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bap. 26 June 1568,St. Mary le Bow (Harl. Soc. Reg. xliv), 8. 3rd s. of Ambrose Smith of London (d.1584), and Joan, da. of John Cooe of Coxall, Essex.Vis. Leics. (Harl. Soc. ii), 66-67; PROB 11/67, f. 108. educ. ?I. Temple 1584.I. Temple database of admiss. m. Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Skinner, Clothworker and alderman of London, 5s. 2da.Vis. Leics. (Harl. Soc. ii.), 66-67; A. Beavan, Aldermen of London, i. 36. Kntd. aft. 28 June 1603;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 112. bur. 17 July 1620.St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxvi), 159. sig. W. Smythe.
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Commr. sewers, London and Mdx. 1606 – 11, St. Albans, Herts. 1617, Colney Bridge, Herts. 1618;C181/2, ff. 19v, 153, 297v, 317. j.p. Leics. by 1608 – bef.14, Mdx. 1614 – d., Herts. 1616 – d., Westminster 1618–d.;SP14/33, f. 36v; C66/1988; C231/4, f. 23; C181/2, f. 331v; APC, 1619–21, p. 25. commr. aid for Prince Henry, Leics. 1609,SP14/43/107. annoyances, Mdx. 1613,C181/2, f. 199v. inquiry concerning new buildings, L. Inn Fields 1613, London and Mdx. 1614–18,APC, 1613–14, pp. 193, 383–4; 1615–16, p. 483; 1616–17, pp. 52, 207; 1617–19, p. 171; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, p. 83. musters, Mdx. 1614;APC, 1613–14, p. 566. marshal, Marshalsea prison, Surr. 1616–d.;C231/4, f. 19; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 367; E 215/993. commr. gaol delivery Newgate, London 1617–d.,C181/3, ff. 279v, 351v. oyer and terminer, London and Mdx. 1617–d.;C181/2, ff. 278v, 280, 351v, 352v. freeman, London by 1620.PROB 11/136, f. 35.

Contractor (jt.) to purchase Crown rectories and parsonages, 1612.E214/611, 621.

Member, Levant Co. 1600, E.I. Co. 1600, cttee. 1619.Select Charters of Trading Cos. ed. C.T. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 31; CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, pp. 117, 124, 126–7; 1617–21, p. 283.

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SMITH, Sir William (1568-1620), of Blackfriars and The Strand, London and Whadborough, Leics.; later of Hammersmith, Mdx. and Lower Cumberloe Green, Herts.
Main residences: Blackfriars; The Strand, London; Whadborough, Leics; Hammersmith, Mdx.; Lower Cumberloe Green, Herts.
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R.C.L.S.
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Commons 1604-1629
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SMITH, Sir William (1568-1620)

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