Francis Smallman

Francis Smallman (1565 – 7 September 1633) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1621 and 1626.

Smallman was the son of Francis Smallman and his wife Elizabeth Hopton.^[1] He was a lawyer and acquired Kinnersley Castle,^[2] serving as High Sheriff of Herefordshire for 1614–15.^[3]

In 1621, Smallman was elected Member of Parliament for Leominster. He was elected MP for Wenlock in 1626.^[4]

Smallman married firstly Elizabeth Craft widow of George Craft and daughter of Stockmede, by whom he had children Francis, Jane, and Jone. He married secondly Susan Clarke, widow of John Clarke of London and daughter of Fabian of Essex by whom he had children William and Alice.^[1]

References

1. Whitney Genealogy - Whitney, Lucy
2. Whitney Genealogy - Castles of Herefordshire
3. "SMALMAN, Francis I (c.1565-1633), of Kinnersley Castle, Herefs.; formerly of St. John Street, Clerkenwell, Mdx.". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
4. Browne Willis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750 pp167-197