. of Francis Lawley of Spoonhill, Salop. educ. Exeter Coll., Oxf. 1610, BA 1613; I. Temple 1610, called 1620. m. 30 Oct. 1623, Abigail, da. of Hugh Morris of Lloran, Denb., 4s. 2da. suc. fa. 1635. d. 10 May 1639.Trans. Salop Arch. and Nat. Hist. (ser. 3), ii. 326; iii. 3, 18; Al. Ox.; I. Temple database of admiss.; C142/610/97. sig. ff[rancis] Smalman.
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Freeman, Much Wenlock, Salop by 1625. Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. (ser. 2), vi. 276.

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SMALMAN, Francis II (1595-1639), of Wilderhope, Rushbury, Salop and the Inner Temple, London
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SMALMAN, Francis I (c.1565-1633), of Kinnersley Castle, Herefs.; formerly of St. John Street, Clerkenwell, Mdx.

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b. c. 1565, o.s. of William Smalman of Ivington Bury, nr. Leominster, Herefs. and 1st w. Joan.PROB 11/114, ff. 372-4; C.J. Robinson, Hist. of Mansions and Manors of Herefs. 164. m. (1) 29 Jan. 1591, Elizabeth (bur. 18 Oct. 1602), da. of one Stockmede, wid. of George Croft of Clerkenwell, 1s. d.v.p. 2da.; St. James Clerkenwell ed. R. Hovenden (Harl. Soc. reg. ix), 15; Robinson, 164; Herefs. RO, Leominster par. reg. (2) Susanna (bur. 10 Aug. 1632), da. of one Fabian of Essex, wid. of John Clarke of Clerkenwell, 1s. 1da. Robinson, 164; STAC 8/264/15; Herefs. RO, Kinnersley par. reg. suc. fa. 1608/9. PROB 11/114, ff. 372-4. d. 7 Sept. 1636. Robinson, 164. sig. Fra[ncis] Smalman.
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J.p. Herefs. by c.1609–d., C66/1822; SP16/212, f. 28. sheriff 1614–15; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 61. commr. sewers, Wye valley 1621, C181/3, f. 33. subsidy, Herefs. 1621 – 22, 1624, 1626; C212/22/20–1, 23; Add. 11051, f. 141. subcommr. exacted fees, Herefs. 1623; Add. 70001, unfol. (7 July 1623). commr. Forced Loan, Herefs. 1626–7, C115/71/6508; Add. 11051, f. 33v. swans, Midland counties 1627. C181/3, f. 228.

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SMALMAN, Francis I (c.1565-1633), of Kinnersley Castle, Herefs.; formerly of St. John Street, Clerkenwell, Mdx.
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