William Scott (died 1524)

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Sir William Scott of Scot's Hall in Smeeth, Kent (1459 – 24 August 1524)^[1] was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.

Scot's Hall was a country house in Smeeth, between Ashford and Folkestone in southeast England. It was the property of a gentry family, the Scotts. The first known resident was Sir John Scott, who married Caroline Carter.

Smeeth is a mostly agricultural land use village and civil parish, centred 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Ashford in the Ashford Borough of Kent, England.

Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west. The county also shares borders with Essex along the estuary of the River Thames, and with the French department of Pas-de-Calais through the Channel Tunnel. The county town is Maidstone.

Family

William Scott was the son of Sir John Scott and Agnes Beaufitz, daughter and co-heiress of William Beaufitz. His sister, Elizabeth Scott (d. 15 August 1528), married Sir Edward Poynings.^[2]^[3]

Sir John Scott of Scot's Hall in Smeeth was a Kent landowner, and committed supporter of the House of York. Among other offices, he served as Comptroller of the Household to Edward IV, and lieutenant to the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.

Sir Edward Poynings KG was an English soldier, administrator and diplomat, and Lord Deputy of Ireland under King Henry VII of England.

Career

Scott rose to favour following the seizure of the throne by Henry VII. Within a few years he had been appointed to the Privy Council, appointed Comptroller of the Household and in 1489 was created a Companion of the Bath at the same ceremony as Prince Arthur.^[1] He served as High Sheriff of Kent in 1491, 1501 and 1510, and was also to become Constable of Dover Castle, Marshal of Calais (1490-1) and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (1492–1493).^[1] He remained in favour under Henry VIII, being present at the famous meeting at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520 and one of the deputation sent to greet Emperor Charles V when he landed at Dover in 1522.

Henry VII was the King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 to his death on 21 April 1509. He was the first monarch of the House of Tudor.

The Comptroller of the Household is an ancient position in the British royal household, nominally the second-ranking member of the Lord Steward's department after the Treasurer of the Household. The Comptroller was an ex officio member of the Board of Green Cloth, until that body was abolished in the reform of the local government licensing in 2004. In recent times, a senior government whip has invariably occupied the office. On state occasions the Comptroller carries a white staff of office, as often seen in portraits.

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate medieval ceremony for appointing a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as "Knights of the Bath". George I "erected the Knights of the Bath into a regular Military Order". He did not revive the Order of the Bath, since it had never previously existed as an Order, in the sense of a body of knights who were governed by a set of statutes and whose numbers were replenished when vacancies occurred.

Scott inherited the manor of Brabourne ^[1] in 1495, and had Scot's Hall elaborately rebuilt so that it came to be regarded as one of the foremost houses in Kent.^{[ citation needed ]}

Brabourne is a village and civil parish in the Ashford district of Kent, England. The village centre is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) east of Ashford town centre. The population fell by 133 between 2001 and 2011.

He was buried at Brabourne, where there is a memorial brass to him in the Scott chapel in St Mary's church.^[4]

Marriage and issue

Scott married Sibyl Lewknor, the daughter of Sir Thomas Lewknor (d. 20 July 1484) of Trotton, Sussex, and Katherine Pelham (d.1481), widow of John Bramshott (d.1468), and daughter of Sir John Pelham, Chamberlain to Katherine of Valois,^[2]^[5]^[6] by whom he had two sons and three daughters:^[7]^[8]

Sussex, from the Old English Sūþsēaxe, is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English Channel, and divided for many purposes into the ceremonial counties of West Sussex and East Sussex. Brighton and Hove, though part of East Sussex, was made a unitary authority in 1997, and as such, is administered independently of the rest of East Sussex. Brighton and Hove was granted City status in 2000. Until then, Chichester was Sussex's only city.

Sir John Scott (d. 7 October 1533), who married Anne Pympe, daughter and heiress of Sir Reynold Pympe, esquire, of Nettlestead, Kent, by Elizabeth or Isabel Pashley, daughter of John Pashley, esquire, by whom he had five sons and seven daughters.
Edward Scott of The Moat, Sussex, who married Alice Fogge, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Fogge, sergeant porter of Calais.^[9] After Scott's death his widow married Sir Robert Oxenbridge.^[10]
Anne Scott, who married Sir Edward Boughton.
Katherine Scott.
Elizabeth Scott.

Notes

1 2 3 4 Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. (1922). Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922. Supplement 22. London, England: Oxford University Press. p. 1170. SCOTT, Sir WILLIAM (1459–1524), of Brabourne: K.B., privy councillor, and comptroller of Henry VII's household, 1489; lieutenant of Dover Castle, warden of Cinque ports, and marshal of Calais, 1491; sheriff of Kent, 1491, 1501, and 1510. [li. 106]
1 2 Richardson IV 2011, p. 1.
↑ Ellis 2004.
↑ Scott 1876, p. 45.
↑ Scott, Sir John (1484-1533), History of Parliament Retrieved 17 September 2013.
↑ According to Scott and Fleming, she was the daughter of Sir John Lewknor of Goring, Sussex, slain at the Battle of Tewkesbury, and Johanna Halsham; Scott 1876 , pp. 79–80; Fleming 2004.
↑ Richardson III 2011, p. 21.
↑ Richardson IV 2011, pp. 1-2.
↑ Berry 1830, p. 310.
↑ 'Parishes: Ham', The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 10 (1800), pp. 37-44 Retrieved 17 September 2013.

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References

Berry, William (1830). County Genealogies; Pedigrees of the Families of the County of Sussex. London: Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper. p. 310. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
Ellis, Steven G. (2004). "Poynings, Sir Edward (1459–1521)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22683.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Fleming, Peter (2004). "Scott family (per. c.1400–c.1525)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/54537.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Richardson, Douglas (2011). Everingham, Kimball G., ed. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. III (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. p. 21. ISBN 144996639X.
Richardson, Douglas (2011). Everingham, Kimball G., ed. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. IV (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. pp. 1–2. ISBN 1460992709 . Retrieved 17 September 2013.
Scott, James Renat (1876). Memorials of the Family of Scott, of Scot’s-Hall, in the County of Kent. London: Simmonds & Botten. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
Rigg, James McMullen (1897). "Scott, William (d.1350)". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography . 51. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 105–107.

External links

Ross, David, Brabourne, Kent, St Mary's Church Retrieved 18 September 2013

Preceded by Philip Fitz Lewes	Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 1492–1493	Succeeded by The Prince Henry

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[DictNatBio-1] 1 2 3 4 Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. (1922). Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922. Supplement 22. London, England: Oxford University Press. p. 1170. SCOTT, Sir WILLIAM (1459–1524), of Brabourne: K.B., privy councillor, and comptroller of Henry VII's household, 1489; lieutenant of Dover Castle, warden of Cinque ports, and marshal of Calais, 1491; sheriff of Kent, 1491, 1501, and 1510. [li. 106]

[FOOTNOTERichardson_IV20111-2] 1 2 Richardson IV 2011, p. 1.

[FOOTNOTEEllis2004-3] Ellis 2004.

[FOOTNOTEScott187645-4] Scott 1876, p. 45.

[5] Scott, Sir John (1484-1533), History of Parliament Retrieved 17 September 2013.

[6] According to Scott and Fleming, she was the daughter of Sir John Lewknor of Goring, Sussex, slain at the Battle of Tewkesbury, and Johanna Halsham; Scott 1876 , pp. 79–80; Fleming 2004.

[FOOTNOTERichardson_III201121-7] Richardson III 2011, p. 21.

[FOOTNOTERichardson_IV20111-2-8] Richardson IV 2011, pp. 1-2.

[FOOTNOTEBerry1830310-9] Berry 1830, p. 310.

[10] 'Parishes: Ham', The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 10 (1800), pp. 37-44 Retrieved 17 September 2013.