He was listed at Dover Castle from 1261-2, as was a Sir Radulfus de Escales.
The last known holders were Elizabeth de Scales and her husband Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers.
Anthony was beheaded by Richard III at Pontefract on 24 Jun 1483 and the peerage fell into abeyance.
The most recent was made by Sir Charles Robert Tempest who claimed to be a co-heir in 1857.
[4] The Scales family's main residences were Middleton in Norfolk, Newsells in Hertfordshire and Rivenhall in Essex but also held other lands including Ouresby and Torneton in Lincolnshire.