Clement Smith (c.1515-1552)

Sir Clement Smith (c.1515-1552) of Great Baddow in Essex, was Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer in the Exchequer (often erroneously called "Chief Baron of the Exchequer"), and was twice Member of Parliament for Maldon in Essex, in 1545 and 1547.^[1][2] He married Dorothy Seymour, youngest daughter of Sir John Seymour (d.1536) of Wulfhall in Wiltshire, a younger sister of Queen Jane Seymour (d.1537), wife of King Henry VIII.

Sources

• Coros, D. F., biography of Smith, Clement (by 1515-52), of Little Baddow and Rivenhall, Essex, published in History of Parliament: House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982

References

1. History of Parliament biography
2. Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Vol.53