Richard Scrope

Also known as: Richard Scrope, Lord Scrope / Richard lord Scroope · Family: England · Role: chancellor · First appears: Richard II 8

Life events

• 1380 · Richard Scrope resigned the chancellorship, and Simon Sudbury assumed the office.(Richard II 8 · 📍 London)
  • With: Simon de Sudbury
  • “In this parlement also, the lord Richard Scrope gaue ouer the office of chancellor, and Simon Sudburie archbishop of Canturburie tooke it vpon him.”
• c. 1382 · Richard Scroope was appointed lord chancellor.(Richard II 22)
  • “The lord Richard Scroope was made lord chancellor”
• 1382 · Richard Scrope was deposed as chancellor, and Robert Braybrooke was appointed in his place.(Richard II 23)
  • With: Richard II Robert Braybrooke
  • “About this season, the lord Richard Scroope lord chancellor was deposed from that roome, and the king receiuing the great seale at his hands, kept it a certeine time, and sealed therewith such grants and writings as it pleased him: at length, it was deliuered to Robert Braibrooke bishop of London, who was made lord chancellor.”
• c. 1386 · Thirteen lords were appointed to oversee the realm's government under Richard II.(Richard II 34)
  • With: Richard II William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury Alexander Neville, Archbishop of York Edmund Langley, Duke of York Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester William of Wykeham Thomas Brantingham, Bishop of Exeter Richard FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel John Devereux, Lord Devereux Nicholas, Abbot of Waltham
  • “there were in this parlement thirteene lords chosen, to haue ouersight vnder the king of the whole gouernment of the realme”

Richard II 8

• sworn: Richard II (Richard Scrope held the office of chancellor under the king.) “In this parlement also, the lord Richard Scrope gaue ouer the office of chancellor”
• with Simon de Sudbury (Simon Sudbury succeeded Richard Scrope as chancellor.) “the lord Richard Scrope gaue ouer the office of chancellor, and Simon Sudburie archbishop of Canturburie tooke it vpon him”

Richard II 22

• sworn: Richard II “The lord Richard Scroope was made lord chancellor, & the lord Hugh Segraue lord treasuror.”

Richard II 23

• sworn: Richard II (Richard Scrope held the office of lord chancellor under the king.) “About this season, the lord Richard Scroope lord chancellor was deposed from that roome, and the king receiuing the great seale at his hands,”

Richard II 34

• sworn: Richard II “the other ten were these, William archbishop of Canturburie, Alexander archbishop of Yorke, Edmund Langlie duke of Yorke, Thomas duke of Glocester, William bishop of Winchester, Thomas bishop of Excester, Richard earle of Arundell, Richard lord Scroope, and Iohn lord Debereux.”

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