Edward Scott (died 1646)
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Arms of Scott: Argent, three Catherine Wheels sable a bordure gules | |
| Born | c. 1578 |
| Died | Before 12 January 1646 (aged 67–68) |
| Alma mater | Hart Hall, Oxford |
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| Spouses | Alice Stringer (m. 1601)Katherine Honywood (m. 1616)Mary Aldersey (m. 1639) |
| Children | with Alice:
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Sir Edward Scott (c. 1578 – before 12 January 1646) of Scot's Hall, Smeeth, Kent, was an English landowner, soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1626 to 1629. He was elected MP for the seat of Kent in 1626 and Hythe in 1628. He was made a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of Charles I.[1]
Early life
Scott was the 5th surviving son of Sir Thomas Scott (d. 1594) of Scot's Hall, Smeeth, Kent and his 1st wife, Elizabeth Baker, daughter of Sir John Baker of Sissinghurst.[1]
He matriculated at Hart Hall, Oxford on 25 October 1589, aged 11.[2]
His father left him an annuity of only £30, but his marriage to Alice Stringer, a local heiress, in 1601, made him "a man of substance".[1] He inherited Nettlestead Place and the Scot's Hall estate on the death of his brother, John, who died without issue in 1616.[1]
Marriages and issue
He married three times:[1]
- first: after 30 December 1600, Alice Stringer, daughter and coheir of William Stringer, of Bishopsbourne, Kent, by whom he had a son and a daughter:[4]
- Edward Scott (d. 1663),[2][4] of Scot's Hall and Nettlestead,[5] married Lady Catherine Goring,[6] daughter of George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich and Mary Nevill, daughter of Edward Nevill, 8th Baron Bergavenny.
- Elizabeth Scott,[4] married John Browne,[7] son of Richard Browne of Shingleton, in Great Chart, Kent, with whom she had a son and a daughter:[8]
- second: after 26 August 1616, Katherine Honywood (bapt. 21 September 1578),[11] daughter of John Honywood, of Elmsted, Kent, by whom he had no issue.[1]
- third: after 25 July 1639, Mary Aldersey, daughter and coheir of John Aldersey, haberdasher, of London, widow of Thomas Westrowe, alderman and grocer, of Cornhill, London and of Sir Norton Knatchbull (d. 1636), of Mersham Hatch, Kent.[1][12] By Mary he had no issue.[1]
Career
Scott, like his ancestors, was a soldier by profession and was captain of a troop of horse in Kent.[13]
He was appointed a commissioner for sewers in Kent and Sussex borders in 1604, Denge Marsh, Kent in 1604, Sussex 1617, Kent in 1620 and 1645, Sheerness in 1622; captain militia foot, Lathe of Shepway, Kent in 1605 until at least 1625.[1]
He was Sheriff of Kent from 1619 to 1620 and a justice of the peace (JP) in Kent by 1613 to 1627, 1628 to 1636, 1644 to 1646.[1]
He was appointed a commissioner for the subsidy, Kent in 1621 to 1622, 1624, 1641, piracy and Cinque Ports from 1625 to at least 1638, Forced Loan, Kent in 1626, for the repair of highways, Kent in 1631, Poll Tax in 1641, assessment 1643 to 1646, sequestration in 1643, levying money in 1643, defence, South-Eastern Association from 1643 to 1644, gaol delivery from 1644 to 1646, New Model Ordinance in 1645.[1]
In 1625 he was again Sheriff of Kent.[2] He was made a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of Charles I on 2 February 1626,[14][15] and was elected MP for Kent in the same year.[2] He was elected MP for Hythe in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.
He was made a freeman of Hythe in 1628 and was steward to Archbishop Abbot by 1631.[1]
On 21 August 1645 he was appointed to the Kent sewer commission.[1]
Death
He had died by 12 January 1646, when his will of 3 October 1641 was proved.[16] In his will he requested to be buried at either Smeeth or Nettlestead, ″there to remain until the resurrection of all flesh″, and he left cash bequests amounting to more than £630, including £100 to his granddaughter, Margaret.[10] The residue of his estate descended to his son, Edward.[1] His widow died at the age of 89 in 1678, and there is a memorial dedicated to her in St Nicholas' Church, Berden.[17]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Lefevre & Thrush 2010a.
- ^ a b c d Foster 1891, pp. 1322–1350.
- ^ a b c "Portrait of Sir Richard Browne, 1st Bt. (c. 1610-1669) and his sister, Margaret, when children". Sotheby's. London. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma, lot 245
- ^ a b c Hovenden 1898, p. 129.
- ^ Scott 1876, pp. 229–230.
- ^ Scott 1876, p. 254.
- ^ a b Scott 1876, p. 211.
- ^ Scott 1876, pp. 210–212.
- ^ a b Cokayne 1929, p. 567.
- ^ a b Scott 1876, p. 210.
- ^ "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975". FamilySearch. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
Katherine Honiwode, 1578
- ^ Lefevre & Thrush 2010b.
- ^ Scott 1876, p. 209.
- ^ Metcalfe 1885, p. 186.
- ^ Shaw & Burtchaell 1906, p. 162.
- ^ Scott 1876, pp. 209–212.
- ^ Trapmore, Mark. "Berden: St Nicholas Church". The Recorders of Uttlesford History. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
References
- Cokayne, G. E. (1929). Gibbs, Vicary; Doubleday, H. A.; Lord Howard de Walden (eds.). The Complete Peerage, Or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members from the Earliest Times. Vol. 7 (2nd ed.). London: The St Catherine Press. p. 567.
- Foster, Joseph, ed. (1891). "Scadden-Sheyne". Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 1322–1350 – via British History Online.
- Lefevre, Peter; Thrush, Andrew (2010). "Knatchbull, Sir Norton (1569-1636), of Mersham Hatch, Kent". In Thrush, Andrew; Ferris, John P. (eds.). The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1604-1629 – via History of Parliament Online.
- Lefevre, Peter; Thrush, Andrew (2010). "Scott, Edward (c.1578-1645/6), of Scot's Hall, Smeeth, Kent". In Thrush, Andrew; Ferris, John P. (eds.). The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1604-1629 – via History of Parliament Online.
- Metcalfe, Walter C. (1885). A Book of Knights Banneret, Knights of the Bath, and Knights Bachelor, Made between the Fourth Year of King Henry VI and the Restoration of King Charles II and Knights Made in Ireland, between the Years 1566 and 1698, Together with an Index of Names. London: Mitchell and Hughes. p. 186. OCLC 5319383.
- Philipot, John; Camden, William (1898). Hovenden, Robert (ed.). The Visitation of Kent: taken in the years 1619-1621 by John Philipot, Rouge Dragon, Marshal and Deputy to William Camden, Clarenceux. Publications of the Harleian Society. Vol. 42. London: Mitchell and Hughes. pp. 128–129. OCLC 1102110159.
- Scott, James Renat (1876). Memorials of the Family of Scott, of Scot's-Hall, In the County of Kent. With an Appendix of Illustrative Documents. London: J. R. Scott, Clevelands, Walthamstow, E. pp. 208–212. OCLC 1048814514.
- Shaw, W.A.; Burtchaell, B. D. (1906). The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of All the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of Knights Bachelors, Incorporating a Complete List of Knights Bachelors Dubbed in Ireland. Vol. I. Incorporating a complete list of Knights Bachelors dubbed in Ireland, compiled by G. D. Burtchaell. London: Printed and published for the Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, Sherratt and Hughes.