Smith, Francis (1516 - 1605)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 2
Total events naming patron - 1
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 1
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of Ashby Folville, Leicestershire, and Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire

Born / Died

Birth Date: by 1516
Death Date: 1605-09-03

Notes

Secretary to Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford, by 1558

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Moreton, Mary ( - 1550)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1537-4-15
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Brudenell, Elizabeth ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Moreton, Mary ( - 1550)

  1. Male offspring: Smyth, George (n.d.)

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1603-07-23
    Vacated 1605-09-03

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
MP, Cornwall 1545 n.d.
MP, Staffordshire 1553 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1561/2 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1564 n.d.
Sheriff, Leicestershire 1566-11-18 n.d.
Sheriff, Warwickshire 1566-11-18 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1569 n.d.

General Lands Note

Received livery of lands 4 May 1537

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Ashby Folville, Leicestershire
    Residence after 1537
  • Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire
    Aquired after mother's death
    Acquired: 1562

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1569-1570 Guildhall, Abingdon , Berkshire Mr Smith's Players
Performance 1570-1570 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Mr Smith's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr Smith's Players Smith, Francis (1516 - 1605) Players 2

Bibliographic Sources

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Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982.