Thomas Smythe 1522-7 June 1591
Thomas Smythe or Smith of London, Ashford and Westenhanger, Kent, (1522·Äì1591) was the collector of customs duties (also known as a "customer") in London during the Tudor period, and a Member of Parliament for five English constituencies. His son and namesake, Sir Thomas Smythe (died 1625), was the first governor of the East India Company, treasurer of the Virginia Company, and an active supporter of the Virginia colony.
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Thomas Smythe, born in 1522, was the second son of John Smythe (d. 1538) and Joan Brouncker, the daughter of Robert Brouncker of Melksham, Wiltshire. John, a substantial yeoman and clothier of Corsham, Wiltshire, left Smythe a farm in the Hundred of Amesbury, Wiltshire, that provided an annual income of £20. After his father's death, Smythe moved to London to seek his fortune; Smythe was approximately 16 at the time.
Marriage and issue:
Thomas Smythe had 13 children with his wife, Alice Judde. They are as follows:
i Andrew Smythe, eldest son, who died an infant.
ii Sir John Smythe (1557·Äì1608), second son, of Ostenhanger, in 1576 married Elizabeth Fineaux (daughter of Sir John Fineaux, Chief Justice of the King's Bench).
iii Sir Thomas Smythe (1558·Äì1625), who married firstly, Judith Culverwell, the daughter of Richard Culverwell; secondly Joan Hobbs, the daughter of William Hobbs; and thirdly, Sarah Blount, the daughter of William Blount. He had no issue by his first two marriages; by his third marriage he had three sons and a daughter. His widow, Sarah, married Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester.
iv Henry Smythe of Corsham (d. before 1591) married Elizabeth Owen (daughter of Thomas Owen, Justice of the Peace).[citation needed]
v Sir Richard Smythe (d. 1628), also said to have been of Leeds Castle, who married firstly Elizabeth Scott, the daughter of Sir Thomas Scott (and widow of John Knatchbull), and in 1589 married Jane White (daughter of John White of London, widow of Samuel Thornhill).
vi Sir Robert Smythe of Leeds Castle, fourth son, who married Elizabeth Scott, the daughter of Thomas Scott of Scott's Hall, Kent.
vii Symon Smythe, killed at the siege of Cadiz in 1596. Also said to be of Highgate, and to have married Ann Lynford (daughter of William Lynford).
viii Elizabeth Smythe, who was unmarried at the time of Smythe·Äôs death in 1591, and later married Sir Henry Fanshawe (son of Thomas Fanshawe who married secondly Sir Henry's wife's sister).
ix Mary Smythe, who married Robert Davy or Davis of London, Receiver for Wales.[citation needed]
x Joan Smythe, who married Thomas Fanshawe, Esquire of Ware Park (d. 1601).
xi Katherine Smythe, who married, at age sixteen, Sir Rowland Hayward, Lord Mayor of London in 1571, then Sir John Scott (son of Sir Thomas Scott, Scotts Hall and Elizabeth Baker of Sissinghurst), and thirdly to Sir Richard Sandys.
xii Alice Smythe, who married William Harris, also said to have been Sir William Harris of Crixes, Woodham,[disambiguation needed] Essex.
xiii Ursula Smythe, who married William Butler. Also said to have married Simon Harding of London, then secondly marrying William Boteler (Butler) of Bedford.
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