Origins
According to Morant, the de Scales family were descendants of a Norman called Scaliers who came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066. However, definitive evidence for this needs to be found; another family living in Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire and Bedfordshire went by the name of "de Scalariis" whereas the family of the Baron Scales lived mainly in Essex, Norfolk (specific references include "Scales Manor" in Middleton, "Scale's How Manor" in South Lynn and "Scale's Manor" in all of Hockwold, Rainham, Barton and Ilsington) and Herts and were spelled "de Scales" (or de Schales or de Escales). No connection has been found between the two families so far, but they have often been confused by scribes, etc.
References to possible early members of this family include:-
- 1166 Sir Ricardus de Scialis at Husseburne (Suffolk?)
- 1211-12 Sir Radulphus de Escalis at Dover Castle
- 1211-12 Sir Rogerus de Scalis
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