Sir William Skipwith (1487 – 7 July 1547), was an English politician.
Through his mother Catherine, he was a first cousin of William FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton.
William de Skipwith, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland in the fourteenth century, was his ancestor.
He was a Justice of the Peace (JP) for Lindsey from 1520 to his death and appointed High sheriff of Lincolnshire for 1526–1527.
[2] He married twice: He also had two illegitimate children, a son and a daughter, by a certain Agnes.