SKEFFINGTON, Sir Richard (by 1593-1647), of Fisherwick, Staffs.; later of Hawksyard, Armitage, Staffs. and Earl Street ward, Coventry, Warws.

b. by 1593, Minimum age suggested by his participation in a legal transaction on 6 July 1614: E44/321. 2nd s. of Sir William Skeffington, 1st bt. (d.1635) of Fisherwick, Staffs. and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Richard Dering of Pluckley, Kent; bro. of Sir John*. educ. fell. comm., Magdalene, Camb. 1615. m. 27 July 1626 (?with £1,600), Anne (d. 21 May 1637), da. of Sir John Newdigate of Arley, Warws., 4s. 3da. Kntd. 20 Aug. 1624. d. 2 June 1647. V. Larminie, Wealth, Kinship and Culture: the Seventeenth Cent. Newdigates (RHS Studs. in Hist. lxxii), 74; R. Clutterbuck, Hist. and Antiqs. of Herts. ii. 67; S. Shaw, Hist. and Antiqs. of Staffs. (1798), i. 366; CB sub Skeffington, Sir William; J. Lodge, Peerage of Ire. iii. 61-2; Al. Cant.; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 186.