Sir William Scott of

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in Smeeth,

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(1459 – 24 August 1524) was

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Family

William Scott was the son of Sir John Scott 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 Privy Council, appointed

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and in 1489 was created a

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at the same ceremony as Prince Arthur. He served as High Sheriff of Kent in 1491, 1501 and 1510, and was also to become Constable of

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, Marshal of Calais (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: * Sir John Scott (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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