John Scrope, 8th Baron Scrope of Bolton
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John le Scrope, 8th Baron Scrope of Bolton (c. 1510 – 22 June 1549) was the son of Henry le Scrope, 7th Baron Scrope of Bolton and Mabel Dacre.
In 1530 he married Catherine Clifford, daughter of Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland
in Skipton, Yorkshire. They had 11 children, of which the eldest was his successor, Henry Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton
. He lived in the family home in Bolton Castle in Wensleydale, Yorkshire.
In 1536 he was put under pressure to support the Pilgrimage of Grace
, a popular uprising in the Yorkshire area against the religious reforms of Henry VIII, particularly the break with Rome and the Dissolution of the Monasteries
, to which he eventually wilted. He found himself obliged to grant sanctuary to Adam Sedbar, Abbot of Jervaulx
, when the latter was on the run from the King's Commissioners, who had been sent north to round up the ringleaders. When the Commissioners arrived at Bolton Castle he fled to join his father-in-law at Skipton Castle but the Abbot was rounded up and ultimately executed. Before leaving the Commissioners fired the castle. However, because of the duress he was deemed to have been put under he was forgiven and allowed to repair and reoccupy his home and retake his seat in Parliament.
In 1530 he married Catherine Clifford, daughter of Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland
Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland
Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland KG was a member of the Clifford family which held the seat of Skipton from 1310 to 1676. He was a close friend of Henry VIII and his son Henry married the King's niece Lady Eleanor Brandon. He was created Earl of Cumberland on June 18, 1525 and made a Knight...
in Skipton, Yorkshire. They had 11 children, of which the eldest was his successor, Henry Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton
Henry Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton
Sir Henry Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton, KG was the son and heir of John Scrope, 8th Baron Scrope of Bolton and Catherine Clifford, daughter of Henry Clifford, Earl of Cumberland....
. He lived in the family home in Bolton Castle in Wensleydale, Yorkshire.
In 1536 he was put under pressure to support the Pilgrimage of Grace
Pilgrimage of Grace
The Pilgrimage of Grace was a popular rising in York, Yorkshire during 1536, in protest against Henry VIII's break with the Roman Catholic Church and the Dissolution of the Monasteries, as well as other specific political, social and economic grievances. It was done in action against Thomas Cromwell...
, a popular uprising in the Yorkshire area against the religious reforms of Henry VIII, particularly the break with Rome and the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Dissolution of the Monasteries
The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales and Ireland; appropriated their...
, to which he eventually wilted. He found himself obliged to grant sanctuary to Adam Sedbar, Abbot of Jervaulx
Adam Sedbar, Abbot of Jervaulx
Adam Sedbar or Sedbergh was the 23rd and last Abbot of Jervaulx Abbey in Wensleydale, YorkshireAdam Sedbar had been elected abbot of the Cistercian abbey of Jervaulx in 1533 when Henry VIII introduced his plans for the Dissolution of the MonasteriesHe was persuaded in 1536, somewhat reluctantly,...
, when the latter was on the run from the King's Commissioners, who had been sent north to round up the ringleaders. When the Commissioners arrived at Bolton Castle he fled to join his father-in-law at Skipton Castle but the Abbot was rounded up and ultimately executed. Before leaving the Commissioners fired the castle. However, because of the duress he was deemed to have been put under he was forgiven and allowed to repair and reoccupy his home and retake his seat in Parliament.