Family of Richard * SCROPE and Margaret MOUNTFORD

Husband:	Richard * SCROPE (1327-1403)
Wife:	Margaret MOUNTFORD (1331- )

Husband: Richard * SCROPE

Wife: Margaret MOUNTFORD

Name:	Margaret MOUNTFORD
Sex:	Female
Father:	-
Mother:	-
Birth	1331	Bolton, Yorkshire, England

Note on Husband: Richard * SCROPE

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[1], and the builder of Bolton Castle[2].

 

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[3][4]. 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[5] 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 Glyndw^r gave evidence in Scrope's favour.

 

Family

 

He was a son of Henry le Scrope[6]. The Archbishop of York Richard le Scrope was a first cousin[7].

 

He married Blanche de la Pole and they had four sons[8]:

 

Roger Scrope, 2nd Baron Scrope of Bolton

William Scrope, 1st Earl of Wiltshire

Stephen

Richard