And in taking leave of this portion of my subject, I cannot but reiterate the obligations both the reader and the literary world generally are under to Mr. Edmund Ward Oliver. The suppositions as to the cause of Scot’s loss of his moiety of the estates of Lady Winnifred Rainsford—not, it is believed, a large sum—and as to his law-studentship, based as they are on facts stated by Scot or derived from his writings, and those of Th. Ady, are my own; while in one or two instances I have put forth opinions not quite in accord with that gentleman’s. But nearly all the biographical facts regarding Scot himself and his marriages, in contradistinction to the supposed facts hitherto set forth, are due to the intelligent research of Mr. Oliver, and are not unfrequently stated in his own words. The following table will bring into one view the pedigree of Reginald Scot given in the previous pages: [The 2nd] Sir William Scott,[*] d. 1433.== | +---------------------------------+ Sir John Scott, d. 1485.== | +------------------+ | Sir William Scott, d. 1524.== | +--------------------+ | Sir John Scott, d. 7 Oct. 1533.==Anne, d. of Reginald Pympe. | +-----------------+-------+---------+ | | | Wm. Scott, Sir Reginald Scott, Richd. Scott.==Mary Whetenall. d. _s. p._ 5 June d. 16 Dec. 1554. | 1536. | | +----------------+ +---------+ | | Sir Th. Scot, (1) Jane Cobbe.==Reginald Scott.==(2) Alice [Collyar?]. d. 30 Dec. 1594. | Elizabeth.==Sackville Turnor. | Cicely. [*] It is noteworthy that, notwithstanding the memorial inscription to the first Sir William, Reginald, or whoever was the author of the verses to Sir Thomas, only traces the pedigree to this fourth knight after Sir Reginald. Either then the first Sir William was then accounted somewhat mythical, or not being a knight of fame, he was not recognised as the same with Sir William Scott, the Chief Justice of England. ———————————— WILL OF RAYNOLD SCOT. _Extracted from the copy, not the original, in the Principal Registry of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice._ S In the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.