SCALES, John (d.1467), of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Kingston-upon-Hull 1442, 1449 (Feb.), 1450, 1455, 1459, 1467.

Chamberlain, Kingston-upon-Hull, Mich. 1435–6; bailiff 1438 – 39; alderman of Trinity ward by 10 Dec. 1442 – d.; mayor Mich. 1449–50, 1456 – 57; coroner 1450 – 51; auditor of accts. 1452 – 53, 1454 – 55, 1458 – 59, 1460 – 61; dep. mayor 20 July-29 Sept. 1464. Hull Hist. Cent., Kingston-upon-Hull recs., bench bk. 2, BRE 1, p. 24; bench bk. 3a, BRB 1, ff. 7v, 14, 17, 32v, 44v, 55, 59, 62, 72v, 87v, 94v, 95, 100; J. Kermode, ‘Merchants of York, Hull and Beverley’ (Sheffield Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1990), app. 4.

Commr. of inquiry, Lincs. Oct. 1449 (piracy of Sir John Neville), Kingston-upon-Hull June 1454 (uncustomed goods); to arrest ships June 1454; of sewers Nov. 1454; gaol delivery May 1459, June 1461. C66/487, m.19d; 492, m. 14d.

Dep. admiral, Kingston-upon-Hull 12 Jan. 1454–1 Oct. 1455. Bench bk. 3a, BRB 1, f. 29v.

Alderman, Corpus Christi guild, Kingston-upon-Hull by May 1463. Cal. Hull Deeds, D. 432.