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SCUT, Adam, of Exeter, Devon.
Family and Education
m. by 1384, Ellen, 1s.This son was John Scut, also a cloth merchant, who entered the freedom of Exeter in 1388 as Adam’s apprentice, and in 1390 occupied with his wife, Denise, a new house behind the guildhall: Exeter City RO, mayor’s ct. roll 11-12 Ric. II m. 38; H. Lloyd Parry, Hist. Exeter Guildhall, 5.
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Steward, Exeter Mich. 1364–5, 1368 – 69; member of the council of 12, 1369 – 72, 1373 – 74, 1375 – 77, 1378 – 85, 1386 – 97, 1398 – 1407, 1408 – 11, 1412 – 16; receiver 1372 – 73, 1377 – 78; mayor 1385 – 86, 1397 – 98, 1407 – 08, 1411–12.
Tax collector, Exeter Mar. 1377.
Collector of customs and subsidies, Exeter and all ports from Bridgwater to Weymouth except Lostwithiel, Plymouth and Dartmouth, 16 Nov. 1378–9.
Constable of the Staple, Exeter Feb. 1390 – May 1391; mayor May 1391 – June 1393; c.1401–2.
Commr. to close the ports of Budleigh, Ottermouth and Exeter May 1401.
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Main residence: Exeter, Devon.
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SCUT, Adam
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SCROPE, Sir John le (d.1405), of Hollinhall and Haldenby, Yorks.
Family and Education
4th or 5th s. of Henry, 1st Lord Scrope of Masham (1312-92) and yr. bro. of Stephen, 2nd Lord Scrope (1345-1406) and Richard le Scrope (exec. 1405), abp. of York. m. by Sept. 1388, Elizabeth (b.1361), e. da. and coh. of David, earl of Atholl and Lord Strathbogie (1332-69) by Elizabeth (d. Oct. 1375), da. of Henry, Lord Ferrers of Groby (d.1343), wid. of Sir Thomas Percy (d.c.1387), yr. s. of Henry, earl of Northumberland (d.1408), 2da. Kntd. by Nov 1384.CP, i. 308-9; xi. 563-4; CIPM, xiv. no. 86; xvi. no. 721; Test. Ebor. i. 388-9; CCR, 1381-5, p. 590.
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Commr. of kiddles, Yorks. May 1392, Feb. 1400; inquiry Mar. 1401 (water supply at Kingston-upon-Hull); array (E. Riding) Aug., Sept. 1403.
J.p. archiepiscopal liberties of Beverley and Ripon Yorks. 1 Aug. 1398, (E. Riding) 16 July 1401 – d.
Collector of a tax, Yorks. (E. Riding) Mar. 1404.
Main residences: Hollinhall; Haldenby, Yorks.
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SCROPE, Sir John le (-d.1405)
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SCRIVEN JOHN, (d.c.1435), of Shrewsbury, Longnor and Frodesley, Salop.
Family and Education
s. and h. of Reynold Scriven of Shrewsbury. m. bef. 1392, Joan da. and h. of John Hunald of Frodesley,Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. (ser. 4), xii, 159; lii. 196-203; liv. 79-80; VCH Salop, viii. 81-82; Bodl. Blakeway ms 24, f. 30. The pedigree in Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 434, is erroneous. 1s.
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Assessor, Shrewsbury Sept. 1392–3, 1400 – 01; bailiff 1402 – 03, 1406–7.
Tax collector, Salop Nov. 1416.
Main residences: Shrewsbury; Longnor; Frodesley, Salop.
Scrivein, Scryveyn, Skryven
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SCRIVEN JOHN, (-d. c.1435)
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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.CP25(1)30/91/137; Corporation of London RO, hr 141/88; Cal. Wills ct. Husting London ed. Sharpe, ii (1), 323; Beaven, Aldermen, i. 392; F. Blomefield, Norf. viii. 98; VCH Hunts. ii. 258; VCH Beds. ii. 252-3; CCR, 1429-35, pp. 251, 253; CPR, 1446-52, p. 559. We do not know which of Scott’s three wives was the mother of his daughters.
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J.p. Hunts. 16 May 1401 – Feb. 1405, 13 Feb. 1407–18.
Escheator, Cambs. and Hunts. 22 Oct. 1404 – 1 Dec. 1405, 7 Nov. 1409–29 Nov. 1410.
Commr. to assemble and lead men against the Scots, Cambs., Hunts. May 1405; of array, Hunts. May 1418, Mar. 1419; to raise a royal loan Nov. 1419, Jan. 1420.
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. to John, earl of Huntingdon, as constable of the Tower of London 6 May 1422–27 Feb. 1429.
Main residences: Abbotsley, Hunts.; Tempsford, Beds.
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SCOTT, Robert (-d.1441)
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