About Ralph Skinner
Lived 1501 – 1563 (aged 61–62). Ralph Skinner was a politician.
Ralph Skinner was a sixteenth century Clergyman and member of parliament.
Skinner was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford. Successively he sat as an MP for Leicester, Penryn, Bossiney and Westbury. As well as his representative duties he was Lay rector of Broughton Astley from 1550 to 1553; Pro-warden of New College, Oxford, from 1551 to 1553; Warden of Sherburn Hospital from 1559; Commissioner to enforce Acts of Uniformity and Supremacy for the Province of York from 1560; Chancellor, Receiver General and Dean of the Palatinate of Durham from 1561; and Rector of Sedgefield (where he was buried) from 1562.
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Who was Ralph Skinner?
British priest and MP
When was Ralph Skinner born?
Ralph Skinner was born in 1501.
When did Ralph Skinner die?
Ralph Skinner died on 21 January 1563.
What was Ralph Skinner's occupation?
Ralph Skinner was a politician.
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