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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.
Offices Held

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.

Parlimentarian
SMYTHE, Sir Richard (1563-1628), of Bromley, Kent and St. Stephen Coleman Street, London; later of Leeds Castle, Kent
Main residences: Bromley, Kent; St. Stephen Coleman Street, London; Leeds Castle, Kent.
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P.J.L.
A.D.T.
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Commons 1604-1629
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SMYTHE, Sir Richard (1563-1628)

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