John Skerrett (mayor)

John Skerrett (Mayor), 7th Mayor of Galway, 1491-1492. Skerrett was a member of one of The Tribes of Galway, descended from a Richard Huskard who was a tenant of the Earl of Ulster in 1333. A Richard Scared served as Provost of Galway in 1378, as did a Walter Skerrett for the terms 1414-1415 and 1417-1418. Four further members of the family would become Mayors of Galway: James Skerrett 1531-1532; William Skerrett 1556-1557; Roland Skerrett 1594-1595; John Skerrett fitz William 1605-1606. Other members of the family served as bailiffs, on the town council and would fight in the Irish Confederate Wars. John Skerrett (Augustinian) (c.1620-c.1688) was well known in his lifetime as a preacher, lecturer and missionary.

Mayor John Skerrett was elected Provost of Galway in 1480. A copy of his mayoralty seal survives, and was illustrated in volume one of Blake Family Records by Martin J. Blake.

References

The Tribes of Galway, Adrian James Martyn, Galway, 2001.
Henry, William (2002). Role of Honour: The Mayors of Galway City 1485-2001. Galway: Galway City Council. OCLC 51023721 ASIN B003NECRYW

Civic offices
Preceded by Robuck Lynch	Mayor of Galway 1491–1492	Succeeded by Thomas Lynch (Mayor)

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