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SECHEVILLE, Richard, of Tavistock and Mouthcombe and Battisborough in Holbeton, Devon.

Family and Education
s. of John Secheville of Tavistock. CP40/745, rot. 151. m. Margery, da. of John Carswill by Isabel, gdda. of Richard Mothercombe, at least 1s.
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Commr. of inquiry, Devon Oct. 1408 (eviction of a tenant from lands at Backstone and Rosh Ash).

Main residences: Tavistock; Mouthcombe; Battisborough in Holbeton, Devon.
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SCUTTING, Richard (d.1459), of Dunwich, Suff.

Family and Education
?s. of Clement Scutting of Dunwich. m. (1) Margaret; (2) Cecily; 2da. Suff. RO (Ipswich), archdeaconry of Suff. wills, IC/AA2/2/24.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Dunwich 1450, 1455.

Coroner, Dunwich Sept. 1454–5; C219/16/3. bailiff 1455–7. T. Gardner, Hist. Dunwich, 80.

Main residence: Dunwich, Suff.
Coutynge, Cuttyng, Kuttynge, Kutynge, Scuttwyng, Scuttyng
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SCRAS, Robert (d.1474), of New Romney, Kent.

Family and Education
m. Joan, ?2da. Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone, Canterbury consist. ct. wills, PRC 32/2, f. 240v.
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Jurat, New Romney by 25 Mar. 1449–1451, 25 Mar. 1453–5, 1457 – d.; jt. keeper of the common house 1460 – 62; treasurer 1472–4. E. Kent Archs., New Romney recs., assmt. bks. 1448–1526, NR/FAc 3, ff. 9v, 13, 21, 26, 33, 36v, 39v, 42, 44, 48, 50v, 53v, 55v, 58, 60v, 63, 65, 68v, 71v, 73v; 1467–92, NR/FAc 4, ff. 41, 62.

Cinque Ports’ bailiff at Yarmouth Sept. – Nov. 1450, 1456, 1466; keeper of the common purse May 1470, Apr. 1472–d. White and Black Bks. of Cinque Ports (Kent Rec. Ser. xix), 27, 35, 55, 60, 61, 64, 66, 67.

Main residence: New Romney, Kent.
Scraas, Scrace, Scrase, Skrace
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SCOTT, William III (d.1491), of Kent and Chigwell and Theydon Mount and Stapleford Tawney, Essex.

Family and Education
3rd s. of William Scott I*; bro. of Sir John†. m. Margery (d.1505), ?da. of Sir Thomas Swinburne of Yorks., 6s. 2da. P. Morant, Essex, i. 168; PCC 19 Dogett (PROB11/9, ff. 145v-148). But the MP was not, as Morant suggests, the son of John Scott of East Tilbury, Essex; nor is he to be confused with his namesake of Hallingbury: Essex Feet of Fines, iv. 32, 60.
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Commr. to arrest mariners, Kent Oct. 1457, Dec. 1459; of inquiry, Berks., Bucks., Cornw., Dorset, Glos., Hants, Mdx., Oxon., Som., Wilts. June 1462 (lands of Robert, Lord Hungerford and Moleyns); array, Essex May 1484.

Main residences: Kent; Chigwell; Theydon Mount; Stapleford Tawney, Essex.
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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.
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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.

Main residence: Scott’s Hall in Brabourne, Kent.
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SCOTT, Robert (d.1441), of Abbotsley, Hunts. and Tempsford, Beds.

Family and Education
m. (1) by Mich. 1395, Eleanor, 1s. d.v.p. ; (2) by 1412, Joan, da. and coh. of Sir William Hampton of Hampton, Herefs., wid. of Roger Elys (d.1396/7), of London, waxchandler, and of John Venour (fl. 1402), of Kingswood, Herts.; (3) Parnell, 2da.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Hunts. 1407, 1413 (May), 1427, Beds 1417, 1419, 1421 (Dec.), 1425, 1435, 1437.

J.p. Hunts. 16 May 1401 – Feb. 1405, 13 Feb. 1407 – Nov. 1413, 16 Nov. 1413 (q.)-Apr. 1416, 14 Apr. 1416-Feb. 1418. Scott may also have been on the quorum of the commission of 12 Feb. 1411, although damage to the ms record makes it impossible to ascertain whether the Robert in question was him or a fellow j.p., Robert Baa.

Escheator, Cambs. and Hunts. 22 Oct. 1404 – 1 Dec. 1405, 7 Nov. 1409 – 29 Nov. 1410.

Commr. Cambs., Hunts. 1405 – 20; of gaol delivery, Huntingdon June 1416. C66/399, m. 23d.

Parker of the park of Weston by Baldock and steward of the manor and lordship of Weston, Herts. confiscated from Thomas, Earl Marshal, by 14 June 1405.

Sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. 22 Nov. 1405 – 5 Nov. 1406, 10 Dec. 1411 – 3 Nov. 1412, 30 Nov. 1416 – 10 Nov. 1417, 16 Nov. 1420 – 3 May 1423.

Verderer of the royal forests of Sapley and Weybridge, Hunts. to 20 Nov. 1415.

Lt. constable of the Tower of London 6 May 1422 – 27 Feb. 1429.

Main residences: Abbotsley, Hunts.; Tempsford, Beds.
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SCOTT, John, of Salisbury, Wilts.

Family and Education
m. by Trin. 1435, Joan. CP40/698, rot. 193d; Wilts. Feet of Fines (Wilts. Rec. Soc. xlix), 517.
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Member of the council of 24, Salisbury by June 1412-c.1446; First General Entry Bk. Salisbury (Wilts. Rec. Soc. liv), 106, 409. auditor 16 Jan. 1445, 12 Nov. 1446. Ibid. 396, 405.

Main residence: Salisbury, Wilts.
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SCOLES, Richard (d.1440), of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.

Family and Education
?m. ?; Alice, 1s. E101/128/31.
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Chamberlain, Kingston-upon-Hull Mich. 1427–8; bailiff 1431 – 32; alderman 23 May 1440–d. Hull Hist. Centre, Kingston-upon-Hull recs., bench bk. 3, BRE 2, f. 9v; J. Kermode, ‘Merchants of York, Hull and Beverley’ (Sheffield Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1990), app. 4.

Searcher of ships, Kingston-upon-Hull 1 Feb.-27 Oct. 1438. CFR, xvii. 16, 58.

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

Family and Education
m. by May 1441, Mary, wid. of John Thwaites of Kingston-upon-Hull, prob. da. of Hugh Clitheroe† of Kingston-upon-Hull and certainly sis. of Hugh Clitheroe*, at least 1da. d.v.p. Cal. Hull Deeds ed. Stanewell, D. 342, 373.
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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.

Main residence: Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.
Scalys, Skales
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