Nielsen Hayden genealogy
John Skipwith
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. John Skipwith was born in of Bigby, Yorkshire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: of Thorp, Lincolnshire, England
Notes:
Sometimes styled John de Thorpe.
Family/Spouse: Isabel de Arches. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. John Skipwith
was born in of Bigby, Yorkshire, England.
Generation: 2
2. John Skipwith (1.John1) was born in of Bigby, Yorkshire, England. Family/Spouse: Margaret Flynton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. William Skipwith died in 1336.
- 3. William Skipwith
Generation: 3
3. William Skipwith (2.John2, 1.John1) died in 1336. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: 1366
- Alternate death: Bef 1370
Family/Spouse: Margaret Fitzsimon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. William Skipwith was born about 1314 in of South Ormsby, Lincolnshire, England; died about 1398.
Generation: 4
4. William Skipwith (3.William3, 2.John2, 1.John1) was born about 1314 in of South Ormsby, Lincolnshire, England; died about 1398. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: Abt 1320
- Alternate death: Aft 1379
- Alternate death: Aft 1392
- Alternate death: Abt 1397
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.William married Alice Hiltoft before Apr 1351. Alice (daughter of William Hiltoft and Margaret le Muer) died after 1415. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. John Skipwith was born in of Calthorpe, Lincolnshire, England; died on 10 Jul 1415; was buried in St. Bartholomew's, Covenham, Lincolnshire, England.
- 6. Margaret Skipwith was born about 1360; died after Jan 1401.