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Sir Hugh Smithson, 1st Baronet

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284: 620:"The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Tottenham High Cross, in the County of Middlesex: Comprising an Account of the Manors, the Church, and Other Miscellaneous Matter: to which is Added, an Appendix, Containing the Late Henry Lord Coleraine's History of Tottenham ... and the Rev. W. Bedwell's Brief History of Tottenham, First Printed in 1631, with the Antient Poem of The Tournament of Tottenham, with a Glossary; Selected from Eminent Authors and Authentic Documents" 215:"To be buried at St. Lawrence Jury, near his father Jeremy. To sisters Elizabeth Baxter, Dorothy Smithson, Leah Shippard, and to cousin Hester Rawstorne £5 each. To brothers Heugh Smithson, Mathew Shippare, Robert Bardard, and to uncle Richard Halford and aunt Anne Harrise, and aunt Mary Younge £2 each. To Elizabeth and Grace daughters of brother Francis, decd. £20 each, etc." 131:"(He) eminently distinguished himself for his zeal and loyalty to his sovereign Charles II in whose service he liberally employed his fortune, seeking all occasions to promote his majesty's interest during his exile, for which he was at length no small sufferer, having his estate sequestered as a recusant after being twice fined for refusing to act as 644:"The English Baronetage:: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets, Now Existing: Their Descents, Marriages, and Issues; Memorable Actions, Both in War, and Peace; Religious and Charitable Donations; Deaths, Places of Burial and Monumental Iiscriptions [sic];" 367:"The English Baronetage:: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets, Now Existing: Their Descents, Marriages, and Issues; Memorable Actions, Both in War, and Peace; Religious and Charitable Donations; Deaths, Places of Burial and Monumental Iiscriptions [sic];" 295:
He died on 21 October 1670, aged 72, at his home at Tottenham High Cross (which formerly belonged to the Hynningham family), Middlesex, and was buried in his parish church of St John the Baptist, Stanwick St John, where survives his elaborate monument showing two effigies, of himself and his wife,
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in Middlesex. The site of his mansion is thought to be where stands today a terrace of houses called Northumberland Terrace, built by Robert Plimpton in 1752 "built on land where previously stood some medieval mansions, one of which was called Percy House". The magnificent baroque gate piers and
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Hugh Smithson, 2nd son, who inherited his father's Suffolk estates, a haberdasher of Old Exchange Precincts in the City of London, who married Mrs Alice Yeane, by whom he had one daughter Anne Smithson, married to Sir
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Anthony Smithson (d.1688), 3rd son, a barrister at Gray’s Inn who inherited his father's estates at Tottenham Cross in Middlesex and at Armin in Yorkshire. He married Susanna Barkham, daughter of
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Further reading: The Smithson Monuments at Stanwick, North Yorkshire by Bulter, L., published in Journal of the Church Monument Society Volume XV, 2000. 6pp, 4 b/w pls
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Certa resurgendi fide cryptam subtus dormitoria sibi sulso(?) ad inhumandi ritus suo solius sumptu curari jussit Anno 1670 Hugo Smithson Miles et Baronett
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As a further token of the king's gratitude, in order to distinguish him from the rest of his family, he was granted the honour of a
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Yorkshire Royalist Composition Papers: Or the Proceedings of the Committee for Compounding with Deliquents During the Commonwealth
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In 1638 he purchased the manor of Stanwick from his relative Anthony Catterick for the sum of £4000. He was a Citizen of the
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in Suffolk, 'the greatest shipbuilder and shipowner of his day', who had by her an only daughter Anne Johnson, the wife of
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survives in the Lancashire Archives (the family was also of New Hall, Preston Lancashire) summarised as follows:
522:"Catalogue description Jeramy Rawstorne of London, merchant-tailor -- to be buried at St. Lawrence Jury, near..." 236: 107:, North Riding of Yorkshire, by his wife Eleanor Catterick, daughter and heir of George Catterick of Stanwick. 223:
Sir Jerome Smithson, 2nd Baronet (d.1684), eldest son and heir, married Mary Wingate, daughter and heiress of
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Collins, Arthur, The English Baronetage, vol.3, part 1; Victoria County History, Stanwick St John
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in Essex. The will proved on 22 Nov. 1658 of "Jeramy Rawstorne" of London, a member of the
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Smithson, George R., Genealogical notes memoirs of the Smithson family, London, 1906, p.5
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By his wife he had four sons and two daughters, of which only three survived him:
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Argent, a chevron engrailed sable between three oak leaves erect slipped vert
87:(d.1750), changed his surname and arms to Percy and was created in 1766 1st 440:"An Account of the Decendants of William Smithson of Newsham, Temp. Elizth" 318:
Collins, Arthur, The English Baronetage, Vol.3, Part 1, pp. 126–8
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for which he was rewarded with a baronetcy by King Charles II on the
426:"Catalogue description Will of Hugh Smithson, Haberdasher of London" 67:(1715-1786), who having inherited by his marriage half of the great 135:
to avoid taking the oaths imposed in those days of rebellion".
300:(1639–1705) of London. It displays the following inscription: 291:(d.1670) and his wife, St John the Baptist's Church, Stanwick 408:"Parishes: Stanwick St. John | British History Online" 337:"Genealogical notes & memoirs of the Smithson family" 227:(c.1606-1685) of Lockley's Hall in Hertfordshire, MP for 524:
October 20, 1657 – via National Archive of the UK.
428:. June 21, 1672 – via National Archive of the UK. 266:(1636–1708), without children. His heir was his cousin 55:, North Yorkshire, was a Royalist supporter during the 452:
Collins, Arthur, The English Baronetage, Vol.3, Part 1
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anciently "Newsham Broghton Lith", in the Parish of
20:Arms of Smithson of Stanwick, Yorkshire (ancient): 391:The Place-Names of the North Riding of Yorkshire 157:Or, on a chief embattled azure three suns proper 36:Or, on a chief embattled azure three suns proper 99:He was the son and heir of Anthony Smithson of 180:(anciently "Armin"), East Riding of Yorkshire 8: 652: 141:Committee for Compounding with Delinquents 203:Royston), daughter of Jerom Rawstorne of 498: 496: 282: 26: 15: 561:. Boydell & Brewer. June 12, 1983. 402: 400: 348: 346: 327: 245:Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford 34:arms of Smithson Baronets of Stanwick: 360: 358: 209:Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors 85:Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset 63:in 1660. His great-great-grandson was 462:Clay, John William (April 18, 2013). 335:Smithson, George R. (June 12, 1906). 7: 123:and "an adventurer in Irish lands". 618:Robinson, William (June 12, 1818). 622:. author – via Google Books. 139:He was fined for recusancy by the 121:Worshipful Company of Haberdashers 14: 642:Collins, Arthur (June 12, 1741). 605:www.historyofparliamentonline.org 587:www.historyofparliamentonline.org 365:Collins, Arthur (June 12, 1741). 187:railings of Percy House survive. 558:The House of Commons, 1660-1690 264:Henry Hare, 2nd Baron Coleraine 256:Sir Edward Barkham, 1st Baronet 199:He married Dorothy Rawstorne ( 537:biography of Sir Henry Johnson 468:. 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Index



Augmented
Stanwick St John
Civil War
Restoration of the Monarchy
Sir Hugh Smithson, 4th Baronet
Percy
Earl of Northumberland
Earl of Northumberland
special remainder
Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset
Duke of Northumberland
Newsham
Kirkby Ravensworth
City of London
Worshipful Company of Haberdashers
sheriff
Committee for Compounding with Delinquents
different
Stanwick St John
Airmyn
Tottenham Cross
Plaistow
Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors
Edward Wingate
St Albans
Henry Johnson
Aldeburgh
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford

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