Smythe, Alice (1531 -1593)

Alice Smythe was the daughter and heir of Sir Andrew Judd and Mary Mirfine, daughter and coheir of Sir Thomas Mirfine. Sir Andrew Judd's mother was Mary Chiche, daughter and heir of Valentine Chiche. Alice Judd married Thomas Smythe of Osthanger in Kent, Farmer of the Customs under Elizabeth I, who died 7 June 1591, and was buried at Ashford in Kent. She died in 1593 and was buried 21 June 1593 by her husband. Thomas Smythe was a member of the Haberdashers' Company of London, and a Customer of the Port of London. He purchased Osthanger from Sir Thomas Sackville, and much other property from Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester.