Robert Skinner

Robert Skinner

b: 6 MAR 1625
d: MAY 1681
Biography
From the account of Robert Skinner DD, Bishop of Bristol, then Oxford, then Worcester, by Allan Maclean Skinner QC:

'The Bishop's' second son - Robert of Whitstone, in the parish of Claynes, in the county of Worcester, born 6th March, 1625, died May, 1681, and, as his will (dated 6th February, 1680; proved 14th July, 1681) directs, he was buried 11th May, in the church of Claynes, by his infant and only son. Married, 1st.- Prudence, daughter of Ralph Thomas, of Lanton, Oxfordshire, and had 3 daughters, Frances, Prudence, and Mary. Married, 2nd.- Eleanor, sister of John Cowcher, of Red Marley D'Abitot, had a son Robert, who died an infant, and 3 daughters: Eleanor, born 1686, married Robert Fox, D.D., Chancellor of the diocese; 2nd, Elizabeth, who died June 5, 1720, buried at Claines, 1720; 3rd, Lucy, married at Claines, July .5, 1716, John, son of Richard Browne, of Hall Court, Bromyard, Herefordshire, where their descendants still continue, and possess her portrait. She died Aug. 23, 1727, and was buried in Froome Church.'
Facts
  • 6 MAR 1625 - Birth -
  • 11 MAY 1681 - Burial - ; the church of Claynes, Worcestershire
  • MAY 1681 - Death -
Ancestors
   
Edmonde Skinner
ABT 1554 - 19 MAY 1628
 
 
Robert Skinner , DD
10 FEB 1590 - 14 JUN 1670
  
  
  
Bridget Ratleiffe
- 17 JAN 1629
 
Robert Skinner
6 MAR 1625 - MAY 1681
  
 
  
 
 
Elizabeth Bangor
12 DEC 1603 - 25 JUN 1644
  
  
  
?
 
Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (M) Robert Skinner , DD
Birth10 FEB 1590Northampton, on a Wednesday, and baptized 12 February 1590 [NB The entry in the Dictionary of National Biography is unce
Death14 JUN 1670
Marriageto Elizabeth Bangor
FatherEdmonde Skinner
MotherBridget Ratleiffe
PARENT (F) Elizabeth Bangor
Birth12 DEC 1603Oxford
Death25 JUN 1644 Oxford, after her 18th confinement
Marriageto Robert Skinner , DD
FatherBernard Bangor
Mother?
CHILDREN
MMatthew Skinner
Birth1 APR 1624St Bett's, London, England
Death1698
Marriageto Frances Sympson
MSamuel Skinner
Birth10 JUL 1633Launton, Oxfordshire, England
Death
Marriageto ?
Marriage1681to ?
MRobert Skinner
Birth6 MAR 1625
DeathMAY 1681
Marriageto Prudence Thomas
Marriageto Eleanor Cowcher
MWilliam Skinner
Birth1636
Death26 AUG 1695
Marriageto Anne Turton
Marriageto ? Littleton
FMary Skinner
Birth
Death
FMargaret Skinner
Birth
Death
FAnne Skinner
Birth
Death
FElizabeth Skinner
Birth
Death
MThomas Skinner
Birth
Death
Marriageto ? Savage
MHumphrey Skinner
Birth4 JUN 1640(Date of christening, at St Augustine The Less, Bristol, Gloucester, England)
Death
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) Robert Skinner
Birth6 MAR 1625
DeathMAY 1681
Marriageto Prudence Thomas
Marriageto Eleanor Cowcher
FatherRobert Skinner , DD
MotherElizabeth Bangor
PARENT (F) Prudence Thomas
Birth
Death
Marriageto Robert Skinner
FatherRalph Thomas
Mother?
CHILDREN
FFrances Skinner
Birth
Death
FPrudence Skinner
Birth
Death
FMary Skinner
Birth
Death
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) Robert Skinner
Birth6 MAR 1625
DeathMAY 1681
Marriageto Prudence Thomas
Marriageto Eleanor Cowcher
FatherRobert Skinner , DD
MotherElizabeth Bangor
PARENT (F) Eleanor Cowcher
Birth
Death
Marriageto Robert Skinner
Father?
Mother?
CHILDREN
FEleanor Skinner
Birth
Death
Marriageto Robert Fox , DD
FElizabeth Skinner
Birth
Death5 JUN 1720
FLucy Skinner
Birth
Death23 AUG 1727
Marriage5 JUL 1716to John Browne at Claines, Worcestershire
Evidence
[S6627] 'A Few Memorials of the Right Rev. Robert Skinner, D.D., Bishop of Worcester, 1663.....'
Descendancy Chart