William Smarte

For those of a similar name, see William Smart (disambiguation).

William Smarte (ca. 1530 – 23 September 1599), of Ipswich, Suffolk, was an English merchant and landowner.

William father was Richard Smart(e), a draper in the parish of St Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich, who had held the political office of Bailiff in Ipswich.. His mother was Richard's wife, Katherine Went. When his father died in 1560 William inherited four manors in Essex and Suffolk.

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