Roger le Scrope

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Knighted before 23 Nov 1385, when he was deputy to his brother William as Lord of the Isle of Man. Summoned to Parliament by writs dated 20 Oct to 23 Nov 1403.

Roger married Margaret Tibetot before 23 Nov 1385. Margaret (daughter of Robert Tibetot and Margaret Deincourt) was born about 1366; died between 13 Apr 1431 and 14 May 1431. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Richard le Scrope was born on 13 May 1394 in of Bolton, Wensley, Yorkshire, England; died on 29 Aug 1420.

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Knight of the shire for Yorkshire, Jan 1365; later summoned to the upper house as a baron by writ in 1371, where he was made Lord High Treasurer and Keeper of the Seal. He was Lord Chancellor from 1378 to 1380 and again from 1380 to 1382.

Fought at Crécy and at Neville's Cross, where he was knighted on the field; also at the siege of Calais, the sea-fight off Winchilsea, at the recapture of Berwick, and at the 1359-60 siege of Paris. He was in the retinue of John of Gaunt's Spanish campaign and present at the battle of Najera. He was also in Gaunt's retinue in Scotland and present at the taking of Edinburgh.

Winner in the celebrated Scrope vs. Grosvenor heraldic dispute, prevailing over TNH, JTS, TSW, and TWK ancestor Robert Grosvenor. Among those testifying on Scrope's behalf was Geoffrey Chaucer.

Richard married Blanche de la Pole before 21 Feb 1352. Blanche (daughter of William de la Pole, Mayor of Hull and Katherine) died after 1378. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Chief Justice of the King's Bench for two periods between 1317 and 1330; afterwards he was Chief Baron of the Exchequer. Founder of Easby Abbey, where he was buried.

Henry married Margaret. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire, England

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“Burgess from Hull to Parliament, 1328, 1332, 1334, 1335, 1336 and 1338; Mayor of Hull, 1333; appointed 2nd Baron of the Exchequer, 26 Sept 1339; a knight by 1340; arrested on orders of the King, Nov 1340, and imprisoned in Fleet Prison until his release 16 May 1342. Knight Banneret, 1355. He was judged by his contemporaries as ‘second to no merchant in England.’” [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]

The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz notwithstanding, his parentage is unproved.

From Wikipedia:

Sir William de la Pole was a wealthy wool merchant in Kingston upon Hull, England, a royal moneylender and briefly, Chief Baron of the Exchequer.

He established the de la Pole family as one of the primary houses of England through his mercantile and financial success, as well as initiating the foundation of the Charterhouse monastery in Hull.

William married Katherine. Katherine died on 28 Jan 1382. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was long thought to have been a daughter of Walter de Norwich, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, but this appears to be unproven.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 1 Feb 1312

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Bailiff of the Earl of Richmond. Knighted at the battle of Falkirk, 22 Jul 1298.

"Sir Thomas de Roos of Kendal and Sir William Aton, both more than 80 years of age in 1386, deposed that Sir William Scrope, father of Henry the chief justice and his br. Geoffrey, was the most noble tourneour, or bohourdeour, of his time, even before he was knighted." [Complete Peerage, citation details below]

William married Constance. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Juliane Brun. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Simon married Ingoliane. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]