SMITH, Francis (by 1516-1605), of Ashby Folville, Leics. and Wootton Wawen, Warws.

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.