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Robert Smythe Esq (1653 - 1695)

Robert Smythe Esq
Born in Clerkenwell, Middlesex, Englandmap [uncertain]
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Died at age 41 in Sutton at Hone, Kent, Englandmap [uncertain]
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Biography

Robert Smythe, esq, of Sutton-at-Hone, Kent

Robert Smythe was the son of Robert Smythe, esq. (of Bounds, in Bidborough, and of Sutton at Hone) and Lady Dorothy Sidney.[1][2][3][4]

He was baptised on 04 Jan 1653/1654 at St James Clerkenwell, Middlesex.[5]

"Robert Smyth sonne of Robert Smyth, Esqr, and Dorothy, Countess of Sunderland, his wife, was borne the 24th of December 1653 and christned the 4th of Jany 53. Memorandum That this above written of the Birth and Baptizing of Mr Robert Smyth was inserted in the Register Book on the 10th Decbr 1674".

He married Catherine, daughter of William Stafford, of Blatherwick, Northamptonshire.[2][3][4]

Children:

  • Henry (born about 1677)[2][3]
  • William[2][3] (recorded in the will of his brother Henry in 1706)[6]
  • Robert ('died an infant 1678'[2]; buried 18 Feb 1677/1678 at Sutton at Hone, Kent)[7]
  • Robert ('died an infant 1684'[2]; buried 23 Feb 1684/1685 at Sutton at Hone, Kent)[8]

He was Governor of Dover Castle.[3]

He was a beneficiary of the will of his uncle Charles Smythe of Sutton at Hone, Kent, Gent, the will dated 18 Oct 1682 and proved 06 Mar 1682/1683.[9]

He died in 1695 possessed of the manor of Sutton at Hone and Brook-Place.[2][3]

"Robert Smith Esq" was buried on 07 May 1695 at Sutton at Hone, Kent.[10]

Sources

  1. Buckler, Benjamin. Stemmata Chicheleana. Oxford Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1765. See No. 147 Internet Archive.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Stocker, J J. Pedigrees of Smythes of Ostenhangar; Kent; of Smythes of Bidborough and Sutton-at-Hone; and of the Smythes of Viscount Strangford, of Dromore, Ireland. Archæologia Cantiana, being Transactions of the Kent Archæological Society. Vol. XX, 1893, pp 76-81 pdf.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Edward Hasted, 'Parishes: Sutton-at-Hone', in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 2 (Canterbury, 1797), pp. 343-367. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol2/pp343-367 [accessed 4 January 2022].
  4. 4.0 4.1 Wadmore, J F (1893) Sir Thomas Smythe Knt (A.D. 1558-1625). Archaeologia Cantiana Vol 20 pp 82-103 KAS.
  5. A True Register of all the Christeninges, Mariages, and Burialles in the Parishe of St. James, Clarkenwell. Vol. I. Christenings 1551-1700. Publications of the Harleian Society, Registers Vol IX, 1884, p 184.
  6. Will of Henry Smithe of Great Bounds, Kent. 1707. PROB 11/494. The National Archives, Kew.
  7. Sutton at Hone, Kent. Burial Register. Images of Register accessed via Medway Council website.
  8. Sutton at Hone, Kent. Burial Register. Images of Register accessed via Medway Council website.
  9. Will of Charles Smith or Smythe, Gentleman of Sutton-at-Hone, Kent. 06 March 1683. PROB 11/372/306. The National Archives, Kew.
  10. Sutton at Hone, Kent. Burial Register. Images of Register accessed via Medway Council website.

See also:

  • Smyth v Petty. Plaintiffs: Henry Smyth, William Smyth, and [unknown] Rommey. Defendants: Robert Petty. Subject: personal estate of the deceased Robert Smyth, of Sutton-at-Hone, Kent. 1696. C 6/96/119. The National Archives, Kew.
  • Smith v Smith. Plaintiffs: Henry Smith. Defendants: Katherine Smith widow, Francis Roberts, Matthew Johnson, Daniel Fox and Christopher Dobson. Subject: personal estate of the deceased Robert Smith, and manor of Sutton-at-Hone, and lands in Wilmington, Horton Kirby, Darenth, Dartford, Otford, Kemsing, Seal, Sevenoaks, Bidborough, Tunbridge, Speldhurst, Penshurst, and Southborough, Kent. 1703. C 6/341/10. The National Archives, Kew.




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