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Families covered: Scrope of Castle Combe

                               
Sir Stephen le Scrope of Bentley & Castle Comb, Lord Justice of Ireland, Governor of Roxburgh Castle (d 04.09.1408)
m. Millicent Tiptoft (d 1408, dau of Robert Tiptoft, 3rd Lord)
1. Stephen Scrope of Castle Combe (d 1472)
  m. Jane Bingham (dau of Sir John Bingham, justice)
  A. Stephen Scrope (dvpsp)
  B. Sir John Scrope of Castle Combe, Sheriff of Wiltshire (d 1516)
  m1. (sp) Isabel Newburgh (dau of John Newburgh)
  m2. Margaret Wrottesley (dau of Sir Walter (not John) Wrottesley of Wrottesley)
i. Richard Scrope of Castle Combe, Sheriff of Wiltshire (b c1504, d 1572)
  m1. Mary Ludlow (dau of William Ludlow of Hill Deverill)
  a. George Scrope of Castle Combe (d 1604, 2nd son)
  m. Susannah Eyre (dau of John Eyre of Woodhampton)
  (1) John Scrope of Castle Combe (d 1645)
  m. Jane Brune (dau of John Brune of Rowner & Athelhampton)
  (A) John Scrope (b c1605, dvp 1645)
  m1. (1625) Mary Hungerford (dau of John Hungerford of Cadnam)
  (i) Mary Scrope
  Commoners identifies John's 2nd wife as dau/coheir of Sir Theobald Gorges of Ashley by Helen, relict of Thomas Parr, Marquess of Northampton. The father is correct but TCP (Northampton) confirms that Marchioness Helen was Theobald's mother, not his wife.
  m2. Helena Gorges (dau/coheir of Sir Theobald Gorges of Ashley by Helen, relict of Thomas Parr, Marquess of Northampton)
  (ii) John Scrope of Castle Combe (b c1641, d 02.1714)
  m1. Anna Gore (d 1675, dau of Charles Gore of Alderton, sister of Thomas the antiquary)
  (a) Charles Scrope (b 02.04.1665, dvp 01.02.1713)
  m. Agnes Codrington (d 12.1721, dau of Robert Codrington)
  ((1)) Gorges Scrope of Castle Combe (b 169-1700, dsp 12.1744)
  m. Mary Hobbes (d 1774)
(b)+ other issue - John (b/d 1663), Stephen (d unm), John (b 1667, dsp 1732), Anne (b 1669, d unm 1735), Lydia (b 1670)
  m2. Jane Nelson (dau of William Nelson of Chaddleworth)
  (g) William Scrope (b 1678, d infant)
  (h) Richard Scrope (b 1681, d 09.1738)
  m. Frances Wright (dau of Abraham Wright of London)
((1)) John Scrope, later of Castle Combe (dsp 1777, vicar of Kingston St. Michael's, rector of Castle Combe)
  ((2)) Richard Scrope of Castle Combe (d 1787, 3rd son)
  m. Anne Lambert (dau of Edmund Lambert of Boyton)
  ((A)) John Scrope (dvp 1778)
  ((B)) William Scrope of Castle Combe (b 1772)
  m. (1793) Emma Long (dau/heir of Charles Long of Grittleton, son of Sir Robert, Bart of Draycot, by Emma, dau/heir of Richard, Earl Tylney)
  ((i)) Emma Scrope
  m. (1821) George Poulett Thomson, later Thomson-Scrope
  ((C)) Harriet Scrope (b 1770, d 1819)
  m. (Pierce) Walsh Porter of Wandsworth
  ((3)) Frances Scrope (b 23.04.1724)
  ((4))+ other issue (d unm) - William, Charles (d infant), Elizabeth, Anne, Agnes, Rachel
  (iii) Gorges Scrope (d unm)
  (B) Elizabeth Scrope (b 1598)
  m. William Hodges of Clifton
  (C) Mary Scrope (d unm)
(D) Frances Scrope
  m. Thomas Higgs of Hoxton
  (E) Anne Scrope (b 1616)
  m. Thomas Codrington of Keynsham
  (F) Susannah Scrope (b 1618)
  m. Edward Flower of London
  (2) Elizabeth Scrope
  m. William Walsh of Gloucestershire
  (3)+ other issue (dsp) - William (b 1577), Mary
  b. Margaret Scrope (d 1571)
  m. Anthony Stokes of Stanshaw
  c. Susannah Scrope (d 1570)
  m. John Snell of Kingston St. Michaels
  d. Anne Scrope (d 1588)
  m. Thomas Harford of Castle Combe (sb Bosbury)
  e.+ other issue - Richard (dvp 1560), Edward (dsp 1568)
  m2. (sp) Alice Palmer (dau of John Palmer)
  ii. Anthony Scrope of Colwall, Herefordshire
  Commoners shows a son Anthony as d infant. The following comes from Visitation (Herefordshire, 1569, Harford), supported by Visitation (Wiltshire), which shows that an Anthony of this generation married ...
  m. Anne Viner (dau of Thomas Viner or Vinor or Viver of Wiltshire)
  a. Nicholas Scrope of Kitchinstoke. Southamptonshire
  m(1). Winifrd Norton (dau of John Norton of East Tisted)
(1) Anne Scrope
  m. Thomas Bridges of Westham, Essex
  b. Edmond Scrope
  m. _ Russell of Herefordshire
  c. Mary Scrope
  m. Marlion Morton
  d.+ other issue - John, Margaret
  iii. Anne Scrope
  Visitation (Wiltshire) shows this Anne as married to both John Harford of Bosbery & Henry (or Nicholas) Vinor of Castle Combe. Commoners (vol 4, Harford of Blaise Castle) supports Commoners (Vol 3) in showing the wife of John Harford as of the next generation. Commoners (vol 3) just shows this Anne as married to ...
  m. Henry Viner of Castle Combe
  a. Henry Viner or Vyner apparently of this generation
  m. Mary Longe (dau of Robert Longe of London)
  iv. Dorothy Scrope

Main source(s): Commoners (vol 3, Scrope of Castle Combe) with a little suport from Visitation (Wiltshire, 1623, Scroope)
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