SMYTH, Henry (c.1620-aft. 1667), of Withcote, Leics.

Family and Education

b. c. 1620, o.s. of Henry Smyth of Withcote, and Frideswide, da. of Thomas Wright of Snelston, Derbys.Nichols, Leics. ii. 184. educ. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. 26 Jan. 1638, aged 18, BA St Mary Hall 9 June 1640;Al. Ox. L. Inn 11 Apr. 1640.LI Admiss. m. (1) by Nov. 1648, ?, da. of Cornelius Holland*;J. Lilburne, The Legall Fundamentall Liberties of the People of England (1649), 33 (E.560.14). (2) 28 Jan. 1654, Mary, da. of William Dallison of Halling, Kent, wid. of ?, ?at least 1da.Mems. of St Margaret’s Church, Westminster ed. Burke, 365; CTB iii. 1208; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. liv), 44; Add. 5520, f. 128; Wingham, Kent, par reg.; Oxford DNB, ‘Henry Sacheverell’. suc. fa. aft. July 1623.Leics. RO, DE3214/1482. d. aft. Feb. 1668.CSP Dom. 1667-8, p. 229.

Offices Held

Local: commr. Leics. militia, 10 July 1644; New Model ordinance, Leics. 17 Feb. 1645; assessment, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). J.p. 9 Feb. 1646-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 38. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. by Feb. 1654–22 June 1659;C181/6, pp. 15, 311. ejecting scandalous ministers, Leics. and Rutland 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O. Sheriff, Leics. Nov. 1655-Nov. 1656.Nichols, Leics. i. 461. Trustee and gov. Wyggeston’s Hosp. Leicester 9 June 1657.Nichols, Leics. i. 488–9.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), 26 July 1644–8 Nov. 1645.CJ vi. 272b. Maj. militia horse, Leics. 5 Mar., 2 Dec. 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, pp. 505, 513.

Central: commr. for compounding, 18 Dec. 1648;CJ vi. 99a; LJ x. 633a. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for advance of money, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 112a. cttee. for the army, 6 Jan. 1649,CJ vi. 113b. 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652;A. and O. cttee. for sequestrations, 6 Jan. 1649; cttee. for indemnity, 6 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 113b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 17 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 120b. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 4 May 1649.CJ vi. 201a. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O.

Parlimentarian

SMYTH, Henry (c.1620-aft. 1667), of Withcote, Leics.

: of Withcote, Leics.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

SMYTH, Henry (c.1620-aft. 1667), of Withcote, Leics.

Will

attainted.

Estates

c.1649-53, purchased former church lands, including manor of Clyst Honiton, Devon, for £2,910.LR2/266, f. 5. 1650, purchased, for £1,000, fee farm rents in Leics. worth £110 p.a.SP28/288, ff. 3, 6. 1660, estate inc. manor of Withcote, Leics. and land in Lyefield Forest, Rutland, valued at £610 p.a.LR2/266, f. 2; CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 558.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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