William Skinner

From the account of Robert Skinner DD, Bishop of Bristol, then Oxford, then Worcester, by Allan Maclean Skinner QC:


'The fifth son of the Bishop, William, at one time Fellow of New College, Oxford, was, on May 13, 1670, by his father, appointed rector of Hartleybury, Worcester, and there is a monument to his memory in that church, bearing the following inscription:-

R. M.
Gul. Skinner.
"Qui munus pastorale hic per 25 annos constanter,
fideliter, et feliciter subivit, aedificia quae ad mansam
pertinent maxima ex parte de novo erexit: caetera plu r
mum ornavit. Mensa liberali, alacri vultu, sermone non
minus utili quam festivo exteros pariter et parochiano
semper excepit. Obiit 26 die Augusti, AEtatis suae 59,
A.D. 1695."

He was twice married; first to Miss Anne Turton, who had issue, three sons, and
seven daughters, second to Miss Littleton.'