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 weavers settled in the area in the 14th ...

was a title in the Peerage of England. 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 (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 (1435–1498) *

Henry Scrope, 6th Baron Scrope of Bolton Henry Scrope, 6th Baron Scrope of Bolton (''c''. 1468–1506) was the only son and heir of John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton. He inherited his father's lands and title at the age of about thirty, but, unlike his father, was never summoned to ...

(d. 1506) *

Henry Scrope, 7th Baron Scrope of Bolton Henry Scrope, 7th Baron Scrope of Bolton, KB, (c. 1480-1533) was son and heir of Henry Scrope, 6th Baron Scrope of Bolton. Early life and marriage His father died at some point in 1506; in November that year, Henry Scrope received livery of his ...

(c. 1480–1533) *

John Scrope, 8th Baron Scrope of Bolton John Scrope, 8th Baron Scrope of Bolton (c. 1510 – 22 June 1549) was the son of Henry Scrope, 7th Baron Scrope of Bolton and Mabel Dacre. Around 1530 he married Catherine Clifford, daughter of Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland in Skipton, ...

(d. 1549) *

Henry Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton Henry Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton, KG (c. 1534 – 13 June 1592) was the son and heir of John Scrope, 8th Baron Scrope of Bolton and Catherine Clifford, daughter of Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland. Life Henry Scrope, a loyal ...

(c. 1534–1591) *

Thomas Scrope, 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton Thomas Scrope, 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton, Order of the Garter, KG (1567 – 2 September 1609) was the son of Henry Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton, Henry Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton Castle, Bolton and Margaret Howard, daughter of He ...

(c. 1567–1609) * Emanuel Scrope, 1st Earl of Sunderland, 11th Baron Scrope of Bolton (1584–1630)

Title dormant 1630 to 1731 and 1814 to ??

Emanuel Scrope, 1st Earl of Sunderland (1 August 1584 – 30 May 1630) married on 9 September 1609 Elizabeth Manners (c.1587 - 16 Mar 1653), daughter of John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland (c.1550 – 24 February 1588) and Elizabeth Charlton; they had four children who all died young. He left his estates to his illegitimate children, not his legitimate relatives, thus enriching families such as the Paulets (future Dukes of Bolton) and the Howes (future Earls Howe). By his servant and mistress Martha Jeanes, or Janes, or Jones, alias San(d)ford, he had one son John (who died childless) and three daughters, who all survived and left children: Elizabeth Scrope – married Thomas Savage (3rd Earl Rivers)
Annabella Scrope ( – 30 March 1704) – married John Grubham Howe
Mary Scrope ( – 1 November 1680) – married Charles Paulet (1st Duke of Bolton) The 11th baron's cousin Mary Eure did not claim the barony which passed eventually to her descendant Mrs Mary Johnson (1651–1731), de jure 16th Baroness Scrope of Bolton. The claim fell into abeyance from 1731 to 1814, and eventually passed to her grandson Charles Jones, ''de jure'' 17th Baron Scrope of Bolton (1774–1840) and then to his second but eldest surviving son Henry James Jones, ''de jure'' 18th Baron Scrope of Bolton (b. 1812). None of the Jones attempted to claim the dormant barony, possibly for financial reasons (it being costly to prove the extinction of all other co-heirs before the Committee for Privileges). The ''de jure'' 17th Baron Charles Jones was a first cousin of

Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk (15 March 1746 – 16 December 1815), styled Earl of Surrey from 1777 to 1786, was a British nobleman, peer, and politician. He was the son of Charles Howard, 10th Duke of Norfolk and Catherine Brockho ...

(1746–1815).

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Barons Scrope of Bolton (1371)

Title dormant 1630 to 1731 and 1814 to ??

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