SKIPWITH, Thomas (1619-94), of Gray’s Inn, Mdx., and Metheringham, Lincs.

Family and Education

bap. 10 Aug. 1619, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Edward Skipwith of Gosberton and Grantham, Lincs., and Elizabeth (bur. 2 Dec. 1635), da. of Sir John Hatcher of Careby, Lincs.Langton by Wragby, Lincs. bishop’s transcript; St Wulfrum, Grantham bishop’s transcript; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lii), 893; CB. educ. Sleaford and Grantham g.s.; Sidney Sussex, Camb. 27 May 1635;Al Cant. G. Inn 30 Apr. 1638.G. Inn Admiss. m. (1) lic. 11 June 1647, Mary, da. and h. of Ralph Lathom of Upminster, Essex, wid. of John Fleming of Warley, Essex, 1s. 1da. d.v.p.; (2) 30 Apr. 1673, Elizabeth (bur. 19 Mar. 1698), da. and coh. of Sir John Rea of Richmond, Surr., wid. of Edward Maddison of Caistor, Lincs., s.p.London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 1233; Westminster Abbey Regs. 9, 224; Lincs. Peds. 893; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiv), 398. suc. fa. 24 May 1666;St Wulfrum, Grantham par. reg.; F. Skipwith, A Brief Acct. of the Skipwiths (Tunbridge Wells, 1867), 13. Kntd. 29 May 1673;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 248. cr. bt. 27 July 1678;CB. d. 28 May 1694;PROB11/421, f. 46. bur. 2 June 1694 Upminster .Upminster par. reg.

Offices Held

Legal: called, G. Inn 16 June 1645; ancient, 21 Nov. 1662; bencher, 17 Apr. 1668; reader, 27 Apr. 1670. Apr. 1675 – d.PGB Inn, i. 354, 444, 457; ii. 9. Legal counsel to Princess Mary of Orange, Sept.-Dec. 1660. Apr. 1675 – d.Bodl. Carte 77, f. 659. Sjt.-at-law,; king’s sjt.-at-law 1685–9.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 196, 537.

Local: commr. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 25 June 1646-aft. May 1670;Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/7–12; C181/6, pp. 41, 391; C181/7, pp. 77, 544. Mdx. and Westminster 27 May 1664;C181/7, p. 254. Essex 25 May 1669;C181/7, p. 491. survey, Sherwood Forest 19 June 1657;A. and O. assessment, Lincs. 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–d. Mar. 1660 – Feb. 1688A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. J.p. Lincs. (Kesteven), Oct. 1688 – d.; Holland Feb. 1664 – Feb. 1688, Oct. 1688–d.A Perfect List (1660); C231/7, p, 224; C231/8, pp. 186, 199; HP Commons 1660–90, ‘Thomas Skipwith’. Commr. subsidy, Kesteven 1663;SR. swans, Lincs. 13 Dec. 1664.C181/7, p. 300.

Civic: dep.-recorder, Grantham by Aug. 1662–?Borough Government in Newton’s Grantham: the Hall Bk. of Grantham 1649–62 ed. J.B. Manterfield (Lincoln Rec. Soc. cvi), 334, 343.

Central: commr. public highways and sewers, 3 Nov. 1663-aft. July 1666.C181/7, pp. 214, 375.

: of Gray’s Inn, Mdx. and Lincs., Metheringham.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

SKIPWITH, Thomas (1619-94), of Gray’s Inn, Mdx., and Metheringham, Lincs.

Will

Aug. 1688, pr. 7 June 1694.PROB11/421, f. 45v.

Estates

in 1649, Skipwith and his fa. purchased property in Mablethorpe, Lincs., for £1,150 and sold it in 1659 for £1,200.Warws. RO, CR 611/930/12-14. In 1660, Skipwith purchased two manors in Metheringham for £3,500.C6/159/125. By 1679, owned a house in Portugal Row, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx.Survey of London, iii. pt. 1, 42, 45. At his d. estate inc. messuages, lands and tenements in Lincs, (which he had settled upon his wife as her jointure) and his house in Lincoln’s Inn Fields.PROB11/421, f. 45v.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

chambers in Serjeants’ Inn, Fleet Street, London, by 1694.PROB11/421, f. 45v.

Religion

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