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

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.

Offices Held

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.

Parlimentarian

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

Main residences: Chester; Hough, Cheshire.

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

SMITH, Sir Lawrence (c.1516-82)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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