John Smyth collection of Cholmondeley family manuscripts from Condover Hall, ca. 1603-ca. 1636.

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John Smyth collection of Cholmondeley family manuscripts from Condover Hall, ca. 1603-ca. 1636.

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These papers appear to have been assembled by Smyth of Nibley, one of whose descendants married into the Owen family of Condover, and thence into the Cholmondeley family of Cheshire. Several concern the Berkeley family with whom he was associated.

2 items (1 v. and 1 envelope)

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Berkeley family

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Smyth, John, 1567-1641

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John Smyth (1567-1640), from Nibley in Gloucestershire, England, was one of the original promoters of plantations and settlements in the second Virginia colony in North America. He was the author of "Lives of the Berkeleys". From the guide to the Smyth of Nibley papers, 1613-1674, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) John Smyth of Nibley was a genealogical antiquary. This manuscript was written from 1589 to 1591, while he was at Magdalen College,...

Cholmondeley family

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