Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Richard le Scrope
Abt 1327 - 1403 (~ 76 years)-
Name Richard le Scrope [1] Birth Abt 1327 [2] Gender Male Death 30 May 1403 [2] Burial Easby Abbey, Richmond, Yorkshire, England 
[2] Person ID I1336 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DDB Last Modified 15 Mar 2021
Father Henry le Scrope, b. Bef 1270 d. 7 Sep 1336 (Age > 66 years) Mother Margaret Family ID F747 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Blanche de la Pole d. Aft 1378 Marriage Bef 21 Feb 1352 [2] Children + 1. Stephen Scrope d. 4 Sep 1408, Castledermot, Kildare, Ireland + 2. Roger le Scrope, b. Bef 1373 d. 3 Dec 1403 (Age > 30 years) Family ID F765 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Sep 2020
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Notes - 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.
- 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.
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Sources - [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013.
- [S128] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant ed. Vicary Gibbs, H. A. Doubleday, Duncan Warrand, Howard de Walden, Geoffrey H. White and R. S. Lea. 2nd edition. 14 volumes (1-13, but volume 12 spanned two books), London, The St. Catherine Press, 1910-1959. Volume 14, "Addenda & Corrigenda," ed. Peter W. Hammond, Gloucestershire, Sutton Publishing, 1998.
- [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013.