Paternal Family Tree: William 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 [aged 25] and Margaret Cave [aged 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 [aged 25] and [his wife] Margaret Cave [aged 22]. He married before 16th September 1615 Ann Kemp Lady Skipwith and had issue.
Before 22nd August 1594 John Markham of Sidebrook and [his future wife] Jane Roberts [aged 30] were married.
On 22nd August 1594 [his wife] Margaret Cave [aged 27] died.
After 22nd August 1594 William Skipwith [aged 30] and Jane Roberts [aged 30] were married.
In 1598 William Skipwith [aged 34] was appointed High Sheriff of Leicestershire.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1601 William Skipwith [aged 37] was elected MP Leicestershire.
On 21st April 1603 William Skipwith [aged 39] was knighted by King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [aged 36] at Worksop Manor whilst King James was travelling to London following the Union of the Crowns.
On 18th June 1603 William Skipwith [aged 39] met Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland [aged 28] at Worksop Manor, and she and her son Prince Henry [aged 9] went on to stay in his house at Leicester on 23rd June 1603, despite fears of plague. Princess Elizabeth [aged 6] stayed at the house of Mr Pilkington.
In 1604 William Skipwith [aged 40] was elected MP Leicester.
On 15th August 1604 and 16th August 1604 Prince Charles [aged 3] and Alexander Seton [aged 49] lodged at the Leicester townhouse of William Skipwith [aged 40] on their way to London.
On 3rd May 1610 William Skipwith [aged 46] died.
Before 4th April 1630 [his former wife] Jane Roberts [aged 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 12 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
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 
6 x Great Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
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