Henry (Scrope) le Scrope (1418 - 1459)

Born 4 Jun 1418 in Bolton, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Scrope) le Scrope — married about 1435 in England

Descendants

Died 14 Jan 1459 at age 40 in England

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Biography

Henry was the son of Richard le Scrope^[1] and Margaret Neville.^[2][3][4] He was born at Bolton, Yorkshire, and was said to be age 3 in 1421. Douglas Richardson gives a birth date of 4 June 1418.^[5][6] He was found to be three years and more at his father's Inquisition Post Mortem in 1421.^[7] Henry's 1440 proof of age says he was age 21, and baptised at St Oswald's Chapel, Bolton, Yorkshire on 5 July 1439.^[8]

From his father Henry inherited lands in Yorkshire, Buckinghamshire, Leicestershire and elsewhere.^[5][6][7] During his minority they were entrusted to his uncle, Richard Neville.^[9][10] He was granted full possession of them on 2 February 1439/40.^[4]

Henry married Elizabeth le Scrope, daughter of John le Scrope (4th Lord Scrope of Masham, Yorkshire) and Elizabeth Chaworth,^[2][3] in or just before 1435.^[4][5][6] They had the following children:

• John,^[1][2][3] who became 5th Lord Scrope of Bolton^[4][5][6]
• Richard^[2][3][5][6]
• Ralph, who became Archdeacon of Northumberland^[2][3][5][6]
• Robert^{[2][2][3][5][6]}
• Elizabeth, who married John Bigod, Henry Rochford and Oliver St John^[2][3][5][6]
• Margaret, who married William Plessington,^[11] Hugh Stafford and John Bernard^[2][3][5][6]
• Agnes, who married Christopher Boynton^[2] and Richard Ratcliffe/Radclyffe^[3][5][6]
• Eleanor, who became a nun^[5][6] at Barking Abbey, Essex^[2]

In 1435 Henry's father-in-law was given permission to take him on an embassy to the Grand Master of the order of St John at Rhodes.^[4][5][6]

Henry and his brother John were legatees under the 1441 will of his father-in-law.^[5][6]

Henry was summoned to Parliament, as Lord Scrope of Bolton, from 1441 to 1455.^[4][5][6]

In 1449 Henry VI ordered Henry to help guard the Marches with Scotland.^[4][5][6]

In 1458 Henry was one of those commissioned to negotiate with Burgundy over truce infractions.^[4][5][6]

Henry died on 14 January 1458/9.^[3][4][5][6] Inquisitions Post Mortem were held in 37 Henry VI (1458-9).^[3]

Henry’s wife survived him, dying in 1504.^[5][6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} W Hylton Dyer Longstaffe (ed.). Heraldic Visitation of the Northern Counties in 1530, Surtees Society, 1863, p. 34, 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} Charles Best Norcliffe (ed.). The Visitation of Yorkshire in the Years 1563 and 1564 made by William Flower, Esquire, Harleian Society, 1881, pp. 279-280, Internet Archive
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10} J W Clay. The Extinct and Dormant Peerages of the Northern Counties of England, James Nisbet, 1913, pp. 199-200, Internet Archive
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. 543, viewable on Familysearch
5. ↑ ^{5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17} 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. 198-199, TIBETOT 10, Google Books
6. ↑ ^{6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. V, p. 168, TIBETOT 13
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} 'Mapping the Medieval Countryside', University of Winchester and King's College, London, Inquisitions Post mortem for Richard le Scrope of Bolton, knight
8. ↑ 'Mapping the Medieval Countryside', University of Winchester and King's College, London, proof of age for Henry LeScrop
9. ↑ Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Henry V, A.D. 1416-1422, HMSO, 1911, pp. 333-334, Hathi Trust
10. ↑ Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Henry VI, A.D. 1422-1429, HMSO, 1901, p. 84, Hathi Trust
11. ↑ N Harris Nicolas. The Controversy between Sir Richard Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor, Vol. II, 1832, p. 159, Internet Archive

• Nicolas, N Harris. The Controversy between Sir Richard Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor, Vol. II, 1832, p. 60, Internet Archive

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 27 October 2022.

Henry (Scrope) le Scrope was identified by the Magna Carta Project in a trail from Gateway Ancestors Richard Bernard and William Bernard to Magna Carta Surety Baron John FitzRobert that was project approved/badged in March 2015. Over time, the project identified this profile in other badged trails from the Bernard cousins to surety barons Roger le Bigod, Hugh le Bigod, Richard de Clare, Gilbert de Clare, John de Lacy and Saher de Quincy. This profile also appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from the Bernard cousins to surety baron Robert de Ros (vol. 1, pages 186-188 BERNARD) and another trail, to surety William d'Aubigny branches off the Ros trail. These trails were badged in October 2022. All the trails named above are outlined in the Magna Carta Trails sections of the profiles of Richard Bernard and William Bernard.

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".