Robert Scales, 3rd Baron Scales

Sir Robert de Scales was engaged in several military expeditions. In 1337, he went on the Kings Service overseas with Robert d'Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk and Peter de Scales (presumably his brother or son).[1] He was summoned to Parliament from 1343 until his death in 1369.[2]

Robert de Scales
Died1369
Allegiance England
Relations

Residences

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Robert's main residence was at Rivenhall in Essex but also held Newsells and Berkway in Hertfordshire, Magna Leigh in Essex, Haslingfield in Cambridgeshire, Wrethlington and Tremeleye in Suffolk, Wilton, Barton Bendish, Hickling, Ilsington, Howe, Middleton, Pudding Norton, Gateley, Tylney, Herewych and Reinham in Norfolk and Berton in Gloucestershire.[3]

Family

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Robert married Katherine,[1][4] sister and co-heir of William de Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, by whom he had three sons and two daughters:

References

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  1. ^ a b c Patent Rolls
  2. ^ Philip Morant, The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex
  3. ^ a b Feudal Aids 1284–1431
  4. ^ UFFORD, ROBERT DE, first Baron of Suffolk of his house (1298 - 1369). Dictionary of National Biography, Ubaldini - Whewell (Vol 20), p. 13.; accessed via ancestry.com paid subscription site, January 2019.
  5. ^ a b Suffolk Feet of Fines
  6. ^ a b House of Lords, Supplemental Case of the House of Lords 1857
Peerage of England
Preceded by Baron Scales
1324–1369
Succeeded by