Baron Scrope of

Bolton Bolton (, locally ) is a large town in Greater Manchester in North West England, formerly a part of Lancashire. A former mill town, Bolton has been a production centre for textiles since Flemish people, Flemish weavers settled in the area i ...

was a title in the

Peerage of England The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain. There are five peerages in t ...

. It was created for Sir Richard le Scrope as a barony by writ on 8 January 1371. It became dormant on the death of the 11th Baron (1st Earl of Sunderland) in 1630 without legitimate children.

Barons Scrope of Bolton (1371)

Richard Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton Richard le Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton ( 1327 – 30 May 1403) was an English soldier and courtier, serving Richard II of England. He also fought under the Black Prince at the Battle of Crecy in 1346. Biography Richard le Scrope was a Knig ...

(c. 1327–1403) *

Roger Scrope, 2nd Baron Scrope of Bolton Roger Scrope, 2nd Baron Scrope of Bolton was a member of the English peerage in the late fourteenth century. He was the second son of Richard le Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton (''c''. 1327–1403) and Blanche de la Pole (sister of the earl ...

(d. 1403) *

Richard Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Bolton Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stron ...

(1393–1420) *

Henry Scrope, 4th Baron Scrope of Bolton Henry Scrope, 4th Baron Scrope of Bolton (1418–1459) was a member of the English peerage in Yorkshire in the 15th century. Born 4 June 1418 to Richard Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Bolton and Margaret Neville, he was still a minor when his fa ...

(1418–1459) *

John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton, KG (22 July 1437 – 17 August 1498) was an English Yorkist nobleman. Early life Born at Bolton Castle, Yorkshire, the eldest son of Henry Scrope, 4th Baron Scrope of Bolton, and Elizabeth