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Smith baronets of Crantock (1642)

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Escutcheon of the Smith baronets of Crantock

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 Camelford in 1559, was of Tregonack, Duloe, Cornwall.[4]

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