Lord Robert de Scales (1372–1402) was an English nobleman. was involved in an expedition to

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. He was Commissioner of the Peace for

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from 1399 to 1401, and was the steward of the son and heir of

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due to his minority. He was one of the Peers who voted for

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to be crowned King of England.House of Lords, ''Supplemental Case of the House of Lords 1857'' Due to poor health, Robert died at the age of 30 on 7 December 1402.Philip Morant, ''The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex''

Residences

Robert held Rivenhall in

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, Newsells in

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,Patent Rolls Wylton in

and Dalham in

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.Feudal Aids 1284-1431

Family

Robert married Elizabeth, daughter of William, 4th Baron Bardolf. They had the following children:- * Richard de Scales, held Wetherden,

from 1401 to 1402 *

Robert de Scales, 6th Baron Scales Robert de Scales (c. 1395–1418) died unmarried, and at an early age, and was succeeded by his brother Thomas Scales, 7th Baron Scales, Thomas.Philip Morant, ''The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex'' On 8 May 1410 an order to seize ...

(died 1418) * Lord

Thomas de Scales, 7th Baron Scales Thomas Scales, 7th Baron Scales (9 October 1399 – 20 July 1460) was an English nobleman and one of the main English military commanders in the last phase of the Hundred Years' War. The son of Robert de Scales, 5th Baron Scales (–1402), he ...

(1397–1460)

References

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