William Scott (abt. 1450 - 1498)

Born about 1450 in Glemsford, Suffolk, England

Descendants

Died 1498 at about age 48 in Glemsford, Suffolk, England

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Biography

"WILLIAM SCOTT of Glemsford, county Suffolk, is the earliest Scott ancestor of this family who can be identified. He apparently died at a rather young age, as his son Richard outlived him by sixty two years. William was probably born about 1450. His brief will names only two sons, to whom he bequeathed his lands in seven nearby parishes, i.e. in Glemsford, Boxsted, Cavendish, Somerton, Hawkedon, Wickhambrook and Denston. No wife was mentioned, but that does not prove she was dead, considering the brevity of his will. In the 1524 Subsidy (tax) list, there was a Clemence Skot, widow, who paid 2s.6d. on property worth ?5. Clemence was probably his widow. His son Thomas had a daughter named Clemence, which suggests as much. His will was dated 24 April 1498, proved 29 September following, so he died around late summer of 1498." An abstract of the will follows." ^[1]

Will Dated 24 Apr 1498

Place: Glemsford, Suffolk, England

Proved 29 Sep 1498

Son Richard (~1476-~1560)

Son Thomas (~1478-~1529)

Burial St Mary the Virgin Churchyard , Glemsford, Babergh District, Suffolk, England

Sources

1. ↑ John Brooks Threlfall, Fifty Great Migration Colonists of New England and Their Origins, Madison, Wisconsin: Privately Printed, 1990 (reprinted at Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1992

• William Scott (1450-1498) on Find A Grave: Memorial #117506819 retrieved 29 January 2019