Thomas Smythe
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Sir Thomas Smythe was an English merchant, politician and colonial administrator. He was the first governor of the East India Company and treasurer of the Virginia Company from 1609 to 1620 until enve
Sir Thomas Smythe
Thomas Smythe's letter to Fedor II of Russia (20 April 1605)
Thomas Smythe (customer)
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Thomas Smythe or Smith, of London, Ashford and Westenhanger, Kent was the collector of customs duties in London during the Tudor period, and a member of parliament for five English constituencies succ
Thomas Smythe
…governor of the East India Company and treasurer of the Virginia Company from 1609 to 1620 until enveloped by scandal. He was second surviving son of Thomas "Customer" Smythe of Westenhanger Castle in Kent, by his wife Alice, daughter of Sir Andrew Judde. His grandfather, John Smythe of Corsham, Wiltshire, was described as…
Thomas 'Customer' Smythe
Portrait of Alice Judde (c. 1532-1593), wife of Thomas Smythe, 1579, Cornelis Ketel
Memorial to Thomas "Customer" Smythe, St Mary's Church, Ashford: "Thomas Smith lies with his wife and 13 children under a canopy of coloured flowers and gold leaves."