SKYRME, FRANCIS, brother of William Skyrme (qv); b; adm. (aged 14) Jan 1736/7; of Llawhaden, Pembrokeshire; d. 16 Sep 1789. [perhaps m. at Greenwich, Kent 4 Jul 1751 Ann Montravers (IGI)]
SKYRME, CHARLES, brother of William Skyrme (qv); b.; adm. (aged 12) Mar 1736/7; left 1740; d. before 1748.
SKYRING, WILLIAM, son of William Skyring, and Mary, dau. of Zachariah Tyzack; b.; adm. 17 Jul 1775; 2nd Lieut., Royal Artillery 30 Jun 1780; Lieut., 1 Nov 1785; Adjt., 1 Jan 1794; Capt. -Lieut., 14 Aug 1794; Capt., 16 Jul 1799; Brevet Maj., 1 Jan 1805; Maj., 10 Apr 1805; Lieut. -Col., 1 Jun 1806; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Francis Motley Austen; d. 12 Sep 1806.
SKYNNER, THOMAS, brother of Sir John Skynner (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1738/9 (Bainbrigg's); KS 1742; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1746, matr. 6 Jun 1746, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1746 – void 8 Jun 1775 (expiry year of grace as R. Bratton Clovelly from 17 Jun 1774), Tutor 1753-63, Junior Censor 1760-2; BA 1750; MA 1753; DCL 1772; ordained deacon 24 May 1752, priest 17 Jun 1753 (both Oxford); Curate, Drayton, Oxfordshire 1759; Prebendary of Exeter from 9 Jan 1769, Archdeacon of Totnes 10 Mar 1772-5, Precentor of Exeter from 8 Jun 1775; Rector of Bratton Clovelly, Devon, from 1774; Vicar of Pinhoe, Devon, from 25 Jan 1781; m. 18 Apr 1785 Martha Stooke, The Close, Exeter; d. 7 Aug 1789.
SKYNNER, STEPHEN, son of Stephen Skynner, Walthamstow, Essex, and Mary, only dau. of Samuel Remington, Low Leyton, Essex; b.; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1746 (Hart's); d. 10 Aug 1746.
SKYNNER, SIR JOHN, son of John Skynner, Great Milton, Oxfordshire, and Elizabeth ---; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1734/5; KS 1738; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1742, matr. 19 Jun 1742, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1742 – Dec 1757, Faculty Student 22 Dec 1757 – res 22 Jun 1776; BCL 27 Jan 1750/1; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Nov 1739, called to bar 17 Nov 1748, Bencher 19 Jun 1771; Oxford Circuit; KC Hilary 1771; Attorney-Gen., Duchy of Lancaster Jan 1770 – Nov 1777; MP Woodstock 20 Jan 1771 – Nov 1777; Second Judge, Chester Circuit 3 Apr 1772-7; Recorder of Oxford 12 Apr 1776; knighted 23 Nov 1777; Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer (also Serjeant-at-Law) 27 Nov 1777 until retirement owing to ill-health in Christmas vacation of 1786-7; Privy Councillor 23 Mar 1787; Busby Trustee 17 Apr 1780; m. 6 Mar 1778 Martha, dau. of Edward Burn; d. 26 Nov 1805. DNB.
SKYNNER, ---; b.; in school lists 1735, 1736.
SKYNNER, ---; b.; adm.; a pensioner 1565-6 (tutor, the Head Master) (Chapter Muniments 54005-11).
SKYDMORE, MATTHEW; b.; adm.; QS 1 Apr 1554 (Acts of Chapter, i, 281b).
SKYDDYE, ---, son of Andrew Skyddye, Mayor of Cork, Ireland; b.; adm.; QS in 1579 (CSP Ireland, Elizabeth, ii, 195).