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Roger de Scales, 4th Baron Scales

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Allegiance
  
England

Name
  
Roger Scales,

Died
  
1387


Lord Roger de Scales (1354–1387) was one of the 'eminent persons' forced by the rebels to march with them upon the insurrection of Jack Straw. He was a commissioner of the peace for Cambridgeshire and Norfolk for many of the years between 1373 and 1386. He was summoned to Parliament from 1376 until his death in 1386. He attended the Coronation of Richard II in 1377.

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Residences

Roger's main residence was at Rivenhall in Essex. He also held Haselingfeld in Cambridgeshire and gained Shaldford in Essex and lands in Kent through his marriage.

Family

Roger married Joane, daughter of, Sir John de Northwoode. They had the following children:-

  • Lord Robert de Scales, 5th Baron Scales (1372–1402)
  • Joane later remarried to Sir Edmund de Thorpe, Jnr., without licence.

    References

    Roger de Scales, 4th Baron Scales Wikipedia


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