Sir William Scott of

Scot's Hall Scot's Hall (or Scott's Hall) was a country house in Smeeth, between Ashford and Folkestone in southeast England. It was the property of a gentry family, the Scotts. The first known resident was Sir John Scott (born 1436), who married Caroline ...

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(1459 – 24 August 1524) was

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Family

William Scott was the son of

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and Agnes Beaufitz, daughter and co-heiress of William Beaufitz. His sister, Elizabeth Scott (d. 15 August 1528), married Sir Edward Poynings.

Career

Scott rose to favour following the seizure of the throne by Henry VII. Within a few years he had been appointed to the

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, appointed

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and in 1489 was created a

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at the same ceremony as

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. He served as

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in 1491, 1501 and 1510, and was also to become Constable of

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(1490-1) and Lord Warden of the

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(1492–1493). He remained in favour under

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, being present at the famous meeting at the

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in 1520 and one of the deputation sent to greet

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when he landed at

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in 1522. Scott inherited the manor of

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in 1495, and had

elaborately rebuilt so that it came to be regarded as one of the foremost houses in Kent. He was buried at

, where there is a memorial brass to him in the Scott chapel in St Mary's church.

Marriage and issue

Scott married Sibyl Lewknor, the daughter of Sir Thomas Lewknor (d. 20 July 1484) of Trotton,

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, and Katherine Pelham (d.1481), widow of John Bramshott (d.1468), and daughter of Sir John Pelham, Chamberlain to Katherine of Valois, by whom he had two sons and four daughters: *

(d. 7 October 1533), who married Anne Pympe, daughter and heiress of Sir Reynold Pympe, esquire, of

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, by Elizabeth or Isabel Pashley, daughter of John Pashley, esquire, by whom he had five sons and seven daughters. *Edward Scott of The Moat,

, who married Alice Fogge, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Fogge, sergeant porter of

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. After Scott's death his widow married Sir Robert Oxenbridge.'Parishes: Ham', ''The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent'': Volume 10 (1800), pp. 37-44
Retrieved 17 September 2013. *Anne Scott, who married Sir Edward Boughton. *Katherine Scott. *Elizabeth Scott. *Joan Scott, who married Thomas Yeard *Thomas Scott

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