John Scott

Scott family pedigree commissioned by Sir John Scott(1570–1616), of Scot's Hall and of Nettlestead Place in Kent, great-grandson of Sir John Scott (d.1533), showing the family's connection to Elizabeth Woodville, wife of King Edward IV. His shield is 4th row from the bottom, 3rd from the left, showing the quartered arms of Scott impaling the quartered arms of Pympe Sir John Scott ( – 7 October 1533) was the eldest son of Sir William Scott of Scot's Hall. He served in King Henry VIII's campaigns in France and was active in local government in Kent and a Member of Parliament for New Romney. He was the grandfather of both Reginald Scott, author of The Discoverie of Witchcraft, a source for Shakespeare's Macbeth, and Thomas Keyes, who married Lady Mary Grey.

Family According to MacMahon, the Scott family, which claimed descent from John Balliol, was among the leading families in Kent during the reign of King Henry VII.

John Scott, born about 1484, was the eldest son of Sir William Scott of Scot's Hall and Sibyl Lewknor (d. 1529), the daughter of Sir Thomas Lewknor of Trotton, Sussex.

Scott had a brother, Edward, and three sisters, Anne, who married Sir Edward Boughton; Katherine; and Elizabeth. In 1512 he was elected Member of Parliament for New Romney. Scott may have participated in the French campaigns of 1512 and 1513; he was among the forces being marshaled at Calais in 1514 when negotiations for peace between England and France brought the war to a temporary halt. In 1514 and 1515 he was a commissioner for the subsidy in Sussex. In June 1520 he attended Henry VIII at the Field of Cloth of Gold. In 1522 he was in the service of George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny, Constable of Dover Castle, and was placed in charge of transport when the Emperor Charles V landed at Dover on 28 May 1522. In 1523 Scott was with the English forces which invaded northern France under the Duke of Suffolk. In 1523 and 1524 he was a commissioner for the subsidy in Kent. He was Sheriff of Kent in 1527 and 1528, and a Justice of the Peace in that county from 1531 until his death. In May 1533 Scott was summoned to be a servitor at the coronation of Anne Boleyn. He died on 7 October 1533.

Marriage and issue

Scott married, before 22 November 1506, Anne Pympe, daughter and heiress of Reynold Pympe, esquire, of Nettlestead, Kent, by Elizabeth Pashley, the daughter of John Pashley, esquire.

Sir John Scott and Anne Pympe had five sons and seven daughters: William Scott, who died in 1536 without issue. Sir John Scott. Richard Scott, esquire, the father of Reginald Scott (d. 1599), author of The Discoverie of Witchcraft. Katherine Scott, who married Sir Henry Crispe. Isabel Scott, who married Richard Adams, esquire. Alice Scott. Mary Scott, who married Nicholas Ballard, gentleman. Elizabeth Scott. Sibyl Scott, who married Richard Hynde, esquire.

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