Robert was probably born in Welbourn, Lincolnshire, England. He was the son of Thomas Smith and Margaret (Clarke) Smith.[1] He was said to be their fourth son and underage in 1541.
He is described in the pedigrees as Robert of the Black Monks by Lincoln and is believed to have married a daughter of Simcotts of Huntingdonshire.
In 1585, an Indenture of articles of agreement was drawn up, by arbitration, between the Mayor and citizens of Lincoln and Robert Smith of the Black Monks near the city, respecting a watercourse and conduit passing through the grounds of the said Robert Smith to the city, and the conduit-pipes, with various lands called the Monks' Leas, the Green Pasture, belonging to the late cell of the Black Monks, parcel of the possessions of the dissolved monastery of St. Mary at York. [2]
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