Robert Scales, 5th Baron Scales explained

Robert de Scales
Birth Date:1372
Death Date:1402
Allegiance: England

Lord Robert de Scales (1372–1402) was involved in an expedition to Aquitaine. He was Commissioner of the Peace for Norfolk from 1399 to 1401, and was the steward of the son and heir of Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk due to his minority. He was one of the Peers who voted for Henry Bolingbroke to be crowned King of England.[1] Due to poor health, Robert died at the age of 30 on 7 December 1402.[2]

Residences

Robert held Rivenhall in Essex, Newsells in Hertfordshire, Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire,[3] Wylton in Norfolk and Dalham in Suffolk.[4]

Family

Robert married Elizabeth, daughter of William, 4th Baron Bardolf. They had the following children:-

Notes and References

  1. House of Lords, Supplemental Case of the House of Lords 1857
  2. Philip Morant, The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex
  3. Patent Rolls
  4. Feudal Aids 1284-1431

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