SKEFFINGTON, John (1534-1604), of White Ladies, Salop, Fisherwicke Park and Brewood, Staffs.

b. 1534, 1st s. of William Skeffington of White Ladies and Fisherwicke by Joan (Elizabeth), da. of James Leveson of Lilleshall, Salop and Trentham, Staffs. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1552; I. Temple 1556. m. by 1563, Alice, da. of Sir Thomas Cave of Stanford, Northants., 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1551.Shaw, Staffs. i. 3; (Harl. Soc. ii), 110-12; CPR, 1558-60, p. 231; C142/93/61, 94/66.