Elizabeth (Scott) Smythe (abt. 1565 - abt. 1599)

Born about 1565 in Kent, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Smythe — married about Sep 1589 in Kent, England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 1599 at about age 34 in London, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Elizabeth Scott was the daughter of Thomas Scott of Scot's Hall, Smeeth, Kent. She married first John Knatchbull and second Richard Smythe.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

John Knatchbull was dead by 01 Feb 1587/1588^[7] and had no surviving issue.^[2] Elizabeth was his Executrix.^[7]

Elizabeth Knatchbull of Smeeth, widow, married Richard Smithe of Ostinhanger by Licence dated 25 Sep 1589. John Smith of Sturry, armiger [presumably Richard's elder brother] was bondsman.^[8]

Her second husband Richard Smythe was a co-Executor of the will of his mother, Alice, the will made on 10 Jul 1592.^[9] The will also referred to Richard's wife (though not named she was Elizabeth Scott), and their sons, Thomas and John.

There were four children of the marriage with Richard Smythe:^[1]

• Thomas Smythe
• John Smythe^[10]
• Elizabeth Smythe (married Timothy Thornhill)
• Alice Smythe

In the will of her father Thomas Scott, the will made on 17 Dec 1594 and proved on 07 Jan 1594/1595, he made reference to John Smythe and Richard [?], the sons of his daughter Smythe.^[1]

Elizabeth died around 1599 and is depicted on a Monument with her second husband Sir Richard Smythe at St Mary's, Ashford, Kent.^[1][11]

"H'ere lyeth the bodye of Sir Richard Smythe, of Leeds Castle, Kent, fourth son of Thomas Smythe, of Ostenhanger, in the County of Kent, Esquire. He married three wives who were widows, by the first of them, being a daughter of Sir Thomas Scott, of Scot's Hall, he had his only son, Sir John Smythe, and two daughters, Elizabeth and Alice ; and by his second wife he had his daughter Mary ; and by his last wife, who survived him, he had his daughter Margaret. He was Receiver of the Duchy of Cornwall, and Surveyor Generall and Commissioner for the revenewes assigned to Prince Charles for many years; he was a just officer in his accompts, which he effected with much contentment where he was trusted. His love to his wife and children and friends was extraordinary. He tenderly did respect them. His bounty to the poor was very great. He lived piously, and having an assured hope of a Joyefull resurrection by a lively faith in the meritts of Jesus Christ, he rested from his labors on the 21st July, 1628, in the 63 yeare of his age."

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Scott, J R. Memorials of the family of Scott, of Scot’s Hall in the County of Kent. 1876, p 226 Internet Archive.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Beltz, G F. A Review of the Chandos Peerage Case. Published 1834. Appendix IV State of the Family of Knatchbull in 1641 Google Books.
3. ↑ The Visitation of Kent. Taken in the Years 1619-1621. The Publications of the Harleian Society Vol XLII. Edited by Robert Hovenden 1898. Knatchbull Pedigre pp 109-110 Internet Archive.
4. ↑ The Monuments and Painted Glass of Upwards of One Hundred Churches, Chiefly in the Eastern part of Kent. By Philip Parsons. 1794, p 138 Google Books.
5. ↑ Smythe, Richard (1565-1628), of Leeds Castle, Kent. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981 HOP.
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.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Will of John Knatchbull, Gentleman of Mersham, Kent. 01 February 1588. PROB 11/72/104. The National Archives, Kew.
8. ↑ Canterbury Marriage Licences. First Series 1568-1618. Edited by Joseph Meadows Cowper. 1892, p 380 Family Search.
9. ↑ Will of Alice Smythe, Widow of London. 11 May 1598. PROB 11/91/377. The National Archives, Kew.
10. ↑ Smythe, Sir John II (c.1592-1632), of Leeds Castle, Kent. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010 HOP.
11. ↑ Neale, J P and Le Keux, J. Views of the most interesting collegiate and parochial churches in Great Britain. Vol 1, 1824 St Mary's Church Ashford, Kent pp 3-5 Internet Archive.