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Birth:          BEF 1388 Masham, Yorkshire, England
Death:          15 Nov 1455 Upsall, Yorkshire, England
Burial:         Scrope Chapel, York Minster, Yorkshire, England

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BARONY OF SCOPE OF MASHAM (IV) 1426

JOHN LE SCROPE, of Masham, younger brother of Henry, being 4th of the 5 sons of 
the 2nd Lord, became, 5 September 1418, after the death s.p. of his two elder 
brothers, heir to the attainted Barony and the family estates, being then aged 30 years 
and more. He was admitted to the Gild of Corpus Christi, York, 1416-17; knighted 15 
February 1423/4; P.C. 28 February 1423/4; on the Commission of the Peace, Essex, 
Lincs (Holland and Lindsey), Notts, Yorks (East and North Riding), 20 July 1424. He 
petitioned Parliament in April 1425 to have livery of estates proved to be entailed, in 
accordance with a conditional promise made by Henry V, in cos. Northumberland, 
York, Lincoln, Essex, Suffolk, and city York. The Lord Chancellor determined that he 
might as heir in tail enter into said lands at his pleasure, 16 July 1425. He recovered 
the Barony and was summoned to Parliament from 7 January 1425/6 to 26 May 1455, 
by writs directed "Johanni Lescrop de Masham." Commissioner to raise a loan, co. 
York, 23 July 1426; Commissioner de walliis et fossatis, co. York, 26 August 1427. He 
was appointed one of the Ambassadors to Pope Martin V, and also to negotiate 
leagues with Alfonso V, King of Aragon, and Sigismund, King of the Romans, July 
1428; sent by the P.C. to treat with the Scottish Commissionrs for a fresh peace or 
truce, 24 January 1429/30; Commissioner to raise a loan, co. York, 6 March 1429/30; 
Lord Treasurer, 26 February 1431/2 to August 1433; Ambassador to the Grand Master 
of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem at Rhodes, 29 January 1434/5; Ambassador to 
Dietrich, Archbishop of Cologne, 4 February 1438/9; Commissioner to distribute an 
allowance in deduction of tax, co. York, North Riding, 20 April 1440; city York, 14 July 
1441; ordered to keep a watch on unlawfuI assemblies, 30 August 1440; Commissioner 
to raise a loan, co. York, 28 November 1440; requested by the P.C. to reconcile the 
Abbot of St. Mary's Abbey, York, and the Mayor of the city, 4 March 1442/3; 
Commissioner to meet the Scottish Commissioners at Durham, 1 May 1444, to treat for 
a 7 years' truce; Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer touching treasons and felonies, 
city York, 5 April 1447; Commissioner to collect the subsidy, co. York, East Riding, 8 
August 1450.

He married, before 24 August 1418, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas CHAWORTH, 
of Wiverton, Notts, by his 1st wife, of whom she was the only child and heir, Nicole, 
daughter and heir of Sir Gerard BRAYBROKE (Sheriff of Essex and Herts, 5 November 
1406). He died 15 November 1455, and was buried in the Scrope Chapel in York 
Minster. His widow took the veil in 1455. Admonishment 12 March 1466/7 at York. 
[Complete Peerage XI:566-8, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Parents
LE SCROPE Stephen (1345 - 25 Jan 1404)
DE WELLES Margery (ABT 1350 - 29 May 1422)

Siblings
LE SCROPE John (BEF 1388 - 15 Nov 1455)

Marriage To DE CHAWORTH Elizabeth (ABT 1403 - 1466)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE CHAWORTH Thomas (ABT 1375 - 17 Feb 1459)
BRAYBROOKE Nicole (Nichola) (ABT 1386 - 1411)

Children by DE CHAWORTH Elizabeth ABT 1403 - 1466
LE SCROPE John (ABT 1425 - 18 Sep 1452)

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