Paternal Family Tree: Scrope
Maternal Family Tree: Katherine Norwich 1306-1381
Around 1355 Stephen Scrope was born to Richard Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton [aged 28] and Blanche Pole Baroness Scrope Bolton [aged 27].
In or before 1369 [his father] Richard Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton [aged 41] and [his mother] Blanche Pole Baroness Scrope Bolton [aged 40] were married. She by marriage Baroness Scrope of Bolton.
In 1371 [his father] Richard Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton [aged 44] was created 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton.
Around 1378 [his mother] Blanche Pole Baroness Scrope Bolton [aged 50] died at Bolton, North Yorkshire.
In or before 1393 [his brother] Roger Scrope 2nd Baron Scrope of Bolton [aged 24] and [his sister-in-law] Margaret Tiptoft Baroness Scrope Bolton [aged 27] were married. She by marriage Baroness Scrope of Bolton.
In 1396 [his brother] William Scrope 1st Earl Wiltshire [aged 46] and [his sister-in-law] Isabel Russell Countess Wiltshire were married.
In 1397 [his brother] William Scrope 1st Earl Wiltshire [aged 47] was created 1st Earl Wiltshire. [his sister-in-law] Isabel Russell Countess Wiltshire by marriage Countess Wiltshire.
On 29th July 1399 [his brother] William Scrope 1st Earl Wiltshire [aged 49], Henry Green of Drayton, Northamptonshire [aged 52] and John Bussy were beheaded at Bristol Castle, Gloucestershire [Map]. Earl Wiltshire forfeit.
On 12th November 1399 John Cobham died. He was buried under the belfry at St Peter's Church, Hever with his second wife Joan Lewknor and their son Reynold. His will reveals that he provided for £30 to be spent on his funeral and twenty poor men to stand vigil over his tomb for forty days. His heirs appear to have sold Hever Castle, Kent [Map] to Stephen Scrope [aged 44].
In 1400 Stephen Scrope [aged 45] was appointed Governor of Roxburgh Castle by King Henry IV of England [aged 32].
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In 1402 Stephen Scrope [aged 47] was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland to Thomas Lancaster 1st Duke of Clarence [aged 14].
Around August 1403 [his father] Richard Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton [aged 76] died. He was buried at Easby Abbey, Yorkshire [Map]. His son [his brother] Roger [aged 34] succeeded 2nd Baron Scrope of Bolton.
On 3rd December 1403 [his brother] Roger Scrope 2nd Baron Scrope of Bolton [aged 34] died at Bolton, Lancashire. He was buried at Easby Abbey, Yorkshire [Map]. His son [his nephew] Richard [aged 10] succeeded 3rd Baron Scrope of Bolton. Margaret Neville Baroness Scrope Bolton by marriage Baroness Scrope of Bolton.
Before 1408 Stephen Scrope [aged 52] and Millicent Tiptoft [aged 39] were married.
In 1408 Stephen Scrope [aged 53] died in Ireland. Hever Castle, Kent [Map] became the property of his widow [his wife] Millicent Tiptoft [aged 39] who subsequently married John Fastolf [aged 28].
On 13th January 1409 John Fastolf [aged 29] and [his former wife] Millicent Tiptoft [aged 40] were married.
On 25th August 1446 [his former wife] Millicent Tiptoft [aged 78] died. She was buried at St Benet's Abbey, Norfolk [Map].
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 11 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 13 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 11 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: Simon Scrope
5 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Scrope
6 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Scrope
7 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Brun
Great x 3 Grandmother: Juliane Brun
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Scrope
8 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Grandfather: Henry Scrope
9 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
father: Richard Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton
10 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Stephen Scrope
11 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Pole
Grandfather: William Pole
mother: Blanche Pole Baroness Scrope Bolton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Norwich
Grandmother: Katherine Norwich