Roger Scrope, 2nd Baron Scrope of Bolton was a member of the
English peerage
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 the ...
in the late fourteenth century.
He was the second son of
Richard le 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 Kni ...
(''c''. 1327–1403) and Blanche de la Pole (sister of
the earl of Suffolk). Roger Scrope's elder brother, his father's heir, had been
beheaded
Decapitation or beheading is the total separation of the head from the body. Such an injury is invariably fatal to humans and most other animals, since it deprives the brain of oxygenated blood, while all other organs are deprived of the ...
for treason by the newly crowned
King Henry IV in 1399, making Roger his father's heir.
Roger Scrope was probably born prior to 1370, and was
knighted
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1385, while he was deputy governor of
Mann. He was married ''c''. 1385 to Margaretha Tiptoft (alias de Tibetot) (1366–1431), co-heiress of the
Barony of Tibetot.
Roger Scrope died in Bolton on 3 December 1403, only four months after inheriting his title. He was buried in
Easby; his will had been written two days previously. His widow married again two years later, but her second husband fled the realm in 1415, having been condemned as a
felon
A felony is traditionally considered a crime of high seriousness, whereas a misdemeanor is regarded as less serious. The term "felony" originated from English common law (from the French medieval word "félonie") to describe an offense that resul ...
.
His heir was his only son, who became
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 ...
.
[Cokayne, G.E., ''The complete peerage of England and Wales'' (Vol. XI, London, 1949), 542.]
References
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1403 deaths
14th-century English people
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