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 Sir George Smith was the son of the eponymous George Smith, a London merchant and grocer, to whom he was apprenticed, finishing his apprenticeship in the late 1640s.<ref>A proof of Sir George Smith's apprenticeship can be found amongst Sir George Smith's probate papers in the Westminster Abbey Muniments</ref>  Through his father, Sir George Smith gained the freedom of the English East India Company in 1647.  Described as "George Smith, servant to George Smith", he paid ten shillings into the poor box in return for his freedom.<ref>'A Court of Committees, August 27, 1647' (''Court Book'', vol. xx, p. 142), in [http://www.archive.org/stream/calendarofcourtm03sainuoft#page/220/mode/2up Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of court minutes of the East India Company, 1644-1649 (Oxford, 1912), p. 220]</ref>
-Sir George Smith was a close commercial colleague, and probably the commercial partner, of Sir William Vincent throughout the late 1640s and the whole of the 1650s, until the death of Sir William Vincent in 1661. Writing his will in 1657, prior to the granting of a knighthood to George Smith, Vincent described him as "my good friend Mr George Smith", and made "my loveing ffreind Mr George Smith" one of his three executors.<ref>[[MRP: Sir William Vincent will|Sir William Vincent will]]</ref>  Both men were active in the Levant Company, as well as trading with the East Indies.
+Sir George Smith was a close commercial colleague, and probably the commercial partner, of Sir William Vincent throughout the late 1640s and the whole of the 1650s, until the death of Sir William Vincent in 1661. Writing his will in 1657, prior to the granting of a knighthood to George Smith, Vincent described him as "my good ffreind Mr George Smith", and made "my loveing ffreind Mr George Smith" one of his three executors.<ref>[[MRP: Sir William Vincent will|Sir William Vincent will]]</ref>  Both men were active in the Levant Company, as well as trading with the East Indies.
 In the 1660s Sir George Smith and Sir William Ryder collaborated commercially with Sir George Oxenden in what may have been an informal partnership.  No account books or partnership documents survive from either the probable partnership between Smith and William Vincent or the possible partnership with William Ryder.

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 Sir George Smith was the son of the eponymous George Smith, a London merchant and grocer, to whom he was apprenticed, finishing his apprenticeship in the late 1640s.<ref>A proof of Sir George Smith's apprenticeship can be found amongst Sir George Smith's probate papers in the Westminster Abbey Muniments</ref>  Through his father, Sir George Smith gained the freedom of the English East India Company in 1647.  Described as "George Smith, servant to George Smith", he paid ten shillings into the poor box in return for his freedom.<ref>'A Court of Committees, August 27, 1647' (''Court Book'', vol. xx, p. 142), in [http://www.archive.org/stream/calendarofcourtm03sainuoft#page/220/mode/2up Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of court minutes of the East India Company, 1644-1649 (Oxford, 1912), p. 220]</ref>
-Sir George Smith was a close commercial colleague, and probably the commercial partner, of Sir William Vincent throughout the late 1640s and the whole of the 1650s, until the death of Sir William Vincent in 1661.<ref>[[MRP: Sir William Vincent will|Sir William Vincent will]]</ref>  Both men were active in the Levant Company, as well as trading with the East Indies.
+Sir George Smith was a close commercial colleague, and probably the commercial partner, of Sir William Vincent throughout the late 1640s and the whole of the 1650s, until the death of Sir William Vincent in 1661. Writing his will in 1657, prior to the granting of a knighthood to George Smith, Vincent described him as "my good friend Mr George Smith", and made "my loveing ffreind Mr George Smith" one of his three executors.<ref>[[MRP: Sir William Vincent will|Sir William Vincent will]]</ref>  Both men were active in the Levant Company, as well as trading with the East Indies.
 In the 1660s Sir George Smith and Sir William Ryder collaborated commercially with Sir George Oxenden in what may have been an informal partnership.  No account books or partnership documents survive from either the probable partnership between Smith and William Vincent or the possible partnership with William Ryder.

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	PROB 11/324 Carr 59-116 Will of Sir George Smith 06 July 1667<ref>Sir George Smith's will is dated May 31st 1667 and proved July 6th 1667</ref>		PROB 11/324 Carr 59-116 Will of Sir George Smith 06 July 1667<ref>Sir George Smith's will is dated May 31st 1667 and proved July 6th 1667</ref>

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-==Abstract & context==
+==Sir George Smith profile==
 Sir George Smith was the son of the eponymous George Smith, a London merchant and grocer, to whom he was apprenticed, finishing his apprenticeship in the late 1640s.<ref>A proof of Sir George Smith's apprenticeship can be found amongst Sir George Smith's probate papers in the Westminster Abbey Muniments</ref>  Through his father, Sir George Smith gained the freedom of the English East India Company in 1647.  Described as "George Smith, servant to George Smith", he paid ten shillings into the poor box in return for his freedom.<ref>'A Court of Committees, August 27, 1647' (''Court Book'', vol. xx, p. 142), in [http://www.archive.org/stream/calendarofcourtm03sainuoft#page/220/mode/2up Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of court minutes of the East India Company, 1644-1649 (Oxford, 1912), p. 220]</ref>

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 (1) Check reason for stating in the Abstract and context for Sir George Smith that Benjamin Glanvill(e) was a brother-in-law of Sir George Smith - I suspect that the link was to Martha Smith (nee Swift), and that Benjamin Glanville was brother in law of Martha Swift through his own marriage ?to a Swift.  Thus only indirectly would Benjamin Glanville be a "brother-in-law" of Sir George Smith
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 ==Abstract & context==
-Sir George Smith was a close commercial colleague, and probably the partner, of Sir William Vincent throughout the late 1640s and the whole of the 1650s, until the death of Sir William Vincent in 1661.  In the 1660s Sir George Smith and Sir William Ryder collaborated commercially with Sir George Oxenden in what may have been an informal partnership.  No account books or partnership documents survive from either the probable partnership between Smith and Vincent, or the probable informal partnership between Smith, Ryder and Oxenden.
+Sir George Smith was the son of the eponymous George Smith, a London merchant and grocer, to whom he was apprenticed, finishing his apprenticeship in the late 1640s.<ref>A proof of Sir George Smith's apprenticeship can be found amongst Sir George Smith's probate papers in the Westminster Abbey Muniments</ref>  Through his father, Sir George Smith gained the freedom of the English East India Company in 1647.  Described as "George Smith, servant to George Smith", he paid ten shillings into the poor box in return for his freedom.<ref>'A Court of Committees, August 27, 1647' (''Court Book'', vol. xx, p. 142), in [http://www.archive.org/stream/calendarofcourtm03sainuoft#page/220/mode/2up Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of court minutes of the East India Company, 1644-1649 (Oxford, 1912), p. 220]</ref>
-It has been suggested by Steven Pincus that Sir George Smith was an anglican royalist, whatever that term may mean.  He suggests that Smith was "known to harbor suspected Royalists during the 1650s" and claims that after the Restoration he was a "'chief officer' in the London militia aimed at putting down Dissenting tumults."<ref>Steven C. A. Pincus, ''Protestantism and Patriotism: Ideologies and the Making of English Foreign Policy, 1650-1668'' (Cambridge, 1996), fn. 16, pp- 242-243</ref>
+Sir George Smith was a close commercial colleague, and probably the commercial partner, of Sir William Vincent throughout the late 1640s and the whole of the 1650s, until the death of Sir William Vincent in 1661.<ref>[[MRP: Sir William Vincent will|Sir William Vincent will]]</ref>  Both men were active in the Levant Company, as well as trading with the East Indies.
-Certainly, George Smith had good links to the court following the Restoration. Nevertheless, like many merchants during the Commonwealth period he had contact with Presbyterian merchants and with state officials.  Charles Longland mentions his name in a letter to John Thurloe, dated June 22nd, 1657, that Mr. George Smith has received settlement from Thurloe for a payment initiated by Thurloe's agent, Charles Longland, in Livorno.<ref>22nd June 1657, Letter from Mr. Longland, agent at Leghorne, to secretary Thurloe, Thomas Birch, A collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe, vol. 6: January 1657 - March 1658, p. 113, [[MRP: 22nd June 1657, Letter from Mr. Longland, agent at Leghorne, to secretary Thurloe|22nd June 1657, Letter from Mr. Longland, agent at Leghorne, to secretary Thurloe]]</ref>
+In the 1660s Sir George Smith and Sir William Ryder collaborated commercially with Sir George Oxenden in what may have been an informal partnership.  No account books or partnership documents survive from either the probable partnership between Smith and William Vincent or the possible partnership with William Ryder.
-Sir George Smith was the son of the eponymous George Smith, a London merchant and grocer, to whom he was apprenticed.<ref>A proof of Sir George Smith's apprenticeship can be found amongst Sir George Smith's probate papers in the Westminster Abbey Muniments</ref>  Through his father, Sir George Smith gained the freedom of the English East India Company in 1647.  Described as "George Smith, servant to George Smith", he paid ten shillings into the poor box in return for his freedom.<ref>'A Court of Committees, August 27, 1647' (''Court Book'', vol. xx, p. 142), in [http://www.archive.org/stream/calendarofcourtm03sainuoft#page/220/mode/2up Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of court minutes of the East India Company, 1644-1649 (Oxford, 1912), p. 220]</ref>
+It has been suggested by Steven Pincus that Sir George Smith was an anglican royalist, whatever that term may mean.  He suggests that Smith was "known to harbor suspected Royalists during the 1650s" and claims that after the Restoration he was a "'chief officer' in the London militia aimed at putting down Dissenting tumults."<ref>Steven C. A. Pincus, ''Protestantism and Patriotism: Ideologies and the Making of English Foreign Policy, 1650-1668'' (Cambridge, 1996), fn. 16, pp. 242-243</ref>
 Woodhead, following Boyd, suggests that Sir George Smith married twice, his first wife being Katherine, and his second wife being Martha Swift, who outlived him.<ref>J.R. Woodhead, 'Salmon - Sykes', The Rulers of London 1660-1689: A biographical record of the Aldermen and Common Councilment of the City of London (1966), pp. 143-159. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=31894 Date accessed: 02 January 2012</ref>
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 ''I had resolved never to mention Mr. Glanville more, since he takes occasion to publish at Ostend and Bruges that I have done all I can to oppose his being the King's agent at Ostend. but that the copies of my letters are sent him still be the next post, though they have been to so little purpose, that his commission is now prepared, and will come next week; which, God knows, I trouble my head so little about, and if his Majesty thinks fit to have  his residency here broken into so many splinters, I shall repent it no otherwise than is due to the present unwillingness of the resident.''<ref>'May 7. 1666', [http://books.google.co.uk/ebooks/reader?id=FsoLAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PA235 Thomas Peregrine Courtenay (ed.), Memoirs of the life, works, and correspondence of Sir William Temple, bart, vol. 1 (London, 1836), p. 235]</ref>
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+===Anglican Royalism, Pincus===
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+"Although Sir William Ryder’s pre-Restoration record is difficult to discern, his will reveals his close friendship with the Anglican Royalist Mayor of London and fellow Africa Company assistant  Sir John Robinson and with Sir Richard Ford.  The Dutch he described as "that insulting nation" noted especially for their bribery and their perfidy"
 C 6/142/119 Short title: Peirson v Smith. Plaintiffs: Thomas Peirson. Defendants: George Smith, Paul Priaulx, Martha Wood, Hugh Wood, Simon Wood, Lewis Wood and others. Subject: property in Bromley, Kent. Document type: bill, answer, replication. 1658
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 PROB 11/395 Ent 1-46 Will of John Bigsbie or Bigsby, Brewer of London 	25 February 1689 (match to Sir George Smith's servant, mentioned in Smith's will, is somewhat doubtful)
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-'''Keele University'''
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 "34.  10 Oct. 1655 Deed relating to a capital messuage, tenement and farm called Coles Place, in Northway.  Parties: (i) William Vincent, citizen and merchant of London, Rebeccca his wife (ii) Stephen Langham, George Smith, citizens and merchants of London"<ref>Special collections and archives, Keele University: Polstead Hall, Suffolk: A handlist, http://www.keele.ac.uk/media/keeleuniversity/academicservices/library/specialcollections/Polstead.pdf</ref>

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-"[May 1st, 1646] A letter of attorney from John Diggs is presented by George Smith, whereupon silk, calicoes, and money to the value of 347/. 17^". 4^. are ordered to be delivered to him."<ref>'A Court of Committees, May 1, 1646 (''Court Book'', vol. xix, p. 451), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of court minutes of the East India Company, 1644-1649 (Oxford, 1912), p. 143</ref>
+"[May 1st, 1646] A letter of attorney from John Diggs is presented by George Smith, whereupon silk, calicoes, and money to the value of 347/. 17. 4. are ordered to be delivered to him."<ref>'A Court of Committees, May 1, 1646 (''Court Book'', vol. xix, p. 451), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of court minutes of the East India Company, 1644-1649 (Oxford, 1912), p. 143</ref>
-"[August 27th, 1647] George Smith, servant to George Smith, and Thomas Hall, servant to John Wylde, by service, each paying 10s. to the poor-box."<ref>'A Court of Committees, August 27, 1647' (''Court Book'', vol. xx, p. 142), in [http://www.archive.org/stream/calendarofcourtm03sainuoft#page/220/mode/2up Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of court minutes of the East India Company, 1644-1649 (Oxford, 1912), p. 220]</ref>
+"[August 27th, 1647] George Smith, servant to George Smith, and Thomas Hall, servant to John Wylde, by service, each paying 10s. to the poor-box."<ref>'A Court of Committees, August 27, 1647' (''Court Book'', vol. xx, p. 142), in [[http://www.archive.org/stream/calendarofcourtm03sainuoft#page/220/mode/2up Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of court minutes of the East India Company, 1644-1649 (Oxford, 1912), p. 220]</ref>
-"[February 11th, 1648] Gerard Russell transfers to George Smith, merchant, 1,193/. 9s. 2d. in the Fourth Joint Stock with all profits"<ref>'A Court of Committees, February ii, 1648 (''Court Book'', vol. XX, p. 199), in [http://www.archive.org/stream/calendarofcourtm03sainuoft#page/256/mode/2upEthel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of court minutes of the East India Company, 1644-1649 (Oxford, 1912), p. 257]</ref>
+"[February 11th, 1648] Gerard Russell transfers to George Smith, merchant, 1,193/. 9s. 2d. in the Fourth Joint Stock with all profits"<ref>'A Court of Committees, February ii, 1648 (''Court Book'', vol. XX, p. 199), in [[http://www.archive.org/stream/calendarofcourtm03sainuoft#page/256/mode/2upEthel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of court minutes of the East India Company, 1644-1649 (Oxford, 1912), p. 257]</ref>
 "[July 4th, 1649] William Cokayne, by unanimous erection of hands, is re-elected Governor, William Methwold Deputy, and John Massingberd Treasurer, for the ensuing year. Sir Thomas Soame, Thomas Kerridge, Richard Davies, Thomas Hodges, Andrew Riccard, and George Smith are chosen as the six new Committees in the place of Andrew Morewood and Robert Gayer, deceased, and of Alderman Midleton, William Garway, Ozias Churchman, and Anthony Bateman, who retire. Therefore the Committees for the ensuing year are : Sir John Gayer, Sir Thomas Soame, Sir Jacob Garrad, Thomas and James Mann, Messrs. Reynardson, Bateman, Ashwell, Holloway, Wilson, Burnell, Jennings, Keate, Morewood, Kerridge, Martin, Abdy, Andrews, Davies, Williams, Rich, Hodges, Riccard, and Smith. Richard Swinglehurst is re-elected Secretary."<ref>'A General Court of Election, July 4, 1649 (''Court Book'', vol. XX, p. 369), in [http://www.archive.org/stream/calendarofcourtm03sainuoft#page/332/mode/2upEthel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of court minutes of the East India Company, 1644-1649 (Oxford, 1912), p. 332]</ref>
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 ==Abstract & context==
-Sir George Smith was a close commercial colleague and probably the partner of Sir William Vincent throughout the late 1640s and the whole of the 1650s, until the death of Sir William Vincent in 1661.  In the 1660s Sir George Smith and Sir William Ryder collaborated commercially with Sir George Oxenden in what may have been an informal partnership.  No account books or partnership documents survive from either the probable partnership between Smith and Vincent, or the probable informal partnership between Smith, Ryder and Oxenden.
+Sir George Smith was a close commercial colleague, and probably the partner, of Sir William Vincent throughout the late 1640s and the whole of the 1650s, until the death of Sir William Vincent in 1661.  In the 1660s Sir George Smith and Sir William Ryder collaborated commercially with Sir George Oxenden in what may have been an informal partnership.  No account books or partnership documents survive from either the probable partnership between Smith and Vincent, or the probable informal partnership between Smith, Ryder and Oxenden.
 It has been suggested by Steven Pincus that Sir George Smith was an anglican royalist, whatever that term may mean.  He suggests that Smith was "known to harbor suspected Royalists during the 1650s" and claims that after the Restoration he was a "'chief officer' in the London militia aimed at putting down Dissenting tumults."<ref>Steven C. A. Pincus, ''Protestantism and Patriotism: Ideologies and the Making of English Foreign Policy, 1650-1668'' (Cambridge, 1996), fn. 16, pp- 242-243</ref>
 Certainly, George Smith had good links to the court following the Restoration. Nevertheless, like many merchants during the Commonwealth period he had contact with Presbyterian merchants and with state officials.  Charles Longland mentions his name in a letter to John Thurloe, dated June 22nd, 1657, that Mr. George Smith has received settlement from Thurloe for a payment initiated by Thurloe's agent, Charles Longland, in Livorno.<ref>22nd June 1657, Letter from Mr. Longland, agent at Leghorne, to secretary Thurloe, Thomas Birch, A collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe, vol. 6: January 1657 - March 1658, p. 113, [[MRP: 22nd June 1657, Letter from Mr. Longland, agent at Leghorne, to secretary Thurloe|22nd June 1657, Letter from Mr. Longland, agent at Leghorne, to secretary Thurloe]]</ref>
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 ITEM I will and ordaine my lo:(ving) daughter my sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament I say my daughter Katherine Smith to bee guided and governed by my worthy friends S:r Andrew King and John Rushworth Esquire whome I earnestly intreate to take that trouble upon them as Overseers of this my last Will and Testament in the execution thereof  to each of my Overseers I give 20sh. a peece to buy them Mourning Besides this none shall have mourning given them But such is my owne household
-ITEM I give and bequeath to my Loving Brother M:r Bin: Glan<ref>Benjamin Glanville, London merchant.  Benjamin Glanville wrote to Sir George Oxenden in March 1663, mentioning his "Brother Swift" ([[MRP: March 1662/63, Letter from Benjamin Glanville to Sir GO|March 1662/63, Letter from Benjamin Glanville to Sir GO]]).  John Swift, merchant, was the brother-in-law in question, who was also a brother-in-law of Sir George Smith</ref> <ref>UNLIKELY MATCHED RECORD: Will of Benjamin Albyn, Merchant of London 02 June 1676 PROB 11/352 Bence Quire Numbers: 109 - 158 pp. 3 PDF. See also: INVENTORY RELATED TO 1676 WILL: UK NA: Piece details: PROB 4/11649 [PRPB 4 = Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Other Probate Jurisdictions: Engrossed Inventories Exhibited from 1660]: Scope and Content: Albyn, Benjamin, of Little St. Hellens, London, esq.: Covering Dates: 1679 15 May (1676): Former Reference: 1676W; WIFE? Will of Elizabeth Albyn, Widow of London 28 June 1700 PROB 11/458 Noel Quire Numbers: 163 - 196 pp. 4 PDF</ref> the summe of One hundred pounds upon Condition that hee Surrender to my Executrix Katherine Smith All that Coppie Lande belonging to Blacknam which hee promist to her before hee went to Ostend but did not
+ITEM I give and bequeath to my Loving Brother M:r Bin: Glan<ref>Benjamin Glanville, London merchant.  Benjamin Glanville wrote to Sir George Oxenden in March 1663, mentioning his "Brother Swift" ([[MRP: March 1662/63, Letter from Benjamin Glanville to Sir GO|March 1662/63, Letter from Benjamin Glanville to Sir GO]]).  John Swift, merchant, was the brother-in-law in question, who was also a brother-in-law of Sir George Smith</ref> <ref>UNLIKELY MATCHED RECORD: Will of Benjamin Albyn, Merchant of London 02 June 1676 PROB 11/352 Bence Quire Numbers: 109 - 158 pp. 3 PDF. See also: INVENTORY RELATED TO 1676 WILL: UK NA: Piece details: PROB 4/11649 [PRPB 4 = Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Other Probate Jurisdictions: Engrossed Inventories Exhibited from 1660]: Scope and Content: Albyn, Benjamin, of Little St. Hellens, London, esq.: Covering Dates: 1679 15 May (1676): Former Reference: 1676W; WIFE? Will of Elizabeth Albyn, Widow of London 28 June 1700 PROB 11/458 Noel Quire Numbers: 163 - 196 pp. 4 PDF</ref> the summe of One hundred pounds upon Condition that hee Surrender to my Executrix Katherine Smith All that Coppie Lande belonging to Blacknam which hee promist to her before hee went to Ostend<ref>Benjamin Glanville was appointed the King's agent at Ostend in May 1666 ([http://books.google.co.uk/ebooks/reader?id=FsoLAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PA235 Thomas Peregrine Courtenay (ed.), Memoirs of the life, works, and correspondence of Sir William Temple, bart, vol. 1 (London, 1836), p. 235]</ref> but did not
 ITEM I will and bequeath to my worthy friend Jno: Rushworth Esquire One Hundred pounds I say 100 l. and to his beloved wife One hundred pounds more
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 ITEM I give and bequeath to my worthy friend Sir: Andrew King Fifty pounds to buy a Ring to wear for my sake Item I give and bequeath to my faithfull friend Cap:t Millett the summe of Fifty pounds to honnest mr Peeter Cooke <ref>The manuscript does appear to say “Cooke”, but I do wonder if itis not a legal copyist error at the time since I know that Peter Cooze was known to Sir George Smith and was regarded as honest. SEE: Will of Peter Cooze, Mariner of Stepney, Middlesex 08 March 1669 PROB 11/329</ref> three pounds to buy him a Ring  To Charles Porter Esq Ten Pounds  The same I bequeath to my Worthy friend Consul(?) Clarke I say Ten pounds to my aff:t. friend Jno. Fenn Esq <ref>John Fenn (or a member of kin) probably married Katherine Smith, Sir George Smith’s daughter, shortly after his death. SEE: "Yo:e hearty Serv:t S:r George Smith is dead.  His friends reporte him worth 20000:ll but ye more moderate say it was but 11000:ll his daughter hath married Al:d Fen ..." (LETTER FROM HENRY OXINDEN (SIC) TO GO: [1667]:  ff. 47-51)</ref> Tenn pounds to Capt. Geo:  Cock 10li for a Ring
-ITEM I give and bequeath to my dutiful and faithfull Servt. the summe of Two hundred pounds and charge my Executrix to be carefull of that shee wants for nothing whilst shee lives I meane my Srvt. ?Henry Chrish the breeding upp of my daughter Katherine Smith I leave to Worthy Madam Rushworth  wishing Keate not to take it as a slight favour but to the contrary to studdy requitall to the thought and deed <ref>I can only conclude that Sir George Smith has fallen out with his wife, or that she is ill and incapable of handling the estate as executrix or “raising” her daughter</ref> To Dame Rebecca Vincent I bequeath Tenn pounds  And to my Godsonn One hundred pounds I say to Charles Vincent at his age of 21  Whereas upon the marriage of my wife I had by her in Portion or Dower 50l per Ann. the other moeity I did purchase for her 2 Sisters my request is that my wife may peaceably returne her ½ parte and my Executrix the other  All the Jewells and Pearles my wife hath hath bine presents with my owne money therefore I intreat that care may be taken that shee may not bee defrauded  The councill and direction of my 2 Overseers I Intreat do the greatest difficulty of all, I meane my daughter Kate Smith
+ITEM I give and bequeath to my dutiful and faithfull Servt. the summe of Two hundred pounds and charge my Executrix to be carefull of that shee wants for nothing whilst shee lives I meane my Srvt. ?Mercy (Or, ??Mary) Chrish the breeding upp of my daughter Katherine Smith I leave to Worthy Madam Rushworth  wishing Keate not to take it as a slight favour but to the contrary to studdy requitall to the thought and deed <ref>I can only conclude that Sir George Smith has fallen out with his wife, or that she is ill and incapable of handling the estate as executrix or “raising” her daughter</ref> To Dame Rebecca Vincent I bequeath Tenn pounds  And to my Godsonn One hundred pounds I say to Charles Vincent at his age of 21  Whereas upon the marriage of my wife I had by her in Portion or Dower 50l per Ann. the other moeity I did purchase for her 2 Sisters my request is that my wife may peaceably returne her ½ parte and my Executrix the other  All the Jewells and Pearles my wife hath hath bine presents with my owne money therefore I intreat that care may be taken that shee may not bee defrauded  The councill and direction of my 2 Overseers I Intreat do the greatest difficulty of all, I meane my daughter Kate Smith
 ITEM I give and bequeath to the Governors of Christ Church for the use of the poore Children there Fifty pounds
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 ITEM I give and bequeath to M:r ffrances Williamson <ref>WILD GUESS MATCHED RECORD: Will of Francis Williamson of Inner Temple London 04 February 1668PROB 11/326 Hone Quire Numbers: 1 – 57 pp. 2 PDF</ref> for the use of his Children Fower hundred pounds my debts being first paid in which I intreat Mr John Biggs to bee very expeditious in ?respect to that Legacy after my Death I doe not  think it Convenient  to continue House keeping (?) in Finsbury only for a short season which I  leave to the wisdome of my Overseers  IF my Daughter Katherine Smith should die without issue  In such case I leave that Land at ??Blachnasse in Suffolk to the Eldest Sonne of John Rushworth Esquire then living for want of that Sonne to Mr Rushworth himselfe
-ITEM I gve and bequeath to my hon:ble friend Sir James Modyford 40 l. to the Lady Modyford I give 40s to that purpose to Madm. Slaning to that purpose 40s. I thought to have added to this Will many other Legacies but that my great distress will not permitt   I may happily doe if something a part and add to my Will  the Lord God fitt mee for the heavens where there [is] nothing but true Joye for evermore The Great God of Heaven blesse the King and Kingdome and give him true Councellors
+ITEM I gve and bequeath to my hon:ble friend Sir James Modyford 40 l. to the Lady Modyford I give 40s to that purpose to Madm. Slaning to that purpose 40s.
 This is my last Will and Testament Dated 31st May 1667 In the Nineteenth yeare of King Charles over England Scotland France and Ireland
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 "[Monday 27 November 1665] Thence Cocke and I to Sir G. Smith’s, it being now night, and there up to his chamber and sat talking, and I barbing —[shaving]— against to-morrow; and anon, at nine at night, comes to us Sir G. Smith and the Lieutenant of the Tower, and there they sat talking and drinking till past midnight, and mighty merry we were, the Lieutenant of the Tower being in a mighty vein of singing, and he hath a very good eare and strong voice, but no manner of skill. Sir G. Smith shewed me his lady’s closett, which was very fine; and, after being very merry, here I lay in a noble chamber, and mighty highly treated, the first time I have lain in London a long time."<ref>http://www.pepysdiary.com/archive/1665/11/27/index.php, viewed 02/01/12</ref>
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