Ambrose Smith, Silk merchant to Queen Elizabeth

• Ambrose Smith1
• M, #47548
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• Ambrose Smith was a silk merchant at Cheapside, London, England.2 He was a mercer at London, England.1 He was also known as Humphrey Smith.2
• Child of Ambrose Smith
  • Dorothy Smith+1 d. 1639
• Citations
• [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 86. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume XI, page 284.
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p4755.htm#i47548 _________________
• Suffolk Manorial Families, Being the County Visitations and Other Pedigrees by Joseph James Muskett
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  • Smith of Kilburn
• William Smith alias Heriz or Harris of Withcot, co. Leicester Lord of the Manor of Withcote, 1495, when he presented to the Rectory. = . . . daughter of William Ashby of Lawesby, co. Leicester She remarried Roger Ratcliffe. ; ch: John (m. Dorothy Cave) Smith alias Harris.
  • John Smith alias Harris of Withcote aforesaid, Will dated 23 Oct. 1543, proved 13 Nov. 1545 (42 Pynnyng P.C.C.) = Dorothy, da. of Richard Cave of Stanford, co. Northampton, and sister of Sir Ambrose Cave. She remarried Henry Pole of Withcote aforesaid, Knight of Rhodes (whose will, 18 April 1558, was proved 17 Feb. following. P.C.C. 39 Welles). Living 20 June 1584. ; ch: Roger (m. Frances Griffin), Frances (2d son), Clement, Erasmus (m. ... Bayard & Margaret Cecil), William, Ambrose (m. Joan Coo), Robert, Anthony, Henry, George (m. Mary Allen), Margery (m. Gilbert Berye) Smith.
    • Roger Smith of Withcote, son and heir; inherited lands in Tilston, co. Leic., of his stepfather, 1558; High Sheriff for co. Leicester, 42 Eliz. Died 1603. = Frances dau. of Sir Thomas Griffin of Dingley, co. Northampton.
    • Frances Smith, 2d son, 1601.
    • Clement Smith of Oakham, co. Leic., 3d son.
    • Erasmus Smith of Somerby, co. Leic., 5th son. Bur. at Husbauds Bosworth, Leic., 1615, æ 81. M.I. = . . . dau. of Bayard of co. Leic. & relict of Wye, 1st wife. ; = Margaret, da. of Cecil, Lord Burghley and widow of Roger Cave.
    • William Smith, 6th son, living 1558. Drowned.
    • Robert Smith of Groby, Leic., 7th son.
    • Anthony Smith of co. Kent, 1568, 8th son.
    • Henry Smtih, 9th son.
    • George Smith of Withcote 1584, 10th son. = Mary, da of Wm. Allen of Marefield, co. Leic.
    • Margery, ux. Gilbert Berye of Ashwell, co. Rutl'nd
    • Ambrose Smith, Citizen and Mercer of London, 4th son. Purchased Withcote of his eldest brother. Will 20 Jun 1584, proved 23 same month. Bur. at Withcote. M.I. = Joan, da of John Coo of Coggeshall, co. Essex; died 30 April 1601; will proved 2 May following (28 Woodhall, P.C.C.) Portrait in Guildhall, Norwich. ; ch: Henry (m. ... Skipwith), Sir William (m. Elizabeth Skinner), Margaret (m. Sir Thos. Wilkes), Elizabeth (m. Martin Calthorpe), Anna, Isabele alias Sibell (m. . . . Lewis & . . . Maynard), Francis (m. Elizabeth Taylor), Dorothy (m. Benedict Barnham & Sir John Packington) Smith.
      • Henry Smith of Withcote aforesaid; eldest son; living 1605. = ... dau. of Henry Skipwith of Cotes parish of Prestwold, co Leic., and sister of Wm. Skipwith, Mayor of London.
      • Sir William Smith, Kt., Citizen and Mercer of London; Will 21 Jan. 1619, proved 17 July 1620. Free of the Mercers' Company, 1597. = Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Skinner, Mayor of London; living 1601.
      • Margaret, wife of Sir Thos. Wilkes, Kt., Clerk of the Council to Q. Elizabeth.
      • Elizabeth, wife of Martin Calthorpe of Antingham, co. Norf. Both living 1601.
      • Anna.
      • Isabele alias Sibell, wife of ... Lewis. Remarried ... Maynard of cos., Hertford and Northampton. She was living 1619.
      • Francis Smith, Citizen and Mercer of London, second son. Had Freedom of the Mercers' Company by patrimony, 1582. Sole executor to his father, 1584; marriage license granted 18 Dec. 1585 (Bishop of London); died before 13 Nov. 1600. (First husband.) = Elizabeth, only child and heir of John Taylor of London. (See his pedigree.) Sole executrix to her father and first husband; buried at Iwerne Courtnay alias Shroton, co. Dorset, 23 Jan. 1640-1, aged 73; Will dated 2 Dec. 1639, proved P.C.C. 17 Feb. 1640. ; ch: Francis (m. Faith Hore) Smith; = Sir Thomas Freake .... (Second husband.) .... etc.
        • .... etc.
      • Dorothy, wife of Benedict Barnham, Alderman of London (who d. 3 Ap. 1598, æt. 39, bur. at St. Clements, Eastcheap. M.I.) Remar. Sir John Packington of Westwood, Worc. ; ch: Elizabeth (m. Sir Mervin Audley), Alice (m. Francis Bacon), Dorothy (m. Sir John Constable), Bridget (m. Sir Wm Soame) Barnham.
        • Elizabeth Barnham, da. and coh., wife of Sir Mervin Audley, Kt. Fine 13 Jas.
        • Alice Barnham, mar. Francis Bacon, Viscount Verulam, Lord Chancellor of England.
        • Dorothy Barnham, da. and coh., wife of Sir John Constable, Kt. Fine, 13 Jas.
        • Bridget Barnham, da. & coh., wife of Sir Wm. Soame of Suffolk, Kt., 13 Jas.
      • .... etc. _______________________
• Dorothy Smith (died 1639), while married to John Pakington a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I was involved in a matrimonial dispute that was heard in front of the Attorney General, Francis Bacon who was also her son-in-law.
• Dorothy was the daughter of Ambrose Smith of Cheapside (silkman to Queen Elizabeth). She married Benedict Barnham at St Clement Eastcheap on 28 April 1583. They had eight children. Three girls and a boy died in infancy. The remaining four girls lived to marry. Elizabeth the eldest married Mervyn Tuchet, 2nd Earl of Castlehaven, Alice married Sir Francis Bacon in in 1606, and Bridget married Sir William Soame of Thurlow, Suffolk.[1][2]
• When Barnham died in 1598 he left an estate of £20,000 of whom the chief beneficiaries were Dorothy and her daughters.[2] Within two years Dorothy had remarried.[1] Her second husband was Sir John Pakington (a favourite of Queen Elizabeth) whom she married in November 1598. They had two daughters and a son.[3]
• Anne, Dorothy's elder daughter by her second, married at Kensington, on 9 February 1619, Sir Humphrey Ferrers, son of Sir John Ferrers of Tamworth Castle, Warwickshire; and, after his decease, Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield. Her second daughter by her second marriage, Mary, married Sir Richard Brooke of Nacton in Suffolk.[3] The only son of the second marriage, John (1600–1624), was created a baronet in June 1620, and sat in Parliament for Aylesburyin 1623–16234. He married Frances, daughter of Sir John Ferrers of Tamworth, with whom he had two children, including his heir Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baronet (1620–1680)[3]
• The union between Dorothy and Sir John was not a happy one and early in 1607 Pakington "and his little violent lady … parted upon foul terms". In 1617 she appealed to the law, and Pakington was forced to appear before the court of high commission, and was committed to gaol. It was the unpleasant duty of the Attorney General, Francis Bacon (who had married Lady Pakington's daughter, Alice Barnham), to give an opinion against his mother-in-law.[3]
• In 1628 Dorothy quarrelled with her sons-in-law respecting the administration of her husband's estate, which was transferred to the sons-in-law in February 1629.[4] In or about 1629 Dorothy took a third husband (Robert Needham, 1st Viscount Kilmorey), who had already been thrice married, and died in November 1631. Subsequently she became the third wife of Thomas Erskine, 1st Earl of Kellie He died on 12 June 1639, and she probably died about the same date.[3]
• From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Smith_(Lady_Pakington) ________________
• Benedict Barnham (baptised 1559 – 1598) was a London merchant, alderman and sheriff of London and MP.[a][b]
• Barnham was born the fourth son of the merchant Francis Barnham (died 1575), a draper, alderman and sheriff of London in 1570, and Alice (1523–1604) daughter of William Bradbridge (d. 1546).[1][2][3] He was baptised in 1559.[2] Barnham along with his elder brother Martin (baptised 1548, died 1610) was educated at St. Alban's Hall, Oxford, but left apparently without a degree.[1][2]
• Barnham became a liveryman of the Drapers' Company.[1] He was elected he was elected Member of Parliament for Minehead in 1589.[4] On 14 October 1591 was chosen alderman of Bread Street ward (a position he held for the rest of his life). In the same year he was third warden of the Drapers' Company, but surrendered this post on election as sheriff for the year 1591 and 1592 (At 32 was considered young to be sheriff but thirteen men more senior than he had declined to serve owing to the financial demands of the office[5]). He served two terms as Master of the Drapers' Company in 1592–1593 and 1596–1597.[2] In 1597 he sat in Parliament for the second time this time representing Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.[1]
• Barnham was a member of the Elizabethan College of Antiquaries.[1] He died 3 April 1598, aged 39, and an elaborate monument was erected above his grave in St Clement Eastcheap.[6]
• Barnham was acquiring estates by 1575[c] and by his death he held property in London, and land in Essex, Hampshire, Kent valued at £20,100.[2] The chief beneficiaries were his wife an daughters,[2] but Wood tells that he left £200. to St. Alban's Hall, Oxford, to rebuild "its front next the street", and that "as a testimony of the benefaction his arms were engraved over the gateway and on the plate belonging to the house".[1]
• Barnham married Dorothy (died 1639), daughter of Ambrose Smith of Cheapside (the silkman to Queen Elizabeth), at St Clement Eastcheap on 28 April 1583. They had eight children. Three girls and a boy died in infancy. The remaining four girls lived to marry. Elizabeth the eldest married Mervyn Tuchet, 2nd Earl of Castlehaven, Alice married Sir Francis Bacon in 1606, and Bridget married Sir William Soame of Thurlow, Suffolk.[1][2]
• Dorothy survived her husband, and became, a year or two after his death, the wife of Sir John Pakington.[1]
• From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Barnham _______________
• BARNHAM, Benedict (1559-98), of London.
• b. 1559, 3rd s. of Francis Barnham, draper, alderman and sheriff of London by Alice, da. of William Bradbridge of Chichester, Suss., wid. of one Marnay; bro. of Stephen. educ. St. Alban Hall, Oxf. by 1572. m. Dorothy, da. of Humphrey or Ambrose Smith, ?of Leics., 4da.3
• From: *From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/ba... ___________
• Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 03
• Barnham, Benedict by Sidney Lee
• BARNHAM, BENEDICT (1559–1598), merchant and benefactor of St. Alban's Hall, Oxford, was a younger son of Francis Barnham, merchant, who was elected alderman of Farringdon Without 14 Dec. 1568, and sheriff of London in 1570, and died in 1575. Benedict was educated at St. Alban's Hall, Oxford, but left apparently without a degree. He afterwards became a liveryman of the Drapers' Company, and on 14 Oct. 1591 was chosen alderman of Bread Street ward; in the same year he served the office of sheriff. He was M.P. for Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) in 1597. He was a member of the Society of Antiquaries, formed by Archbishop Parker in 1572, of which Camden and Stow were conspicuous members. Benedict died 3 April 1598, aged 39, and an elaborate monument was erected above his grave in St. Clement's, Eastcheap (Stow's London (ed. Strype), ii. 183). Wood tells that he left 200l. to St. Alban's Hall, Oxford, to rebuild ‘its front next the street,’ and that ‘as a testimony of the benefaction his arms were engraved over the gateway and on the plate belonging to the house.’ He married Dorothy, the daughter of Humphrey Smith, Queen Elizabeth's silkman, stated to be of an ancient Leicestershire family. She survived him, and became, a year or two after his death, the wife of Sir John Packington. By her he had four daughters, of whom Elizabeth, the eldest, married Mervin, Lord Audley and Earl of Castlehaven, of infamous memory; and Alice, the second daughter, became in 1606 the wife of Sir Francis Bacon (Spedding's Life, iii. 290).
• [Wood's Antiquities (ed. Gutch), p. 659; Archæologia, i. xx; Hasted's Kent; Remembrancia of London; Notes and Queries, 6th ser. ix. 1.]
• From: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Barnham,_Benedict_(DNB00)
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• Sir John Pakington (1549 – 18 January 1625) of Aylesbury was a courtier in the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. He was a favourite of Elizabeth's who nicknamed him "Lusty Pakington" for his physique and sporting abilities. Away from court he held a number of official positions including Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1595 and in 1607.
• John Pakington was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Pakington (died 2 June 1571) of Hampton Lovett, Worcestershire, and Dorothy (1531–1577), the daughter of Sir Thomas Kitson of Hengrave Hall, Suffolk, by his second wife, Margaret Donnington.[1] John was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, .... etc.
• In November 1598 Pakington married, Dorothy (died 1639), daughter of Humphrey Smith (Queen Elizabeth's silkman), and widow of Benedict Barnham. With her he had two daughters and a son.[2]
• Of their three children, Anne, their elder daughter, married at Kensington, on 9 February 1619, Sir Humphrey Ferrers, son of Sir John Ferrers of Tamworth Castle, Warwickshire; and, after his decease, Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield. Their second daughter, Mary, married Sir Richard Brooke of Nacton in Suffolk.[2]
• The only son, John (1600–1624), was created a baronet in June 1620, and sat in parliament for Aylesburyin 1623–16234. He married Frances, daughter of Sir John Ferrers of Tamworth, with whom he had two children, including his heir Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baronet (1620–1680)[2]
• The union between Sir John and Lady Dorothy was not a happy one. Early in 1607 Sir John "and his little violent lady … parted upon foul terms". In 1617 she appealed to the law, and Pakington was forced to appear before the court of high commission, and was committed to gaol. It was the unpleasant duty of the Attorney General, Francis Bacon (who had married Lady Pakington's daughter, Alice Barnham), to give an opinion against his mother-in-law. Dorothy outlived her husband and married a further two times.[2]
• From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pakington_(died_1625) ____________
• Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 43
• Pakington, John (1549-1625) by Bertha Porter
• PAKINGTON, Sir JOHN (1549–1625), courtier, was the son of Sir Thomas Pakington. .... etc.
• Pakington died in January 1624–5, and was buried at Aylesbury. He married, in November 1598, Dorothy, daughter of Humphrey Smith, Queen Elizabeth's silkman, and widow of Benedict Barnham [q. v.] By her he had two daughters and a son (see below). The union was not a happy one. Early in 1607 Pakington ‘and his little violent lady … parted upon foul terms.’ In 1617 she appealed to the law, and Pakington was forced to appear before the court of high commission, and was committed to gaol. It was the unpleasing duty of Lord-keeper Bacon (who had married Lady Pakington's daughter, Alice Barnham) to give an opinion against his mother-in-law. In 1628 she quarrelled with her sons-in-law respecting the administration of her husband's estate, which was transferred to the sons-in-law in February 1629 (Lords' Journals, iii. pp. 827, 862, 872, iv. pp. 23–4). In or about 1629 she took a third husband (Robert Needham, first viscount Kilmorey), who had already been thrice married, and died in November 1631. Subsequently she became the third wife of Thomas Erskine, first earl of Kellie [q. v.] He died on 12 June 1639, and she probably died about the same date. There is a portrait of Pakington at Westwood Park, Worcestershire. Of his three children, Anne, his elder daughter, married at Kensington, on 9 Feb. 1618–19, Sir Humphrey Ferrers, son of Sir John Ferrers of Tamworth Castle, Warwickshire; and, after his decease, Philip Stanhope, first earl of Chesterfield. His second daughter, Mary, married Sir Richard Brooke of Nacton in Suffolk.
• The only son, John Pakington (1600–1624), born in 1600, was created a baronet in June 1620, and sat in parliament for Aylesbury in 1623–4. He married Frances, daughter of Sir John Ferrers of Tamworth, by whom he had one son, John (1620–1680), who succeeded to the title, and is separately noticed, and one daughter (Elizabeth), who married, first, Colonel Henry Washington, and, secondly, Samuel Sandys of Ombersley in Worcestershire. Pakington died in October 1624, and was buried at Aylesbury. His widow married at St. Antholin, Budge Row, London, on 29 Dec. 1626, ‘Mr. Robert Leasly, gent.’ (Harl. Soc. Publ. Reg. viii. 61). The similarity of name may account for the improbable statement frequently made that she became the second wife of Alexander Leslie, first earl of Leven [q. v.]
• [Burke's Peerage, art. ‘Hampton;’ Stow's Survey, vol. i. bk. iii. p. 29; Wotton's Baronetage, ed. Kimber and Johnson, i. 180–6; Bacon's Works, ed. Spedding, Ellis, Heath, vii. 569–85, xi. 13–14; Lipscomb's Buckinghamshire, iii. 375; Nash's Worcestershire, vol. i. p. xviii; Metcalfe's Knights, pp. 113, 221; Foster's Alumni Oxon. 1500–1714; Nichols's Progresses of Queen Elizabeth, iv. 76 et seq.; Strype's Ecclesiastical Memorials, vol. iii. pt. ii. p. 181; Cal. of State Papers, Dom. Ser. 1603–10 p. 398, 1611–18 p. 475; Official List of M.P.'s, vol. i. pp. xxix, 456; Orridge's Citizens of London, pp. 168–70; Hepworth Dixon's Personal Hist. of Lord Bacon, pp. 139, 145, 146, 154, 243–4; Lloyd's State Worthies, pp. 616–17 (a glowing character of Pakington); Gent. Mag. 1828, pt. ii. p. 197; Bishop of London's Marriage Licences (Harl. Soc. Publ. xxv.), p. 256; Registers of Kensington (Harl. Soc. Publ. xvi.), p. 67.]
• From: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Pakington,_John_(1549-1625)_(DNB00)
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• PAKINGTON, Sir John, 1st Bt. (c.1600-1624), of Westwood Park, Worcs. and Aylesbury, Bucks.
• b. c.1600, 1st s. of Sir John Pakington (d. Jan. 1625)1 of Westwood Park and Dorothy, da. of Ambrose Smith, Mercer, of London, wid. of Benedict Barnham† (d.1598), alderman of London.2 educ. G. Inn 1619.3 m. by 1620, Frances, da. of Sir John Ferrers* of Tamworth Castle, Warws., 1s. 1da.4 cr. bt. 22 June 1620.5 bur. 29 Oct. 1624.6
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/pa... __________________
• Robert Needham, 1st Viscount Kilmorey (ca. 1565-1631), was an English politician and a peer in the peerage of Ireland.
• He was the eldest son of Robert Needham of Shavington, Shropshire, educated at Shrewsbury School (1577) and St John’s College, Cambridge (1582) and trained in the law at the Inner Temple in 1583. He served in Ireland and was knighted by the Lord Deputy of Ireland in 1594. He succeeded his father in 1603, inheriting Shavington Hall at Adderley, Shropshire.[1]
• He was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Shropshire by 1596, a deputy lieutenant of the county in 1600 and High Sheriff of Shropshire for 1606–07. He was a member of the Council in the Marches of Wales in 1609 and vice-president of the council in 1614. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Shropshire in 1593 and 1604. He was created Viscount Kilmorey in 1625.[1]
• He died in 1631 and was buried at Adderley. He was succeeded by his only son, Robert.[1]
• Viscount Kilmorey was married four times:
• He married, firstly, Jane Lacy, daughter of John Lacy, circa 10 August 1586.[2] They had a son Robert.[3]
• He married, secondly, Anne Doyley before 14 October 1594.[2]
• He married, thirdly, Catherine Robinson, daughter of John Robinson.[2]
• He married fourthly the twice widowed Dorothy, daughter Ambrose Smith of Cheapside.[4][2]
• From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Needham,_1st_Viscount_Kilmorey _____________
• NEEDHAM, Robert (c.1565-1631), of Shavington, Salop.
• b. c.1565, 1st s. of Robert Needham of Shavington by Frances, da. of Sir Edward Aston of Tixall. educ. Shrewsbury 1577; St. John’s, Camb. 1582; I. Temple 1583. m. (1) Jane (d.1591), da. of John Lacy of Borston, Som., 1s.; (2) Anne Doyley, wid. of one Wilmott; (3) aft. 1627, Catherine (d.1628), da. of John Robinson of London, wid. of George Huxley; (4) Dorothy, da. of Humphrey Smith of London, wid. of Sir John Pakington. Kntd. 1594; suc. fa. 1603. cr. Visct. Kilmorey [I] 1625.
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/ne... _______________
• NEEDHAM, Sir Robert (1567/8-1631), of Shavington Hall, nr. Whitchurch, Salop
• b. 1567/8,1 1st. s. of Robert Needham of Shavington and Frances, da. of Sir Edward Aston of Tixall, Staffs.2 educ. Shrewsbury g.s. 1577; St. John’s, Camb. 1582; I. Temple 1584.3 m. (1) settlement 10 Aug. 1586, Joan (d. 16 July 1591), da. of John Lacy, alderman of London and Borston, Som. 1s., 2da. d.v.p.;4 (2) settlement Dec. 1594, Anne (d. aft. 1613), da. of Henry Doyley of Shottesham, Norf., wid. of Thomas Townshend (d.1591) of Brakenash, Norf. and George Willmer of London (d.1593/4), s.p.5 (3) 1627, Catherine (admon. 8 Dec. 1628), da. of John Robinson of London, wid. of George Huxley (d.1627) of Edmonton, Mdx., s.p.;6 (4) Dorothy (d. by 1639), da. of Humphrey Smith, Grocer of London, wid. of Benedict Barnham† (d.1598), Draper and alderman of London and Sir John Pakington (d.1625) of Westwood, Worcs., s.p. kntd. 1 Sept. 1594;7 suc. fa. 1603;8 cr. Visct. Kilmorey [I] 8 Apr. 1625.9 d. 24 Nov. 1631.10 sig. Robert Nedham.
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• Thomas Erskine, 1st Earl of Kellie KG (1566 – 12 June 1639) was a Scottish peer.
• Thomas Erskine was the eldest surviving son of Sir Alexander Erskine of Gogar and Margaret Home, a daughter of George Home, 4th Lord Home and Mariotta Haliburton.
• .... etc.
• The Earl of Kellie Married three times. His first marriage, on 30 November 1587 was to Ann Ogilvie, daughter of Sir Gilbert Ogilvie, of Powrie.[5] A younger brother, James Erskine, married Marie, a daughter of Adam Erskine, Commendator of Cambuskenneth on 17 May 1594.[6]
• He married secondly in 1604 to Elizabeth Pierpoint, daughter of Sir Henry Pierpoint,[7] and thirdly the thrice widowed Dorothy, daughter Ambrose Smith of Cheapside.[8][4]
• He married 2nd, Elizabeth Norreys daughter of Sir John Norreys of Heywood, Bray, Berkshire. They then forged her fathers will. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5571072
• From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Erskine,_1st_Earl_of_Kellie ______________
• Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 17
• Erskine, Thomas (1566-1639) by Alsager Richard Vian
• ERSKINE, THOMAS, first Earl of Kellie (1566–1639), second son of Sir Alexander Erskine of Gogar, by Margaret, only daughter of George, fourth lord Home, was born in 1566. .... He married first, Anne, daughter of Sir Gilbert Ogilvy, by whom he had a son, Alexander, and a daughter, Anne; secondly, in 1604, the widow of Sir Edward Norreys; and on her death he became the fourth husband of a daughter of Humphrey Smith of Cheapside, and widow of Benedict Barnham, Sir John Packington, and Robert, viscount Kilmorey, His differences with this last lady were such as to require the intervention of the king. He was succeeded in his honours by his grandson, Thomas, the eldest son of his son Alexander (d. 1033), by Lady Anne Seton, daughter of Alexander, earl of Dunfermline.
• [Douglas and Wood's Peerage of Scotland, ii; 17; Anderson's Scottish Nation, ii. 694; Cal. State Papers. Dom. Ser. 1603-10, pp. 100, 135; 196, 343, 470, 1611-18, pp. 286, 374, 1625-6, p. 356, 1637, p. 184; Reg. Privy Council of Scotland (Rolls Ser.), vii. 267.]
• From: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Erskine,_Thomas_(1566-1639)_(DNB00)
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Note: Ambrose has been mistakenly referred to as 'Humphrey'.

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