William (Skipwith) de Skipwith (abt. 1310 - aft. 1349)

Born about 1310 in Beakby, Lincolnshire, England

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Descendants

Died after 1349 after about age 39 in Ormsby, Lincolnshire, England

Biography

William de Skipwith was the son and heir of John de Skipwith and his wife Margaret de Flinton. ^[1]

William de Skipwith, who married Margaret, daughter of Ralph Fitz-Simon, lord of Ormsby in Lincolnshire, and sister and sole heir of Simon Fitz-Ralph, whereby this family became possessed of that inheritance, which was possessed by Sir Ralph Fitz-Simon, Knt. temp Henry III, who was in several charters nambed Nobilis and had obtained that manor by his wife, the daughter and heir__ Ormesby of Ormsby and had three sons.^[2]

In 1349, William de Skipwith presented to the churches of Langton next Horncastle, and Benyngowrth, so his father John probably died that year, or was derepit. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Burke, John. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland (John Russel Smith, London, 1844) p. 487.
2. ↑ The Barnonetage of England: Or the History of the English Baronets..., Volume 1 by William Betham.
3. ↑ Massingberd, W.O. History of the parish of Ormsby-cum-Ketsby, in the hundred of Hill and County of Lincoln, compiled from original sources. (James Williamson, Lincoln, 1893) p. 55.