Thomas Scales

Family: England · Role: lord · First appears: Henry VI 23

Life events

• c. 1435 · The English captured saint Denis and demolished its walls and fortifications.(Henry VI 23 · 📍 saint Denis)
  • With: John Talbot Robert Willoughby Jean de Villiers, Lord of L'Isle-Adam
  • “In the meane time was the towne of saint Denis rendered to the Englishmen, the which raced the walles and fortifications, sauing the walles of the abbeie, and of the tower called Venin.”
• c. 1460 · Thomas Scales was captured while fleeing by boat and shortly killed.(Henry VI 59 · 📍 the gate of the clinke)
  • With: Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick
  • “suddenlie taken, was shortlie slaine with manie darts & daggers, and his bodie left naked and all bloudie at the gate of the clinke”

Henry VI 23

• allies with John Talbot “the lord Talbot, the lord Willoughbie, the lord Scales, with the lord Lisle Adam, and fiue thousand men of warre, besieged the towne of saint Denis with a strong band.”
• allies with Robert Willoughby “the lord Talbot, the lord Willoughbie, the lord Scales, with the lord Lisle Adam, and fiue thousand men of warre, besieged the towne of saint Denis with a strong band.”
• allies with Jean de Villiers, Lord of L'Isle-Adam “the lord Talbot, the lord Willoughbie, the lord Scales, with the lord Lisle Adam, and fiue thousand men of warre, besieged the towne of saint Denis with a strong band.”

Henry VI 59

• patron: Henry VI (The king's favourite.) “Thomas lord Scales, a man in great fauour with the king & quéene”
• enemies with Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury “leauing behind them to kéepe the Londoners in their promised fréendship, the earle of Salisburie, the lord Cobham, and sir Iohn Wenlocke, which tooke such order, and watched the gates and entries on ech side so diligentlie, that no succours might come to the lord Scales lodging in the tower; who tooke therewith such displeasure, that he shot out his great ordinance against them within the citie, and they likewise shot at him againe”
• enemies with John Wenlock, Baron Wenlock “leauing behind them to kéepe the Londoners in their promised fréendship, the earle of Salisburie, the lord Cobham, and sir Iohn Wenlocke, which tooke such order, and watched the gates and entries on ech side so diligentlie, that no succours might come to the lord Scales lodging in the tower; who tooke therewith such displeasure, that he shot out his great ordinance against them within the citie, and they likewise shot at him againe”
• enemies with Edward IV “the earles of March and Warwike, and other of their affinitie, came to London, and were of the maior and citizens ioiouslie receiued, to whome resorted Thomas archbishop of Canturburie”

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Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.