SCOT, Reginald, a judicious writer in the 16th century, was the younger son of Sir John Scot of Scotch-hall, near Smeethe in Kent. He studied at Hart-Hall in the University of Oxford; after which he retired to Smeethe, where he lived a studious life, and died in 1599. He published, The perfect Platform of a Hop-Garden; and a book entitled, The Discovery of Witchcraft; in which he showed that all the relations concerning magicians and witches are chimerical. This work was not only censured by King James I. in his Demonology, but by several eminent divines; and all the copies of it that could be found were burnt.