Sir William Skipwith (by 1510 – 17 October 1586) was an English politician. He was born the eldest son of Sir William Skipwith and his first wife Elizabeth Tyrwhitt. He was admitted in 1527 to study law at Grays Inn. Skipwith married Elizabeth Page, the daughter of Sir Richard Page of Beechwood,

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, and

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, by whom he had a son and five daughters. He succeeded his father in 1547 and was knighted later the same year. He was elected a

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 ...

(MP) to represent

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...

in 1547. He was appointed

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for 1552–53 and 1563–64 and

Justice of the Peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...

(JP) for Lindsey from 1554 to 1572. He died on 17 October 1586 at Hanby, Lincolnshire, and was buried at South Ormsby.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Skipwith, William 16th-century births 1586 deaths English MPs 1547–1552 High Sheriffs of Lincolnshire

William William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...