SMART, ---; b.; in school list 1764; left Aug 1767.
SMALWOOD, THOMAS, of Yorkshire; b. ; at school under Busby (T. A. Walker, Admissions to Peterhouse, 127); Peterhouse, Camb. , adm. pens. 14 Dec 1664/5, aged 15, Ramsey Scholar 12 Jun 1665, matr. 1665; BA 1668/9; MA 1672; ordained deacon 29 May 1670, priest 18 Jun 1671 (both York); Vicar of Ormesby, Yorks. , 1673-6. [presumably Thomas Smalwood, son of Rev. Alan Smalwood, Vicar of Marske, Yorks. , and Dorothy Pursglove, bapt. Marske in Cleveland, Yorks. , 15 Aug 1647 (IGI)]
SMALWOOD, JAMES; b.; adm.; KS 1671; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1674, adm. pens. 24 Jun 1674, scholar 1675, matr. 1676; BA 1677/8; MA 1681; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1680 – c. 1698, Tutor 1682-5, Moderator 1683; ordained; Chaplain to Earl of Romney; Chaplain, 1st Foot Guards 9 Mar 1691/2; two of his sermons preached to troops in the Netherlands in 1694 and 1705 have been published; d. 27 Sep 1719.
SMALWOOD, GABRIEL, brother of Thomas Smalwood (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1666; Peterhouse, Cambridge, adm. sizar 16 May 1668, aged 17, pensioner 2 Jul 1668, Hale Scholar 6 Sep 1668; BA 1671/2; MA 1675; ordained deacon (Carlisle) 21 Sep 1673; Vicar of Wetheral, Cumberland; Vicar of St. Lawrence, Appleby, Westmorland, from 1681; d. 7 Mar 1698/9. [presumably son of Rev. Alan Smalwood, Vicar of Marske, Yorks., and Dorothy Pursglove, bapt. Marske in Cleveland, Yorks., 24 Jan 1650 (IGI)]
SMALWOOD, ---; b.; adm.; left 1656 (school list 1656, first quarter).
SMALRIDGE, PHILIP, son of George Smalridge (KS 1678, qv); bapt. 7 Jul 1701; adm.; QS (Capt. ) 1714; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1717, matr. 13 Jul 1717, Westminster Student 20 Dec 1717 – void 8 Jun 1728 (expiry year of grace as R. Christleton); BA 1721; MA 19 Mar 1723/4; BD and DD 1742; ordained; Rector of Christleton, Cheshire, from 8 May 1727; Curate, Mortlake, Surrey, from 1737; Prebendary of Worcester from 15 Jun 1731, Chancellor from 1742; m. 28 Apr 1730 his cousin Ann, dau. of William Freind (KS 1683, qv); d. 23 Oct 1751.
SMALRIDGE, GEORGE, son of Philip Smalridge (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Oct 1742 (Smalridge's); Min. Can. 1747; KS 1748; left 1750; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Dec 1750, Canoneer Student 22 Dec 1750 – void 10 Jul 1762 (expiry year of grace as R. Bothal from 31 Jul 1761); BA 1754; ordained deacon 5 Jun 1757, priest 25 Sep 1757 (both Oxford); Rector of Bothal with Shipwash, Northumberland, from 23 Jun 1761; m. 1st, 17 Aug 1761 Mary, sister of Francis Capper (adm. 1742, qv); m. 2nd, 4 Feb 1788 (IGI) Alice, dau. of William Creswell, Creswell, Northumberland; d. 16 Jan 1804.
SMALRIDGE, GEORGE, son of Thomas Smalridge, Lichfield, Staffs., dyer; b. 18 May 1662; adm.; KS 1678; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1682, matr. 18 Dec 1682, Westminster Student 18 Dec 1682 – void 1700, Tutor 1687-97, Junior Censor 1693, Senior Censor 1694-5; BA 1686; MA 1689; BD 1698; DD 1701; author, Auctio Davisiana, 1689; with Francis Atterbury (qv) and Anthony Alsop (qv) assisted Charles Boyle in the production of Dr. Bentley’s Dissertations on the Epistles of Phalaris, 1698; ordained; Prebendary of Lichfield 12 Jun 1693-1714; Minister of Broadway Chapel, Westminster 1698-1713; Deputy to Regius Prof. Divinity, Oxford 1700-7; Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Anne 1710; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford 6 Sep 1711 – Jul 1713, Dean from 18 Jul 1713; Dean of Carlisle 3 Nov 1711 – Jul 1713; consecrated Bishop of Bristol 4 Apr 1714; Lord Almoner Mar 1714 – Nov 1715, when he was dismissed for refusing to sign declaration against the Pretender; the “famous Dr. Smalridge”, as Swift called him, was the most popular bishop of his day; Steele speaks of him in The Tatler as “abounding in the sort of virtue and knowledge which makes religion beautiful”, while Whiston declared him to be one of the most learned and excellent persons in the kingdom; Busby Trustee 14 Feb 1701/2; an edition of sixty of his sermons was published in 1726; he and Robert Freind (KS 1680, qv) married sisters; m. 18 Jul 1700 (IGI) Mary, dau. of Rev. Samuel De L’Angle DD, Prebendary of Westminster and Vicar of Steventon, Berks.; d. 27 Sep 1719. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. DNB.
SMALLWELL, EDWARD, of London; b.; adm.; QS 1706; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1710, matr. 9 Jun 1710, Westminster Student 18 Dec 1710 – void 1724; BA 1714; MA 1717; ordained deacon 20 Dec 1719, priest 12 Jun 1720 (both Oxford); Perpetual Curate, Benson, Oxfordshire, from 16 Jul 1720; m. 2 Feb 1724/5 Ann Goodchild, St. Martin’s in the Fields, London; d. 1730 (will proved PCC 11 Jul 1730).
SMALLWELL, EDWARD, son of John Smallwell, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 13) Mar 1733/4; KS (Capt. ) 1735; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1739, matr. 22 Jun 1739, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1739 – void 13 May 1775 (Canon), Tutor 1751-68, Junior Censor 1752, Senior Censor 1753-9, Librarian 1763-75; BA 1743; MA 13 Mar 1746/7; BD 1755; DD 1775; Proctor 1754; ordained deacon 25 May 1746, priest 24 Jun 1747 (both Oxford); Vicar of Rye, Sussex 25 Feb 1762-8; Chaplain in Ordinary to King George III 1766-77; Rector of Batsford, Gloucs., from 6 Nov 1767; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 13 May 1775; consecrated Bishop of St. David’s 6 Jul 1783; translated to Oxford 15 Apr 1788; Busby Trustee 18 Apr 1793; bequeathed £1000 to the School and £2000 to Christ Church, Oxford; d. 26 Jun 1799.
By his will dated 14 May 1799 (proved 23 Jul 1799), he bequeathed £1000 4 per cent annuities to his executor, “ to be paid by him for the benefit of the King’s Scholars of Westminster School”. By a codicil dated 3 Jul 1799 he directed that if a fund charged by him with payment of his debts and legacies was not thereby exhausted, the surplus should be divided between the King’s Scholars and certain other designated trusts. The fund was later consolidated with the School Exhibition Fund, and the benefaction was commemorated by an exhibition known as the Bishop Smallwell exhibition.