SKINNER, Vincent (d.1616), of Thornton College, Lincs. and London.

Family and Education

o.s. of John Skinner of Thorpe by Wainfleet by Elizabeth, da. of John Fairfax of Swarby and Thorpe by Wainfleet. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. 1557, scholar 1560, BA and fellow 1561, MA 1564; incorp. Oxf. 1566; L. Inn 1565. m. (1) Audrey, da. of Richard Ogle of Pinchbeck, wid. of John Man of Bolingbroke, s.p.; (2) Elizabeth, da. of Robert Fowkes, wid. of Edward Middlemore of Enfield, Mdx., 1s. Kntd. 1603.Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lii), 887-8.

Offices Held

Sec. to Lord Burghley by 1575/6–93;Somerville, Duchy, i. 580, 583; Pat. roll 36 Eliz.; Hatfield ms 278; HMC Hatfield, iv. 377; xiii. 156–8; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 99. escheator, Lincs. 1573 – 74; receiver of duchy of Lancaster lands in Lincs. in reversion 1575, in office by 1581 duchy of Lancaster feodary, Lincs. from Sept. 1582; constable of Bolingbroke castle Apr. 1583, of Lincoln castle May 1583; j.p. Lincs. (Lindsey) from c. 1593; writer of tallies and auditor of the receipt of the Exchequer 1593 – 1609; keeper of Kirkby park, Lincs. 1604.

Parlimentarian

SKINNER, Sir Vincent (1543-1616), of Thornton College, Lincs.; Lincoln’s Inn and Blackfriars, London

Main residences: Thornton College, Lincs.; London.

Author

A.G.R.S.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

SKINNER, Vincent (-d.1616)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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