SKIPWITH, Henry (d.1588), of Cotes and Keythorpe, Leics.

Family and Education

5th s. of Sir William Skipwith of South Ormsby, Lincs. by his 2nd w. Alice, da. and coh. of Sir Lionel Dymoke of Mareham-on-the-Hill, Lincs.; half-bro. of Sir William Skipwith. m. Jane (d.1598), da. of Francis Hall of Grantham, Lincs., wid. of Francis Nele (d.1559), of Prestwold and Cotes, 4s. inc. William Skipwith II 9da.Nichols, Leics. iii. 368; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lii), 889; C142/126/124.

Offices Held

Keeper of Ampthill great park 1565; equerry of royal stables by 1569; j.p. Leics. from c. 1569; steward of crown lands 1570, commr. to enforce Acts of Uniformity and Supremacy, dioceses of Lincoln and Peterborough 1570; commr. musters, Leics. 1583.HMC Hatfield, i. 419; CPR, 1558–60, p. 108; 1566–9, p. 161; 1569–72, p. 277; cal. and index patent rolls 1–16 Eliz. p. 259; Leicester Recs. iii. 196.

Parlimentarian

SKIPWITH, Henry (d.1588), of Cotes and Keythorpe, Leics.

Main residences: Cotes; Keythorpe, Leics.

Author

S.M.T.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

SKIPWITH, Henry (-d.1588)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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