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

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b. 1515 /16, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Smith of Chester by Catherine, 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 of Brereton, 1 or 2da. suc. fa. 1538. Kntd. 11 May 1544.Aged 66 at death, Ormerod, Cheshire, iii. 503. PRO. Chester 3/67/113, 80/19; Vis. Cheshire (Harl. Soc. xviii), 209; (lix), 212; Chetham Soc. li. 21.
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Mayor, Chester 1540 – 41, 1558 – 59, 1563 – 64, 1570 – 71, alderman 1544; j.p. Cheshire 1543 – d., q. by 1564; commr. benevolence, Chester 1544/45, musters, Cheshire 1545, 1569, 1570, relief, Cheshire and Chester 1550, goods of churches and fraternities, Chester 1553; sheriff, Cheshire 1531 – 32, 1566 – 67; commr. and dep. to council in marches of Wales 1553.Chester RO, A/B/1/74v; M/L/5/3; Ormerod, i. 213; Cheshire Sheaf (ser. 1), ii. 184; Chester mayor’s bk. 1541–5, f. 3; G. L. Fenwick, Chester, 534; LP Hen. VIII, xix, xx; CPR, 1547–8, p. 81; 1550–3, p. 397; 1553, pp. 360, 361, 416–17; SP11/5/6; B. Coward, ‘Stanley fam. c. 1385–1651’ (Sheffield Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1968), 201; APC, vii. 284.

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SMITH, Sir Lawrence (1515/16-82), of Chester and Hough, Cheshire.
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SMITH, John II (by 1531-81/83), of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs.

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b. by 1531, 2nd s. of John Smith I of Newcastle-under-Lyme by Ellen; bro. of Richard Smith II. m. Margaret, da. of Ralph Pickman of Middlewich Cheshire, 3s. suc. bro. 1581.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. iii(2), 130.
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SMITH, John II (by 1531-81/83), of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs.
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SMITH, John I (by 1489-1561), of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs.

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b. by 1489, s. of Richard Smith of Newcastle-under-Lyme. m. by 1516, Ellen, 3s. inc. John II and Richard Smith II 3da. suc. fa. 1518 or later.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. iii(2), 130; Lichfield consist. ct. wills 1561.
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Churchwarden, St. Giles, Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1510; bailiff for commonalty 1519 – 20, for the Twenty-Four 1521 – 22, constable 1520–1. receiver 1522–3, mayor 1523 – 24, 1524 – 25, 1535 – 36, 1539 – 40, 1541 – 42, 1543 – 44, 1550–1.T. Pape, Newcastle-under-Lyme, 8, 180–2, 186, 188, 191. William Sneyd was mayor in 1544–5 (C219/18C/107) and not Smith as listed in Pape, 188. J. C. Wedgwood, Staffs. Parlty. Hist. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc.), i. 313 mistakenly gives Smith his son’s mayoralty in 1555–6.

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SMITH, John I (by 1489-1561), of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs.
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SMITH, Hugh (by 1531-81), of Long Ashton, Som.

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b. by 1531, 1st s. of John Smith of Bristol, Glos. by Joan, da. of John Parr; bro. of Matthew. educ. I. Temple, adm. 1550. m. 1556, Maud, da. and coh. of Hugh Biccombe of Crowcombe, Som., 1da. 2 other ch. suc. fa. 1 Sept. 1556.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/108/109, 110/173. Collinson, Som. i. 72; ii. 292.
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J.p. Som. 1573/74–8.APC, x. 292.

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SMITH, Hugh (by 1531-81), of Long Ashton, Som.
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SMITH, Francis (by 1516-1605), of Ashby Folville, Leics. and Wootton Wawen, Warws.

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b. by 1516, 1st s. of Sir John Smith of Cressing Temple, Essex, by 2nd w. Agnes, da. and coh. of Sir William Harwell of Wootton Wawen; half-bro. of Edmund Smith. m. (1) Apr. 1537, Mary (d. 30 Mar. 1550), da. and h. of John Moreton of Ashby Folville, 1s.; (2) Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Brudenell of Deene, Northants., s.p.Date of birth estimated from marriage. Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 175-6; Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 71; W. Cooper, Wootton Wawen, 21; CPR, 1553, p. 377.
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Sec. to Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford by 1558; j.p. Leics. 1558/59, q. 1569–84/87; sheriff, Warws. and Leics. 1566–7.PCC 47 Noodes; CPR, 1563–6, p. 24; 1569–72, p. 226.

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SMITH, Francis (by 1516-1605), of Ashby Folville, Leics. and Wootton Wawen, Warws.
Main residences: Ashby Folville, Leics; Wootton Wawen, Warws.
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SMITH, Edmund (by 1508-36), of Cressing Temple, Essex.

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b. by 1508, 1st s. of Sir John Smith of Cressing Temple by 1st w. Anne, da. and h. of Edward Wood of London; half-bro. of Francis Smith. m. by 1530, Barbara, da. and h. of Sir John Hampden of Theydon Mount, Essex, 1da.Presumed to be of age at election. Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 175, 459; Morant, Essex, ii. 156.
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Esquire of the body by 1533.LP Hen. VIII, vi.

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SMITH, Edmund (by 1508-36), of Cressing Temple, Essex.
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SMITH, Edmund (by 1508-36)

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