Family and Education
b. 23 Dec. 1513, 2nd s. of John Smith (d.1557) of Saffron Walden, Essex by Agnes, da. of one Charnock of Lancs. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1526, fellow 1530, BA 1530, MA 1532, LL.D 1542. 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 Henry Wilford of London, wid. of Sir John Hampden of Theydon Mount, s.p.; 1s. illegit. Kntd. Apr. 1549.This biography rests on M. Dewar, Sir Thomas Smith and J. G. Nichols, ‘Some additions to the biographies of Sir John Cheke and Sir Thomas Smith’, Archaelogia, xxxviii. 98-127.
Offices Held
King’s scholar, Camb. 1532/33, reader in nat. philosophy and Greek, Camb. 1533 – 50, public orator 1533, regius prof. of civil law 1540; v.-pres., Queens’; v.-chancellor, Camb. 1543 – 44; chancellor, bp. of Ely Jan. 1545; sec. to Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset 1547; clerk to the Privy Council Mar. 1547 – Apr. 1548; provost of Eton 29 Dec. 1547 – 12 July 1554, sec. of state 17 Apr. 1548 – Oct. 1549, 13 July 1572 – d., dean of Carlisle June 1548–54, 1559 – d.; commr. heresy 1548, 1550, 1559, visit Eton and Cambridge 1548; envoy to Antwerp 1548, France 1550, 1562 – 66, 1567, 1571 – 72; j.p. Bucks., Essex 1558/59; PC Mar. 1571 – d.; chancellor, order of the Garter 1572; ld. privy seal by May 1573.
Main residences: Ankerwyke, Bucks.; Hill Hall, Theydon Mount, Essex.
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Commons 1509-1558
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SMITH, Thomas I (1513-77)
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