Richard le Scrope [SEP] position held
Richard le Scrope
Richard le Scrope (c. 1350 – 8 June 1405), Bishop of Lichfield and Archbishop of York, was executed in 1405 for his participation in the Northern Rising against King Henry IV.
Family.
Richard Scrope, born about 1350, was the third son of Henry Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Masham, and his wife, Joan, whose surname is unknown. He had four brothers and two sisters:
- Sir Geoffrey Scrope (c.1342–1362), who married Eleanor Neville, the
Richard le Scrope of Bolton in 1371. By 1380 the lands had been given to the Abbey of St Agatha at nearby Easby, who held the lands until the dissolution. After this the lands were returned to the Scrope family. By the end of the 19th century, the manorial rights disappeared.
The etymology of the village name is derived from the Old English words "brōm", for the shrub Broom, and "tūn" meaning village or farmstead. The suffix to indicate that the village is located on the