Christopher Smith (by 1510 – 1589) was an English politician. The son of Robert Smith of Waltham, Lincolnshire, he was elected

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(MP) of the

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for

Saltash Saltash () is a town and civil parish in south Cornwall, England. It had a population of 16,184 in 2011 census. Saltash faces the city of Plymouth over the River Tamar and is popularly known as "the Gateway to Cornwall". Saltash’s landmarks ...

in 1547,

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in October 1553,

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in 1559. He was appointed clerk of the Exchequer by 1545 and

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by 1551, a position he held until his death. He was a Justice of the Peace for Hertfordshire from 1562 to his death. His home, Annables Manor, was in

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Family

Smith married Margaret, the daughter of John Hyde of Aldbury, Hertfordshire. Hyde had also been Clerk of the Pipe from the 1520s until his death in 1545. Their children included: * Thomas Smith of Annables, who married Joan Collet * Nicholas Smith * Jane Smith, who married

George Rotheram George Rotheram (1541-1599) was a Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire. The son of Thomas Rotheram and Alice Wellesford or Wilsford. He lived at Someries Castle, Luton, Rotheram married Jane Smith, daughter of Christopher Smith, MP of Annable ...

of Someries, near

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, a Member of Parliament.ROTHERAM, George (1541-99), of Someries, nr. Luton, ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603'', ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981
Histparl.ac.uk. Accessed 16 December 2022. * Maudlin Smith, who married Edmund Anderson. * Alice Smith, married (1) Richard Robson of London, (2)

John Fortescue of Salden Sir John Fortescue (ca. 1531 or 153323 December 1607) of Salden Manor, near Mursley, Buckinghamshire, was the seventh Chancellor of the Exchequer of England, serving from 1589 until 1603. Origins Fortescue was the son of Adrian Fortescue, wh ...

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. * Elizabeth Smith, who married a man named Ralegh.

References

1589 deaths Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall Members of the Parliament of England for Bridport English MPs 1547–1552 English MPs 1553 (Mary I) English MPs 1559 English justices of the peace Year of birth uncertain {{1559-England-MP-stub