| Robert
1st Baron Scales |
| Robert
and Clemence’s son Robert (you don’t
find much imagination when it comes to names in
this family) married Isabel de Burnell, niece of
Robert Burnell, Bishop of Bath and Wells, Lord
Chancellor and Treasurer of England and trusted
associate of Edward I. Robert became the first Baron
Scales and accompanied Edward I in the
expedition into Wales in 1282 against Llywelyn
and Dafydd ab Gruffydd and other Welsh
chieftains, who were defeated the following year.
In 1294 he accompanied Edward to Gascony in the
unsuccessful war against France. Philip IV had
declared Edward’s own Duchy of Gascony
forfeit when Edward refused to appear before him
in Paris to discuss the recent conflict between
English, Gascon and French sailors that had
resulted in several French ships being captured
and the sacking of La Rochelle. |
| In
1295, Robert is recorded as having a huge amount
of land in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire
and Cambridgeshire. In 1296, he was with the King
for the invasion of Scotland, a temporary success
for the English. This was when Edward confiscated
the Stone of Scone (the Scottish
Coronation Stone) and brought it to Westminster
Abbey. Isabel was a great benefactress to
Blackborough Priory, where she was buried, and
gave a silver chasuble and vestments for the
priests, carrying the family arms, along with
ornaments to lay over her sepulchre on the day of
her anniversary. |
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| Robert 2nd Baron Scales |
| Robert
2nd Baron Scales was made Knight of the Bath in
1305 and attended Edward II’s coronation in
1307. He married Egelina de Courteney, daughter
of Sir Hugh Courteney and sister of Hugh Courtney
Earl of Devonshire. |
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| Robert 3rd Baron Scales |
| Robert
died in 1322 leaving his son Robert 3rd Baron
Scales (born in Mildenhall, Suffolk) a minor in
the custody of his mother. He assumed charge when
he came of age in 1333. He married Catherine
d’Ufford, daughter of Robert d’Ufford
and sister and heir of William d’Ufford Earl
of Suffolk. In 1335 he was in Scotland with
William d’Ufford. He was campaigning on
Edward III’s behalf in Brittany in 1342 and
in Gascony in 1345. In 1346-7 he was with Edward
at the Siege of Calais, which was successful for
the English but marked the start of the Hundred
Years War. The Black Death arrived in
England shortly afterwards. |
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| Roger 4th Baron Scales |
| Roger
4th Baron Scales was born in Newselles and
assumed the title Lord of Newcells. He
married Joan de Northwood, daughter and heir of
Sir Robert Northwood of Northwood in Kent. In
1371 he was on an expedition to France. He was
seized by the Norfolk Rebels during the Peasants’
Revolt in 1381. He attended Richard II to
Scotland in 1384 and John Duke of Lancaster in
the Spanish expedition of 1385. He died later
that year. |
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| Robert
5th Baron Scales |
| Robert 5th
Baron Scales married Joan Bardolf, daughter of
William, and sister of Thomas Lord Bardolf. After
her death he married Elizabeth Bruce, daughter of
Matthew Bruce of Gower in Hampshire. He voted in
parliament for the safe custody of Richard II
after he was deposed in 1399. He died in 1402 and
was buried at Blackborough Priory. |
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| Robert
6th Baron Scales |
| Robert 6th
Baron Scales was only six when his father died.
It is not clear whether his mother was Joan
Bardolf or Elizabeth Bruce. He was the ward of
Ralph Earl of Westmoreland and he died unmarried
in 1418. His brother Thomas became the
illustrious 7th Baron and he deserves a page to
himself! |
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