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Sir Stephen le Scrope

Birth
North Yorkshire, England
Death
25 Jan 1406 (aged 54–55)
Masham, Harrogate Borough, North Yorkshire, England
Burial
York, York Unitary Authority, North Yorkshire, England GPS-Latitude: 53.961944, Longitude: -1.081944
Plot
Scrope Chapel
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2nd Lord Scrope of Masham

Second but eldest surviving son of Sir Henry le Scrope and his wife, Joan. Grandson of Sir Geoffrey le Scrope and Ivette de Roos. He was born between 1341 and 1351.

Husband of Margery Welles, daughter of John de Welles, 4th Lord Welles and Maud de Roos, and the widow of John de Huntingfield who died before 1374. They married before 15 Dec 1376 and had five sons and one daughter;
* Sir Henry, 3rd Lord Scrope of Masham, beheaded 1415
* Sir Geoffrey
* Stephen, Archdeacon of Richmond, Chancellor of Cambridge
* Sir John, 4th Lord SCrope of Masham
* William, Archdeacon of Durham
* Maud

Stephen served as an Esquire in the army before Paris in April 1360, joined the crusading army of Peter de Lusignan, King of Cyprus, and knighted by Peter after the taking of Alexandria in October of 1365. Stephen served with John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, in Guinenne in 1373, and present at the Battle of Najara in 1376. He was summoned to Parliament in 1392, and granted 100 marks per annum for life by Richard II, 7 July 1399.

His widow, Margery, was admitted to the Guild of Corpus Christi in York, 1417, and died 29 May 1422.
2nd Lord Scrope of Masham

Second but eldest surviving son of Sir Henry le Scrope and his wife, Joan. Grandson of Sir Geoffrey le Scrope and Ivette de Roos. He was born between 1341 and 1351.

Husband of Margery Welles, daughter of John de Welles, 4th Lord Welles and Maud de Roos, and the widow of John de Huntingfield who died before 1374. They married before 15 Dec 1376 and had five sons and one daughter;
* Sir Henry, 3rd Lord Scrope of Masham, beheaded 1415
* Sir Geoffrey
* Stephen, Archdeacon of Richmond, Chancellor of Cambridge
* Sir John, 4th Lord SCrope of Masham
* William, Archdeacon of Durham
* Maud

Stephen served as an Esquire in the army before Paris in April 1360, joined the crusading army of Peter de Lusignan, King of Cyprus, and knighted by Peter after the taking of Alexandria in October of 1365. Stephen served with John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, in Guinenne in 1373, and present at the Battle of Najara in 1376. He was summoned to Parliament in 1392, and granted 100 marks per annum for life by Richard II, 7 July 1399.

His widow, Margery, was admitted to the Guild of Corpus Christi in York, 1417, and died 29 May 1422.

Bio by: Anne Shurtleff Stevens



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