Richard Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Bolton (31 May 1394 – 29 August 1420) was a member of the fifteenth-century

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. The only son and heir of

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(d. 1403), and Margaretha Tiptoft (alias de Tibetot) (1366–1431), co-heiress of the Barony of Tibetot. From the death of his father, Richard Scrope was in the

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of Queen Katherine, who had the keeping of both his estates and also his marriage. This the queen arranged by the end of 1413 to Margaret, daughter of

Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland Earl Marshal (c. 136421 October 1425), was an English nobleman of the House of Neville. Origins Ralph Neville was born about 1364, the son of John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville by his wife Maud Percy ( ...

(d. 1425) and his first wife

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, the daughter of Hugh Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford.Cokayne, G.E., ''The complete peerage of England and Wales'' (Vol. XI, London, 1949), 542. Richard Scrope fought in the major theatres of

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's French campaign, bringing fifteen

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and forty-five

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to the

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and commanding a naval section at the

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composed of

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and balingers. His last years were spent defending the north-east coast of England against the threat of Scottish sea attacks; in 1418 he was based in

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with 120 men-at-arms and 240 archers. He died in

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on 29 August 1420; his widow survived until 1463. Following Scrope's death, due to his marriage with a Neville, his estates became the subject of a bitter feud between his

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, Marmaduke Lumley, and

Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury KG PC (1400 – 31 December 1460) was an English nobleman and magnate based in northern England who became a key supporter of the House of York during the early years of the Wars of the Roses. He ...

.Jacob, E.F., ''The Fifteenth Century 1399-1485'' (Oxford, 1969), 328.

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