Richard le Scrope

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He was present at Agincourt, commanding a squadron of four barges and four balingers. He was also at the 1418-19 siege of Rouen.

Richard married Margaret Neville before 31 Dec 1413. Margaret (daughter of Ralph de Neville and Margaret Stafford) was born in 1396; died between 4 Mar 1463 and 3 Mar 1464; was buried in Church of the Austin Friars, Clare, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Henry le Scrope was born on 4 Jun 1418 in Bolton, Wensley, Yorkshire, England; died on 14 Jan 1459.

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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]

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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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Summoned to Parliament by writs 24 Feb 1368 to 8 Jan 1370.

Died "apparently in Gascony," as multiple sources put it.

He and his wife Margaret Deincourt were the in-laws of the famous Sir John Fastolf, through their daughter Milicent.

Robert married Margaret Deincourt before 5 Jun 1348. Margaret (daughter of William Deincourt and Millicent la Zouche) died on 2 Apr 1380 in Oxendon, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Some corrections and additions to the Complete Peerage: Volume 4: Despenser clarifies that this Margaret Deincourt was a daughter of Sir William Deincourt d. 1364, not of his son as originally stated in CP.

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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.

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• Alternate death: 6 Apr 1367

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Governor of Berwick Castle; Chancellor of Berwick. Served in the wars in France, Flanders, and Scotland. Summoned to Parliament 1 Apr 1335 to 20 Jan 1366.

John married Margaret de Badlesmere before 24 Jul 1337. Margaret (daughter of Bartholomew de Badlesmere and Margaret de Clare) was born on 3 Dec 1314; died between 1344 and 1347. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1315, of Badlesmere, Kent, England
• Alternate birth: Abt 1315-1316, of Badlesmere, Kent, England
• Alternate death: Between 3 Dec 1344 and 4 Dec 1347

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Also called Maude de Badlesmere. Not to be confused with her sister, Margery de Badlesmere.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1301

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"He was summoned to Parliament from 20 July 1332 to 1 June 1363. In 1340 he was appointed a justice in cos. Notts and Derby to hear and determine the oppressions committed by the king's ministers and others. He was a commander at the Battle of Neville's Cross 17 October 1346. On 14 May 1347 he was summoned to join the King before Calais. He was the principal warder of the King of France when that monarch was a prisoner in England in 1359-60." [Royal Ancestry]

From Complete Peerage IV:120:

William (Deincourt), Lord Deincourt, grandson and h., being 2nd but 1st surv. s. of John Deincourt, who was s. and h. ap. of the last Lord, but d.v.p. The King took his homage and he had livery of his grandfather's lands, 7 Feb. 1326/7, being then aged 26 and more. He did homage and fealty to the Archbishop of York for his lands in Burnby, 11 Feb. 1326/7. On 20 Feb. 1327/8, after the death of Joan, wife of Hamon de Mascy, he obtained possession of the messuage, &c., in Elmton, above mentioned, as the right heir of Edmund Deincourt, his grandfather. He was sum. for Military Service against the Scots from 5 Apr. (1327) 1 Edw. III to 23 Dec. (1355) 29 Edw. III, to Councils from 24 Aug. (1336) 10 Edw. III to 20 June (1358) 32 Edw. III, and to Parl. from 20 July (1332) 6 Edw. III to 1 June (1363) 37 Edw. III, by writs directed Willelmo de Eyncourt, Deyncourt, or Dayncourt. Appointed a justice, in cos. Notts and Derby, to hear and determine the oppressions committed by the King's ministers and others, 10 Dec. 1340: he was then a banneret. A commander at the battle of Neville's Cross, 17 Oct. 1346, being one of those who were thanked, 20 Oct. following, for their services. On 14 May 1347 he was sum. to join the King before Calais. He was the principal warder of the King of France when that monarch was a prisoner in England, 29 July 1359 to 24 May 1360, at Somerton Castle, co. Lincoln(c), and afterwards at Berkhamstead Castle, the King being removed to the latter place in Mar. 1359/60, by order of the Council, there being a scare of a French invasion. He m, before 26 Mar. 1326, Milicent, 1st da. of Sir William La Zouche, of Harringworth, Northants [Lord Zouche], by Maud, da. of Sir John Lovel, of Titchmarsh, Northants, and Minster Lovell, Oxon [Lord Lovel]. He d. 2 June 1364. His widow's dower was ordered to be assigned, July I364. She d. 11 June 1379.

(c) King John's removal to Somerton was preceded by a deplorable incident. For certain evil-doers broke into the Castle, tapped the casks of wine which had been placed there for the King's use, drew off (extraxerunt) most of the wine, and left the taps running (fausetta aperta), so that the rest of the wine was lost, in nostri contemptum et grave dampnum ac contra pacem nostram. (Patent Roll, 33 Edw. III, p. 1, m. 14 d).

William married Millicent la Zouche before 26 Mar 1326. Millicent (daughter of William la Zouche and Maud Lovel) died on 22 Jun 1379. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]