In 1422, Scales crossed the Channel to
Normandy, and served as a lieutenant of
John, Duke of Bedford. By 1423, Scales was captain of Verneuil. From 1424 to 1425, he fought alongside
John Fastolf to recapture the fortress at
Maine. He was captured at the
Battle of Patay in 1429 and later ransomed. In 1434, he commanded an assault against the French-held
Mont-Saint-Michel in
Normandy, which ended in failure and led Scales to abandon his cannons behind him (since then displayed inside the city). According to a recruitment roll now at the
National Army Museum, he commanded a corps of 728 archers (some with fire-tipped arrows) and about 50 infantry at the
siege of Saint-Denis. In 1439, to cut off
Mont-Saint-Michel, at the end of the French bridge in English-held territory, he founded the citadel of
Granville. In 1442 Granville was taken by surprise by the French defenders of the Mont. In the
Wars of the Roses Scales fought for
Lancaster, and as such appears in Shakespeare's
Henry VI, Part 2. On 20 July 1460 Scales was murdered, having, as commander of the
Tower of London, turned its weapons against the city which was supporting the
Yorkist Earl of Salisbury in besieging the Tower. ==Residences==