Thomas Scott , Sheriff of Kent, Sir 
Thomas was born about 1528 in Scotts Hall, Brabourne, East Ashford, Kent, England. Thomas' father was Reginald Scott , of Scotts Hall, Sir and his mother was Emelyn Kempe. His paternal grandparents were John Scott , Sheriff of Kent, Sir Knight and Anne (Amy) Pympe; his maternal grandparents were William Kempe , Sir and Eleanor Browne. He was an only child. He died on December 30th, 1594 in Brabourne Church, East Ashford, Kent, England.General Notes
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, Comptroller of the Household of Queen Elizabeth; m. (1) Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Baker of Sisinghurst, Kent, Chancellor of the Exchequer & Speaker of the House of Commons; 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 hard to fit in a 3rd wife for Thomas. Maybe they just had a daliance.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.< 1381 in Brabourne, East Ashford, Kent, England d.5 FEB 1433/34 in Scotts Hall, Brabourne, East Ashford, Kent, England
- b.~ 1423 in Scotts Hall, Brabourne, East Ashford, Kent, England d.07 Oct 1485 in Brabourne Church, East Ashford, Kent, England
- b.~ 1401 in Netherfield, Sussex, England d.20 Nov 1454
- b.~ 1459 in Scotts Hall, Brabourne, East Ashford, Kent, England d.24 Aug 1524 in Brabourne Church, East Ashford, Kent, England
- b.~ 1397 in Grange, Gillingham, Kent, England
- b.~ 1427 in Grange, Gillingham, Kent, England d.25 Mar 1487 in Brabourne Church, East Ashford, Kent, England
- b.1400 in England
- b.~ 1480 in Scotts Hall, Brabourne, East Ashford, Kent, England d.07 Oct 1533
- b.~ 1369 in Horsted Keynes, Sussex, England d.< 1405
- b.~ 1395 in Goring by Sea, East Preston, Sussex, England d.04 May 1471 in Battle of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1372 in Mallerforde, Buckinghamshire, England d.25 Sep 1410
- b.~ 1459 in Goring by Sea, East Preston, Sussex, England d.14 JAN 1527/28 in Brabourne Church, East Ashford, Kent, England
- b.~ 1390 in West Grinstead, Horsham, Sussex, England d.BEF. 28 FEB 1441/42
- b.~ 1420 in West Grinstead, Horsham, Sussex, England d.12 May 1495 in (dsp)
- b.~ 1395 in West Grinstead, Horsham, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1509 in Scotts Hall, Brabourne, East Ashford, Kent, England d.15 Dec 1554 in Brabourne Church, East Ashford, Kent, England
- b.1403 in Nettlestead, Kent, England
- b.~ 1423 in Pympe's Court, Nettlestead, Kent, England
- b.< 1448 in Pympe's Court, Nettlestead, Kent, England d.21 MAR 1530/31
- b.1435 in Calais d.1503
- b.~ 1425 in Kent, England
- b.1425
- b.< 1485 in Pympe's Court, Nettlestead, Kent, England d.BET. 1530 - 1540
- b.~ 1406 in Thevegate near Smeeth, Kent, England d.08 Jun 1453
- b.~ 1431 in Cornwall, England d.30 Nov 1468 in Thevegate near Smeeth, Kent, England
- b.~ 1410 in La Mote, Maidstone, Kent, England
- b.1448 in Thevegate near Smeeth, Kent, England d.1485
- b.1398 in Surrey, England d.1458 in Brabourne, East Ashford, Kent, England
- b.~ 1431 in Surrey, England d.< 1450
- b.~ 1402 in Surrey, England
- b.~ 1528 in Scotts Hall, Brabourne, East Ashford, Kent, England d.30 Dec 1594 in Brabourne Church, East Ashford, Kent, England
- b.~ 1406 in Ollantigh, Kent, England
- b.~ 1436 in Ollantigh, Kent, England
- b.~ 1460 in Ollantigh, Kent, England d.1520 in Goodneston Manor, Turnbrid, Kent, England
- b.~ 1395 in Brabourne, East Ashford, Kent, England
- b.~ 1436 in Brabourne, East Ashford, Kent, England
- b.~ 1478 in Ollantigh, Kent, England d.1539
- b.~ 1412 in Goodneston Manor, Turnbrid, Kent, England
- b.~ 1430 in Goodneston Manor, Turnbrid, Kent, England d.1462
- b.~ 1462 in Goodneston Manor, Turnbrid, Kent, England
- b.15 FEB 1411/12 in Wimpole, Caxton, Cambridgeshire, England d.1446
- b.~ 1444 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 1416 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 1513 in Ollantigh, Kent, England d.1541 in Brabourne Church, East Ashford, Kent, England
- b.~ 1371 in Betchworth Castle, Surrey, England
- b.~ 1410 in Betchworth Castle, Surrey, England d.20 Jul 1460 in Eythorne, Eastry, Kent, England
- b.~ 1433 in Eythorne, Eastry, Kent, England
- b.< 1390 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.1431 in Beechwood, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1415 in Beechwood, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1398 in Beechwood, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1480 in Eythorne, Eastry, Kent, England
- b.~ 1388 in Enmore, Bridgewater, Somerset, England d.~ 1465 in Deardon, Devonshire, England
- b.~ 1414 in Enmore, Bridgewater, Somerset, England
- b.~ 1437 in Chilham, Kent, England
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Thomas and Elizabeth were married in a religious ceremony in 1st wife. They had a son named William.
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Children
William Scott , Sir Knight
William was born about 1550 in Bradfield St George, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. He died on August 14th, 1621 in Rattlesden, Stow, Suffolk, England.
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