Family and Education
m. by 1384, Ellen, 1s.This son was John Scut, also a cloth merchant, who entered the freedom of Exeter in 1388 as Adam’s apprentice, and in 1390 occupied with his wife, Denise, a new house behind the guildhall: Exeter City RO, mayor’s ct. roll 11-12 Ric. II m. 38; H. Lloyd Parry, Hist. Exeter Guildhall, 5.
Offices Held
Steward, Exeter Mich. 1364–5, 1368 – 69; member of the council of 12, 1369 – 72, 1373 – 74, 1375 – 77, 1378 – 85, 1386 – 97, 1398 – 1407, 1408 – 11, 1412 – 16; receiver 1372 – 73, 1377 – 78; mayor 1385 – 86, 1397 – 98, 1407 – 08, 1411–12.
Tax collector, Exeter Mar. 1377.
Collector of customs and subsidies, Exeter and all ports from Bridgwater to Weymouth except Lostwithiel, Plymouth and Dartmouth, 16 Nov. 1378–9.
Constable of the Staple, Exeter Feb. 1390 – May 1391; mayor May 1391 – June 1393; c.1401–2.
Commr. to close the ports of Budleigh, Ottermouth and Exeter May 1401.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Exeter, Devon.
Scot, Scutte, Skot
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Commons 1386-1421
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SCUT, Adam
Will
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Oxford 1644
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