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SCOT, THOMAS, son of Thomas Scot, Watton, Norfolk; b.; adm.; fact of education at the School stated by Wood, Athenae Oxon., iii, 578; MP Aylesbury Sep 1645-53, Wycombe 1654 – Sep 1654, Aylesbury 1656, Wycombe 1659-60; signed Engagement of 4 Aug 1647; one of the Commissioners for the trial of Charles I Jan 1649; signed the King’s death warrant; a member of each of the Five Councils of State during the Commonwealth; manager of home and foreign intelligence 1 Jul 1649; opposed the dissolution of the Long Parliament by Cromwell 1653; excluded from the House of Commons for refusing to sign the Engagement of 12 Sep 1654; again excluded during first session of Parliament of 1656; attacked the revival of the House of Lords, and justified the execution of the King and the abolition of the House of Lords 29 Jan 1658; protested against the recognition of Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector; an active opponent of the Army in 1659-60; appointed to sole charge of the intelligence department 10 Jan 1660; Secretary of State 17 Jan 1660; fled to Flanders Apr 1660, and ultimately surrendered himself to King’s Resident at Brussels; committed to Tower of London 12 Jul 1660; tried with the other regicides at the Old Bailey Oct 1660 and condemned to death; lic. to m. 1st, 27 Jun 1626 Alice, dau. of William Allanson; m. 2nd, 1644 Grace, dau. of Sir Thomas Mauleverer, Bart.; hanged at Charing Cross 17 Oct 1660. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.