From Allan Maclean's book about Robert Skinner DD, Bishop of Worcester. See Robert Skinner.
Rev. Thomas Skynner, who was born at Great Milton, and baptized there January 17th, 1727, admitted scholar of St. Peter's College, Westminster, in 1742, aged 14; elected to a studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, 1746; published, in 175 I, some latin hexameters among the academical lamentations on the death of Frederick Prince of Wales; M.A., 1753, Prependary of Exeter Cathedral, 1768, Canon Residentiary of Exeter and Archdeacon of Totness, 1769, D.C.L. March 7th, 1772, Precentor of Exeter, 1775; he was also Rector of Pinhoe, Devon; he was Steward of the Westminster Anniversary in 1784. On his death, he had a monument, in the south aisle of Exeter Cathedral, with this inscription-
Near this place rest interred the remains
of Thomas Skinner D.D,,
successively A.D. of Totness,
and Precentor of this Church,
whose honor and interests
he was always zealous to promote;
to the calls of Charity, or public spirit,
his purse was never shut;
at every place of duty,
hid attendance was regular and exemplary,
even when ill health might have pleaded a dispensation;
to his houses a munificent benefactor,
the one he re-built from the ground,
and added to the ornaments and convenience of the other:
at length, lamented by all, he closed a valuable life
in his 61st year, August 7, 1789.
Rev. Thomas Skynner, who was born at Great Milton, and baptized there January 17th, 1727, admitted scholar of St. Peter's College, Westminster, in 1742, aged 14; elected to a studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, 1746; published, in 175 I, some latin hexameters among the academical lamentations on the death of Frederick Prince of Wales; M.A., 1753, Prependary of Exeter Cathedral, 1768, Canon Residentiary of Exeter and Archdeacon of Totness, 1769, D.C.L. March 7th, 1772, Precentor of Exeter, 1775; he was also Rector of Pinhoe, Devon; he was Steward of the Westminster Anniversary in 1784. On his death, he had a monument, in the south aisle of Exeter Cathedral, with this inscription-
Near this place rest interred the remains
of Thomas Skinner D.D,,
successively A.D. of Totness,
and Precentor of this Church,
whose honor and interests
he was always zealous to promote;
to the calls of Charity, or public spirit,
his purse was never shut;
at every place of duty,
hid attendance was regular and exemplary,
even when ill health might have pleaded a dispensation;
to his houses a munificent benefactor,
the one he re-built from the ground,
and added to the ornaments and convenience of the other:
at length, lamented by all, he closed a valuable life
in his 61st year, August 7, 1789.
- 17 JAN 1727 - Birth - ; (Date of baptism) in Great Milton
- 7 AUG 1789 - Death - ; South aisle of Exeter Cathedral
- 1742 - Fact -
- 1746 - Fact -
- 1753 - Fact -
- 1768 - Fact -
- 1769 - Fact -
- 1772 - Fact -
- 1775 - Fact -
PARENT (M) John Skynner | |||
Birth | |||
Death | |||
Marriage | to Elizabeth Smythe | ||
Father | Edward Skynner | ||
Mother | Margaret Browne | ||
PARENT (F) Elizabeth Smythe | |||
Birth | 1694 | ||
Death | 18 MAY 1769 | ||
Marriage | to John Skynner | ||
Father | John Smythe | ||
Mother | Elizabeth Gundry | ||
CHILDREN | |||
M | John Skynner , Sir | ||
Birth | 1723 | ||
Death | 26 NOV 1805 | Bath | |
Marriage | to Martha Burn | ||
M | William Skynner | ||
Birth | |||
Death | 1 JUL 1797 | ||
F | Elizabeth Skynner | ||
Birth | |||
Death | 14 OCT 1802 | ||
M | Thomas Skynner , DD | ||
Birth | 17 JAN 1727 | (Date of baptism) in Great Milton | |
Death | 7 AUG 1789 | South aisle of Exeter Cathedral |
[S6627] | 'A Few Memorials of the Right Rev. Robert Skinner, D.D., Bishop of Worcester, 1663.....' |