Ancestral Trails 2016 » Richard SMYTHE (1563-1628)

Persönliche Daten Richard SMYTHE 

• Er wurde geboren im Jahr 1563 in Westenhanger, Tonbridge, Kent.
• Beruf: Customs Officer.
• Er ist verstorben am 25. Juli 1628 in Leeds Castle, Ulcombe, Maidstone, Kent, er war 65 Jahre alt.
• Ein Kind von THOMAS BROUNCKER SMYTHE und ALICE JUDD

Familie von Richard SMYTHE

(1) Er ist verheiratet mit Elizabeth SCOTT.

Sie haben geheiratet im Jahr 1589, er war 26 Jahre alt.

Kind(er):

1. Margaret SMYTHE  ± 1592-????
2. John SMYTHE  ± 1594-1632
3. Alice SMYTHE  ± 1596-????
4. Elizabeth SMYTHE  ± 1598-????
5. Mary SMYTHE  ± 1600-????
6. Thomas SMYTHE  ± 1590-????

(2) Er ist verheiratet mit Mary BOYLE.

Sie haben geheiratet nach 1607.

(3) Er ist verheiratet mit Jane WHITE.

Sie haben geheiratet rund 1585.

Notizen bei Richard SMYTHE

1591 was left £100 in the will of his father,Thomas Smythe.

1598 he and his wife Elizabeth Scott, daughter of Sir Thomas Scott of Scott's Hall, were mentioned in the will of his mother, Dame Alice Smythe "a bedstead and furniture of green taffany, a feather-bed, bolster, and pillow, a blue velvet chair, six low stools, a feather-bed and bolster for serving, a table-cloth of damask of the Story of the Creation, six yards Iong, and two dozen napkins, a long towel, and two hand towels, one dozen of high stools covered with Moikyndoe, a green velvet chair and four of the hangings of the guest chamber. To his son Thomas Smith £100, and to John £50, to be paid on attaining the age of 21."

Known as Sir Richard Smythe of Leeds Castle: - originally known as 'Esledes' - founded c. 857

Leeds Castle in Kent is named after its first owner Leed or Ledian who was the Chief Minister of the Saxon King of Kent, Ethelbert IV. He constructed a wooden stronghold on the two small islands in a lake formed by the River Len. A Norman castle constructed on the site in the 12th century was given to Edward I in 1278. He carried out major alterations, building a set of outer walls, a barbican and D-shaped tower on the smaller of the two islands. This tower known as the 'Gloriette' was extensively altered during the Tudor period - and, in a later epoque, was burned down by prisoners of war who were housed there. From 1520, the castle was owned by Henry VIII who was very fond of it and visited it on many occasions.

The castle passed from royal hands in 1552 when it was given to Sir Anthony St. Leger by Edward VI. Sir Anthony St. Leger was the third husband of Mary Smythe, daughter of Sir Richard Smythe "of Leeds Castle".

It would seem therefore that "Customer Smyth's" father, John Smyth (married to Joan Brouncker) - originally of Corsham, Wiltshire, assistant to Henry VIII - may have been based at Leeds Castle and enjoyed royal favour and patronage from Henry VIII. This John Smyth was High Sheriff of Essex and his son Sir Thomas Smyth's (Customer Smyth's) family memorial is at Ashford, also in Kent.

It should also be noted that after the Restoration, Charles II granted the first Lord Culpepper more than five million acres in the new American colony of Virginia in return for supporting the Royal Family in exile. Culpepper's son purchased Leeds Castle and leased it to the government as a place of detention for Dutch and French prisoner of war.

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