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Paternal Family Tree: Skipwith
In or before 1564 [his father] Henry Skipwith and [his mother] Jane Hall were married. They had thirteen children.
Around 1564 William Skipwith was born to Henry Skipwith and Jane Hall.
In 1588 [his father] Henry Skipwith died.
Before 21st May 1589 William Skipwith (age 25) and Margaret Cave (age 22) were married. They had four sons and four daughters.
On 21st May 1589 [his son] Henry Skipwith 1st Baronet was born to William Skipwith (age 25) and [his wife] Margaret Cave (age 22).
Before 22nd August 1594 John Markham of Sidebrook and [his future wife] Jane Roberts (age 30) were married.
On 22nd August 1594 [his wife] Margaret Cave (age 27) died.
After 22nd August 1594 William Skipwith (age 30) and Jane Roberts (age 30) were married.
In 1598 William Skipwith (age 34) was appointed High Sheriff of Leicestershire.
In 1601 William Skipwith (age 37) was elected MP Leicestershire.
On 21st April 1603 William Skipwith (age 39) was knighted by King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 36) at Worksop Manor whilst King James was travelling to London following the Union of the Crowns.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 18th June 1603 William Skipwith (age 39) met Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland (age 28) at Worksop Manor, and she and her son Prince Henry (age 9) went on to stay in his house at Leicester on 23rd June 1603, despite fears of plague. Princess Elizabeth (age 6) stayed at the house of Mr Pilkington.
In 1604 William Skipwith (age 40) was elected MP Leicester.
On 15th August 1604 and 16th August 1604 Prince Charles (age 3) and Alexander Seton (age 49) lodged at the Leicester townhouse of William Skipwith (age 40) on their way to London.
On 3rd May 1610 William Skipwith (age 46) died.
Before 4th April 1630 [his former wife] Jane Roberts (age 66) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King John of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Skipwith
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Skipwith
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Tilney
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Skipwith of Ormsby 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Willoughby 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Strange Baroness Willoughby Eresby 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Skipwith of South Ormsby 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
GrandFather: William Skipwith 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Father: Henry Skipwith 11 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
GrandMother: Alice Dymoke
William Skipwith 12 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Mother: Jane Hall