Thomas Scales, 7th Baron Scales
Thomas Scales | |
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Born | 9 October 1399 Middleton, Norfolk, England |
Died | 20 July 1460 | (aged 60)
Cause of death | Murder |
Occupation(s) | Soldier, administrator |
Known for | Military service during the Hundred Years' War |
Office | Seneschal of Normandy |
Children | Elizabeth, 8th Baroness Scales |
Parents |
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Relatives | Robert, 6th Lord Scales (brother) |
Thomas Scales, 7th Baron Scales
Thomas distinguished himself in France, against
Scales was an important man of considerable wealth. This is alluded to in
complain to Edward about his bestowal of Scales' heiress (one of the wealthiest in England) on his Queen's brother, instead of one of them.Family
Thomas Scales was born on 9 October 1399 at
Military commander
In 1422, Scales crossed the Channel to
By 1423, Scales was captain of Verneuil. From 1424 to 1425, he fought alongside John Fastolf to recapture the fortress at Maine. He was captured at the Battle of Patay in 1429 and later ransomed.
In 1434, he commanded the English assault against French-held Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, which ended in disaster for the English, forcing Scales to abandon his cannons behind him (since then displayed inside the city).
According to a recruitment roll now at the
In the Wars of the Roses Scales fought for Lancaster, and as such appears in Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part 2. On 20 July 1460 Scales was murdered,[3] having, as commander of the Tower of London, turned its weapons against the city which was supporting the Yorkist Earl of Salisbury in besieging the Tower.[4]
Residences
Thomas held Rivenhall in Essex; Newsells and Barkway in Hertfordshire; and Ilsington, Middelton, Lynne, Hardwicke, Rongeton, Tylney and Clenchwarton in Norfolk.[5]
Coat of arms
Gules, six escallops argent[6]
Marriage
Thomas married Ismayne Whalesburgh (aka Esmania[7] aka Ismaine, aka Emma Whalseborough) in Paris in November, 1424.[8] They had two children:
- Thomas Scales (died in infancy)
- Elizabeth de Scales Woodville, Baroness Scales (died 2 September 1473), married Henry Bourchier, second son of Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex and his wife Isabel of Cambridge, Countess of Essex who died in 1458, then Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Riversas her second husband.
References
- ^ Richardson III 2011, p. 514.
- ^ Richardson III 2011, pp. 513–514.
- ^ Philip Morant, The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex
- ^ Bennett, Vanora. "London and the Wars of the Roses". Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ^ Feudal Aids 1284-1431
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1902). Some Feudal Coats of Arms from Heraldic Rolls 1298-1418. London: James Parker & Co.
- ^ Suffolk Feet of Fines
- ^ Tuetey, Alexandre (1881). Journal d'un bourgeois de Paris, 1405-1449. Project Gutenberg EBook,p. 202.
Sources
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24776. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Pernoud, Régine; Clin, Marie-Véronique (1999). Joan of Arc: Her Story. Wheeler, Bonnie and duQuesnay Adams, Jeremy (translator). Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 201–202. ISBN 0-312-22730-2.
- ISBN 978-1-4499-6639-3.)
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