John Skypp

John Skypp [1] was the Bishop of Hereford from 1539 until 1552. Born of humble parents in Irstead Norfolk he graduated from Gonville College in 1518,[2] and embarked on a clerical career that saw him become Vicar of Newington, Shepway and Archdeacon of Suffolk before elevation to the Episcopate.[3]

He was buried in the churchyard of St Mary Mounthaw a church in the City of London which was destroyed during the Great Fire of London.

Church of England titles
Preceded by
Edmund Bonner		 Bishop of Hereford
1539–1552		 Succeeded by
John Harley

Notes

  1. ^ Spelt by some sources John Skip
  2. ^ Skipp, John in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
  3. ^ D. G. Newcombe, ‘Skip, John (d. 1552)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 14 April 2008 The first edition of this text is available as an article on Wikisource:  "Skip, John". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.