John Skypp

John Skypp

John Skypp [Spelt by some sources "John Skip"] was the Bishop of Hereford from 1539 until 1552. Born of humble parents in Irstead Norfolk he graduated from Gonville College in 1518, [D. G. Newcombe, ‘Skip, John (d. 1552)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25691, accessed 14 April 2008] ] and embarked on a clerical career that saw him become Vicar of Newington, Shepway and Archdeacon of Suffolk before elevation to the Episcopate.

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.

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