Family and Education
m. bef. 1639, Alice; at least 3 da. (1 d.v.p.)Mems. of St Margaret’s Church, Westminster ed. A. Meredyth (1914), 159, 189; PROB11/279/247. d. c. Apr. 1658.CSP Dom. 1657-8, p. 367.
Offices Held

sec. of embassy, Paris 1619, 1631;Autobiography of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury ed. S.L. Lee (1886), 198; APC 1630–1, p. 280. Venice 1626.CSP Ven. 1625–6, pp. 500, 515, 522, 529, 540.

sec. to Algernon Percy†, 4th earl of Northumberland, by Apr. 1636-c.Apr. 1642.Household Pprs. of Henry Percy ed. G.R. Batho (Cam. Soc. 3rd ser. xciii), 168; CSP Dom. 1635–6, p. 307; 1641–3, p. 282; SP16/316, f. 131; Add. 3352, f. 72.

sec. admlty. 15 Sept. 1642-Apr. 1645.A. and O.; HMC 5th Rep. 48; LJ v. 357. Recvr. sale of prize goods and ships, 27 Feb. 1644–17 Apr. 1649.A. and O. Commr. navy, 27 Aug. 1647–d.LJ ix. 410b; HMC 6th Rep. 194; CJ v. 18, 285. Trustee, Irish lands, 5 June 1648. Commr. sale of prize goods, 17 Apr.-15 June 1649.A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 187. Clerk of privy seal, 31 May 1655.Add. 4184, f. 107. Member, cttee. for improving revenues of customs and excise, 26 June 1657.A. and O.

commr. assessment, Surr. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; defence of Surr. 1 July 1645. 1 Oct. 1647 – bef.Jan. 1650A. and O. J.p. Essex, May 1652–?d.;C231/6, p. 98; C193/13/4, f. 36v. Mdx., Surr. 1 Oct. 1647-bef. Oct. 1653;C231/6, p. 98; C193/13/4, ff. 62, 98v. Kent 1 Oct. 1647 – bef.Oct. 1653, 11 Mar. 1656–d.;C231/6, p. 98, 328; C193/13/4, f. 49v. Hants 1 Oct. 1647-bef. Mar. 1657.C231/6, p. 98; C193/13/4, f. 87v; C193/13/5, f. 54v.

commr. exclusion from sacrament, twelfth London classis (St Sepulchre), 20 Oct. 1645, 29 Aug. 1648. Trier of elders, twelfth London classis, 26 Sept. 1646.A. and O.

elder bro. Trinity House by July 1648–d.LJ x. 339–40.

Essex and Westminster., Covent Garden.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

SMITH, Thomas II (d. 1658), of Wanstead, Essex, and Covent Garden, Westminster.

Will
1 Aug. 1656, pr. 7 July 1658.PROB11/279/247.
Estates
house in Queen Street, London, bef. Sept. 1628-aft. Feb. 1639.CSP Dom. 1628-9, p. 260; 1638-9, pp. 92, 491. By Feb. 1656, but perhaps from bef. 1641, estate in Ireland.CSP Dom. 1655-6, p. 460; SP18/133, f. 106. Smith’s will mentioned a house in Wanstead, Essex, and a house in Covent Garden, as well as an estate of 6,000 acres in Ireland, and further property in Cornw., Essex and Suff.PROB11/279/247.
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