Family and Education
b. by 1487, 1st s. of Sir John Skipwith of South Ormsby by Catherine, da. of Sir Richard Fitzwilliam of Aldwark, Yorks. m. (1) c.1505, Elizabeth (d.c.1515), da. of Sir William Tyrwhitt of Kettleby, Lincs., 1s. Sir William; (2) c.1517, Alice (d. 29 June 1550), da. and coh. of Sir Lionel Dymoke of Mareham-on-thy-Hill, Lincs., 4s. inc. Henry 7da.; 1s. 1da. illegit. by Agnes. suc. fa. 5 Jan. 1518. Kntd. 31 May 1533 / 26 June 1534.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/33/21. Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lii), 889, 895; Vis. Lincs. ed. Metcalfe, 64; Holles’ Church Notes (Lincoln Rec. Soc. i), 120; Mill Stephenson, Mon. Brasses, 280; C142/91/94; W. O. Massingberd, Ormsby, 94, 391; LP Hen. VIII, vi, vii; Lincs. Wills, 1500-1600, p. 16.
Offices Held
J.p. Lincs. (Lindsey) 1520 – d.; commr. subsidy, Lincs. 1523, 1536, loan 1524, musters 1542, 1546, contribution 1546; other commissions. 1530 – d.; sheriff, Lincs. 1526 – 27; servitor at coronation of Anne Boleyn 1533.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: South Ormsby, Lincs.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
SKIPWITH, William (by 1487-1547)
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Oxford 1644
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