Thomas Scott (died 1610)

Thomas Scott of Scot's Hall, Smeeth, Kent, was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1586 to 1587. He was elected MP for the seat of Aylesbury in 1586.

Early life and family

Scott was the 1st son of Sir Thomas Scott of Scot's Hall, Smeeth, Kent and his 1st wife, Elizabeth Baker, daughter of [John Baker (died 1558)|Sir John Scott (soldier)|John Baker] of Sissinghurst.
He was a student at Hart Hall, Oxford where he matriculated on 20 May 1580, aged 17.
On the death of his father on 30 December 1594, he inherited seven manors, the Scot's Hall estate and all his goods.

Marriages and issue

He married, firstly, Mary Knatchbull, daughter of John Knatchbull, of Mersham, by whom he had a son, who died young.
He married, secondly, in about 1587, Elizabeth Honywood, daughter and heir of Thomas Honywood, of Sene, Newington, by whom he had no children.

Career

He was a Member of the Parliament of England for Aylesbury in 1586.
He was a captain of a troop of Lancers, under his father as commander-in-chief of the Kentish forces, in 1588 and 1589, in anticipation of a second invasion of England by Philip of Spain.
From about 1596 he served as a justice of the peace, quarter sessions in Kent, Sheriff of Kent from 1601 to 1602 and was a commissioner for the survey of crown lands in Kent in 1608.

Death

He died without issue on 24 September 1610, leaving his brother John as his heir. It is unknown where he was buried, but it was probably at Brabourne, where "many of the ancient Scott memorials have disappeared." His will has not survived, but an indenture notes that he left £2,000 to his niece, Elizabeth Scott, and his widow was to be taken care of by Sir John; on the latter’s death, she was to receive an annuity of £240. She died in May 1627 and was buried in the parish church at Brabourne.