William Skipwith

Abt 1314 - Abt 1398  (~ 84 years)

• Name	William Skipwith  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	Abt 1314	of South Ormsby, Lincolnshire, England   [6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	Abt 1320  [8]
  Alternate death	Aft 1379  [9]
  Alternate death	Aft 1392  [10, 11]
  Alternate death	Abt 1397  [12]
  Death	Abt 1398  [13, 14]
  Person ID	I4386	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2022

  
  

  Father	William Skipwith   d. 1336
  Mother	Margaret Fitzsimon
  Family ID	F2810	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Hiltoft   d. Aft 1415
  Marriage	Bef Apr 1351  [13]
  Children	+ 1. John Skipwith,   b. of Calthorpe, Lincolnshire, England d. 10 Jul 1415 + 2. Margaret Skipwith,   b. Abt 1360   d. Aft Jan 1401 (Age ~ 41 years)
  Family ID	F2802	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Member of Parliament for the city of York, 1348. Assistant to the Alderman of Boston, 1350. Judge of Assize, 1353. King's Sergeant, 1355. Justice of Common Pleas in 1359. Chief Baron of the Exchequer, 1369 (or 1362-65). Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, 1370. Judge of Common Pleas, 1376. Chief Justice of England, 1378-88. From Wikipedia: William de Skipwith was a fourteenth-century English judge. He held the office of Chief Baron of the Exchequer 1362-5. He suffered temporary disgrace when he was removed from office for corruption, but was restored to favour, became Lord Chief Justice of Ireland 1370-2, and later returned to the English bench. He appears to have been the only High Court judge to escape impeachment by the English Parliament of 1388.

  
  

• Sources

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