Thomas Scales | |
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 Arms of Sir Thomas Scales, 7th Baron Scales | |
| Born | 9 October 1399 Middleton, Norfolk, England |
| Died | 20 July 1460 (aged 60) |
| Cause of death | Murder |
| Occupation(s) | Soldier, administrator |
| Known for | Military service during the Hundred Years' War |
| Office | Seneschal of Normandy |
| Children | Elizabeth, 8th Baroness Scales |
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| Relatives | Robert, 6th Lord Scales (brother) |
Thomas Scales, 7th Baron Scales KG (9 October 1399 – 20 July 1460) was an English nobleman and one of the main English military commanders in the last phase of the Hundred Years' War. The son of Robert de Scales, 5th Baron Scales (c. 1372–1402), he succeeded his brother Robert de Scales, 6th Baron Scales (died July 1419) as baron.
Thomas distinguished himself in France, against Jack Cade and in many other places. He was rewarded with a grant of £100 a year during his life and the privilege of a 200-tonne ship to transport goods wherever he saw fit (excluding Calais). He was summoned to Parliament from 1445 to 1460.
Scales was an important man of considerable wealth. This is alluded to in Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part 3: King Edward IV's brothers George and Richard complain to Edward about his bestowal of Scales' heiress (one of the wealthiest in England) on his Queen's brother, instead of one of them.