THOMAS SCOTT

SIR THOMAS SCOTT

	1535	Scott's Hall, Braborne, Kent, England
		ELIZABETH BAKER
	CHILDREN	William Scott MARY SCOTT John Scott
	PARENTS	Sir Reginald SCOTT Emeline KEMPE
	30 Dec 1594	Scott's Hall, Braborne, Kent, England
Note: The Well-respected Thomas Scott. 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 SCOTT, 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. Scott was this lady's fourth husband; he had no issue by her (SCOTT, Memorials of the Family of Scotts of Scott's Hall, 1876, pp. 194-206, with portrait and will.)

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