# Vincent Skinner

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'''Sir Vincent Skinner''' (1543 – 28 February 1616) was an English politician, who sat in Parliament for numerous constituencies.

He was born the son of John Skinner, a [mercer](/source/mercer_(occupation)) of [Thorpe](/source/Thorpe_St_Peter)-by-[Wainfleet, Lincolnshire](/source/Wainfleet%2C_Lincolnshire). He matriculated at [Trinity College, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Cambridge) in 1557, graduated B.A. in 1561 and M.A. in 1564 and entered [Lincoln's Inn](/source/Lincoln's_Inn) in 1565.

He held a number of public offices, including Constable of [Bolingbroke Castle](/source/Bolingbroke_Castle) and [Lincoln Castle](/source/Lincoln_Castle) in 1583. He was secretary to [William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley](/source/William_Cecil%2C_1st_Baron_Burghley) from c. 1575 to 1593, after which was appointed to the Exchequer as an [auditor of the receipt](/source/Auditor_of_the_Receipt_of_the_Exchequer).

He was a [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Truro](/source/Truro_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in 1571. Subsequently, he sat for [Barnstaple](/source/Barnstaple_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in 1572, [Boston](/source/Boston_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) three times from 1584; for [Boroughbridge](/source/Boroughbridge_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in 1592; for [St Ives](/source/St_Ives_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in 1597 and for [Preston](/source/Preston_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in 1604. He was knighted in 1603 and received the manor of Thornton, including [Thornton Abbey](/source/Thornton_Abbey), in Lincolnshire in consideration of his service to [Sir Oliver Cromwell](/source/Sir_Oliver_Cromwell). He commissioned the architect [John Thorpe](/source/John_Thorpe) to build a stately home on the foundations of the ruined abbey, which collapsed shortly after its completion.

Skinner compiled a schedule of the [Crown Jewels of England](/source/Crown_Jewels_of_England) in 1606.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/fderaconventione07ryme/page/n397 Thomas Rymer, ''Foedera'', vol. 7 part 2 (Hague, 1739), pp. 148–9].</ref>

On his death he was buried at St Andrew's, Holborn, London. He had married twice, firstly Audrey, the daughter of Richard Ogle of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire and the widow of John Man of Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire (and a cousin of Lord Burghley's wife) and secondly Elizabeth the daughter of Robert Fowkes of Symondsbury, Dorset and the widow of [Henry Middlemore](/source/Henry_Middlemore) of Enfield, Middlesex, with whom he had a son.

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* {{cite web | url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/skinner-vincent-1616 | title = History of Parliament| publisher = History of Parliament Trust|access-date=18 November 2011}}
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