SMYTH, George (c.1602-58), of St Margaret’s, Herts.

Family and Education

b. c. 1602, s. of John Smyth of Kidford, Suss. educ. Trinity, Oxf. 29 Jan. 1619, aged 16; G. Inn 16 Feb. 1624.Al. Ox.; G. Inn Admiss. 172. m. bef. 1634, Joanna, da. of Robert Tichborne*, merchant of London, 4da.Vis. London, 1633-5 (Harl. Soc. xvii), 289; PROB11/286/245. d. 26 Sept. 1658.J. Nicoll, Diary of Public Transactions (Edinburgh, 1836), 219; TSP vii. 435.

Offices Held

Legal: called, G. Inn 29 May 1633; ancient, 24 May 1650.PBG Inn, 314, 376.

Local: member, Herts. co. cttee. 27 Sept. 1645.A. and O. J.p. July 1650–57.C231/6, p. 192. Commr. assessment, 9 June 1657.A. and O.

Scottish: commr. admin. justice, Apr. 1652.Cromwellian Union ed. Terry, 175. Visitor, univs. c.June 1652.Scot. and Commonwealth ed. Firth, 44–5. Commr. claims, ordinance of pardon and grace, 12 Apr. 1654.A. and O. Judge of exch. and ld. of session, 16 May 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 326. Commr. security of protector, Scotland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Civic: burgess and guildbrother, Edinburgh 14 May 1652.Recs. Burgh Edinburgh, 1642–55, 281. Burgess, Ayr 14 May 1656.NRS, B6/18/2, f. 111v.

: Herts.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

SMYTH, George (c.1602-58), of St Margaret’s, Herts.

Will

25 Sept. 1658, pr. 18 Jan. 1659.PROB11/286/245.

Estates

by 1645 had purchased estate at St Margaret’s, Herts. with rental income sufficient to allow his widow an annuity of £200 p.a.PROB11/286/245; A. and O. Salary as commr. for admin. of justice, £600 p.a.TSP iv. 528.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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