John Skinner, of Reigate & of Havering

Biography

Updated 23 April 2024

John Skinner

• Sex: M
• Birth: 1465 in Peckham, Surrey, England
• Death: MAR 1514/15 in Reigate, Surrey, England
• Father: John Skinner b: 1446 in Peckham, Surrey, England
• Mother: Joan Caldecote b: ABT 1448 in Reigate, Surrey, England

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Notes

http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/sk...

The parentage of John Skinner and his younger brother James is differently recorded in two pedigrees of the family, as is the identity of John Skinner’s wife. According to the Visitation of 1623 their father was of Reigate and of Havering atte Bower (although his wife, born Jane Gainsford, is not shown as their mother), and John Skinner married Catherine, daughter of one Barley of Albury (perhaps a kinswoman of Henry Barley), whereas the other pedigree, probably of the late 16th century, gives their mother’s name as Catherine and adds that ‘Barley of Clavering, Essex, married a daughter of Gainsford of Surrey and had issue ... Dorothy, wife to John Skinner of Reigate in Surrey’.

That John Skinner’s wife was named Catherine seems to be established by the death of a widow of that name in 1545, but in default of evidence the identity of his mother cannot be determined.

James Skinner, Family and Education b. by 1489, 2nd s. of John Skinner of Reigate by ?Catherine, bro. of John I. educ. I. Temple, adm. 11 Feb. 1518. m. (1) by 1513, Catherine, da. of one Green; (2) Elizabeth (d.1549), wid. of one Bacon, (3) Margaret, da. of Nicholas Saunders of Charlwood, wid. of John Poyntz (d.1544) of Alderley, Glos.; d.s.p.1

Biography James Skinner shares with his elder brother John Skinner I the confusion as to their parentage arising from discrepancies between the family pedigrees, and the brothers themselves are usually indistinguishable in the records of the Inner Temple. When James Skinner was admitted there he was a married man in his late 20s—he had been associated with his father in a land transaction in 1510—and his maturity was recognized by his exemption from certain offices and from attendance in vacations …

Research notes

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Skinner-419

I have a transcript of John Skinner's will dated 21 jan 1514 and he asks to be buried at Reigate Church. Mentions children Godlife, John, James, Nicholas, Clara and Elizabeth, also mentions his deceased wife Elizabeth and his now wife Agnes (widow of John Asshurst).

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John Skinner was born in Peckham, Surrey, England in 1466. He married Joane Caldecote Jane Gainsford, and had four children with her: Godliva, Richard, Anne, and John.

[https://coadb.com/surnames/skinner-arms.html]

Stirnet's "Skinner01" page (membership required to view without interruption) does not mention this John (unless he is the unidentified father of Edward of Ledbury). [Stirnet tracks a different Skinner line]

References

1. The visitations of the county of Surrey : made and taken in the years 1530 by Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux king of arms ; 1572 by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux king of arms ; and 1623 by Samuel Thompson, Windsor herald, and Augustin Vincent, Rouge croix pursuivant, marshals and deputies to William Camden, Clarenceux king of arms. Page 59 “Skinner” < Archive.Org >
2. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LKN8-LXQ
   1. Will of John Skynner of Reigate, senior 21 January 1513
   2. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C202 - Clerk of the Green Cloth