John le Scot of Calverley

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ¹⁵¹
John Scot of Calverley, eldest son of John was likely born about 1263. The earliest deed among the Calverley Charters, dated 1284, mentions him as John son of John Scot, lord of Calverley. He was most likely of age at the time of this deed. In another one dated 1290 he is again referenced as "John son of John Scot of Calverley," yet the deed makes it clear that the first John, father of the second John, was no longer alive. John Scot's name appears in documents of the Calverley Charters from 1263 until 1235 . One of these dated 1318, John attest to a lease of his son Walter's, and another names his son Walter and Joan his wife. John improved and added to the family property by purchasing large numbers of small holdings in Calverley, Rudsey and other areas. He also puchased the manors of Burley, Esholt, which he gave to Esholt Priory and Headingley which he gave to Kirkstall Abbey.

John's wife may have been a sister of Sir Simon Warde of Guiseley and Givendale. Sir Simon was a witness to several of John's deeds, and he grants a rent charged on Guiseley Mills to John's son whom he calls his "vallet," meaning either ward or esquire. Further corroboration for this marriage is that he and Walter de Hawksworth, the younger, are executors of the will of Walter de Hasksworth the elder in 1308. If John were married to a daughter of Sir Simon Warde he would also be the brother-in-law if Walter de Hawksworth, the younger.


John was no longer living by 1336.

Other possible Children of John from Generation 5 are Roger de Calverley, Walter Scot of Hayton, and Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Poictevin of Headingly. There is no evidence linking Roger or Walter to John de Calverley. On the other hand, Elizabeth, in 1322, conveyed the manor of Headingley and other properties to John de Calverley, whom she descibes as her brother. Elizabeth died in 1342, with her will dated in August. John de Calverley was one of the executors of her will.
~The Calverley Charters, Presented to the British Museum, by Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan, Baronet, Vol. I, Notes on the Pedigree