Thomas Scrope, 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton, KG (1567 – 2 September 1609) was the son of Henry Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope of

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and Margaret Howard, daughter of

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and Frances de Vere.

Biography

He was

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(MP) for

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from 1584 to 1586 and from 1588 to 1593. He held the office of Warden of the English West March from 1593 until the Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland in 1603. He was made a

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in 1599. While Scrope was Warden, the outlaw

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was arrested (in violation of a truce day) and imprisoned at

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. Scrope had only recently been appointed to the post of Warden, and he was unsure of what to do with an outlaw who had been illegally arrested. On 13 April 1596, as a result of a raid orchestrated by

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, Kinmont Willie was freed. In a failed attempt to recapture Kinmont Willie, Scrope "burnt the towns of Annan and Dumfries to the ground, capturing two hundred prisoners whom he marched home 'naked, chained together on leashes'". This caused a major diplomatic incident. Scrope derived a significant part of his income from coal mining at Preston in

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Marriage

In 1584, he had married Philadelphia Carey, daughter of

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and Ann Morgan. They had one child

Emanuel Scrope, 1st Earl of Sunderland Emanuel Scrope, 1st Earl of Sunderland, 11th Baron Scrope of Bolton (1 August 1584 – 30 May 1630) was an English nobleman. He was Lord President of the King's Council in the North. Family He was the only child of Thomas Scrope, 10th Baron Sc ...

. In August 1593, a page of Lady Scrope, who was lady of the bedchamber, died in the keep at

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and

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considered moving her household for fear of sickness. She took part in the

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in August 1602. She was at the queen's bedside near the time of her death. In June 1603, Lady Scrope and Penelope, Lady Rich,

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and others went to

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to welcome

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to England in June 1603, according to the directions of the Privy Council.James Balfour, ''Annals: The Historical Works of James Balfour'', vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1824), p. 414.

Death

He died at the village of Langar, Nottinghamshire, in 1609. In the village church at Langar is to be found a magnificent memorial to him. The tomb is adorned with an effigy of himself, his wife and their son Emmanuel.

Notes

References

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