Richard (Scrope) le Scrope of Barton (abt. 1105 - bef. 1166)

Born about 1105 in England

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Descendants

Died before 1166 before about age 61 in England

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Richard Scrope was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

"The CRAB"

One old myth is that the name may be derived from an old Norman-French word for crab, and that it began as a nickname for a club-footed illegitimate son of an English princess by a Norman knight.

Others suggest that the Scrob surname may possibly have been because the bearer had made his livelihood as a "shell fisherman", or more specifically "crab fisherman", an occupation native to the coast of Normandie and Bretagne in France at that time.

Another suggests it was Richard that was (also?) given the nickname "the crab", by jealous Saxons of Edward the Confessor's court.

Whether either is true or not, it is fact that at one stage the family crest was a crab and that the family motto is/was, "Devant si je puis" - "Forward if I can" ... strongly suggesting at least one of the above is true ... with maybe more weight to the first one, me thinks. (no sources cited) ^[1]

Biography

RICHARD Scrope of Barton, Lincolnshire (-before 1166). m AGNES de Clare, daughter of RICHARD FitzGilbert de Clare & his wife Agnes [Alicia] of Chester. Her parentage and marriage are confirmed by the charter dated to [1184/85] under which “Aliz de Gant comitissa filia Gilberti de Gant” confirmed land held by his ancestors in Barton (upon-Humber) to “Roberto Scrop de Barton, filio Ricardi Scrop et filio Agnetis matertere mee”

Sources

• Medieval Lands - SCROPE

1. ↑ Entered by Rev. Daniel Washburn Jones

Acknowledgements

• Entered from the Genealogy worksheets compiled by Ralph Pryor during his 40 years of research, traveling extensively in the military and in retirement. Entered by Greg Rose, Grandson.

• Durrell Family Tree.ged on Jul 4, 2011 by Pamela Durrell.