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Francis Scott was baptised 31 March 1799 at Oldswinford, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, the son of George and Ann SCOTT. He married Mary COX at Ribbesford, Worcestershire on 14 Feb 1821. He was a bricklayer builder, living in Stourbridge at 17 Windmill Street (later Church Street, see map below).

On 17 Dec 1853 Francis purchased a plot of land amounting to 903 square yards (about one-fifth of an acre) from a George Prescott, for the sum of £48.5s.9d. It is likely that he built the Longlands Tavern on this plot, along with the four terraced houses to the east that adjoined the property. The first known licencee was Sarah Bryant, who secured a beer house licence for the property around 1858. When Francis Scott died in 1863 he left to his married daughter Elizabeth Knibb "all that messuage or tenement now used as a public house and in the occupation of Sarah Bryant with the outbuildings, garden and appurtenances thereto". Elizabeth Knibb took over as licensee of the Longlands Tavern in 1871 and her descendants feature in the list of licencees up to the beginning of the 1900s.

Francis died aged 65 on 19 Aug 1863 at Church Street, Stourbridge. In his Will he left property and land in Church Street, King Street (Wollaston), Long Lands, Hill Street, Bowling Green Lane and Talbot Street (all in the Stourbridge area), to his wife Mary and to his surviving children Elizabeth, Francis, Sarah and Mary.
His widow Mary Scott continued living in Church Street, supported by income from rent of houses. Sarah Bryant lived with her as a lodger in 1871, when both were in their seventies. Mary died 31 Dec 1877 aged 82.

signature of Francis Scott in parish register, 1821

Children of Francis and Mary Scott:

Elizabeth SCOTT, bapt. 25 Feb 1822; died 7 Jan 1895; m. James Richard KNIBB 1 Mar 1851.
Ann SCOTT, bapt. 2 Oct 1823; possibly bur. 18 Jan 1838 aged 14.
Francis SCOTT, bapt. 27 May 1827; d. 2 Mar 1897; m.Elizabeth DOO 26 Dec 1854.
William SCOTT, bapt. 24 Jan 1830, ?d.1874 aged 44.
Sarah SCOTT, bapt. 7 Apr 1833.
Mary SCOTT, bapt. 27 Mar 1836, m. Joseph CLARK (Jun Qtr 1859 Birmingham).

Church Street, Stourbridge 1885

Useful links and references for Stourbridge genealogy

• Nigel Perry "A History of Stourbridge" Phillimore & Co, 2001
• 1837 facsimile Plan of Stourbridge - available from Stourbridge Public Library
• "Bentley's History Guide and Alphabetical and Classified Directory of Stourbridge 1841" facsimile edition, Dudley Libraries New Transcript Series 1985
• William Scott "Stourbridge and its Vicinity" 1832, Downloadable in full as a 15.8Mb pdf file Download from Google Books
• 1861 census - a searchable on-line database
• Oldswinford parish registers and Monumental Inscriptions - transcripts available from Birmingham & Midlands Society for Genealogy and Heraldry
• Worcestershire Record Office
• www.stourbridge.com

Other Scott researchers can be contacted via the Scott Family Genealogy Forum

Acknowledgement
Kieron McMahon of www.midlandspubs.co.uk for his detailed research into the history of the Longlands Tavern.

earlier SCOTT generations

e-mail: Mark Scott

Updated: 31 Aug 2008