Life History

Notes

• The Scrope Network Genealogy online provides this summary of information on Richard Scrope, 3rd Lord Scrope of Bolton:
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  Richard le Scrope (born on 31st May 1393 in Bolton, Wensleydale, Yorkshire) was the eldest son of Roger le Scrope, 2nd Lord Scrope of Bolton. He became Lord Scrope of Bolton at the age of 9, after his father'sdeath (3rd December, 1402). He became a ward of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmoreland. He married on 31st December, 1413 in Raby, Durham,Margaret Neville (born June, 1396, in Raby, Durham, died 1463; buriedbefore 3rd March, 1464, Chrch Astn Friar, Clare, Suffolk), daughter of Ralph de Neville and Margaret de Stafford. Margaret Neville was thesister of Cecily Neville, 'The Rose of Raby', who married The Duke ofYork, father to Edward IV, The Duke of Clarence and Richard III.The Baron and Baroness had two sons:
  ·       Henry le Scrope - born in 1418, became 4th Baron Scrope of Bolton
  ·       Richard le Scrope - became Bishop of Carlisle
  He fought at Agincourt in 1415. Richard le Scrope was killed at the Siege of Rouen on the 29th August, 1420. He was buried in St. Agatha, Yorkshire, England.
  --  The Scroope Network Genealogy, http://www.scroope.net/ancestors/bolton/richardlescropeofbolton1393.htm
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  Richard's father was Roger 2nd Lord Scrope of Bolton.
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  "Roger Le Scrope was the son of Richard Le Scrope, 1st Lord Scrope ofBolton. He was born about 1348 in Bolton, Yorkshire, England.
  He married Margaret (born about 1366 in Christ Church, London, Middlesex; died 14 May 1431; buried in Christ Church, London, Middlesex), daughter of Lord Tiptoft. Their children included:
  "Richard Le Scrope
  "Roger Le Scrope died on the 3rd December, 1402 in Bolton, Yorkshire,England."
  --  The Scroope Network Genealogy, http://www.scroope.net/ancestors/bolton/rogerlescropeofbolton1348.htm
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  The seat of the Bolton Lordship of the Scropes was Bolton Castle in Wensleydale, in County Yorkshire.  The castle was built by Richard, 2ndLord of Scrope of Bolton.
  
  "It was built between 1378 and 1399 by Richard le Scrope, Lord Chancellor, and is an example of a quadrangular castle. The castle is still owned by the descendants of the Scrope family and is a tourist attraction. The castle was damaged in the English Civil War, but much of it remains. Mary, Queen of Scots, was held for six months in the castle."
  --  "Bolton Castle," Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolton_Castle
  
  Today there is a town nearby called Castle Bolton.

Sources

• 1. Scrope Network Genealogy
  • http://www.scroope.net/ancestors/bolton/richardlescropeofbolton1393.ht
• 2. Mike Scroope, The Scroope Family (unpublished genealogy provided by Jonathan Scroope
  • Name: Mike Scroope; Location: South Africa;
• 3. Taliaferro/Toliver Times, Issue 25 (21 May 1997)
  • Name: http://www.spingola.com/TaliaferroTimes/TT25.htm;
• 4. Wikipedia
  • "Richard Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton," Wikipedia, http://en.wik