Laurentius “Benedictus” de Sculcotes

Benedictus or Bennet de Sculcotes was originally called Laurentius, and is described in the Pipe Roll of the 6th John as “ Laurent dict' B'n'dict' de Sculecotes” (Mag. Rot. 6 Joh. Tit. Everwichscir.) He was one of the principal benefactors to the Abbey of Meaux, and it is probable that he acquired his name of Benedictus from his pious charity in favour of that religious house. From the inquisitions taken in the 12th John, respecting the services of knights and others holding of the King in capite, it appears that Bennet de Sculcotes then held the fifth part of a knight's fee, jointly with Robert de Maleforest, under the Archbishop of York, (Lib. Rub. in Scacc.) and when upon assessment of the aid in 12 Henry II. for marrying the King's daughter, Roger, Archbishop of York, certified his knight's fees held “ de veteri feoffamento de temp. Henry I." and "de novo feoffamento," the name of Bennet de Sculcotes was returned as holding under that prelate the eighth part of a knight's fee of the former description. (Ibid.) The following pedigree will shew the connection through which the Greys of Rotherfeiļd acquired their property in Sculcotes.

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BEATRIX de Saint-Luce, daughter of WILLIAM de Saint-Luce & his wife Avice de Sculcoates. The Chronicle of Meaux, in Yorkshire, names "Aviciam" as daughter of “Benedictus de Sculcottes”, adding that she married “Willelmus de Seynt Luce” by whom she had “Beatricem” who married “Robertus de Gray."[1]

References

• “Notices relative to the early history of the town and port of Hull;” by Frost, Charles, 1781?-1862 (1827). Page 28-29. Archive.org GoogleBooks
• “Chronica Monasterii de Melsa: A Fundatione Usque Ad Annum 1396 ..., Issue 1.” By Thomas (de Burton), Edward Augustus Bond. Page 170. GoogleBooks
• 'Outlying villages: Sculcoates', in A History of the County of York East Riding: Volume 1, the City of Kingston Upon Hull, ed. K J Allison (London, 1969), pp. 467-469. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/east/vol1/pp467-469 [accessed 12 September 2020].