John (Scrope) le Scrope (abt. 1378 - 1455)

Born about 1378 in Masham, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 15 Nov 1455 at about age 77 in York Minster, York, Yorkshire, England

Biography

Sir John Scrope was a member of the aristocracy in England.

John Scrope, 4th Baron Scrope of Masham (c.1388 Upsal, Yorkshire, age 30 in 1418 – 15 Nov 1455; bur. Scrope Chapel, York Cathedral)

Biography

John, an English peer, was Privy Councillor and Treasurer of England. He was the fourth son of Stephen le Scrope, 2nd Baron Scrope of Masham (b. 1351 - d. 25 Jan 1406) and Margery, daughter of John Welles, 4th Lord Welles. He inherited his title in 1415 when his elder brother Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham was executed for his part in the Southampton Plot.

Marriage

His first wife was Maud (b. c 1408 - d. b 24 Aug 1418), daughter of Sir John Greystoke, 4th Baron Greystoke, Gov. of Roxburgh Castle and Elizabeth Ferrers, circa 1410; No issue.

He remarried to Elizabeth (b. c 1400 - d. b 12 Mar 1466), daughter of Sir Thomas Chaworth, Sheriff of Nottingham, Linconln, & Derby and Nichole Braybrooke, before 24 August 1418; They had 3 sons and 4 daughters:

• 1. Henry "died young" b. c 1419
• 2. John le Scrope, esq. d. 18 Sep 1452
• 3. Sir Thomas, 5th Lord Scrope of Masham ( b. c 1430 - d. 1475)
• Eleanor (b. c 1420, d. 10 May 1504),

m.1 Richard Darcy

m.2 William Claxton, Esq;

• Anne "died young"
• Elizabeth "died young"
• Elizabeth

m. Sir Henry le Scrope, 4th Lord Scrope of Bolton.

Occupation

• Treasurer of England Ambassador to Spain and Scotland.

Events

• 1424: knighted, made a Privy Councillor and appointed to Commissions of the Peace of Essex, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire. He was on the Council of Regency for the young Henry VI.

• 1426: attainder on his title reversed, bought back Scrope lands confiscated (and granted to other knights in the meantime) following brother's execution, and summoned (restored to the Barony) to House of Lords.

• 1428: acted as an Ambassador to Pope, King of Spain and King of The Romans, then to Scotland in 1429.

• 1432: appointed Lord High Treasurer of England (until 1433).

• ambassador to Grand Master of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in Rhodes in 1435 and Archbishop of Cologne in 1439.

Will

• Date: 1 July 1451.
• Codicil: 18 March 1454.
• Probate: 18 Nov 1455

Sources

• Lewis, M. (2014, March 9). "Sir John Scrope, 4th Lord Scrope of Masham, Treasurer of England #15271, b. c. 1388, d. 15 Nov 1455," citing works by Richardson. ORTNCA. Web.
• Nicholas, N.H. (1832). "Pedigree of Scrope of Masham," in The Controversy Between Sir Richard Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor in the Court of Chivalry, II, pp. 136. Google Books.
• Wikipedia: John Scrope, 4th Baron Scrope of Masham