Francis Goldsmith (by 1518 – 26 March 1586) of London and

Crayford Crayford is a town and Wards of the United Kingdom, electoral ward in South London, South East London, England, within the London Borough of Bexley. It lies east of Bexleyheath and north west of Dartford. Crayford was in the Historic countie ...

Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...

, was an English politician. He was a servant of Henry VIII's sixth wife, Katherine Parr. He was a Member (MP) of the

Parliament of England The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it was replaced by the Parliament of Great Britain. Parliament evolved from the Great Council of England, great council of Lords Spi ...

for Chippenham in 1547, for Mitchell in October 1553 and Helston in 1559. In 1551 he married Joan (''d.''1569), daughter of Clement Newce of Much Hadham in Hertfordshire. His daughter Anne married William Lewin.

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Will of Francis Goldsmith, gentleman, of Crayford, Kent, proved 13 May 1586, PROB 11/69/267, National Archives
Retrieved 1 September 2013 1586 deaths Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall English MPs 1547–1552 English MPs 1553 (Mary I) English MPs 1559 Year of birth uncertain {{1559-England-MP-stub