Sir Clement Smith (c. 1515 – 26 August 1552), son of Thomas Smith of Rivenhall, Essex, and Isabel, daughter of William Foster of Little Baddow, Essex, served as an administrator in the reign of Henry VIII and Edward VI.

[1] He was Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer in the Exchequer (often erroneously called "Chief Baron of the Exchequer"), and was twice MP for Maldon in Essex, in 1545 and 1547.

[1] He married Dorothy (d. 4 January 1574),[3] youngest daughter of Sir John Seymour (d. 1536) of Wulfhall in Wiltshire, sister of Queen Jane Seymour (d. 1537), third wife of King Henry VIII.

The couple had three sons and four daughters, including:[4] Smith made his will on 13 July 1551, with a codicil of 10 August 1552.

[4] His widow subsequently married, before November 1553,[1] Thomas Leventhorpe (d. 8 June 1588)[3] of Shingle Hall, Hertfordshire.