Roger Scales, 4th Baron Scales

Roger de Scales
Roger de Scales
Born	1354
Died	1387
Allegiance	England
Relations	Robert de Scales, 3rd Baron Scales (father);

Roger Scales, 4th Baron Scales (1354–1387) was one of the 'eminent persons' forced by the rebels to march with them upon the insurrection of Jack Straw in 1381. He was a commissioner of the peace for Cambridgeshire and Norfolk for many of the years between 1373 and 1386.^[1] He was summoned to Parliament from 1376 until his death in 1386.^[2] He attended the Coronation of Richard II in 1377.^[3]

Residences[edit]

Roger's main residence was at Rivenhall in Essex. He also held Haselingfeld in Cambridgeshire^[4] and gained Shaldford in Essex and lands in Kent through his marriage.

Family[edit]

Roger married Joan,^[1] daughter of, Sir John de Northwode. They had the following children:-

Robert de Scales, 5th Baron Scales (1372–1402)

Joan later remarried to Sir Edmund de Thorpe, Jnr., without licence.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Patent Rolls
^ Philip Morant, The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex
^ House of Lords, Supplemental Case of the House of Lords 1857
^ Feudal Aids 1284-1431

Peerage of England
Preceded by Robert de Scales	Baron Scales 1369–1387	Succeeded by Robert de Scales

[PatentRolls-1] Patent Rolls

[Morant-2] Philip Morant, The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex

[HoL-3] House of Lords, Supplemental Case of the House of Lords 1857

[FeudalAids-4] Feudal Aids 1284-1431

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