Thomas Scrope, 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton
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Thomas le Scrope, 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton (1567 – 2 September 1609) was the son of Henry le Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton and Margaret Howard, daughter of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
.
In 1584, he married Philadelphia Carey, daughter of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon
and Ann Morgan. They had one child Emanuel Scrope, 1st Earl of Sunderland
.
While Scrope was Warden of the West Marches, the outlaw Kinmont Willie Armstrong
was arrested (in violation of a truce day) and imprisoned at Carlisle Castle
. Scrope had only recently been appointed to the post of Warden, and he was unsure of what to do with an outlaw who had been illegally arrested. On 13 April 1596, as a result of a raid orchestrated by Walter Scott, 1st Lord Scott of Buccleuch
, Kinmont Willie was freed. In a failed attempt to recapture Kinmont Willie, Scrope "burnt the towns of Annan and Dumfries to the ground, capturing two hundred prisoners whom he marched home 'naked, chained together on leashes'. This caused a major diplomatic incident." Thomas Lord Scrope was made a Knight of the Garter in 1599 and held the office of English West March Warden until the Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland in 1603. He died at the village of Langar in Nottinghamshire, England in 1609. There, in the village church, is to be found a magnificent memorial to him. His tomb is adorned with an effigy of himself, his wife, Philadelphia, and their son Emmanuel.
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
Henry Howard, KG, , known as The Earl of Surrey although he never was a peer, was an English aristocrat, and one of the founders of English Renaissance poetry.-Life:...
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In 1584, he married Philadelphia Carey, daughter of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon
Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon
Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, of Hunsdon was an English nobleman.He was the son of Mary Boleyn, the sister of Anne Boleyn and also the mistress to King Henry VIII of England...
and Ann Morgan. They had one child Emanuel Scrope, 1st Earl of Sunderland
Emanuel Scrope, 1st Earl of Sunderland
Emanuel Scrope, 1st Earl of Sunderland, 11th Baron Scrope of Bolton was an English nobleman. He was Lord President of the King's Council in the North.-Family:...
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While Scrope was Warden of the West Marches, the outlaw Kinmont Willie Armstrong
Kinmont Willie Armstrong
William Armstrong of Kinmont or Kinmont Willie was a border reiver and outlaw active in the Anglo-Scottish Border country in the last decades of the 16th century....
was arrested (in violation of a truce day) and imprisoned at Carlisle Castle
Carlisle Castle
Carlisle Castle is situated in Carlisle, in the English county of Cumbria, near the ruins of Hadrian's Wall. The castle is over 900 years old and has been the scene of many historical episodes in British history. Given the proximity of Carlisle to the border between England and Scotland, it...
. Scrope had only recently been appointed to the post of Warden, and he was unsure of what to do with an outlaw who had been illegally arrested. On 13 April 1596, as a result of a raid orchestrated by Walter Scott, 1st Lord Scott of Buccleuch
Walter Scott, 1st Lord Scott of Buccleuch
Walter Scott, 5th of Buccleuch, 1st Baron Scott of Buccleuch was a Scottish nobleman and famous border reiver, known as the “Bold Buccleuch” and leader of Kinmont Willie’s Raid...
, Kinmont Willie was freed. In a failed attempt to recapture Kinmont Willie, Scrope "burnt the towns of Annan and Dumfries to the ground, capturing two hundred prisoners whom he marched home 'naked, chained together on leashes'. This caused a major diplomatic incident." Thomas Lord Scrope was made a Knight of the Garter in 1599 and held the office of English West March Warden until the Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland in 1603. He died at the village of Langar in Nottinghamshire, England in 1609. There, in the village church, is to be found a magnificent memorial to him. His tomb is adorned with an effigy of himself, his wife, Philadelphia, and their son Emmanuel.