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Some glimpses
through the keyhole ...
- Parliamentary Report
- (Vardon T. and May T.E. (eds.)
Journal of the House of Commons, Vol 1 (1547 -
1628) London 1803 - p.55)
- Concerning
parliamentary privilege ... 1599
John
Smith, returned
burgess for Camelford in Cornwall,
upon a declaration by Mr. Marshe that he had come to this
house being outlawed, and also had deceived divers
merchants in London, taking wares of them to the sum of
three hundred pounds, minding to defraud them of the same
under colour of privilege of this house, the examination
whereof, committed to Sir John Mason and others of this
house, was found and reported to be true ... Upon which
matters consultation was had in the house, the question
was asked by Mr. Speaker if he should have privilege of
this house or not ... And upon the division of the house,
the number that would have him not to have privilege was
107 persons and the number that would he should be
privileged was 112 persons; and therefore ordered that he
shall still continue a member of this house.
The adjacent image is of a
D. M. Smythe (David Murray?) pictured at
Clifton College, Bristol in 1924. He was a contemporary
of (later Sir) Michael Redgrave, the celebrated actor.
They are photographed together in the cast group for
"She Stoops To Conquer" the school production
for that year. Nothing is currently known about the
family background of D. M. Smythe who would have been
about eighteen years old at this time and therefore born
in about 1906. There is a record of one D.M. Smythe who
wrote "Madame de Pompadour, mistress of France"
published in New York, 1953. Research is on-going.
Smith
/ Smyth/e asides ...
"'Twas
self-defence m'Lud" ...
Middlesex: - Sessions Records,
Indictments, Coroners' Inquests-Post-Mortem and
Recognizances, vol. 1
Additional Baptisms. Middlesex Sessions' Rolls:--
Middlesex Alehouses temp. Edward 6th. County:
Middlesex Country: England
12 Jan , 27 Elizabeth.-- Coroner's
Inquisition-post-mortem, taken at the parish of St.
Martin-in-the-Fields, on view of the body of Richard
Awdyence late of Woxbridge co. Midd. yoman, there lying
dead: With Verdict that the said Richard Awdyence died
immediately of a wound, given him in the fore-part of his
body, by the sword of Thomas Smythe one of the yomen of the Queen's Chamber,
in a fray which they fought with one another, on the 11
Jan in the high-way of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, each
of them fighting with sword and buckler; and that in this
way Thomas Smythe feloniously killed and slew Richard
Awdyence. G. D. R., 20 Jan , 27 Eliz.
 
There is a Smythe internet site where
it is suggested that Prince Albert, the Prince Consort,
may have been the father of the Scotland born George
Henderson Smyth who was originally a gardener at Balmoral Castle
but later achieved some unaccounted-for wealth ... visit
that site via the link.
According to a recently published book
by A.N.
Wilson - Irishman, Sir
John Conroy, who was secretary to Queen
Victoria's mother, may well have been the natural father
of Queen Victoria. Nearly all the crowned heads of
Europe, including the Kaiser and the Czarina and the
Windsors, were descendants of Queen Victoria ... find out
more via the link. This prompted writer and family
historian, David Smyth in America to offer this amiable
Irish view - his "Conroy Theory of History" -
Question - Why were there so many wars in the 19th and
20th centuries? Answer - The Conroys were fighting
each other.
Celebrated Smyth/es
and the streets of London ... with an insult or two to
boot
Middlesex: - Rolls, Books and
Certificates, Indictments, Recognizances, Coroners'
Inquisitions-Post-Mortem, Orders, Memoranda and
Certificates, 1667-1688, vol. 4
Middlesex Sessions' Files, Rolls, Bundles & Books:--
Further Particulars Taken from Gaol Delivery Books Temp.
Charles 2nd. County: Middlesex Country:
England
13 Apr , 1 James 2nd.--True Bill that, at Stepney, co.
Midd. on the said day, John Maynard late of the said
parish yeoman, intending to bring Sir William Smyth bart. and J.P. for Middlesex into infamy and
odium &c. maliciously and scandalously in the
presence and hearing of divers of the said King's lieges
and subjects spoke these words in a loud voice, to wit,
"I wish they was hangd that was the
occasion of Paveing" i.e. paving a
certain highway within the said parish. John Maynard
confessed the indictment: but the bill bears no clerical
minute touching his punishment. S. P. R., 02 Jun , 1
James 2nd.
and
Middlesex: - Rolls, Books and
Certificates, Indictments, Recognizances, Coroners'
Inquisitions-Post-Mortem, Orders, Memoranda and
Certificates, 1667-1688, vol. 4
Middlesex Sessions' Files, Rolls, Bundles & Books:--
Further Particulars Taken from Gaol Delivery Books Temp.
Charles 2nd. County: Middlesex Country:
England
01 May , 1 James 2nd.--True Bill that, at Whitechappell
co. Midd. on the said day, John Noades late of the said
parish yeoman, and then one of the headboroughs of the
same parish, designing to disturb the King's peace, and
to render Sir
William Smyth bart. and
J.P. for Middlesex hateful and infamous not only to the
said King's lieges and subjects inhabiting the said
parish, but to all the lieges and subjects of the Lord
the King, and also to all persons who then knew and in
future time should come to know him, in a loud voice and
in the presence and hearing of divers of the said king's
lieges and subjects maliciously, scandalously,
contemptuously and advisedly spoke these words, to wit,
"I
care not a turd for Sir William Smyth." On 13 Jun 1685 , John Noades confessed
the indictment, and was fined 13s. 4d., which he paid to
the Sheriff in Court. S. P. R., 02 Jun , 1 James 2nd.
It seems the
roads theme continued in the family ...
Middlesex: - Calendar Sessions
Books, 1689-1709
Additional Baptisms. Sessions Books.
Sessions Book 491-- December, 1691. County:
Middlesex Country: England
Order on the report of * Andrew Lawrence
and Thomas
Smyth, two Justices
instructed to view the way from Hockley Hole to Leather
Lane. The Court directs that "the street leading
from the north end of Hatton Garden to the farrier's shop
towards Hockley in the Hole, and from thence upwards
towards Leather Lane end, be well repaired and amended
with gravel by the surveyor of the highways" of the
parish at the cost of the inhabitants; and that "the
way from the farrier's shop leading up the hill on the
north side to Leather Lane, containing 120 feet in length
and 16 feet in breadth, be forthwith paved with stone by
the inhabitants and owners of the houses next adjoining
the street."
and
Middlesex: - Calendar Sessions
Books, 1689-1709
Additional Baptisms. Sessions Books. - Sessions
Book 499--August & September, 1692. County:
Middlesex Country: England
The petition of the surveyors of the highways of the
parish of St. Pancras (names not recorded) for an order
to the inhabitants to raise the sum of £70 and upwards,
due to them for the repair of the highways, was referred
to one of the Justices, Sir James Smyth, to make the requisite order, or to report to
the next Court of Quarter Sessions ...
* Lawrence family of
Ashton Hall, Lancashire? If so, it is significant to see
this linking in 1692 - qv Medieval Smyth page via the
Smythe Index.
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