Stephen le Scrope, 2nd Baron Scrope of Masham

Stephen le Scrope

• Born: Abt 1345, Masham, North Riding, Yorkshire, England
• Father: Sir Henry le Scrope Knight
• Mother: Joan
• Marriage: Margery de Welles 141
• Died: 25 Jan 1406, Masham, North Riding, Yorkshire, England about age 61 141
• Buried: Scrope Chapel in York Minster, Yorkshire, England 141

BOOK

• Cokayne, George Edward, and Geoffrey H. White. 1949. “Scrope.” In The Complete Peerage: Or A History of the House of Lords and All Its Members from the Earliest Times, edited by Geoffrey H. White. Vol. 11: Rickerton to Sisonby. London: The St Catherine Press.
  • II. 1392. 2. STEPHEN (LE SCROPE), LORD SCROPE (of Masham), 2nd but 1st surv. s. and h.,(a) b. about 1345;(b) served as an Esquire in the army before Paris, Apr. 1360. He joined the crusading army raised by Peter of Lusignan, King of Cyprus, and was knighted by him on the taking of Alexandria, Oct. 1365;(c) in Guienne, 1373. He was sum. to Parl. from 23 Nov. (1392) 16 Ric. II to 1 Jan. (1405/6) 7 Hen. IV; Commr. de walliis etfossatis, Holderness, co. York, 30 Nov. 1 396; on the Commission of the Peace and Commr. of Oyer and Terminer, co. York, E. Riding, 10 Mar. 1396/7, and 28 Nov. 1399 to 18 Dec. 1405; Liberty of Beverley, I Aug. 1398; granted 100 marks p.a. for life by Richard II, 7 July 1399.(d) Commr. of Array, co. York, E. Riding, 18 Dec. 1399; Commr. to inform the King's lieges that the laws will be observed, co. York, 11 May 1402; Commr. to settle disputes relating to Scottish prisoners taken at the battle of Homildon, 3 Mar. 1402/3; Commr. to levy the subsidy, co. York, E. Riding, 24 Mar. 1403/4, but discharged. He gave a power of attorney to receive seisin in the manors of Ecclesall, Upsall, &c., Purification, 2 Feb. (1404/5) He m., before 15 Dec. 1376, Margery, widow of John 6 Hen. IV. (DE HUNTINGFIELD, s. and h. ap. of William (DE HUNTINGFIELD, LORD HUNTINGFIELD, probably a da. of John (DE WELLES), LORD WELLES,(f) by Maud, da. of WILLIAM (DE ROS), LORD ROS. He d. 25 Jan. 1405/6, and was bur. in the Scrope Chapel in York Minster. Will dat. 5 Jan. 1405/6, pr. 25 Jan. 1406/7.(g) His widow, who was adm. to the Gild of Corpus Christi, York, 1416/17, d. 29 May 1422.
    • FN a: He had two yr. brothers: (i) Richard le Scrope, h. about I 350, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield 19 Aug. 1386 to 1398, Archbishop of York 2 June 1398, beheaded 8 June 1405 at York. (ii) Sir John le Scrope, M.P. for Yorks Jan. I 400/1, whom, before May 1390, Elizabeth (aged 36 and more in 1402), widow of Sir Thomas Percy (d. about 1386 in Spain), 2nd s. of Henry, 1st Earl of Northumberland, 1st da. and coh. of David (of Strathbogie), Earl of Atholl [S.]. Will dat. 18 Dec., pr. 23 Dec. 1405 (Test. Ebor., Surtees Soc., vol. i, no. 239). He left 2 daughters and coheirs, Joan and Elizabeth (Yorkshire Inquisitions, Henry IV and V, Yorks Arch. Soc., vol. lix, p. 56; cf. pp. 20-21).
    • FN b: At the inq. after his father's death in I392 he was found to be aged 40 years and upwards, but probably he was considerably older.
    • FN c: Depositions in Nicolas, op. cit., vol. i, pp. I 24, I 25.
    • FN d: Confirmed by Henry IV, 8 Nov. 1399 (Cal. Patent Rolls, 1399-1401, p. 75).
    • FN e: Yorkshire Deeds, vol. iii (Yorks Arch. Soc., vol. lxiii), no. 73.
    • FN f: On the font at South Kilvington (see p. 569, note "g" below) are the arms of Scrape impaling Welles.
    • FN g: Test. Ebor., vol. iii, no. 6.

BOOK

• Richardson, Douglas. 2011. “Scrope.” In Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study In Colonial and Medieval Families, edited by Kimball G. Everingham. Vol. 4. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Douglas Richardson.
  • “6. STEPHEN LE SCROPE, Knt., 2nd Lord Scrope of Masham, of Masham, Driffield, and Faxfleet (in South Cave), Yorkshire, Fyfield, Essex, St. Paul's, Cray, Kent, Great Bowden, Leicestershire, Barnoldby le Beck and Carlton Scroop, Lincolnshire, etc., 2nd but Is surviving son and heir, born about 1341/51 (aged 40 and more in 1391). He served as an Esquire in the army before Paris in April 1360. He joined the crusading army raised by Peter de Lusignan, King of Cyprus, and was knighted by him on the taking of Alexandria in Oct. 1365. He served with John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, in Guienne in 1373. He was present at the battle of Najara in 1376. He married before 15 Dec. 1376 MARGERY WELLES, widow of John de Huntingfield (died before 1374), of Toft, Bicker, and Frampton, Lincolnshire see HUNTINGFIELD 4.ia.1 for his parentage], and daughter of John de Welles (or Welle), Knt., 4th Lord Welles, by Maud, daughter of William de Roos, Knt., 2nd Lord Roos of Helmsley Isee WELLES 6 for her ancestry]. They had five sons, Henry, K.G. |3+d Lord Scrope of Masham], Geoffrey, Knt., Stephen [Archdeacon of Richmond, Chancellor of Cambridge], John, Knt. [4th Lord Scrope of Masham), and William
    • Multiple sourced cited at this juncture but not included here. Access the brook from a library to review the sources cited @WorldCat.org.
  • Children of Stephen le Scrope, Knt., by Margery Welles:
    • i. HENRY LE SCROPE, K.G., 3rd Lord Scrope of Masham, of Masham and Sedbergh, Yorkshire, Great Bowden and Harborough in Market Harborough), Leicestershire, Carlton Scroop, Lincolnshire, Liule Benton in Long Benton), Holywell (in Earsden), Newham (in Whalton), and Whalton, Northumberland, etc., Lord High Treasurer, 1410-11, son and heir, born about 1378…. &c. (a lengthy bio. Omitted here.)
    • ii. JOHN LE SCROPE, Knt., 4h Lord Scrope of Masham see next].
    • iii. MAUD LE SCROPE, married BALDWIN FREVILLE, Knt., of Tamworth, Warwickshire

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From Cokayne's Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, Vol. XI, p. 570

Stephen le Scrope, Lord Scrope of Masham, 2nd but 1st surviving son and heir, born about 1345; served as an Esquire in the army before Paris, April 1360. He joined the crusading army raised by Peter of Lusignan, King of Cyprus, and was knighted by him on the taking of Alexandria, October 1365; served with John of Gaunt in Guienne, 1373. He was summoned to Parliament from 23 November 1392 to 1 January 1405/6; Commissioner de walliis et fossatis, Holderness, co. York, 30 November 1396; on the Commission of the Peace and Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, co. York, East Riding, 10 March 1396/7, and 28 November 1399 to 15 December 1405; Liberty of Beverley, 1 August 1398; granted 100 marks per annum for life by Richard II, 7 July 1399. Commissioner of Array, co. York, East Riding, 18 December 1399; Commissioner to inform the King's lieges that the laws will be observed, co. York, 11 May 1402. Commissioner to settle disputes relating to Scottish prisoners taken at the battle of Homildon, 3 March 1402/3; Commissioner to levy the subsidy, co. York, East Riding, 24 March 1403/4, but discharged. He gave a power of attorney to receive seisin in the manors of Ecclesall, Upsall, &c., Purification, 2 February 1404/5.

Stephen le Scrope married, before 15 December 1376, Margery, widow of John de Huntingfield, son and heir apparent of William de Huntingfield, Lord Huntingfield, probably a daughter of John de Welles, Lord Welles, by Maud, daughter of William de Ros, Lord Ros. He died 25 January 1405/6, and was buried in the Scrope Chapel in York Minster. His widow, who was admitted to the Gild of Corpus Christi, York, l416/17, died 29 May 1422.

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"Barons Scrope of Masham
Henry Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Masham (1312–1391) first cousin of 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton.
Stephen Scrope, 2nd Baron Scrope of Masham (c. 1345–1406)
Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham KG (c. 1373–1415) attainted and his peerage forfeited to the Crown in 1415.
John Scrope, 4th Baron Scrope of Masham (d. 1455) obtained a reversal of his brother's attainder and was summoned to Parliament from 1426.
Thomas Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Masham (c. 1428–1475)
Thomas Scrope, 6th Baron Scrope of Masham (c. 1459–1493)
Alice Scrope, 7th Baroness Scrope of Masham (d. 1502
Elizabeth Scrope, 8th Baroness Scrope of Masham (d. aft. 1502)
Henry Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope of Masham (d. c. 1512)
Ralph Scrope, 10th Baron Scrope of Masham (d. 1515)
Geoffrey Scrope, 11th Baron Scrope of Masham (d. 1517) On the death of the 10th Baron Scrope of Masham the Barony of Scrope of Masham fell into abeyance between his three sisters and their descendants."
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LNKS

• Our Royal, Titled, Noble and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins: Sir Stephen le Scrope, 2nd Lord Scrope of Masham.
• Wikitree: Stephen (Scrope) le Scrope (abt. 1345–1406).
• en.Wikipedia: Stephen Scrope, 2nd Baron Scrope of Masham

Books with Brief Mentions

• Fisher, John. 1865. The History and Antiquities of Masham and Mashamshire: Together with an Account of Its Several Franchises, Its Ancient Lords, Rectors, Prebendaries, Vicars, Curates, Etc., Etc.; and Appendixes, Containing Copies of Several Charters, Grants, and Other Important Documents .. London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Company. Google Books..
• Foster, C. W., ed. 1914. The Publications of the Lincoln Record Society. Vol. 5. Edited by C. W. Foster. Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England: Lincoln Record Society. Google Books
• Nicolas, Nicholas Harris and William Courthope. 1857. The Historic Peerage of England:..Corrected, and Continued to the Present Time, Including All Recent Creations, Extinctions, Deaths, etc. London: John Murray.Google Books
• Nichols, John Gough, ed. 1871, The Herald and Genealogist. Vol. 6. London.J. G. Nichols and R. C Nichols.Google Books
• Registry, Lincoln (england) District. 1914. Lincoln Wills Registered in the District Probate Registry at Lincoln. Edited by C. W. Foster. Vol. I:A.D. 1271 to A.D. 1576. Lincoln, England: Lincoln Record Society. Google Books
• “Y.A.S. York Minster Window Fund.” 1924. The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal Parts 105-108. Google Books

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References

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   2. 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. 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. (document attached)
   4. G E Cokayne. Complete Peerage, revised edition, Vol. XI, St Catherine Press, 1949, p. 564, viewable on Familysearch
   5. Nicholas Harris Nicolas. The Controversy between Sir Richard Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor, Vol. II, 1832, pp. 130-137. < Archive.Org >
   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. Mapping the Medieval Countryside (University of Winchester and King's College, London), IPM for Stephen Lescrope of Masham, knight
   9. Testamenta Eboracensia, Vol. III, Surtees Society, 1865, pp. 31-37, Internet Archive
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