HISTORY
This is brief look at the history of Skegby
Skegby's name originates from a Dane named 'Skeggi', meaning
"bearded one". It appears in the Domesday Book as "a berewick of
the King's manor at Mansfield"."In 1207 Godfrey Spigurnel offered King John twenty marks
(£13. 6s. 8d) for the grant of five bovates of land and a
mill in Skegby, for which he would also pay annual rental of
twenty shillings
[From The story of Skegby and Stanton Hill, by W
Clay-Dove.]
Skegby Old manor House
The village and parish is located on the two
sides of a deep valley, and is 3 miles west of Mansfield.Godfrey Spigurnal became Lord of
the Manor of Skegby in 1223.
His descendants held the estate
until 1334 when Elizabeth Spigurnal, who married Thomas Gobion, disposed of
it to Richard Pensax. His descendant passed it to Percival Lindley in 1450 which was the
beginning of the three hundred year tenure of the Lindley family as Lords of the Manor.
St Andrews Church Skegby
At the
Visitation in 1743, sixty-four families were recorded in the
parish, with a total
population of 200. In 1817, Mrs Lindley's
will founded a Charity in her name. Kelly's
Directory of 1881 gave the fund at £6 13s. 6d. which was split
equally between
the poor of the parish and the Girl's Sunday School. The
estate passed to John Dodsley in 1820 and the Dodsley family
remained in Skegby
until the 1930's. The last Manorial Court was held in Skegby
Hall on 25th April 1924.
This is an excellent site
GENUKI
Skegby
LINDLEY - History and Origins
This
gives a fascinating incite into the Lindley's and there Heraldic
connections and describes the Skegby connection through the Pensax
.family.
Arms
of Lindley
Arms - Argent on a chief Sable three
griffins heads erased Argent
A PEDIGREE
Chart shows the Skegby connection
Will of Elizabeth
Lindley of Skegby
