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The Rev. William SKIRRETT
Abt 1562 - 1611 (~ 49 years)
Has 5 ancestors and 35 descendants in this family tree.
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Name William SKIRRETT Prefix The Rev. Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1562 - From Alumni oxonienses where shown as aged 35 at matriculation (in 1597)
Gender Male Occupation From 7 Aug 1587 Whitchurch, Devon, England 
Vicar - Instituted in 1587, William Skirrett appears to have been Vicar until his death in 1611. The CCEd website shows another vicar was appointed in 1612, following the death of someone unnamed, but with the burial of a 'Mr William Skyret' late in 1611 together with the lack of any information of other appointments on the CCEd website it seems almost certain that the death referrd to was of William.
I guess the work in the parish would have been done by a curate while William was at university.
Education From 14 Oct 1597 Hart Hall, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England - "Skirrett, William, of Devon, cler. Hart Hall, matric. 14 Oct., 1597, aged 35; vicar of Whitchurch, Devon, 1587."
(from Alumni oxonienses, p. 1363.
It appears that William became a priest without a degree, and then went to University as a mature student.
Buried 24 Nov 1611 St. Andrew’s Church, Whitchurch, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 2 May 2016)
"Mr. Wm. Skyret was buried November 24" - under headings '1611 Burialls'
Siblings4 brothers and 4 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
Thomas SKIRRETT, b. Est 1495, d. Aft 1524 (Age ~ 30 years) (Grandfather)
Thomasine LANDERE, b. Est 1530, bur. Between 3 May 1594 and 3 May 1595, St. Eustachius’ Church, Tavistock, Devon, England (Age ~ 64 years) (Mother) Notes - Referred to as Wm Skirrett 'Clarke', a son of Thomasine, in the Chancery Court case (TNA ref. C 2/ChasI/S55/8)
Person ID I21183 All Last Modified 3 Aug 2024
Father John SKIRRETT, Gent., b. Est 1525, d. Bef 1572 (Age ~ 46 years) Mother Thomasine LANDERE, b. Est 1530, bur. Between 3 May 1594 and 3 May 1595, St. Eustachius’ Church, Tavistock, Devon, England (Age ~ 64 years)
Other Partners: John GLANVILLE m. Abt 1572Married Bef 1560 - Thomasine had been married to John Skirrett before she married John Glanville (according to Chancery case of 1630 - TNA ref. C 2/ChasI/S55/8)
A son of her son William Skirrett was born about 1584, so the marriage was unlikely to have been any later than 1560, given that William was her third son.
Alumni oxonienses shows an age for William at matriculation suggesting he was born about 1562; her children are not likely to have been born closer than a year apart suggesting the oldest born no later than 1560, possibly a few years earlier.
Offspring - Names and birth order of sons John, Edward and William recorded in answer in Chancery Court case, TNA ref: C 2/ChasI/S55/8. Thomas is not mentioned in that document (possibly because neither Thomas nor any descendants were livng, or at least had no claim to compete with those in the case), but he is in the Skirrett pedigree in Vivian (citing information provided by Edward for the 1620 visitation); the visitation however makes no mention of John or William so the order of all 4 sons is not clear. Son William named a son Anthony, and an Anthony married in Plymouth in 1598 - possibly Anthony was a son of John and Thomasine as well.
Vivian shows 3 daughters of John and Thomasine. Alice clearly was their daughter from the Chancery case, the other two shown by Vivan, Margery and Loveday, are not mentioned in that Chancery case. The date of both marriages would mean they were marrying relatively late in life, if they really were daughters of Thomasine and John. Whilst possible I think they are more likely the daughters of another John (if their father was named as 'John' in the marriage licence info that Vivian saw). Loveday at least appears to have had children both by her marriage to Henry and a subsequent marriage; if she had been the daughter of John and Thomasine as Vivian shows she would have been too old. (I suspect the marriage licence info does not name their father, and am guessing they were the daughters of John and Thomasine's son William - to be investigated further).
In addition, Mary is described as a sister of Alice in an answer in a Star Chamber Case (see birth notes of Mary for details).
The unnamed daughter is from a reference in a Chancery Court case deposition in which Edmund Dunriche claims he and 'Justice Glanvill' had married two sisters.
Family ID F8369 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Margery, bur. 14 Dec 1633, St. Eustachius’ Church, Tavistock, Devon, England Married - In 1612, the year after William died, a widow Margery Skirret of Tavistock was involved in a case regarding a will (see Devon Wills Project).
The date suggests it was the will of William, especially as the later burial of a widow Margery cannot be matched with anyone else.
Children8 children Last Modified 5 Nov 2022 Family ID F8509 Family Group Page | Family Chart