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Biography of Adrian Scrope 1601-1660

Paternal Family Tree: Scrope

1648 Battle of St Neots

1649 Trial of Charles I

1660 Trial and Execution of the Regicides

In 1597 [his father] Robert Scrope (age 27) and [his mother] Margaret Cornwall (age 24) were married.

On 12th January 1601 Adrian Scrope was born to Robert Scrope (age 31) and Margaret Cornwall (age 28).

On 7th November 1617 Adrian Scrope (age 16) was educated at Hart Hall Hertford College, Oxford University.

In 1619 Adrian Scrope (age 17) educated at Middle Temple.

In November 1624 Adrian Scrope (age 23) and Mary Waller were married.

Around 1626 [his son] Edmund Scrope was born to Adrian Scrope (age 24) and [his wife] Mary Waller.

On 20th March 1633 [his mother] Margaret Cornwall (age 60) died at Wormandsleigh, Oxfordshire.

In 1634 [his son] Thomas Scrope was born to Adrian Scrope (age 32) and [his wife] Mary Waller.

In 1634 [his daughter] Mary Scrope was born to Adrian Scrope (age 32) and [his wife] Mary Waller. Somewhat speculative.

Battle of St Neots

The Battle of St Neots on 10th July 1648 was a skirmish during the Second English Civil War at St Neots in Cambridgeshire. A Royalist force led by Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland (age 57), who was captured, and Colonel John Dalbier, who was killed, was defeated by a hundred veteran troops from the New Model Army, commanded by Colonel Adrian Scrope (age 47).

Kenelm Digby (age 23) drowned whilst attempting to cross the River Great Ouse.

Trial of Charles I

On 23rd January 1649 King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 48) was tried at Westminster Hall [Map] by Henry Mildmay (age 56). The fifty-nine signatories of his Death Warrant were:

1 John Bradshaw

2 Thomas Grey

3 Oliver Cromwell

4 Edward Whalley

7 John Danvers

9 Henry Ireton

11 Hardress Waller

14 Major-General William Goffe

17 General Thomas Harrison

21 Admiral Richard Deane

27 Adrian Scrope

34 Richard Ingoldsby

42 John Jones

45 Major General Charles Fleetwood

54 Gregory Clement

55 John Downes

57 Thomas Scot

58 John Carew

The commissioners who sat at the trial but did not sign the Death Warrant included:

William Monson 1st Viscount Monson (age 50)

James Harington 3rd Baronet (age 41)

The Captain of the Guard was Daniel Axtell (age 27). The guards included Francis Hacker, Matthew Tomlinson (age 31).

The Solicitor-General was John Cook (age 41).

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In 1658 [his son] Edmund Scrope (age 32) died.

1660 Trial and Execution of the Regicides

On 17th October 1660 Gregory Clement (age 66), Adrian Scrope (age 59), John Jones (age 63) and Thomas Scot were hanged, drawn and quartered at Charing Cross [Map].

John Evelyn's Diary. 17th October 1660. Scot, Scroop (age 59), Cook (deceased), and Jones (age 63), suffered for reward of their iniquities at Charing Cross [Map], in sight of the place where they put to death their natural prince, and in the presence of the King (age 30) his son, whom they also sought to kill. I saw not their execution, but met their quarters, mangled, and cut, and reeking, as they were brought from the gallows in baskets on the hurdle. Oh, the miraculous providence of God!

[his daughter] Elizabeth Scrope was born to Adrian Scrope and Mary Waller.

[his son] Robert Scrope was born to Adrian Scrope and Mary Waller.

Royal Ancestors of Adrian Scrope 1601-1660

Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Adrian Scrope 1601-1660

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Scrope 4th Baron Scrope of Bolton 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Scrope 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Scrope Baroness Scrope Bolton 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Scrope 6th Baron Scrope of Bolton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Oliver St John

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth St John Baroness Scrope Bolton Baroness Zouche Harringworth 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Scrope 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Percy Baroness Scrope Bolton 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Poynings 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

GrandFather: Adrian Scrope 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Phyllis Rokeby

Father: Robert Scrope 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Ludlow 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Ludlow 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Ludlow 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Ludlow 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

GrandMother: Ursula Ludlow 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Windsor

Great x 2 Grandfather: Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor

Great x 1 Grandmother: Edith Windsor 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Blount 1st Baron Mountjoy 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Blount 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Helena Byron Baroness Mountjoy

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Blount Baroness Windsor 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Echingham 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Echingham 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret West 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Adrian Scrope 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Otis Cornwall 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cornwall 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Laurence Cornwall 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Cornwall 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

GrandFather: Richard Cornwall 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Mother: Margaret Cornwall 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England