required attendance - Ashby Folville Leicestershire
Francis Smith 1629 with wife Ann Markham
"To God the best and the greatest, Francis Smith, knight, son of George, equal & ancient heroes in rightiousness & religion, who was fortunate in his children & grandchildren, in the rectitude of his life and blamelessness of his customs. Much more fortunate in his love towards his own, his fairness towards all and his piety towards God. At last with constant profession of his ancestral faith in adversity, by far the most fortunate , he departed this life the day before the nones of May 1629"
Ann was the daughter of Thomas Markham 1590 of Kirby Bellars & Mary 1633 daughter of Rice Griffin 1549 & Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Brudenell 1586 by Elizabeth Fitzwilliam
Her sister Elizabeth m Anthony son of Ralph Sheldon 1613 & wife Anne Berkeley at Beoley www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/59za87HVV7
Francis was the son of George Smith & Anne Giffard www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/J05DSm daughter of Thomas Giffard 1560 of Chillingham & Ursula Throckmorton
Children
1. Sir Thomas of Broxton
2. John, knight banneret, killed at Alresford 1644
3. Charles : 1st Baron Carington, Viscount Beresford murdered in Pontoise by his servant during a robbery. m Elizabeth 1658 daughter of John Caryll flic.kr/p/299hx1 of South Harting by Mary daughter of Robert Dormer 1st Baron & Elizabeth Browne www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8296419335/ Elizabeth was the grand daughter of John Caryll 1613 and Mary Cotton flic.kr/p/2995Rq
4. Francis
1. Elizabeth Winifred 1607 nun in Ghent
2. Alethia m Christopher Anderton of Lostock
3. Lucy m John Thwaites of Marston
4. Anne 1683 m Col Rowland Eyre of Hassop 1672 grand parents of Margaret www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/tR6gN2 wife of Edward Paston of Blofield www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/23P9ac
5. Mary m Sir Robert Throckmorton 1650 1st bart of Coughton
6. Ursula
7. Dorothy
8. Martha
9. Frances
The Smiths were catholics, as a recusants his parents house was recommended to be searched in 1581. However Francis although his inscription confirms the "constant profession of his ancestral faith in adversity", managed to avoid recusancy penalties by attending church for the required number of times.
They married their children with other catholic families
- Church of St Mary, Ashby Folville, Leicestershire
required attendance - Ashby Folville Leicestershire
Francis Smith 1629 with wife Ann Markham
"To God the best and the greatest, Francis Smith, knight, son of George, equal & ancient heroes in rightiousness & religion, who was fortunate in his children & grandchildren, in the rectitude of his life and blamelessness of his customs. Much more fortunate in his love towards his own, his fairness towards all and his piety towards God. At last with constant profession of his ancestral faith in adversity, by far the most fortunate , he departed this life the day before the nones of May 1629"
Ann was the daughter of Thomas Markham 1590 of Kirby Bellars & Mary 1633 daughter of Rice Griffin 1549 & Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Brudenell 1586 by Elizabeth Fitzwilliam
Her sister Elizabeth m Anthony son of Ralph Sheldon 1613 & wife Anne Berkeley at Beoley www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/59za87HVV7
Francis was the son of George Smith & Anne Giffard www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/J05DSm daughter of Thomas Giffard 1560 of Chillingham & Ursula Throckmorton
Children
1. Sir Thomas of Broxton
2. John, knight banneret, killed at Alresford 1644
3. Charles : 1st Baron Carington, Viscount Beresford murdered in Pontoise by his servant during a robbery. m Elizabeth 1658 daughter of John Caryll flic.kr/p/299hx1 of South Harting by Mary daughter of Robert Dormer 1st Baron & Elizabeth Browne www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8296419335/ Elizabeth was the grand daughter of John Caryll 1613 and Mary Cotton flic.kr/p/2995Rq
4. Francis
1. Elizabeth Winifred 1607 nun in Ghent
2. Alethia m Christopher Anderton of Lostock
3. Lucy m John Thwaites of Marston
4. Anne 1683 m Col Rowland Eyre of Hassop 1672 grand parents of Margaret www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/tR6gN2 wife of Edward Paston of Blofield www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/23P9ac
5. Mary m Sir Robert Throckmorton 1650 1st bart of Coughton
6. Ursula
7. Dorothy
8. Martha
9. Frances
The Smiths were catholics, as a recusants his parents house was recommended to be searched in 1581. However Francis although his inscription confirms the "constant profession of his ancestral faith in adversity", managed to avoid recusancy penalties by attending church for the required number of times.
They married their children with other catholic families
- Church of St Mary, Ashby Folville, Leicestershire