John Skinner (Thomas) 
General Notes
An ardent Lancastrian. He was imprisoned during the reign of Richard III (1483-1485). Family records in possession of the Earl of Romney state that while in prison he was saved from starvation by a cat that brought him pigeons to eat. He was later knighted, after which he bought Allington Castle, near Maidstone, Kent England (1493). At the accession of Henry VIII he became Knight of the Bath, 1509 and a Knight Banneret in 1513. He held various offices at Court. His portrait was painted by Holbein 1527/28 and the original hangs in the Louvre.
