Cecily (Massey) Smythe (abt. 1210 - abt. 1300)

Born about 1210 in Dunham, Massey, Cheshire, England

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Died about 1300 at about age 90 in Carrington, Cheshire, England

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Biography

Note of caution

This person is the same possibly non-existent person as Massey-2224.

Her parents (in January 2024) are REAL, but notice that the same primary record is also behind Massey-2217 in the previous generation!

Her existence as wife to William de Carrington was apparently first proposed by Copinger (p.21). That evidence needs checking.

This profile is currently connected (via her husband) to what the great genealogist J H Round called the "The Carington Imposture", a famous genealogical myth connecting modern Smith families to the medieval Caringtons. At least some of the people in that pedigree never existed and others are represented inaccurately. Further information:

• The Carrington Imposture
• Round, John Horace, 1910. Peerage and Pedigree: Studies in Peerage Law and Family History, volume II, Pages 134-258. Reprinted Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1970. The Great Carrington Imposture] Pages 134-258. Available on Hathitrust, and Familysearch.

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