Paternal Family Tree: William Skipwith
In 1314 William Skipwith was born to William Skipwith [aged 23].
After 1340 [his father] William Skipwith [deceased] died.
Around 1351 [his son] John Skipwith was born to William Skipwith [aged 37] and [his future wife] Alice Hiltoft [aged 18]. He married in or before 1380 Alice Tilney and had issue.
In or before 1355 William Skipwith [aged 40] and Alice Hiltoft [aged 21] were married.
Around 1355 [his daughter] Alice Skipwith was born to William Skipwith [aged 41] and [his wife] Alice Hiltoft [aged 22].
In 1365 William Skipwith [aged 51] and Lord Chief Justice, Henry Green, were removed from office for having acted "contrary to law and justice", and having unlawfully obtained large sums of money. Green never held office again, but Skipwith was only in temporary disgrace.
In 1370 [his wife] Alice Hiltoft [aged 37] died.
In 1370 William Skipwith [aged 56] was appointed Lord Chief Justice of Ireland.
In 1372 William Skipwith [aged 58] was on an assize in Kilkenny, hearing a complex inheritance dispute.
In or before 1380 [his son] John Skipwith [aged 28] and [his daughter-in-law] Alice Tilney [aged 19] were married.
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In 1398 William Skipwith [aged 84] died.