Thomas Scott

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Burial: 18 September 1550.

Place of Burial: Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire.

The burial is recorded in the parish register.

Relationships

Father: unknown.

The 1508 will of Richard Newman of Chaddesley Corbett mentions his son-in-law Roger Skott. There is also the case involving William Newman and Roger Scott cited in the Evidence section below.

Mother: unknown.

Thomas’s mother was still alive in 1548.

Spouse: Elizabeth.

This relationship is given in Thomas’s will. Elizabeth was probably buried in Chaddesley Corbett in 1551.

Children:

Francis Scott.

Agnes Scott.

Elizabeth Scott.

Evidence

from the Chaddesley Corbett parish register:

[1550] Thoms Scott Septembr the xviij th

[1551] Elizabth Scott Aprill the xviij th

Thomas’s will:

In dei noie amen I Thoma[s] Scott of the p[ar]ish of Chaddesley of p[er]fect mynde make this my testament & last will the xx day of August the yere of o^r Lord god m ccccc xlviij the Second yere of the raigne of o^r sov[er]aigne kyng Edward the vi by the grace of god kyng of England France & Ireland & the sov[er]aigne hed und[er] god of the church of England & of Ireland Imprimis I give and bequeath my soule to my lord god & my body to be buried in the church yard of Chaddesley It[e]m I give & bequethe to my gostly father for tythes obli[...] iiij^d Also I wyll that my mother shall have her fyndyng in the house that I nowe dwell in with my wyffe & my sone duryng the tyme of her lyfe yf she wyll be so contente & to have her chamber and hes[...] as she nowe hath & of ev[er]y bache of Bread that my wyfe dothe make a loffe of the best Bredde a chese and of the best ale my wyffe dothe brewe sufficient for the same and my wish [...] be content with that & goe [fre(?)] my wyfe I wyll that she shall have xxs yerly payd to her iiij [stryks(?)] of [Rie(?)] & iiij [stryks(?)] of [...] by the hands of my wyfe or of Francis my son[n]e duryng the tym of her lyfe It[e]m I give & bequethe to Angnes & to Elizabeth my daughters to either of them vj^li viij^s iiij^d to be payd to [them] at the tyme of theyer marriage It[e]m I give & bequethe to Francis my son[n]e my lease & takyng in Hervyngton(?) duryng the [...] of my lease and all the Residue of my goods not bequethed my detts payd my legacies & funeralles p[er]formed I give & Bequethe them to Elizabethe my wyfee & to Francis my son[n]e equally to be devyded betwene them and the sayd Elizabethe my wyffe & to Francis I make them my Executors these witnesses [...] John Newman & John Cowp[er]

And these be the detts oweying to me

In primis William Smythe of Winterfold oweth me iiij^li(?)

Silvester Tayler owethe me xij^s

William Brode owethe me xx^s

Thomas Burghlye(?) of Hilpolle owethe me iiij^s x^d

[...] John Newman & John Cowp[er] [S…] Thomas Newsey owe me vii^s vi^d (?)

The sum[m]e of the detts is vij^li iiij^s iiij^d

from the National Archives Catalogue (C 1/342/69):

Short title: Newman v Scott.

Plaintiffs: William Newman.

Defendants: Roger Scott.

Subject: Detention of deeds relating to lands in Chaddesley Corbet. Worcestershire

1504-1515

References

Chaddesley Corbett parish register. Digital images on FamilySearch.org accessed 24 March 2018.

Will of Thomas Scott (register copy), dated 20 August 1548, Worcester consistory court, FHL film 994264, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.