Richard Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton
- Richard Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton
Richard le Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton (c. 1327-1403) was an English soldier and courtier, serving Richard II of England [Joel Thomas Rosenthal, "Patriarchy and Families of Privilege in Fifteenth-Century England" (1991), p.78.] , and the builder of Bolton Castle [ [http://www.aboutbritain.com/BoltonCastle.htm Bolton Castle on AboutBritain.com ] ] .
He was a knight of the shire of Yorkshire in the parliament of 1364, and was summoned to the upper house as a baron by writ in 1371, when he was made Lord High Treasurer and Keeper of the Great Seal.
In 1378 Lord Scrope became Lord Chancellor, a role in which he attempted to curb the extravagance of Richard II. He was given license to crenellate at Bolton Castle in 1379 [ [http://www.dales-castles.org.uk/bolton.cfm Castles of the Yorkshire Dales · [ Bolton Castle · written by Glyn Harris for Daelnet's The Yorkshire Dales ] ] [ [http://www.ukheritage.net/castles/bolton.htm Bolton Castle ] ] . He was deprived of office in 1382. Both as a soldier and a statesman Lord Scrope was highly regarded.
Heraldic litigant
Scrope engaged in several disputes with regard to his armorial bearings, the most celebrated of which was with Sir Richard Grosvenor [ [http://freespace.virgin.net/lf.mackelden/Castle_Combe/Heraldry/heraldry.html Heraldry in Castle Combe ] ] for the right to the shield blazoned "Azure, a bend Or," which a court of chivalry decided in his favor after a controversy extending over four years (see Scrope v Grosvenor)
Geoffrey Chaucer and Owain Glyndŵr gave evidence in Scrope's favour.
Family
He was a son of Henry le Scrope [ [http://www.scroope.net/ancestors/bolton/henrylescrope1303.htm Henry Le Scrope - Inherited Manor of Bolton in 1303 ] ] . The Archbishop of York Richard le Scrope was a first cousin [ [http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/SCROPE.htm#William%20SCROPE%20of%20Bracewell%20(Sir%20Knight)1 SCROPE ] ] .
He married Blanche de la Pole and they had four sons [ [http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/SCROPE.htm#Richard%20SCROPE%20(1°%20B.%20Scrope%20of%20Bolton) SCROPE ] ] :
*Roger Scrope, 2nd Baron Scrope of Bolton
*William Scrope, 1st Earl of Wiltshire
*Stephen
*Richard
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