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Leonard Smelt (bef. 1658 - bef. 1710)

Leonard Smelt
Born before in Kirkby Fleetham, Yorkshire, Englandmap
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Died before at about age 52 in Kirkby Fleetham, Yorkshire, Englandmap
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Biography

Leonard Smelt was the son of Leonard Smelt and Ann Wastell.[1] He was baptised on 28 February 1658 at Kirkby Fleetham, Yorkshire.[2]

The 1659 will of his grandfather John Wastell left him an annuity of £20 between the ages of 17 and 25 for his education.[3]

Leonard was admitted to Christ's College, Cambridge on 23 September 1674. There appears to be no record of him obtaining a degree.[4] According to John Peile's Biographical Register of Christ's College he was officially in residence until 1677,[5] although on 6 May 1675 Leonard was admitted to Gray's Inn.[6]

Leonard is said to have squandered the Smelt family property and disinherited his eldest son.[5][7]

Marriage and Children

On 17 November 1679 Leonard married Grace Frankland, daughter of Sir William Frankland,[8][9][10] at Thirkleby, Yorkshire.[11] They had the following children:

  • Leonard, his eldest son,[12][13][14] born on 7 February 1683/4 and baptised at Thirkleby, Yorkshire on 11 February 1683/4[15][16]
  • Arabella, baptised at Kirkby Fleetham, Yorkshire on 13 February 1685/6[17][18]
  • Anne, baptised at Thirkleby, Yorkshire on 31 December 1687[19][20]
  • William, baptised at Kirkby Fleetham, Yorkshire on 10 January 1690/1,[21][22] and buried there on 11 September 1755[23] with a memorial inscription giving his age at death as 66[24]
  • John, baptised at Kirkby Fleetham, Yorkshire on 20 October 1691[25]
  • Grace, baptised at Kirkby Fleetham, Yorkshire on 4 December 1692[26]
  • Elizabeth,[27] baptised at Kirkby Fleetham, Yorkshire on 6 January 1695/6,[28][29][30] who married Cornelius Cayley[31]

Death

Leonard was buried at Kirkby Fleetham, Yorkshire on 18 October 1710.[32][33]

Research Notes

Peile's Biographical Register of Christ's College confuses Leonard with his son of the same name.[5] So does Lipscomb's History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham.[34]

ThePeerage.com wrongly gives Leonard's wife the first name Anne.[35]

Sources

  1. ↑ J W Clay. Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with additions, Vol. III, William Pollard, 1917, p. 508, Internet Archive
  2. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWK8-R2T : 30 December 2014), Leonard Smelt, 28 Feb 1658; citing KIRKBY FLEETHAM,YORK,ENGLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 98,534
  3. ↑ J W Clay (ed.). Abstracts of Yorkshire wills in the time of the Commonwealth at Somerset House, London, chiefly illustrative of Sir William Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire in I665-6, Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1885, p. 166, Internet Archive
  4. ↑ J A Venn. Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 1922-1940, Ancestry.co.uk
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 John Peile. Biographical Register of Christ's College, 1505-1905: and of the earlier foundation, God's House, 1448-1505, Cambridge University Press, 1913, p. 55, Internet Archive
  6. ↑ Joseph Foster. The register of admissions to Gray's Inn, 1521-1889, Hansard Publishing Union, 1889, p. 321, Internet Archive
  7. ↑ Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Vol. 52, pp. 401-403, entry by Robert Hamilton Vetch for his grandson 'SMELT, LEONARD (1719?–1800)', Wikisource
  8. ↑ J W Clay. Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with additions, Vol. II, William Pollard, 1907, p. 245, Internet Archive
  9. ↑ Thomas Wotton. The Baronetage of England, Vol. II, London, 1771, p. 134, Internet Archive
  10. ↑ William Grainge. The Vale of Mowbray, 1859, p. 190, Internet Archive
  11. ↑ "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66GL-YSQR : 11 August 2022), Leonard Smelt, 1679
  12. ↑ History of Parliament Online, entry for 'SMELT, Leonard (c.1683-1740), of Kirkby Fleetham, nr. Northallerton, Yorks.'
  13. ↑ Wikipedia: Leonard Smelt (politician)
  14. ↑ Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, entry for 'SMELT, LEONARD (1719?–1800)', Wikisource
  15. ↑ "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66BL-PZW1 : 23 February 2022), Leonard Smelt, 1683: gives the year as just 1683; the parish register image on FindMyPast shows it was 1683/4
  16. ↑ Yorkshire baptisms, FindMyPast and linked parish register image which shows the year was 1683/4
  17. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWK8-R25 : 20 March 2020), Arabella Smelt, 1686
  18. ↑ North Yorkshire County Record Office, ref. PR/KRF 1/1, p. 76, Yorkshire baptisms, FindMyPast and linked parish register image: transcript gives the year as 1685; the linked parish register image shows it was 1685/6
  19. ↑ "England, Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1547-1957", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68KY-GHPT : 23 September 2021), Anne Smelt, 1687
  20. ↑ Yorkshire baptisms, FindMyPast and linked image of parish register
  21. ↑ "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66BL-BD11 : 23 February 2022), Will Smelt, 1690: gives the year as 1690; the parish register image on FindMyPast shows it was 1690/1
  22. ↑ North Yorkshire County Record Office, ref. PR/KRF 1/1, p. 80, Yorkshire baptisms, FindMyPast and linked Irish register image: transcript gives the year as 2690; the linked parish register image shows it was 1690/1
  23. ↑ "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDC8-J56 : 15 March 2020), William Smelt, 1755
  24. ↑ Yorkshire Monumental Inscriptions, FindMyPast
  25. ↑ "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66BL-5XL9 : 23 February 2022), John Smelt, 1691
  26. ↑ "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66BJ-1TXD : 23 February 2022), Grace Smelt, 1692
  27. ↑ Joseph Foster. Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire, Vol. III (North and East Riding), 1874, Cayley pedigree, Internet Archive
  28. ↑ "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66B2-WDWC : 23 February 2022), Elizabeth Smelt, 1695/6.
  29. ↑ "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66B2-WDWC : 23 February 2022), Elizabeth Smelt, 1695: gives the year as just 1695; the image of the parish register on FindMyPast makes clear it was 1695/6
  30. ↑ North Yorkshire County Record Office, ref. PR/KRF 1/1, p. 84, Yorkshire baptisms, FindMyPast and linked image of parish register, which confirms the year was 1695/6
  31. ↑ The Register of Marriages in York Minster, in 'Yorkshire Archaeological Journal', Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1873, p. 343, Internet Archive
  32. ↑ "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:661H-CKNS : 23 February 2022), Leonard Smelt, 1710
  33. ↑ North Yorkshire County Record Office, ref. PR/KRF 1/1, p. 99, Yorkshire burials, FindMyPast and linked image of parish register
  34. ↑ George Lipscomb. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham, Vol. II, J & W Robins, 1847, p. 197, Internet Archive
  35. ↑ The Peerage.com
  • Foster, Joseph. The peerage, baronetage, and knightage of the British Empir : for 1882, Vol 2, London, 1883, p. 112, Internet Archive (for daughter Elizabeth)
  • Chadwick, Edward Marion. Ontarian Families, Vol. I, 1894, p. 52, Google Books] (for daughter Elizabeth)
  • ThePeerage.com




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Cayley-55 Michael Cayley
I hope soon to write a fuller bio for this profile.
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Hi Michael, is Leonard your ancestor?

Would you like to be profile manager, if so?

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Cayley-55 Michael Cayley
Thanks for asking - that is very kind. He is one of my direct ancestors, so I am happy to adopt. I am assuming you are content, so I will use my WikiTree Leader powers to do so. I will leave you as a manager, but if you prefer not to remain one, I will let you sort that out.
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Cayley-55 Michael Cayley
I have now expanded the bio. Please correct any typos etc you spot - or message me about them. Thanks!
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