Stephen (Scrope) le Scrope (abt. 1345 - 1406)

Born about 1345 in England

Ancestors

Husband of Margery (Welles) Scrope — married before 15 Dec 1376 in England

Descendants

Died 25 Jan 1406 at about age 61 in Masham, Yorkshire, England

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Stephen was the second son of Henry le Scrope^[1][2][3] and his wife Joan, whose family origins are not known. His older brother Geoffrey died in his father's lifetime, so he was his father's main heir. He was said to be age 40 and more in 1392^[4] when his father died, pointing to a birth date of no later than 1351. As he was old enough in 1360 to serve as an Esquire in France,^[4][5] he may have been born about 1345. His parents had lands in several counties, and it is not known where he was born.

Marriage and Children

Before 15 December 1376 Stephen married Margery Welles,^[4][6] daughter of John de Welles and Maud de Roos, and widow of John de Huntingfield.^[2][3][7] They had the following children children:

• Henry,^[2][3][4][6] age 30 and more when his father died in 1406^[8]
• Geoffrey^[2][3][5]
• Stephen^[2][3][6][5]
• John,^[1][2][3] age 30 and more when his mother died in 1422^[6][5]
• William^[2][3][5]
• Galfrid, named in his father's will^[9]
• Maud, who married Baldwin Freville^[2][3][5]
• Margaret, referred to in her mother's Inquisition Post Mortem^[6]

Life

In 1360 Stephen served as an esquire in the English forces at Paris. He subsequently joined a crusading army under Peter de Lusignan, who knighted him in October 1365 following the capture of Alexandria, Egypt.^[4][5] In 1373 he served with John of Gaunt in Guienne.^[4]

Stephen was first summoned to Parliament in 1392.^[2][3] He undertook a range of government functions in Yorkshire in the reigns of Richard II and Henry IV.^[4]

Richard II awarded him an annuity of 100 marks in July 1399.^[4]

Lands

Stephen held lands at Masham and elsewhere in Yorkshire, and also in Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, London, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire.^[2][3][6][8]

Death

Stephen died on 25 January 1405/6.^[8] He was buried in his family's chapel at York Minster.^[2][3][4] His main heir was his son Henry.^[8] In his will (dated 5 January 1405-6), among other provisions he:^[5][9]'

• requested burial in York Minster
• made bequests to
  • his wife Margery
  • his son Henry and Henry's wife Philippa
  • his sons John, William, Stephen and Galfrid
  • his "sister" Elizabeth, possibly Elizabeth Stratbogie, wife of his brother John

His wife survived him, dying in 1422.^[2][3][6]

Research Notes

Disambiguation

Stephen should not be confused with Sir Stephen Scrope of Bentley, Yorkshire, whose will was dated 6 January 1405.^[10]

Daughters

Nichols Harris Nicolas's work on the Scrope-Grosvenor controversy does not give a first name to the daughter who married Baldwin Freville, and says that Stephen's daughter Maud became a nun in the Minors, London.^[5] They were the same person: Maud married Baldwin, and became a nun after Baldwin's death - see her profile.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Charles Best Norcliffe (ed.). The Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 made by William Flower, Esquire, Harleian Society, 1881, p. 279, Internet Archive
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. IV, pp. 9-11, SCROPE 6
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. IV, pp. 604-606, SCROPE 10
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8} G E Cokayne. Complete Peerage, revised edition, Vol. XI, St Catherine Press, 1949, p. 564, viewable on Familysearch
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8} Nicholas Harris Nicolas. The Controversy between Sir Richard Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor, Vol. II, 1832, pp. 130-137, Internet Archive
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6} Mapping the Medieval Countryside (University of Winchester and King's College, London), IPM for Margaret, widow of Stephen le Scrope, chevalier
7. ↑ G E Cokayne. Complete Peerage, revised edition, Vol. VI, St Catherine Press, 1926, p. 670, viewable on Familysearch
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3} Mapping the Medieval Countryside (University of Winchester and King's College, London), IPM for Stephen Lescrope of Masham, knight
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Testamenta Eboracensia, Vol. III, Surtees Society, 1865, pp. 31-37, Internet Archive
10. ↑ Nicholas Harris Nicolas. Testamenta Vetusta, Vol. I, Nichols and Son, 1826, p. 168, Internet Archive

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was developed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 15 June 2022 and was reviewed the same day by Thiessen-117.

Stephen (Scrope) le Scrope was identified by the Magna Carta Project as being in a trail between Gateway Ancestor Mary Wolseley and Magna Carta Surety Baron Robert de Ros that was badged in June 2022. This trail has been set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".