Sir William Skipwith (1487 – 7 July 1547), was an English politician. He was the eldest son of Sir John Skipwith (born 1441) of

South Ormsby South Ormsby, sometimes called South Ormesby, is a village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated west from the A16 road, south from Louth and 7 miles north-east from Horncastle. With the nearby hamlet of Ketsby ...

, and his wife Catherine (born 1450). He succeeded his father in 1518 and was knighted in 1533 or 1534. Through his mother Catherine, he was a first cousin of

William FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton William FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton, Knight of the Garter, KG ( – 15 October 1542) was an English courtier and soldier. He was the third son of Sir Thomas FitzWilliam of Aldwark and Lady Lucy Neville, daughter of John Neville, 1st M ...

William de Skipwith William de Skipwith (died after 1392) was a fourteenth-century English judge, who also served as a judge in Ireland. He held the office of Chief Baron of the Exchequer 1362-5. He suffered temporary disgrace when he was removed from office for cor ...

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in the fourteenth century, was his ancestor. He was a Justice of the Peace (JP) for Lindsey from 1520 to his death and appointed

High sheriff of Lincolnshire This is a list of High Sheriffs of Lincolnshire. The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilit ...

for 1526–1527. He was a

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(MP) of the

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for

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (), abbreviated ''Lincs'', is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England. It is bordered by the East Riding of Yorkshire across the Humber estuary to th ...

in 1529 and 1539. He married twice: * firstly Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir William Tyrwhitt of Kettleby, Lincolnshire with whom he had a son; and * secondly Alice, the daughter and coheiress of Sir Lionel

Dymoke The Dymoke family of the Manor of Scrivelsby in the parish of Horncastle in Lincolnshire holds the feudal hereditary office of King's Champion. The functions of the Champion are to ride into Westminster Hall at the (now defunct) coronation ...

of Mareham-on-thy-Hill, Lincolnshire, with whom he had a further four sons, including

Henry Skipwith (died 1588) Henry Skipwith (died 14 August 1588) was a Member of the Parliament of England for Leicester in 1584 and 1586. Skipwith was a child of William Skipwith (died 1547) and Alice Dymoke. He married Jane Hall, and had thirteen children, including Willi ...

, and seven daughters, including

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, who is thought to have been a mistress of

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. He also had two illegitimate children, a son and a daughter, by a certain Agnes. He was succeeded by his son and heir Sir William.

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15th-century births 1547 deaths High sheriffs of Lincolnshire English MPs 1529–1536 English MPs 1539–1540

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