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 SCROPE. 85 II. 1403, 2. Roger (Le .Scrope), Lord Scrope, 2d but 1st Aug. surv. h. am) h., by Blanche abovenatned(") aged 30 at his father's death in 1 103 and then a Knight ; was sun), to pari, from 20 Oct. to 23 Nov. (1-10:?) .1 Hen. IV. He ».., nbout 1885, .Margaret (aged 6 in 1372; 1st da. andcobeir{ b ) of Hubert (Tibetiit), 3d LORDTlBKToT (whod. s.p.m. 1372;. by Margaret, da. of William (DniNCOUHT), Lord Dkimoi kt. He (/. 3 Dec. HOS, and was bur. at St. Agatha's afsd. Will dat. at Holton 23 Sep. 1103, pr. 30 April 1404 at York.f 0 ) His Widott m. HOG John Xunosku, who fled the kingdom for felony, 2 July 1414, and'/, about 1120. Her will, directing her burial to be in Trinity Church, Christ- church Priory, Loudon. ( c ) dat. 13 April, pr. 14 May 1431 at rork.( d ) Inrj. post mortem. IN. U03, 3. Kichakd (Lb Scrope), Lord Scrope, 1st s. and h. ; Dec. /'. 31 May 1393, being aged but 10 at his father's death. He was never sum. to PrtfLf*) He served with 16 lueu and 45 archers in There is certainly every reason (burring these words) to believe that the Archbishop was a son of Henry, l»t Lord Scrope de Mashau). and a brother of the Stephen and John, who, like himself, were legatees of n cup. His age would preclude him from being an actual son of the testator, if any credence (even approximately) is due to that assigned to his elder brother, who in the inn* pott mortem on his Father in 1403. is stateil to lie  ./ tho' doubtless the usual form of " et amplius " is added. If then the elder br. was //. in 1373. Richard could Dot have been born till 1374, a date incompatible with his being Bishop of Lichfield, in 13S6, aud iu holy ordera ill 1367, some seven years previoutly to his Until [IJ Again the testator, who mentions so many relatives, does not mention a son John, but it is clear that the Archbishop was br. of Sir John Le Scrope, who, in his will dat. 18 Dec. 1405, mentions his brother Stephen [presumably Stephen, Lord Scrope de Masham] anil his fob brother Richard, Archbishop of York, these three brothers being, presumably, the three legatees abovenained. So also Henry, Lord Scrope de Masham (s. aud h. of Stephen, the 2d Lord), mentions in his will, dat. 1415, the late Archbishop as being his uncle. Stephen, the 2d Lord Scroope de Mashain, was bom about 1345, aud if we suppose his yr. br. Richard to be born about 1350, or 1355, we get a much more reasonable date of birth for the celebrated Archbishop, whose execution, 8 June 1405, is a matter of history. As to this vexed question, it may be noticed that Sir Bernard Burke, iu his " Extinct Peerage" (with singular impartiality !) describes his Grace as existing both among the children of Richard, 1st Lord Scrope de Bolton (who certainly seems in his will to claim him as such), as alto among those of Henry, 1st Lord Scrope de Masham. Joseph Foster, iu his fine tabular pedigree of Scrope (" Yorkshire Families, N. and E. Riding"), boldly asserts that Roger the elder br. was born "circa 134S " [instead of 1372] ami makes Sir Stephen and this Richard children of the 1st Lord Scrope de Bolton by his second wife, as also Sir John (who d. Dec. 1501) above-mentioned, on the ground (presumably) that as this Johu was undoubtedly a brother of the Arch- bishop, he must have been such sou, tho' not mentioned in his father's will. (") His eldest br. William (Le Scrope), liarl of Wiltshire (so a: 1397), d. s.p. and v.p., having been beheaded, 29 July 1399, for his adherence to the deposed King Kichard II. ( h ) Millicent, her 2d sister, m. Sir Stepheu Scrope, yr. br. to this Roger, aud brought the estate of Castlecombe, Wilts, lo that family. («) See p. 84, note "g." ( d ) Iu the " Test Ebor " the following note is given as to this Margaret. " After Lord Scrope's death she was mixed up with Beveral discreditable matrimonial intrigues. There is a suit against her in the Court of York iu 1405 brought by 'John Pitz John alias dictus Cnnaunt domicillus,' to whom she seems to have been married at Coveney, eo. Cambridge. This is probably John Niatitlser, who is men- tioned in the Scrope and Grosveuor Roll, anil who murdered the Rector of Weusley for opposing his matrimonial designs. At the same time another gentleman, 'John de Harwod esq. domicellus,' claimed Lady Scrope's hand." (°) "It is difficult to decide who were tho individuals described in the Rolls of Pari, iu the years 1414, 1423,1425, 1426, 1429, 1431, 143b', 1439, 14d0 1461, and H82, as " Le S r Scrope," there being iu those years two Sarons to whom the description applies. Those marked iu the text as having sat iu Parliament are lisntified either by their Christiuu mimes or desiguutions." [Oourtliope.]