Paternal Family Tree: Skeffington
In or before 1590 [his father] William Skeffington 1st Baronet and [his mother] Elizabeth Dering [aged 18] were married.
In 1590 John Skeffington 2nd Baronet was born to William Skeffington 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Dering [aged 18].
In 1626 John Skeffington 2nd Baronet [aged 36] was elected MP Newcastle under Lyme.
On 16th February 1635 [his mother] Elizabeth Dering [aged 63] died.
On or before 16th September 1635 [his father] William Skeffington 1st Baronet died. He was buried at St Michael on Greenhill Church, Lichfield on 16th September 1635. His son John [aged 45] succeeded 2nd Baronet Skeffington of Fisherwick in Staffordshire.
In 1637 John Skeffington 2nd Baronet [aged 47] was appointed High Sheriff of Staffordshire.
In November 1650 John Skeffington 2nd Baronet [aged 60] was fined £1,152 for supporing the Royalist cause. The fine was later reduced to £961.
Before 19th November 1651 John Skeffington 2nd Baronet [aged 61] and Cicely Skeffington were married.
On 19th November 1651 John Skeffington 2nd Baronet [aged 61] died. He was buried at the Church of St Thomas Becket, Skeffington [Map] on 20th November 1651. His son William succeeded 3rd Baronet Skeffington of Fisherwick in Staffordshire.
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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[his son] William Skeffington 3rd Baronet was born to John Skeffington 2nd Baronet and Cicely Skeffington.