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.
Main residences: Abingdon, Berks.; Parson's Green, Mdx.
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Commons 1558-1603
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SMITH, Thomas (c.1556-1609)
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