Sir William Smythe, Knt., of Elford

Sir William Smythe, Escheator of Lancashire, Sheriff of Staffordshire, Master Forester of Needwood Forest1

b. circa 1480,
d. 10 January 1526
parents: ?

Married

1. after 1 March 1505 to Anne Staunton d. b 29 Nov 1509
2. before 29 November 1509 to Isabel Neville b. c 1470, d. 12 Oct 1516 or 12 Nov 1517. Daughter of Sir John Neville, Earl of Northumberland & Isabel Ingoldsthorpe; her 3rd marriage.
3. after 12 October 1516 to Mary Ferrers b. c 1482, d. a 1544. daughter of Sir John Ferrers and Dorothy Harper.

Children by 1st wife:

1. Margery, wife of Richard Huddleston, Esq;
2. Dorothy

Children by 3rd wife:

1. Humphrey
2. Jane, wife of William Alycoke.

See also Northamptonshire Visitations 1564, Alicock

Property: Elford, Staffordshire; Quorndon, Leicestershire; Sibbertoft, Northamptonshire.

References

1. https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p5171.htm...
2. https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1753.htm...
3. Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013). See vol. III, page 396-400.
4. https://genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00108652&tree=LEO
5. Lady Isabel Neville and her second husband, Sir William Smythe, from the Smythe Tomb, St. Peter's Church, Elford, Staffordshire, England.
6. “The tomb of Sir William Smythe (d.1525) and two wives in the south chapel of St Peter's Church, Elford.” < link > (image not currently available)
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Sheriff_of_Staffordshire 1504: William Smythe of Elford and Haselour [28]
   1. 28. Staffordshire Record Society 1912, p. 283.
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Neville,_1st_Marquess_of_Montagu Isabel Neville, who married firstly Sir William Huddleston of Millom, Cumberland[205] (an important regional family and old allies of the Nevilles),[206] and secondly Sir William Smythe of Elford in Staffordshire.[197].
   1. 197. Richardson 2011, pp. 452–54.
   2. 205. Booth 2003, p. 104.
   3. 206. Horrox 1991, p. 38.
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Church,_Elford The monumental effigies at St Peter's have been regarded by some as being among the finest in the country. … Sir William Smythe – The final effigy in the Chantry is that of Sir William Smythe, Lord of Elford, died 1525, and his two wives, Anne Staunton and the Lady Isabella Neville.[1] He inherited Elford through his first wife and his second was a niece of Warwick the Kingmaker and a cousin of Richard III.[3]
   1. 3. Richardson, Edward (1852), The Monumental Effigies and Tombs in Elford Church, Staffordshire, London.
10. https://archive.org/details/visitationsofnor00harvrich/page/60/mode...
11. “The ghastly murder of Sir Walter Smyth - his wife Dorothy burnt at the stake!” Post by Douglas Richardson (10 March 2009). < soc.gen.medieval > … Isabel Neville was not Sir William Smyth's only wife, however. He married (1st) by marriage settlement dated 1 March 1504/5 Anne Staunton, daughter and heiress of William Staunton, Esq. By this, he certainly had one daughter, Margery, which Margery married her step-brother, Richard Huddleston, Esq., the younger son of Isabel Neville by her first marriage. Sir William Smyth died 10 Jan. 1526, and was buried at Elford, Staffordshire in a tomb with his two wives, Anne and Isabel. … Until recently I thought Sir William Smyth had only two wives, Anne Staunton and Isabel Neville. However, I've determined that Sir William Smyth had a third wife who survived him and was named executor of his will. The third wife was Mary Ferrers, daughter of John Ferrers, Knt., of Tamworth, Warwickshire, by Dorothy, daughter of William Harper, Esq. Records indicate that Sir William Smyth and his third wife, Mary, had one son, Humphrey Smyth. Mary Ferrers' parentage doesn't appear in any Ferrers sources that I have checked, so the identification of her parentage is possible new. Besides his daughter, Margery, and his son, Humphrey, it appears that Sir William Smyth also had a daughter, Jane (wife of William Alycoke), and a daughter, Dorothy, the name of whose husband is unknown. I'm uncertain at present which of these daughters belongs to which of Sir William Smyth. If anyone knows any particulars which would shed light on this matter, I'd appreciate hearing from them.