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Thomas Sheriff of Kent Sir SCOTT (b. Abt. 1528, d. 30 Dec 1594)
Notes for Thomas Sheriff of Kent Sir SCOTT:
Line of Sir Thomas Scott goes into the signers of the Magna Carta
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Sir Thomas Scott (by first wife [Emelyn Kempe]), of Scott's Hall, d. 30 Dec 1594, will dated 17 Dec 1594, pro. 7 Jan 1594/5, sheriff of Kent 1576, Comptrollerof the Household of Queen Elizabeth; m. (1) Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Baker of Sisinghurst, Kent, Chancellor of the Exchequer & Speaker of the House ofCommons; m. (2) 1583 Elizabeth, daughter of Ralph Heyman of Somerfield, Kent, d. 29 Jun 1595. [Magna Charta Sureties]
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Sir Reginald Scott's eldest son by hs first wife, SIR THOMAS SCOTT (1535-1594), was soon prominent in public affairs in Kent. He was knighted in 1571, and was deputy lieutenant of the county. In 1575 he succeeded as heir to the manor of Nettlestead. In 1576 he served as high sheriff, and was knight of the shire in the parliaments of 1571 and 1586. He was a commissioner to report on the advisability of improving the breed of horses in this country, a subject on which he is said to have written a book; was commissioner for draining and improving Romney Marsh, and became superintendent of the improvements of Dover harbour.At the time of the Spanish Armada he was appointed chief of the Kentish force which assembled at Northbourne Down. He equipped four thousand men himself within a day of receiving his orders from the privy council. Renowned for his hospitality and public spirit, he died on 30 Dec 1594, and was buried at Brabourne. The offer of the parish of Ashford to bury him in the parish church free of expense was declined. A long biographical elegy, which has been attributed to his cousin Reginald, is extant (PECK, Collection of Curious Pieces, vol. iii.; SCOTT, Memorials of the Scot Family; REGINALD SCOT, Discovery, ed. Nicholson, pp. xv-xvii). He married three times. By hs first wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Baker of Sissinghurst, he had six sons and three daughters; this lady;s sister married Thomas Sackville, lord Buckhurst [q.v.] In 1583 Scott married, secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Ralph Heyman of Somerfield; she died in 1595 without issue. His third wife was Dorothy, daughter of John Bere of Horsman's Place,Dartford. Scot was this lady's fourth husband; he had no issue by her (SCOTT, Memorials of the Family of Scot of Scot's Hall, 1876, pp. 194-206, with portrait and will.)
Note: Since Thomas d. 1594 and his 2nd wife d. 1595, it is hardto fit in a 3rd wife for Thomas. Maybe they just had a daliance. However thePlantagenet Ancestry has the same information, so who knows?
Children of Thomas Sheriff of Kent Sir SCOTT and Elizabeth BAKER are:
- +Mary SCOTT, b. Abt. 1557, Of Scot's Hall, Kent, Suffolk, Eng546, d. 1636, Eng546.