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SMITH, Sir Lawrence (c.1516-82), of Chester and Hough, Cheshire.

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Family and Education

b. c. 1516, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Smith, mayor of Chester, by Katherine, da. of Sir Andrew Brereton of Brereton. m. (1) by 1546, Agnes, da. of Sir Thomas Foulshurst of Crewe, 3s.; (2) Jan. 1561, Jane, da. of Sir Peter Warburton of Arley, wid. of Sir William Brereton I, 1 or 2 da. suc. fa. 1538. Kntd. 11 May 1544.PRO, Chester 3/67/13; 80/19; Vis. Cheshire (Harl. Soc. xviii), 209; (lix), 212; G. Ormerod, Cheshire, iii. 503; LP Hen. VIII, xix(1), p. 328.

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Mayor, Chester 1540 – 41, 1558 – 59, 1563 – 64, 1570 – 71; commr. musters, Cheshire 1545, j.p. from c. 1543, q. 1564, sheriff 1551 – 52, 1566 – 67; commr. to survey church ornaments, Chester c. 1553; commr. and deputy to council in marches of Wales 1553; commr. piracy, Cheshire 1565.Ormerod, i. 213; Cheshire Sheaf (ser. 1), ii. 184; Chester mayors’ bk. 1541–5, f. 3; G. L. Fenwick, Hist. Chester, 534; LP Hen. VIII, xx(1), pp. 254, 316; CPR, 1547–8, p. 81; 1550–3, p. 397; Chester RO, M/L/5/3; APC, vii. 284.

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SMITH, Sir Lawrence (1515/16-82), of Chester and Hough, Cheshire.

Main residences: Chester; Hough, Cheshire.

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N.M.F.

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Commons 1558-1603

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SMITH, Sir Lawrence (c.1516-82)

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Oxford 1644

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SMITH, Richard, ?of Abingdon and Hartley Court, Berks.

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Family and Education

?s. of Thomas Smith of Abingdon by Joan Jennings; bro. of Thomas. educ. ?Christ Church, Oxf. 1572, BA 1576, MA 1578.

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SMITH, Richard, ?of Abingdon and Hartley Court, Berks.

Main residences: ?of Abingdon; Hartley Court, Berks.

Author

A.H.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

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SMITH, Richard

Will

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Oxford 1644

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SMITH, Thomas (c.1556-1609), of Abingdon, Berks. and Parson’s Green, Mdx.

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Family and Education

b. c.1556, s. of Thomas Smith, ?mayor of Abingdon 1583-4, by Joan Jennings; bro. of Richard. educ. Abingdon free sch.; Christ Church, Oxf. student 1573, BA 1574, MA 1578. m. by 1604, Frances, da. of William Brydges, 4th Baron Chandos of Sudeley, Glos., 1s. d.v.p. 1da. Kntd. May 1603.DNB; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvii), 78; A. E. Preston, St. Nicholas, Abingdon, 468; CSP Dom. 1581-90, p. 177; Shaw, Knights, ii. 109.

Offices Held

Public orator, Oxf. Univ. 1582, proctor 1584; sec. to the Earl of Essex prob. by 1587, certainly by 1591 – 1601; clerk of PC 1587 – 1605; clerk of the Parliaments from 1597; Latin sec. from June 1603; master of requests from 1608.CSP Dom. 1595–7, p. 505; 1603–10, p. 14; APC, xxxii. 497.

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SMITH, Thomas (c.1556-1609), of Abingdon, Berks. and Parson’s Green, Mdx.

Main residences: Abingdon, Berks.; Parson's Green, Mdx.

Author

A.H.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

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SMITH, Thomas (c.1556-1609)

Will

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Oxford 1644

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SMITH, Sir Thomas (1513-77), of Theydon Mount, Essex.

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Family and Education

b. 23 Dec. 1513, 2nd s. of John Smith (d.1557) of Walden by Agnes, da. of one Charnock of Lancs. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1526, BA and fellow 1530-47, MA 1532, LlD and DCL 1542; travelled abroad (France, Italy) 1540-2. m. (1) 15 Apr. 1548, Elizabeth (d.1552), da. of William Carkeke of London, s.p.; (2) 23 July 1554, Philippa (d.1578), da. of John Wilford of London, wid. of Sir John Hampden of Theydon Mount, s.p.; 1s. illegit. b.1547, d. 1573. Kntd. 1549.

Offices Held

Reader in nat. philosophy and Greek, Camb. 1533 – 50, public orator 1533, regius prof. civil law 1540; vice-president, Queens’, Camb.; vice-chancellor, Camb. 1543 – 44; chancellor to bp. of Ely Jan. 1545; rector, Leverington, Cambs. 1545 – 49; dean of Carlisle 1548 – 54, from 1559; provost, Eton 1547 – 54; sec. to Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset 1547; clerk of PC 1547 – 48; envoy to Antwerp 1548, France 1550, 1562 – 66, 1567, 1571 – 72; principal sec. 1548 – 49, from 1572; PC from Mar. 1571; chancellor of the Garter 1572; keeper of privy seal 1573.

J.p. Bucks., Essex from c. 1559; commr. subsidy, Essex 1570.

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SMITH, Thomas I (1513-77), of Ankerwyke, Bucks and Hill Hall, Theydon Mount, Essex.

Main residence: Theydon Mount, Essex.

Notes

This biography is largely based upon M. Dewar, Sir Thomas Smith, a Tudor Intellectual in Office. See also Archaeologia, xxxviii. 98-127.

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M.R.P.

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Commons 1558-1603

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SMITH, Sir Thomas (1513-77)