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Edward SKIRRETT, Gent.
Est 1560 - 1639 (~ 79 years)
Has 5 ancestors and 38 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Edward SKIRRETT Suffix [ONS gp] Gent. Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Est 1560 - Estimated from Edward being noted a second son, and approximate date of birth of his brother William. (Appears as oldest son in the 1620 visitation, because he has omitted information on those not living)
Gender Male Residence 1620 Sortridge House, nr Horrabridge, Peter Tavy, Devon, England 
- Involvement with Sortridge from Chancery cases, shown as 'of Petertavy' in the 1620 visitation (information given by himself)
Will 10 Nov 1639 Declared - Nuncupative will
Buried 18 Nov 1639 St. Eustachius’ Church, Tavistock, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 9 May 2019)
"18 Edward Skerrit gent was buried" - under heading 'November 1639'Since this Edward declared a nuncupative will on 10 Nov (i.e. probably died very soon after, before it could be written up for him to sign) we can be pretty sure the burial is this Edward, although his will shows him as 'of Peter Tavy', and likely living at Sortridge when he died.
Probate 19 Jul 1640 Prerogative Court of Canterbury, London, England Died - Between declaring his will and it being proved
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) Person ID I21184 All Last Modified 9 Mar 2022
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 1 Agnes LIBB, b. Est 1553, bur. 22 May 1615, St. Andrew’s Church, Whitchurch, Devon, England (Age ~ 62 years)
Other Partners: Walter LUGGARMarried Abt 1586 - Date judging by Chancery Court case, TNA ref. C 2/Chas I/G42/42
Although Edward and Agnes appear to have had no children together, when Edward married Agnes he seems to have acquired seven step-children, aged about 2 to 15.
Last Modified 9 Jan 2017 Family ID F8479 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Anne WALLEY, d. Aft 1639
Other Partners: WILLSMarried 25 Sep 1615 St. Andrew’s Church, Whitchurch, Devon, England - From Vivian, citing info given by Edward in the 1620 visitation (Harl. MS. 1163 fo. 50) and the PR entry
Children4 children Last Modified 14 May 2016 Family ID F8478 Family Group Page | Family Chart