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Skrine Family History
 
  John Skrine (c.1528-1610)
 
John Skrine (my 10x great-grandfather) and his wife Elizabeth had five children: Thomas, Henry (see below), Marie, Susan and Marye.

From the book "Skrine of Warleigh" (1936) by E. W. Ainley Walker:
 John Skrine of the Court House and Warley, in the parish of Bathford, eldest son and heir [of Thomas Skrine] is named as senior tenant in Court Rolls (Manor Rolls 1575-1605). He held his land on three lives; these were renewed about 1588, and were then his wife, Elizabeth, and his two sons, Thomas and Henry. In the Court Rolls of 1605 and onwards he is referred to as Mr. Skrine of Court House.

His Will is dated 29th April 1610, and was proved 19th June of the same year (P.C.C. 61 Wingfield) by his widow and executrix Elizabeth, as the Will of John Scrine of Warley in the parish of Bathford, yeoman*. In it he makes gifts to the Cathedral Church of Wells, to his parish church of Bathford in which he wishes to be buried, and to the poor of Bathford. There are bequests to his sons Thomas (Thombis) and Henry; his daughter Susan; his brothers Richard and Thomas; to every one of his children's children; to Thomas (Thombis) Coates "that is in the house with me"; otherwise everything is left to his wife.
 
The Will of the widow, Elizabeth Skryne, of the parish of Bathford, co. Somerset, is dated 14th August 1620, and was proved 16th September 1620 (P.C.C. 85 Soame) by Thomas Skryne son and executor. She is to be buried where convenient in Bathford church. She makes a donation for the poor of Bathford. To her daughters Marie Deverell (who was married 7th May 1606), and Susana Singer she leaves money and household goods; her son Henry is forgiven a debt, and also receives some furniture. There is a gift to her daughter Marye; and to each of her children's children; as well as separate gifts to her daughter's son and daughter, Thomas and Susana Coates. At this distance of time it is not altogether clear from the two Wills how many daughters there were. The sons-in-law Richard Deverell and Richard Singer were appointed overseers of the Will; and the witnesses were Robert and Sebilla Browne, Joane Deverell, and Joane Beafer. If John Skryne, overseer of the former Will, was really a son-in-law in the modern sense, there must have been another daughter; but there were at least two nephews named John, sons of William Skrine, (14), and Thomas Skrine (17) respectively.
 
*(yeoman: farmer, a man having some small estate in land; a freeholder who has not yet risen to the rank of gentleman).
  Henry Skrine (c.1590-1659)
 
Henry Skrine (my 9x great-grandfather) was the second eldest son of John Skrine (c.1528-1610). Henry Skrine and his wife Edith had eight children.

According to Burke's Peerage, Henry Skrine purchased the manor of Warleigh in 1634 (1635 according to the 1936 book "Skrine of Warleigh" by E. W. Ainley Walker). Warleigh Manor was divided from the manor of Forde by a writ of the Court of Chancery in 1639.

In his Will, which is dated 5th October 1657, he describes himself as Henry Skryne the elder of Warley in the parish of Bathford, co. Somerset, yeoman. The Will was proved 4th August 1659 (P.C.C. 454 Pell), by his son, residuary legatee and executor, John Skryne. In the will Henry makes considerable gifts of money to his daughters (to one of them as much as £220); household goods to his daughter Marie, household goods to Henry; to Henry and Marie some cattle (cattell); to two of his grandchildren (Martha Skryne and Mary Nicholls) sums of £10 each; and to the rest of his grandchildren smaller sums; a gift to Susan Parker; the same to the poor of Bathford.