Foster: of Northants, cler. fil. Trinity Coll., matric. 11 July, 1606, aged 15, B.A. 14 June, 1610, fellow 1613, M.A. 25 June, 1614 (incorporated at Cambridge 1615), B.D. 19 April, 1621 (re-incorporated at Cambridge 1621), licenced to preach 14 Jan., 1621-2, created D.D. 13 Aug. 1636 (s. Edmund, of Pisford, Northants, cler.), preacher of St. Gregory's, near St. Paul's, London, 1621-30, chaplain in ordinary to Charles I., rector of Pisford, 1628-35, rector of Launton, Oxon, 1631, and of Greens Norton, Northants, 1636, until sequestered 1643, sequestered also from the vicarage of Cuddesden 1646, and from the rectory of Beckenham 1647; bishop of Bristol 1637-41, and of Oxford 1641, imprisoned in the Tower 1641, restored 1660, bishop of Worcester 1663, until his death 14 June 1670; father of Matthew 1639. See Ath. iv. 842; Fasti, i. 489; Lansdowne MS. 986, ff. 135, 137.
See also ODNB.
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1616 | Subsc | Skinner, Robertus | / | View | |
| 1616 | Ordi(ordination) | Skinner, Robertus | / | deacon | View |
| 1628 | Libc | Skynner, Robert | St Gregories by Paules / | View | |
| 1628 | Appt(Institution) | Skinner, Robert | Pitsford / | Rector | View |
| 1629 | Libc | Skynder, Not Given | St Gregory / | Lecturer | View |
| 1629 | Appt(Admission) | Skinner, Robert | Chapel Royal / | royal chaplain in extraordinary | View |
| 1629 | Appt(Admission) | Skinner, Robert | Chapel Royal / | royal chaplain in ordinary | View |
| 1630 | Appt(Admission) | Skinner, Robert | Chapel Royal / | royal chaplain in ordinary | View |
| 1630 | Appt(reassignment) | Skinner, not given | Chapel Royal / | royal chaplain in ordinary | View |
| 1631 | Disp(Dispensation) | Skinner, Robert | Pisford / | Rector | View |
| 1631 | Disp(Dispensation) | Skinner, Robert | Pisford / | Rector | View |
| 1631 | Disp-App | Skinner, Robert | King Charles / | royal chaplain in ordinary | View |
| 1631 | Disp-App | Skinner, Robert | unspecified / | not given | View |
| 1631 | Disp-App | Skinner, Robert | 'ordinary' to Charles I / | royal chaplain | View |
| 1632 | Subsc | Skinner, Robertus | Launton / | Rector | View |
| 1632 | Appt(Institution) | Skynnar, Robertus | Launton / | Rector | View |
| 1635 | Appt(Resignation) | Skynner, Robert | Pitsford / | Rector | View |
| 1635 | Libc | Skynnar, Robertus | Launton / | Rector | View |
| 1635 | Vac(resignation) | Skinner, Robert | Pitsford / | Rector | View |
| 1636 | Appt(Presentation) | Skinner, Robert | Greens Norton / | Rector | View |
| 1636 | Disp-App | Skinner, Robert | Greens Norton / | Rector | View |
| 1636 | Disp-App | Skinner, Robert | Laynton / | Rector | View |
| 1636 | Appt(Appointment) | Skinner, unknown | Diocese of Bristol / | commissary | View |
| 1636 | Libc | Skinner, Robert | Chapel Royal / | royal chaplain in ordinary | View |
| 1636 | Disp(Dispensation) | Skinner, Robert | Bristol / | Bishop | View |
| 1636 | Appt(Institution) | Skinner, Robert | Greens Norton / | Rector | View |
| 1637 | Appt(confirmation of election) | Skinner, Robertus | Bristol / | Bishop | View |
| 1637 | Appt(consecration) | Skynner, Robertus | Bristol / | Bishop | View |
| 1637 | Appt(consecration) | Sckinner, Robertus | Bristol / | Bishop | View |
| 1641 | Appt(translation) | Skinner, Robertus | Oxford / | Bishop | View |
| 1641 | Libc | Bristol, | Lawnton / | Rector | View |
| 1664 | Vac(Promotion) | Skinner, bishop of Oxford, Robert | Launton alias Laughton / | Rector | View |