As described in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

SKIPWITH. A parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The first who assumed the name was Patrick de Skipwith, Avho flourished in the reign of Henry I. He was the second son of Robert de Estoteville, or Stuteville, baron of Cotting

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


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