Scrope, a famous family of the north of England that produced, amongst others, Richard le Scrope, Chancellor in 1378 and 1381–82; Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York, who joined in the conspiracy against Henry IV., and was beheaded at York in 1405; and Lord Scrope of Bolton, Warden of the West Marches under Queen Elizabeth.
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