William Scrope, Lord Scrope

Also known as: lord William Scroope lord chamberleine · Family: England · Role: lord chamberlain · First appears: Richard II 66

Life events

c. 1397 · Richard II procured indictments against eight nobles to secure their prosecution in Parliament.(Richard II 66 · 📍 Notingham)
- With: Richard II Edward Plantagenet, Duke of York Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent John Holland, Duke of Exeter Thomas Beaufort, Earl of Somerset John Montagu, Earl of Salisbury Thomas Spencer, Lord Spencer
- “Shortlie after, he procured them to be indicted at Notingham, suborning such as should appeale them in parlement, to wit, Edward earle of Rutland, Thomas Mowbraie earle marshall, Thomas Holland earle of Kent, Iohn Holland earle of Huntington, Thomas Beaufort erle of Summerset, Iohn Montacute earle of Salisburie, Thomas lord Spenser, and the lord William Scroope lord chamberleine.”

sworn: Richard II (William Scrope is identified as the king's lord chamberlain.) “Shortlie after, he procured them to be indicted at Notingham, suborning such as should appeale them in parlement, to wit, Edward earle of Rutland, Thomas Mowbraie earle marshall, Thomas Holland earle of Kent, Iohn Holland earle of Huntington, Thomas Beaufort erle of Summerset, Iohn Montacute earle of Salisburie, Thomas lord Spenser, and the lord William Scroope lord chamberleine.”
with Richard II (Richard II suborned him as a parliamentary accuser.) “Shortlie after, he procured them to be indicted at Notingham, suborning such as should appeale them in parlement, to wit, Edward earle of Rutland, Thomas Mowbraie earle marshall, Thomas Holland earle of Kent, Iohn Holland earle of Huntington, Thomas Beaufort erle of Summerset, Iohn Montacute earle of Salisburie, Thomas lord Spenser, and the lord William Scroope lord chamberleine.”

Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.