SKIPWITH, Sir William (c.1564-1610), of Cotes and Leicester, Leics.

Family and Education

b. c. 1564, 1st s. of Henry Skipwith†, of Cotes and Jane, da. of Francis Hall of Grantham, Lincs., wid. of Francis Nele of Keythorpe, Leics.Nichols, County of Liecester, iii. 368. educ. Jesus, Camb. 1580; vol. Low Countries 1586. Al. Cant.; R.C. Strong and J.A. van Dorsten, Leicester’s Triumph, 129. m. (1) Margaret (d.1594), da. of Roger Cave of Stanford, Northants., 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 6 Nov. 1595, Jane (bur. 4 Apr. 1630), da. and h. of John Roberts of Wollaston, Northants., wid. of John Walpole of Whaplode, Lincs. and John Markham of Sedgebrook, Lincs. s.p. Nichols, iii. 359; A. Gibbons, Lincs. Vis. Notes, 58; Vis. Norf. (Norf. Arch. i), 453. suc. fa. 1588, aged 24; G.F. Franham, ‘Prestwold and its Hamlets in Medieval Times’, Trans. Leics. Arch. Soc. xvii. 58. Kntd. 21 Apr. 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 102. d. 3 May 1610. Nichols, 359.

Offices Held

J.p. Leics. by 1593-at least 1608, Hatfield House, ms 278; SP14/33, f. 36. sheriff 1597–8, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 75. collector, fifteenths 1602; E401/2399. commr. inquiry into Leics. lands of Henry Brooke alias Cobham†, 11th Lord Cobham 1603, into Leics. lands of Bye plotters 1603; C181/1, ff. 71, 72v. freeman, Leicester 1604; H. Hartopp, Reg. Freemen of Leicester, 100. commr. depopulation, Leics. 1607, ‘Depopulation Returns of Leics. in 1607’ ed. L.A. Parker, Trans. Leics. Arch. Soc. xxiii. 232. oyer and terminer, Midlands rising, Leics. 1607, C181/2, f. 35. subsidy 1608, SP14/31/1. collector of aid 1609. SP14/43/107.

Parlimentarian

SKIPWITH, Sir William (c.1564-1610), of Cotes and Leicester, Leics.

Main residences: Cotes; Leicester, Leics.

Author

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Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

SKIPWITH, Sir William (c.1564-1610)

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Estates

Oxford 1644

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