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SMART, PETER, third son of Rev. William Smart, Rector of Lightbourne, Warwickshire; b.; adm.; QS in 1585; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1588, matr. from Broadgates Hall 25 Oct 1588, aged 19, but migr. to Christ Church, Westminster Student 10 Jan 1588/9 – c. 1609-10; BA 1592; MA 1595; ordained; Master, Durham GS 1598; Rector of Boldon, co. Durham 1609-29; Prebendary of Durham from 30 Dec 1609 (but deprived 1628-41); Master of St. Edmund’s Hospital, Gateshead, co. Durham; Vicar of Aycliffe, co. Durham; deprived of his prebend 2 Sep 1628 and fined for a sermon delivered by him 27 Jul 1628, in which he attacked the “popish ceremonies” introduced into Durham Cathedral by Richard Neile (qv); attended Durham chapter meetings until 14 Jan 1630, but after being deprived of holy orders 18 Nov 1630 his disqualification as Prebendary was upheld by Durham Assizes in Aug 1632; imprisoned in the King’s Bench for refusing to pay the fine of £500; released after having been in custody nearly twelve years, and restored to his preferments by order of House of Commons 22 Jan 1641; took the Covenant 1643; gave evidence at Archbishop Laud’s trial 1644; Rector of Bishopstoke, Hampshire 1645; living in London 31 Oct 1648; author, Puritan tracts and various poems in English and Latin; m. [by 1628, Susanna ?]; d. c. 1652. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.