Smith baronets of Crantock (1642) explained

The Smith baronetcy of Crantock, Cornwall was created in the Baronetage of England on 27 September 1642 for William Smithe or Smith, a London merchant.[1] In common with other patents of baronetage issued by Charles I of England in the early stages of the English Civil War, effectively declared in August 1642, the award was disallowed by Parliament in November 1643.[1] [2]

Sir William Smith, 1st Baronet, married but left no male heir, and the baronetcy was extinct on his death in 1661.[1]

Magna Britannia deduced from Smith's coat of arms a family connection with the Smiths of Tregonack (Tregonick, various spellings), while not finding that Smith had a seat at Crantock.[3] John Smith, Member of Parliament for in 1559, was of Tregonack, Duloe, Cornwall.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Cokayne . George Edward . Complete Baronetage . 1902 . W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. . Exeter . 201. II .
  2. Book: Cokayne . George Edward . Complete Baronetage . 1902 . W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. . Exeter . 195. II .
  3. Web site: Magna Britannia: Volume 3, Cornwall. General history: Extinct baronets, British History Online . www.british-history.ac.uk.
  4. Web site: Smith, John (d.1620), of Tregonack in Duloe, Cornw. History of Parliament Online . www.historyofparliamentonline.org.