Edward Skipwith was the

member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

for Great Grimsby in 1601.SKIPWITH, Edward (d.c.1620), of Biscathorpe and Benniworth, Lincs.
The History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 October 2016.

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Year of birth missing Year of death missing English MPs 1601 Members of the Parliament of England for Great Grimsby {{17thC-England-MP-stub