Together with Sir John Bussy, Sir William Bagot and Sir Henry Green he had been made responsible for assisting Edmund of Langley, Duke of York in the defence of the realm during Richard's absence, when the exiled Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Hereford seized his chance to invade. Scrope was captured with Bussy and Green when Bristol Castle surrendered to Henry on 28 July 1399. He was executed without trial at Bristol Castle, together with Bussy and Green, and his head carried to London in a white basket to be displayed on London Bridge. After Hereford's ascendance to the throne as Henry IV, Parliament confirmed the sentence and determined that all his estates and title were to be forfeit to the crown.[11]
An attempt was made by Simon Thomas Scrope to reclaim the Earldom by a collateral descendant, over 500 years later. Although he was proven to be the senior heir male general, the claim failed on other grounds.
In 1869, the Committee for Privileges of the House of Lords, after a series of hearings beginning in 1862 under the title of Wiltes Claim of Peerage 4 HL 126, rejected the claim of Simon Thomas Scrope, of Danby, to the Earldom of Wiltes (Wiltshire) granted to William le Scrope, above. It was proved that Simon Thomas Scrope was the senior heir male of the Earl of Wiltes, but the Committee for Privileges decided that as a matter of law an English peerage could not descend to heirs male general who were not directly descended from the original grantee; they also rejected arguments based on the irregularity of the original sentence by Henry IV before he had become King. The Committee declined to follow its own earlier decision in the Devon Peerage Claim (1831) 5 English Reports 293, in which a grant to "heirs male" had been allowed to pass to heirs male collateral.
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William le Scrope Earl of Wiltshire King of Mann KG c 1350 29 July 1399 was a close supporter of King Richard II of England He was a second son of Richard le Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton William III of MannEarl of WiltshireArms of William ScropeKing of MannReign3 June 1397 29 July 1399PredecessorWilliam de Montagu 2nd Earl of SalisburySuccessorHenry Percy 1st Earl of NorthumberlandBornc 1350Died29 July 1399Bristol CastleSpouseIsabel Russell m 1396 FatherRichard le Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton Contents 1 Life 2 Family 3 Earldom 4 References 5 External linksLife edit nbsp Arms of Sir William le Scrope Knight of the Garter He was a soldier adventurer in Lithuania 1 Italy and France where he served with John of Gaunt Gaunt made him seneschal of Aquitaine in 1383 2 He was made vice chamberlain of the household of King Richard II in 1393 and granted the castle and manor of Marlborough in Wiltshire 3 In the same year his father purchased for him the Isle of Man from the earl of Salisbury giving him the nominal title Dominus de Man or King of Mann 4 In 1394 he became a Knight of the Garter He was created Earl of Wiltshire in 1397 and became Lord High Treasurer in 1398 5 He became effective head of the government in Richard s absence 6 He benefitted from the confiscated estates of Thomas de Beauchamp 12th Earl of Warwick who was kept for a time under his care in the Isle of Man and of John of Gaunt he also accumulated control of a number of strategic castles 7 He was left 2 000 marks in King Richard s will in April 1399 He had been closely involved in Richard s second marriage to the 6 year old Isabella of Valois in 1396 8 and was made Isabella s guardian at Wallingford Castle 9 of which he was castellan 10 when the King went to Ireland in 1399 Together with Sir John Bussy Sir William Bagot and Sir Henry Green he had been made responsible for assisting Edmund of Langley Duke of York in the defence of the realm during Richard s absence when the exiled Henry Bolingbroke Duke of Hereford seized his chance to invade Scrope was captured with Bussy and Green when Bristol Castle surrendered to Henry on 28 July 1399 He was executed without trial at Bristol Castle together with Bussy and Green and his head carried to London in a white basket to be displayed on London Bridge After Hereford s ascendance to the throne as Henry IV Parliament confirmed the sentence and determined that all his estates and title were to be forfeit to the crown 11 Family editHe married in 1396 Isabel Russell d 1437 2nd daughter of Sir Maurice Russell 1356 1416 of Dyrham Glos and Kingston Russell Dorset 12 Earldom editAn attempt was made by Simon Thomas Scrope to reclaim the Earldom by a collateral descendant over 500 years later Although he was proven to be the senior heir male general the claim failed on other grounds In 1869 the Committee for Privileges of the House of Lords after a series of hearings beginning in 1862 under the title of Wiltes Claim of Peerage 4 HL 126 rejected the claim of Simon Thomas Scrope of Danby to the Earldom of Wiltes Wiltshire granted to William le Scrope above It was proved that Simon Thomas Scrope was the senior heir male of the Earl of Wiltes but the Committee for Privileges decided that as a matter of law an English peerage could not descend to heirs male general who were not directly descended from the original grantee they also rejected arguments based on the irregularity of the original sentence by Henry IV before he had become King The Committee declined to follow its own earlier decision in the Devon Peerage Claim 1831 5 English Reports 293 in which a grant to heirs male had been allowed to pass to heirs male collateral References edit Christopher Tyerman England and the Crusades 1095 1588 1996 p 270 Scrope The Scropes and the Isle of Man Bolton Castle Archived from the original on 3 March 2016 E B Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 1996 p 106 John Smith Roskell Parliament and Politics in Late Medieval England II 1981 p 61 Anthony Emery Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales 1300 1500 1996 p 497 Michael Bennett Richard II and the Revolution of 1399 1999 p 79 Wallingford Characters Wallingford Characters Baron Scrope of Bolton Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 Scrope William Leigh Rayment s Peerage Pages self published source better source needed External links editBiographyPeerage of EnglandPreceded byNew creation Earl of Wiltshire1397 1399 Succeeded byForfeitedHead of State of the Isle of ManPreceded byWilliam II de Montacute King of Mann1392 1399 Succeeded byHenry PercyPolitical officesPreceded byGuy Mone Lord High Treasurer1398 1399 Succeeded bySir John Norbury Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Scrope 1st Earl of Wiltshire amp oldid 1208148863, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
