Thomas Scales, 7th Baron Scales

Thomas Scales Baron Scales
Arms of Sir Thomas Scales, 7th Baron Scales
Born	9 October 1399 Middleton, Norfolk, England
Died	20 July 1460(1460-07-20) (aged 60) London
Cause of death	Murder
Occupation(s)	Soldier, administrator
Known for	Military service during the Hundred Years' War
Office	Seneschal of Normandy
Children	Elizabeth, 8th Baroness Scales
Parents	Robert, 5th Lord Scales (father) Elizabeth Bardolf (mother)
Relatives	Robert, 6th Lord Scales (brother)

Thomas Scales, 7th Baron Scales KG (9 October 1399 – 20 July 1460) was an English nobleman and one of the main English military commanders in the last phase of the Hundred Years' War. The son of Robert de Scales, 5th Baron Scales (c. 1372–1402), he succeeded his brother Robert de Scales, 6th Baron Scales (died July 1419) as baron.

Thomas distinguished himself in France, against Jack Cade and in many other places. He was rewarded with a grant of £100 a year during his life and the privilege of a 200-tonne ship to transport goods wherever he saw fit (excluding Calais). He was summoned to Parliament from 1445 to 1460.

Scales was an important man of considerable wealth. This is alluded to in Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part 3: King Edward IV's brothers George and Richard complain to Edward about his bestowal of Scales' heiress (one of the wealthiest in England) on his Queen's brother, instead of one of them.