Sir Geoffrey le Scrope

Medlands (10 Jun 2024): English Lords P–S

William le Scrope & his wife Constance had four children:

2. GEOFFREY Scrope ([before 1285]-Gent Dec 1340, bur Coverham Abbey). - LORDS SCROPE (of Masham)[621].

Father of Geofrey, Thomas, Stephen, John, William, Ivetta, Constance, Henry, and Beatrice

Brother of Stephen, Henry, and Stephen

buried: Coverham Abbey, Yorkshire, England

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He was an English lawyer, and Chief Justice of the King's Bench for four periods between 1324 and 1338. He was the son of Sir William le Scrope, who was bailiff to the earl of Richmond in Richmondshire. Geoffrey’s older brother Henry was also a lawyer, and served as Chief Justice twice, 1317 – 23 and 1329 – 30.

Sir Geoffrey le Scrope (c. 1280 – December 2, 1340) was an English lawyer, and Chief Justice of the King's Bench for four periods between 1324 and 1338. He was the son of Sir William le Scrope, who was bailiff to the earl of Richmond in Richmondshire. Geoffrey’s older brother Henry was also a lawyer, and served as Chief Justice twice, 1317 – 23 and 1329 – 30.

In the baronial conflicts of the reign of Edward II he was a loyal adherent of the crown. He was involved in the proceedings both against Thomas of Lancaster and Andrew Harclay. He was knighted in 1323, and became Chief Justice for the first time the next year. He managed, however, to survive politically the overthrow both of Edward II in 1326 and of Roger Mortimer in 1330.

After retiring as a justice, he campaigned with Edward III in Flanders, and distinguished himself as a soldier. He was also one of the instigators behind the king’s actions against Archbishop Stratford in 1340. He died at Ghent the same year, probably on December 2, and was buried at Coverham Abbey, Yorkshire. Geoffrey and his wife Ivetta had five sons. Their eldest son, Henry, became the first Baron Scrope of Masham.

Family

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Geoffrey and his wife, Ivette (de Ros) -- in all probability daughter of Sir William de Ros of Ingmanthorpe, near Wetherby -- had five sons. Their eldest son, Henry (whose daughter Joan married Henry Fitzhugh), became the first Baron Scrope of Masham.[1]

By this marriage, he had five sons and three daughters:[1]

1. Henry, first baron Scrope of Masham;
2. Thomas, who predeceased his father;
3. William (1325?–1367), who fought at the Battle of Crécy, Poitiers, and Najara, and died in Spain;
4. Stephen, who was at the Battle of Crécy and the siege of Berwick (1356);
5. Geoffrey (died 1383), LL.B. (probably of Oxford), prebendary of Lincoln, London, and York.
6. Beatrice, who married Sir Andrew Luttrell of Lincolnshire
7. Constance, who married Sir Geoffrey Luttrell of Lincolnshire
8. Ivetta, the wife of John de Hothom

A second marriage with Lora, daughter of Gerard de Furnival of Hertfordshire and Yorkshire, and widow of Sir John Ufflete or Usflete, has been inferred from a gift of her son, Gerard Ufflete, to Scrope and his mother jointly in 1331; but Ivetta is named as Scrope's wife in 1332.[1]

1. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Tait, James (1897). "Scrope, Geoffrey le". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 51. London: Smith, Elder & Co. < link >