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Robert de Scales 3rd Baron Scales
- Preferred Name: Robert de Scales 3rd Baron Scales[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
- Alternate Name: Robert Scales
- Gender: M
- Birth: 1312 in Middleton, Norfolk, England at LATI: N2.7157 LONG: E0.4616
- FSID: MRVP-TMC
- Death: 13 AUG 1369 in Middleton, Norfolk, England at LATI: N2.7157 LONG: E0.4616
- Residence: He also held Wilton, Barton Bendish, Hickling, Ilsington, Howe, Middleton, Pudding Norton, Gateley, Tylney, Herewych and Reinham in Norfolk, England with note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Scales,_3rd_Baron_Scales
- Alt. Birth: ABT 1313 in Newselles, Hertfordshire, England at LATI: N1.8375 LONG: E0.1895
- Burial: 13 AUG 1369 in Middleton, Norfolk, England at LATI: N2.7157 LONG: E0.4616 with note: Blackborough Priory
- Alt. Birth: 1315
- Residence: Robert's main residence was at Rivenhall in Essex, England at LATI: N1.8523 LONG: E0.6147 with note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Scales,_3rd_Baron_Scales
- Residence: He also held Newsells and Berkway in Hertfordshire, England at LATI: N1.8375 LONG: E0.1895 with note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Scales,_3rd_Baron_Scales
- Residence: He also held Berton in Gloucestershire, England at LATI: N1.8842 LONG: E2.1446 with note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Scales,_3rd_Baron_Scales
- Christening: 1324
- Alt. Death: 1365
- Residence: He also held Magna Leigh in Essex, England at LATI: N1.8523 LONG: E0.6147 with note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Scales,_3rd_Baron_Scales
- Residence: He also held Wrethlington and Tremeleye in Suffolk, England with note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Scales,_3rd_Baron_Scales
- Residence: Haslingfield in Cambridgeshire, England at LATI: N2.2137 LONG: E0.1263 with note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Scales,_3rd_Baron_Scales
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Sir Robert de Scales, VI
Birth 1315
Norfolk, England
Death 13 Aug 1369 (aged 53–54)
Norfolk, England
Burial Unknown
Memorial ID 131597748 · View Source
Memorial
Photos 0
Flowers 22
Robert de Scales was born in 1315 in Middleton, Norfolk, England. He was the son of Sir Knight Robert V de Scales, 2nd Baron of Worlington (1279-1325) and Egeline de (Courtenay) Scales (1282-1335).
Robert married Catherine de Ufford (1318-1343) in Middleton, Norfolk, England on 6 May 1335. Catherine was the daughter of Robert II de Ufford Earl of Suffolk (1298-1369) and Margaret de (Norwich) Ufford (1300-1368).
Robert VI de Scales 3rd Baron of Worlington 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). He was summoned to Parliament from 1343 until his death in 1370.
Robert married Catherine, sister and co-heir of William de Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, by whom he had three sons and two daughters: Peter de Scales, who married Johanna and held Wetherden in Suffolk in 1330 and 1346. Robert de Scales, Roger de Scales, 4th Baron Scales (1354–1387). Margaret de Scales, who married Sir Robert Howard (-1388) son of Sir John Howard and had one son Sir John Howard. Elizabeth de Scales, who married Sir Roger Felbrigg and was buried at St Margaret, Felbrigg.
Robert died on 13 Aug 1369 in Worlington, Mildenhall, Suffolk, England. He was 54 years old. His burial is unknown at this time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Scales,_3rd_Baron_Scales
Family Members
Parents
Knight Robert De Scales
1279–1325
Egelina De Courtenay Scales
1282–1335
Spouse
Catherine De Ufford Scales
1318 – unknown
Children
Margaret de Scales Howard
1339–1416
=== !BIR-MAR: Bk, Medieval Knight by Stephen ===
!BIR-MAR: Bk, Medieval Knight by Stephen Turnbull.
=== M E Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees P. 44 ===
M E Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees P. 44
=== !BIRTH: from The Complete Peerage !DEATH ===
!BIRTH: from The Complete Peerage !DEATH: from The Complete Peerage
=== BLOOMFIELDS HISTORY OF NORFOLK; ANCESTRA ===
BLOOMFIELDS HISTORY OF NORFOLK; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
=== !Weis. 232-32. Robert de Scales, the t ===
!Weis. 232-32. Robert de Scales, the third Lord Scales, was a Member of Parliament 1341-1369. he was Lord of the Manor of Worlington.
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Preferred Parents:
Father: Robert de Scales, b. 1279 in Middleton, Norfolk, England d. 20 MAR 1324 in Worlington, Suffolk, England
Mother: Egeline Courtenay, b. JUL 1282 in Okehampton, Devon, England d. 10 OCT 1335 in Middleton, Norfolk, England
Family 1: Catherine de Ufford, b. 1318 in Norfolk, England d. 1370 in Middleton, Norfolk, England
- Margaret Scales, b. 1339 in Hertfordshire, England d. 8 MAY 1416 in East Winch, Norfolk, England
Sources:
- Title: Robert de Scales, "Find A Grave Index" [merged]
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG5-P4CL : 25 May 2022), Robert de Scales, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 131597748, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG5-P4CL;
- Title: Robert Scales, 3rd Baron Scales in Wikipedia
Author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Scales,_3rd_Baron_Scales
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Scales,_3rd_Baron_Scales;
Note: 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. Robert married Katherine, sister and co-heir of William de Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, by whom he had three sons and two daughters.
Baron Scales (1324–1369)
Page: Relationships
- Title: 1335 Marriage England Robert Scales & Catherine de Ufford
Author: Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 2, page 2906. G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume XI, page 502.
Publication: Name: http://www.thepeerage.com/p66412.htm#i664115;
Note: He married Lady Catherine de Ufford, daughter of Robert d'Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk and Margaret de Norwich, before 6 May 1335.
Page: 1335 Marriage
- Title: 1365 Death England Robert Scales
Author: Sir Bernard Burke, C.B. LL.D., A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, new edition (1883; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1978), page 477.
Publication: Name: http://www.thepeerage.com/p66091.htm#i660904;
Note: He died in 1369.
Page: 1369 Death
- Title: British History Online
Note: Robert Scales
heir & s/o Robert Scale & Egelina Courtenay
b- 1309 - age 13 1322 - Scales Manor, Middleton,Norfolk
m-
d -
4 April 1322 & 20 Mar 1325 - IPM - Robert Scales
held - Rewenhale manor, Essex -.................jointly with wife Egelina
of the gift of Isabel Sclaes (his mother) by fine
Widlington manor -Suffolk moiety
Middelton manor, Norfolk
Synisholm & Eesp, Norfolk - land & meadow
South Fen - Norfolk ............ marsh & rent
Benton Benedick, Norfolk
Fouldon, Norfolk
Hoga manor, Norfolk,,,,,,,,,,,,,held jointly with wife Egelina
Usington manor, Norfolk
ROBERT is son & next heir age 13 1322
24 July 1373 - IPM - ROBERT Scales, Knt - d- 13 Aug 1369/70
Roger Scales, Knt, age 27 is son & hext heir
held - Hertfordshire - Newsell in Berkway
8 Sep 1373 - IPM - Robert Thorpe , knt, d- 30 June 1373
Held - Hertfordshire - Newsells in Berkway
by grant from Robert Scales, knf, with reversion to said Robert & his heirs
ROGER Scales, Knt, age 27 on 1 Feb, held - Newsells in Berkway,Hertfordshire
Hinton, Cambridgeshire
Northamptonshire - Crek
- Title: Book - Magna Charta Barons
Author: Google Books
Note: Robert scales, 3rd Baron Scales
s/o sir, Robert Scales,Baron Scales & Egelina Courtenay
d - 1291
- Title: Book - History of Norfolk
Author: Google Books
Note: Robert Scales, 3rd Lord Scales
heir & s/o Robert Scales & Efelina Courtenay
b- 1309 (age 13 1322) - Scales Hall,Norfolk,England
m- Catherine Ufford, co-heiress of brother
d - 13 August 1369 - Scales Hall, Norfolk,England
- Title: Robert de Scales in Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors
Author: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p424.htm#i12740
Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p424.htm#i12740;
Note: Sir Robert Scales, 3rd Lord Scales (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9)
Last Edited 4 Apr 2020
M, #12740, b. circa 1312, d. 13 August 1369
Father Sir Robert de Scales, 2nd Lord Scales (10,11) b. c 1279, d. 20 Mar 1325
Mother Egelina (Evelina) Courtenay (10,11) d. c 10 Oct 1335
Sir Robert Scales, 3rd Lord Scales Lord of the Manor of Worlington. He was born circa 1312 at of Newcells in Barkway, Hertfordshire, England; Age 13 in 1325. (9) He and Katherine de Ufford obtained a marriage license on 2 April 1335; They had 1 son (Sir Roger, 4th Lord Scales) and 2 daughters (Margaret/Margery, wife of Sir Robert Howard, & of Sir Walter de Bermingham; & Elizabeth, wife of Sir Roger de Felbrigg). (5,7,9) Sir Robert Scales, 3rd Lord Scales died on 13 August 1369 at of Scales in Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire, England. (5,9)
Family: Katherine de Ufford
Children: Margaret Scales+ (2,3,12,4,5,6,7,8,9)
Elizabeth de Scales+ (13,5,14,9) b. c 1338
Sir Roger Scales, 4th Lord Scales+ (5,9) b. c 1347, d. 25 Dec 1386
Citations:
1. [S3559] Unknown author, The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, by Ronny O. Bodine, p. 125; Magna Charta by Wurts, p. 399.
2. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 233.
3. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 573.
4. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 433.
5. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 512.
6. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 258.
7. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 329-330.
8. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 470-471.
9. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 571.
10. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 511.
11. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 570.
12. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 407.
13. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 145.
14. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 552
- Title: Robert de Scales, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29R-Y5LM : 15 June 2022), Robert de Scales, ; Burial, Middleton, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England, Blackborough Priory; citing record ID 151978855, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29R-Y5LM;
Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151978855/robert-de-scales
Sir Robert de Scales VI
BIRTH 1315 Middleton, Norfolk, England
DEATH 13 Aug 1369 (aged 53–54) Norfolk, England
BURIAL Blackborough Priory
Middleton, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England
MEMORIAL ID 151978855
He was the son of Sir Knight Robert V de Scales, 2nd Baron of Worlington (1279-1325) and Egeline de (Courtenay) Scales (1282-1335). Robert married Catherine de Ufford (1318-1343) in Middleton, Norfolk, England on 6 May 1335. Catherine was the daughter of Robert II de Ufford Earl of Suffolk (1298-1369) and Margaret de (Norwich) Ufford (1300-1368). He was summoned to Parliament from 1343 until his death in 1370.
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