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BackGround: Hough, Cheshire, England.

Created 20 October 2010

Thomas SMITH-1
and
Ann BRERETON

Thomas was born about 1545 in Hough, Cheshire, England and married about 1568 in Hough, Wynbury, Cheshire, England, Ann BRERETON, the daughter of William BRERETON and Jane WARBURTON. She was born December 1547 in Brereton-cum-Smethwick, Cheshire, England; christened 1 January 1548 in Brereton, Chesher, England and died England. Thomas died 1614 in England.

NOTE: the following ancestry is abstracted from Visitation of Cheshire, 1613 (p. 213):

Henrey Smithe of Curdley, Lancaster, Engl. = UNKNOWN WIFE
      |
      |____John Smithe of Curdley = UNKNOWN WIFE 
      |
      |____Sir Thomas Smithe = Katherine, dau of Sir Andrew Brereton
                               of Chester, Knt
      |
      |____Sir Lawrence Smithe = Anne, dau of Thomas Fulleshurst
                                 of Chester & Hough of Crewe
                                 d. 1582
      |
      |____Sir Thomas Smithe = Ann, dau of Sir William Brereton
                               of Hough, Knt of Brereton, Knt.
                               d. 1614

THE WILL OF DAME JANE WIDOW OF SIR LAWRENCE SMITH OF HOUGH KNT.

1. IN the &c. the vj^th daie of Auguste in the yeare of our Lorde God one thousande fyve hundred fourescore and tenne
I Dame Jane Smythe widow late wief of S^r Lawrence Smyth in the countie of Chester knight deceassed somewhat disseased in bodye but whole in mynde &c. make my laste will &c. ffirste and priucipallie I bequeath geve and comend my soule &c. I geve and bequeath to S^r W1llm Brereton my sonne all such bedding? and naperye and linnens w^th the cheste wherin the saide linnens be wch at this psente are in my chamber at Brereton I geve unto him lykewaies my plaine velvet gowne And wheare he had lefte him by his father S^r Willm Brereton knight my firste husband two peeces of goold w^ch are not nowe to be had I geve unto my saide sonne in steede of these two peeces three other peeces of golde Unto my saide sonne also the firste choyse of any one of my ring? w^th stones in theim excepteone diamond ringe and one turquoise ringe Unto my saide sonne my prayer booke coved w^th massye gold to be an heirelowme unto his howse and to be worne by the ladye or Mris of the hall of Brereton from tyme to tyme and first to be enioyed and possessed by her that shall happen to be the wief of him that my saide sonne shall make and establishe his heire and not before Unto my said sonnes two daughters Elenor and Marye eyther of theim an angell or xs of golde

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Secondlie I geve &c. to Elizabeth Venables my daughter my diamond ringe before excepted Unto Thome's Venables esquier my sonn in lawe husband unto my saide daughter a ringe w^^ a stone in hit for a remembrance Unto my neeses Elizabeth Edgerton and Marye Venables daughters of my saide daughter either of theim an angell or peice of golde of x'
Thirdlye I geve &c. to Anne Smyth my daughter my turquoise ringe before excepted and my wrought velvet gowne Unto my saide daughter Ann Smithe alsoe the use and wearinge of my chaine and all other my Jewell^ not geven or dis- posed to anye other by this my laste will for and duringe the tearme of her naturall lief and after my saide daughter her deathe my will is that the saide cheyne shall remaine unto Laurence Smithe sonne of my saide daughter to thend the saide cheyne maye be an heirelome to the said Laurence Smithe his heires lord^ and owners of his howse And for my Jewell^ my will is that after the death of my saide daughter Anne S my the they doe aud shall remayne unto Jane Smyth daugh- ter of my said daughter and sister to the saide Laurence Unto the said Laurence an angell or peice of golde of x" Unto the [said] Jane Smithe one angell or peice of golde of x^ and two little juelles snche as my saide daughter her mother by my appoyntem^ is to deliv unto her Unto Thomas Smith esquier my sonne in lawe and husband of my saide daughter one golde ringe w^ a stone in it and one stronge peice of golde w^^ I had of the guifte of his father S' Laurence Smithe knighte my late husband Unto Edwarde Smithe my late husbande his yonger sonne one angell or peice of golde of x*
ffourthlie I geve &;c. unto Jane Leighe my daughter one ringe w^^ a stone in hitt and my silke gowne Unto John Leighe esq' my sonne in lawe and husband of my saide daughter one golde ringe w%ut a stone suche as by my appoyntment my daughter Anne Smithe is to deliv unto theim Unto the children of my saide daughter angell or peices of golde of x" to evye of theim one Unto my cosin Bridget Davemport of Davemporte th'elder my weddinge ringe and to her

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three daughters Elenor Jane and Bridget e9ye of theim one ringe of golde Unto my cosin Mary Bressye of the Cliff my fyne clothe gowne my plaine velvet doublet a silke curtell and my cloake and sanregarde w^ my seconde beste peticote Unto Ellen Perpoynte the wief of Henrye Perpoint of Breerton a gowne of bnffen and to Elizabeth Edge the curate liis wief of Brereton one other gowne of buffen and to Anne ffradsham my sonnes nurse one other gowne of buffen Unto M^gret Leighe beinge my waytinge woman at this psente for her service and toward() her pferment twentie pound^ alsoe I geve unto her a peticoate garded w^^ lace w^ my ridinge saddle and all the furniture therto belonginge Alsoe my will is that wheare I holde it vaine [and] supfluous to have any pompe or vaine ex- penoes aboute my funerall in steede of blacky xl^® pound I will maye be distributed amongste the poore of Namptwich Gongleton Brereton Batherton and Wibunburie as by the discretion of my ex- ecutor shalbe thought moste needfuU and convenient. Unto Johan Heiward my fryze peticoate and desire that my sonne Brereton be good unto her at her mariage for an offeringe amongeste his tennantf Also I will that a blacke cloath be the cover of the heirse and that therbee twoe of theim the one fyner then th'other and the fyner to be bestowed uppon the incumbent of the church where I shall fortune to be buried and th^other to remaine accordinge to the tyme used Lastlie my will is and I geve unto Anne Smithe my daughter all the reste of my good^ and chattell^ whatsoever whom alsoe I doe make &c. my sole and onelye executor &c. &c. These beinge witnesses W^ Perren Richard Ellison Uenrye Ellison.

1 Proved 27th September 1597. The testatrix was daughter of Sir Piers Warburton of Arley, and married first S^r William Brereton of Brereton Knt., by whom she had Sir William Brereton, created Lord Brereton of Leighlin in Ireland, and five daughters, Mary, Elizabeth wife of Thomas Venables of Kinderton Esq., Jane wife of John Legh of Booths Esq., Anne wife of Sir Thomas Smith of Hatherton, and Susanna. She married secondly, January 20th 1560-61, Sir Lawrence Smith of Hongh Knt., by whom she had no issue.
- Ormerod, vol. iii. pp. 52 and 200.

Children of Thomas SMITH 1 and Ann BRERETON:

 +  1. LAWRENCE           b:    Abt 1570; Hough, Cheshire, England.
                         md: 31 Aug 1591; Hough, Wynbury, Chesher, England.
                                          Anne MAINWARING
                          d:        1621; London, Middlesex, England.
    2. JANE               b:    Abt 1572; Hough, Cheshire, England
    3. EDWARD             b:    Abt 1575; Hough, Cheshire, England

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