John Smyth papers, 1584-1638 (inclusive), [microform].

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John Smyth papers, 1584-1638 (inclusive), [microform].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77864436

The papers contain manuscripts, tracts, and other material relating to the law suit between John Smyth of Nibley and Benjamin Crokey concerning Wotton-under-Edge Grammar School. The originals are manuscripts 11986, 11989, 11991-11992, 11994-11997, 11999-12005, 12007-12018, 12020-12022, 12025-12028, 12031, 12043 in the Gloucester Public Library.

2 reels.

Yale University Library

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Crokey, Benjamin, fl. 1625.

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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,...