John
Smythe
Born about in England
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Robert Smythe
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Matthew Smythe
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
He is thought to be John Smyth of Aylburton, near Lidney, in Gloucestershire. His family had lived in Aylburton for several generations. A John Smyth was living there at the beginning of the reign of Henry VI and he is possibly the person recorded as transferring the ownership of his lands in the hundred of Blyddelowe and manor of Ayleborton in 1436 (14 Henry VI).[1]
His sons were successful merchants in Bristol
Sources
- ↑ Bristol Archives. AC/D/2/1. Charter of Feoffment John Smythe of Ayleborton to John Gaynarr' and John Straynessam of the same [variations later in deed: Gayner, Gaynar'; Straynsam] of all his lands and tenements within the hundred of Blyddelowe and manor of Ayleborton to hold of the chief lords, etc. [1436 July 16].
See also
- Bristol Record Society Publications Vol. 28 (1975) The Ledger of John Smythe, 1538-1550
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Neal Parker
Neal Parker
Smythe-554 and Smythe-164 do not represent the same person because: Completely different time period
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Rejected matches › John Smythe (1735-)
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