Sir Robert de Scales was engaged in several military expeditions. In 1337 he went on the Kings Service overseas with Robert d'Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk

Robert d'Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk

Robert d'Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk, KG was born in Thurston, Suffolk, England to Robert d'Ufford and Cecily de Valoines. On 13 November 1334 he married Margaret de Norwich, daughter of Sir Walter Norwich and Catherine de Hedersete. They had four children. He was made Earl of Suffolk in...

 and Peter de Scales (presumably his brother or son). He was summoned to Parliament

Parliament of England

The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England. In 1066, William of Normandy introduced a feudal system, by which he sought the advice of a council of tenants-in-chief and ecclesiastics before making laws...

 from 1343 until his death in 1370.

Residences

Robert's main residence was at Rivenhall

Rivenhall

Rivenhall is a village and a civil parish near Witham in the Braintree District in the English county of Essex. It is near the small settlement of Rivenhall End. For transport there is the busy A12 nearby and Witham railway station. It has an Anglo-Saxon church which has a Roman villa...

 in Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

 but also held Newsells and Berkway in Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...

, Magna Leigh in Essex

Essex

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, Haslingfield

Haslingfield

Haslingfield is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England. The village is about six miles south-west of Cambridge, between Harston, Barton and Barrington. The population in the 2001 census was 1,550 people living in 621 households. The main streets in the village are called High...

 in Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...

, Wrethlington and Tremeleye in Suffolk

Suffolk

Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...

, Wilton, Barton-Bendish, Hickling

Hickling

-People:* Reginald Hugh Hickling , British lawyer, colonial civil servant, law academic and author* Ronald Hickling , British ornithologist-Places:Norfolk* Hickling, Norfolk* Hickling Broad* Hickling Green* Hickling Heath...

, Ilsington, Howe

Howe

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, Middleton

Middleton

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, Pudding Norton, Gateley, Tylney, Herewych and Reinham in Norfolk

Norfolk

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 and Berton in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire

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.

Family

Robert married Catherine, sister, and co-heir of, William d'Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk

William d'Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk

William de Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, KG was an English nobleman in the reigns of Edward III and Richard II. He was the son of Robert de Ufford, who was created Earl of Suffolk by Edward III in 1337. William had three older brothers who all predeceased him, and in 1369 he succeeded his father...

. They had the following children:-

• Peter de Scales, married Johanna held Wetherden in Suffolk in 1330 and 1346
• Robert de Scales, went on Kings Service overseas in 1337 with Robert d'Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk
  Robert d'Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk
  Robert d'Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk, KG was born in Thurston, Suffolk, England to Robert d'Ufford and Cecily de Valoines. On 13 November 1334 he married Margaret de Norwich, daughter of Sir Walter Norwich and Catherine de Hedersete. They had four children. He was made Earl of Suffolk in...
  
  
• Lord Roger de Scales, 4th Baron Scales
  Roger de Scales, 4th Baron Scales
  Lord Roger de Scales was one of the 'eminent persons' forced by the rebels to march with them upon the insurrection of Jack Straw. He was a Commissioner of the Peace for Cambridgeshire and Norfolk for many of the years between 1373 and 1386. He was summoned to Parliament from 1376 until his death...
  
  (1354–1387)
• Margaret de Scales, married Sir Robert Howard (-1388) son of Sir John Howard and had one son Sir John Howard
• Elizabeth de Scales, married Sir Roger Felbrigg and was buried at St Margaret, Felbrigg