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John SKIRRETT, Gent.
Est 1525 - Bef 1572 (~ 46 years)
Has 2 ancestors and 676 descendants in this family tree.
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Name John SKIRRETT Suffix [ONS gp] Gent. Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Est 1525 - Date estimated from approx dob of 3rd son William.
Parents named in Vivian's Devon Visitations, shown as being recorded in the original 1620 visitation.
Gender Male Church Office 1560 Churchwarden - Tavistock Parish Records p.87 shows that a John Skyrret was a Churchwarden in this year.
Miscellaneous From 1563 to 1565 - References to John in Tavistock PRs, p.88, to John Skyrett in a lease and a bond, 1563 and 1565.
The 1565 lease was referred to in 1593 and John Skirrett (and all the others) 'now deceased'.
Residence Sortridge House, nr Horrabridge, Peter Tavy, Devon, England 
- Said to have built Sortridge House in what was a detached part of Peter Tavy Parish, now Horrabridge.
Residence Tavistock, Devon, England - From Vivian, citing info given by son Edward in the 1620 visitation (Harl. MS. 1163 fo. 50)
Died Bef 1572 - Before his wife remarried, c. 1572
Patriarch & Matriarch 
Thomas SKIRRETT, b. Est 1495, d. Aft 1524 (Age ~ 30 years) (Father)
ASHLEY, d. Yes, date unknown (Mother)Notes - Possibly the same John Skirrett who had been married to Margaret Glanville and had daughters with her, Johanne and Alice.
Person ID I19966 All | Teresa's direct ancestors Last Modified 31 Jul 2021
Father Thomas SKIRRETT, b. Est 1495, d. Aft 1524 (Age ~ 30 years) Mother ASHLEY, d. Yes, date unknown Married - From Vivian, citing info given by grandson Edward Skirrett in the 1620 visitation (Harl. MS. 1163 fo. 50)
Family ID F8480 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 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.
Children9 children Last Modified 29 Jul 2021 Family ID F8369 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Date estimated from approx dob of 3rd son William.
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