Stephen Scrope
Stephen Scrope may refer to: *Stephen Scrope, 2nd Baron Scrope of Masham (1345–1406) *Stephen Scrope (deputy lieutenant of Ireland) (–1408), whose widow married John Fastolf *Stephen Scrope (archdeacon) ( 1400–1418), archdeacon of Richmond and Craven *Stephen Scrope (writer) (1397–1472), translator of the ''Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers'' {{hndis ...
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Stephen Scrope, 2nd Baron Scrope Of Masham
Stephen Scrope, 2nd Baron Scrope of Masham and Upsale (1345–1406) was the second surviving son of Henry Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Masham and his second wife Joan. Cokayne, G.E., ''The Complete Peerage of England and Wales (Vol. VII, London, 1896), 90.'' Stephen Scrope had a brother, John, and a sister Joan, who married Hugh FitzHugh, 2nd Baron FitzHugh. Career His early career was spent both on royal service, fighting in Edward III's French wars, as well as overseeing the activities of the local King's Bench of the West Riding. in and also on pilgrimage in the Middle East. He was knighted in Alexandria in 1365, and fought at the Battle of Nájera, part of England's involvement in the Castilian Civil War, two years later. He inherited his father's estate, which consisted of the manors of Masham, Upsall and Eccleshall and others in Nottinghamshire, in 1391, when he was around forty years old. In 1399 he accompanied Richard II on his expedition to Wales. He was summoned to parl ...
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Stephen Scrope (deputy Lieutenant Of Ireland)
Stephen Scrope may refer to: *Stephen Scrope, 2nd Baron Scrope of Masham (1345–1406) * Stephen Scrope (deputy lieutenant of Ireland) (–1408), whose widow married John Fastolf * Stephen Scrope (archdeacon) ( 1400–1418), archdeacon of Richmond and Craven * Stephen Scrope (writer) (1397–1472), translator of the ''Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers ''Dicts and Sayings of the Philosophers'' ("The Sayings of the Philosophers") is an incunabulum, or early printed book. The Middle English work is a translation, by Anthony Woodville, of an original book written in Arabic by the medieval Arab s ...

John Fastolf
Sir John Fastolf (6 November 1380 – 5 November 1459) was a late medieval English landowner and knight who fought in the Hundred Years' War. He has enjoyed a more lasting reputation as the prototype, in some part, of Shakespeare's character Sir John Falstaff. Many historians argue, however, that he deserves to be famous in his own right, not only as a soldier, but as a patron of literature, a writer on strategy and perhaps as an early industrialist. Lineage and family Coming from a minor gentry family in Norfolk, John Fastolf was born on 6 November 1380 at the manor house of Caister Hall, a family possession which he later turned into Caister Castle, but of which little now remains aside from the water-filled moat. The son of Sir John Fastolf (died 1383) and Mary Park (died 2 May 1406), he belonged to an ancient Norfolk family originally seated at Great Yarmouth, where it is recorded from the thirteenth century. Notable members of the family in earlier generations incl ...
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Stephen Scrope (archdeacon)
Stephen Scrope may refer to: *Stephen Scrope, 2nd Baron Scrope of Masham (1345–1406) *Stephen Scrope (deputy lieutenant of Ireland) (–1408), whose widow married John Fastolf * Stephen Scrope (archdeacon) ( 1400–1418), archdeacon of Richmond and Craven * Stephen Scrope (writer) (1397–1472), translator of the ''Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers ''Dicts and Sayings of the Philosophers'' ("The Sayings of the Philosophers") is an incunabulum, or early printed book. The Middle English work is a translation, by Anthony Woodville, of an original book written in Arabic by the medieval Arab s ...

Archdeacon Of Richmond And Craven
The Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven is an archdiaconal post in the Church of England. It was created in about 1088 within the See of York and was moved in 1541 to the See of Chester, in 1836 to the See of Ripon and after 2014 to the See of Leeds, in which jurisdiction it remains today. It is divided into seven rural deaneries: Ewecross, Harrogate, Richmond, Ripon, Skipton, and Wensley, all in Yorkshire and Bowland in Lancashire. History The Archdeaconry of Richmond was created in about 1088 and was endowed by Thomas, Archbishop of York.Richmondshire Churches – Introduction: The Archdeaconry of Richmond
(Accessed 4 August 2014) Originally it comprised the western parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire, as well as the greater portion of the counties ...
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Stephen Scrope (writer)
Stephen Scrope may refer to: *Stephen Scrope, 2nd Baron Scrope of Masham (1345–1406) *Stephen Scrope (deputy lieutenant of Ireland) (–1408), whose widow married John Fastolf *Stephen Scrope (archdeacon) ( 1400–1418), archdeacon of Richmond and Craven * Stephen Scrope (writer) (1397–1472), translator of the ''Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers ''Dicts and Sayings of the Philosophers'' ("The Sayings of the Philosophers") is an incunabulum, or early printed book. The Middle English work is a translation, by Anthony Woodville, of an original book written in Arabic by the medieval Arab s ...