Paternal Family Tree: Smith aka Smith-Marriott
In 1733 John Smith 1st Baronet was elected Fellow of the Royal Society and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
On 10th April 1744 John Smith 1st Baronet was born.
On 18th February 1768 John Smith 1st Baronet [aged 23] and Elizabeth Curtis Lady Smith were married.
On 19th May 1770 [his son] John Wyldbore Smith 2nd Baronet was born to John Smith 1st Baronet [aged 26] and [his wife] Elizabeth Curtis Lady Smith. He married 13th May 1797 Elizabeth Anne Marriot Lady Smith and had issue.
In 1772 John Smith 1st Baronet [aged 27] was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset.
On 1st June 1774 John Smith 1st Baronet [aged 30] was created 1st Baronet Smith of Sydling St Nicholas. [his wife] Elizabeth Curtis Lady Smith by marriage Lady Smith of Sydling St Nicholas.
On 13th February 1796 [his wife] Elizabeth Curtis Lady Smith died.
After 13th February 1796 John Smith 1st Baronet [aged 51] and Anna Eleonora Morland Lady Smith were married. She by marriage Lady Smith of Sydling St Nicholas.
On 13th May 1797 [his son] John Wyldbore Smith 2nd Baronet [aged 26] and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Anne Marriot Lady Smith [aged 30] were married.
On 13th November 1807 John Smith 1st Baronet [aged 63] died. His son John [aged 37] succeeded 2nd Baronet Smith of Sydling St Nicholas. Elizabeth Anne Marriot Lady Smith [aged 40] by marriage Lady Smith of Sydling St Nicholas.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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[his daughter] Amelia Smith was born to John Smith 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Curtis Lady Smith. She married 7th September 1813 Richard George Quin, son of Valentine Richard Wyndham-Quin 1st Earl Dunraven and Mount-Earl and Frances Muriel Fox-Strangways Baroness Adare.