Difference between revisions of "Thomas Smythe 1599?-1635"
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| − | ===[[name::Thomas]] [[name::SMYTHE]], 1st [[personal | + | ===[[name::Thomas]] [[name::SMYTHE]], 1st [[personal title::Viscount Strangford]] [[date of birth::1599]]?-[[date of death::1635]]=== |
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| − | Son of [[family::Sir John Smythe]] of [[location::Ostenhanger]] and [[location::Ashford, Kent]], [[occupation::High Sheriff]] of [[location::Kent]], from whom he inherited a considerable estate. Made a [[personal | + | Son of [[family::Sir John Smythe]] of [[location::Ostenhanger]] and [[location::Ashford, Kent]], [[occupation::High Sheriff]] of [[location::Kent]], from whom he inherited a considerable estate. Made a [[personal title::Knight of the Bath]] in 1625 and 1st [[personal title::Viscount Strangford]] (in the peerage of [[location::Ireland]]) in 1628. |
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| − | A number of books survive in various libraries with Smythe’s armorial on the covers, mostly early 17th-century imprints but also including a mid-14th century [[format::manuscript]] of [[author::Higden]]’s [[book | + | A number of books survive in various libraries with Smythe’s armorial on the covers, mostly early 17th-century imprints but also including a mid-14th century [[format::manuscript]] of [[author::Higden]]’s [[book title::''Polychronicon'' (BL Add MS 15759). Subsequent ownership markings in his books suggest dispersal not later than the middle of the 18th century. Examples: BL C.67.d.5, CUL Z.2.8, University College, Oxford E.15.4. |
====Characteristic Markings==== | ====Characteristic Markings==== | ||
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Thomas SMYTHE, 1st Viscount Strangford 1599?-1635
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Biographical Note
Son of Sir John Smythe of Ostenhanger and Ashford, Kent, High Sheriff of Kent, from whom he inherited a considerable estate. Made a Knight of the Bath in 1625 and 1st Viscount Strangford (in the peerage of Ireland) in 1628.
Books
A number of books survive in various libraries with Smythe’s armorial on the covers, mostly early 17th-century imprints but also including a mid-14th century manuscript of Higden’s [[book title::Polychronicon (BL Add MS 15759). Subsequent ownership markings in his books suggest dispersal not later than the middle of the 18th century. Examples: BL C.67.d.5, CUL Z.2.8, University College, Oxford E.15.4.
Characteristic Markings
Smythe’s books are identified from his gilt-tooled armorial stamp on the covers; his books do not have other inscriptions or annotations that are demonstrably his.