Adrian Scrope (royalist)
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Sir Adrian Scrope or Scroope (d. 1667) was an Royalist officer in the English Civil War
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, and was left for dead at Edgehill
, where he received sixteen wounds, but survived to 1655.
Adrian Scrope served in the king's army during the war, and in 1660 was made knight of the Bath at the coronation of Charles II
. The fine imposed on father and son for their delinquency amounted to over £6,000. He died in 1667.
of Sleaford, and was the father of Sir Carr Scrope
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English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...
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Biography
Scrope was the son of Sir Gervase Scroope of Cockerington, Lincolnshire, who At the start of the war raised a regiment for King Charles ICharles I of England
Charles I was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England, attempting to obtain royal revenue whilst Parliament sought to curb his Royal prerogative which Charles...
, and was left for dead at Edgehill
Battle of Edgehill
The Battle of Edgehill was the first pitched battle of the First English Civil War. It was fought near Edge Hill and Kineton in southern Warwickshire on Sunday, 23 October 1642....
, where he received sixteen wounds, but survived to 1655.
Adrian Scrope served in the king's army during the war, and in 1660 was made knight of the Bath at the coronation of Charles II
Charles II of England
Charles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War...
. The fine imposed on father and son for their delinquency amounted to over £6,000. He died in 1667.
Family
Sir Adrian Scroop, married Mary, daughter of Sir Robert CarrRobert Carr
Leonard Robert Carr, Baron Carr of Hadley, PC is a British Conservative politician.Robert Carr was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge where he read Natural Sciences, graduating in 1938....
of Sleaford, and was the father of Sir Carr Scrope
Carr Scrope
Sir Carr Scrope, 1st Baronet , versifier and man of fashion in the Restoration court of Charles II of England.-Biography:...
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