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===[[name::William]] [[name::SMITH]]  [[date of birth::1556;1557|1556/7]]-[[date of death::1615]]===

====Biographical Note====
Born at [[place of birth::Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire]].  BA [[education::King's College, Cambridge]] 1578, MA 1581, [[occupation::fellow]] 1576-86, DD 1594.  [[occupation::Master]] of [[organisations::Clare College, Cambridge]] 1601-12, [[occupation::Provost]] of [[organisations::King's College, Cambridge|King's]] 1612-15, [[occupation::vice-chancellor]] 1602.  [[occupation::rector|Rector]] of [[location::Willingham, Cambridgeshire]] 1586-1601, of [[location::Kingston]] 1596-1601, [[occupation::rector]] of [[location::Little Barfield]] and [[occupation::vicar]] of [[location::Halstead, Essex]] around the same time; [[occupation::canon]] of [[location::Peterborough]] 1595.

====Books==== 
Smith [[bequest::gave]] ca.90 books to [[beneficiary::King's College, Cambridge|King's]].  Smith's will, which is brief and does not indicate an extensive estate in money or property, has no mention of books.  

====Sources==== 
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*Jayne, S. ''Library catalogues of the English renaissance''. Godalming, 1983. p.146.
*J. & J. A. ''Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses''. Cambridge, 1922.
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