Sir Willam Scott of Brabourne

Sir William Scot of Brabourne was the son of John le Scot of Brabourne, Kent. His son was Michael Scot, who married Emma.

Makes his first appearance as a pleader in a yearbook for 1330, and was made Serjeant-at-Law in 1334. When the Black Prince (son of Edward III of England) was created Duke of Cornwall, he knighted de Scott in 1336 and later raised him to Justice of the Common Pleas. Sir William resided at Bradbourne Lees near Smeeth in Kent, from where he acted as seneschal of the manor. It was here that he built the family's first ancestral home "Scott's Hall". It was Sir William who was responsible for bringing his fathers heart casket to it's final resting place. In the Church of St.Mary the Virgin at Bradbourne there is a Shrine (a slab of Bethesdan Marble), containing a hollow in which the casket containing the heart is thought to have been placed. While the Church and the heart shrine still remain, the heart and it's casket and indeed the old ancestral home, have long since disappeared. Sir William was also one of the first in a long line of Scott's to have been buried in the chapel of Bradbourne Church in 1350.

• Reference: See #3 of Pedigree https://archive.org/stream/memorialsoffamil00scot#page/254/mode/2up...

See Bookmarked Pages https://archive.org/stream/memorialsoffamil00scot#page/n11/mode/2up...

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