SCOTT, William I (d.1434), of Scott’s Hall in Brabourne, Kent.

Family and Education

s. and h. of John Scott† (d.c.1413) of Brabourne. m. (1) bef. Aug. 1400, Joan (c.1396-bef. 1425), da. and event. h. of John Orlaston (d.1397) of Pluckley, Kent, s.p.; (2) bef. 1428, Isabel (d. 20 Dec. 1457), da. of Vincent Fynch† of Netherfield, Suss., sis. of Vincent* and William Fynch*, 3s. inc. (Sir) John† and William III*, 2da. J.R. Scott, Mems. Fam. of Scott, 93-95, 103-4; CP25(1)/290/59/12; CFR, xi. 269; CIPM, xvii. 1072; xxi. 181. Dist. 1430.

Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Kent 1425, 1433.

Commr. to treat for loans, Kent Jan. 1420; of inquiry Mar. 1426 (piracy), Feb. 1427 (dilapidations at the rectory of Newington-by-Hythe), Oct. 1429 (wreck of a Portuguese galleon).

Escheator, Kent and Mdx. 6 Nov. 1424 – 24 Jan. 1426.

Sheriff, Kent 6 Nov. 1428–10 Feb. 1430. He was not, as stated by several sources, sheriff of Kent in 1413–14: Oxf. DNB, ‘Scott fam.’; Scott, 93.

J.p. Kent 1 Mar. 1432 – d.

Parlimentarian

SCOTT, William I (d.1434), of Scott’s Hall in Brabourne, Kent.

Main residence: Scott’s Hall in Brabourne, Kent.

Scot, Scotte, Skotte

Author

D.I.G.

C.E.M.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461