Paternal Family Tree: Scrope
In 1597 [his father] Robert Scrope [aged 27] and [his mother] Margaret Cornwall [aged 24] were married.
On 12th January 1601 Adrian Scrope was born to Robert Scrope [aged 31] and Margaret Cornwall [aged 28].
On 7th November 1617 Adrian Scrope [aged 16] was educated at Hart Hall Hertford College, Oxford University.
In 1619 Adrian Scrope [aged 17] educated at Middle Temple.
In November 1624 Adrian Scrope [aged 23] and Mary Waller were married.
Around 1626 [his son] Edmund Scrope was born to Adrian Scrope [aged 24] and [his wife] Mary Waller.
On 20th March 1633 [his mother] Margaret Cornwall [aged 60] died at Wormandsleigh, Oxfordshire.
In 1634 [his son] Thomas Scrope was born to Adrian Scrope [aged 32] and [his wife] Mary Waller. He married 20th October 1661 Mary Hooke and had issue.
In 1634 [his daughter] Mary Scrope was born to Adrian Scrope [aged 32] and [his wife] Mary Waller. Somewhat speculative. She married on or after 10th February 1675 Henry Arundell, son of Henry Arundell 3rd Baron Arundel and Cicely Compton Baroness Arundel Wardour.
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 [aged 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 [aged 47].
Kenelm Digby [aged 23] drowned whilst attempting to cross the River Great Ouse.
On 29th January 1649 King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland [aged 48] fifty-seven commissioners signed King Charles' Death Warrant at Westminster Hall [Map]. Two further names were added subsequently.
10 Thomas Maulever 1st Baronet
14 Major-General William Goffe
21 Admiral Richard Deane
27 Adrian Scrope
42 John Jones
45 Major General Charles Fleetwood
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 [aged 50]
James Harington 3rd Baronet [aged 41]
The Captain of the Guard was Daniel Axtell [aged 27]. The guards included Francis Hacker, Matthew Tomlinson [aged 31].
The Solicitor-General was John Cook [aged 41].
In 1658 [his son] Edmund Scrope [aged 32] died.
On 17th October 1660 Gregory Clement [aged 66], Adrian Scrope [aged 59], John Jones [aged 63] and Thomas Scot were hanged, drawn and quartered at Charing Cross [Map].
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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John Evelyn's Diary. 17th October 1660. Scot, Scroop [aged 59], Cook [deceased], and Jones [aged 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 [aged 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!
Note 1. John Cook was executed the day before. Evelyn is referring to Gregory Clement [aged 66].
[his daughter] Elizabeth Scrope was born to Adrian Scrope and Mary Waller.
[his son] Robert Scrope was born to Adrian Scrope and Mary Waller.
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 Godwinson: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 12 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
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
Kings Spain: Great x 13 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Scrope 4th Baron Scrope of Bolton 
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Scrope 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Scrope Baroness Scrope Bolton 6 x Great Granddaughter of King William I of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Scrope 6th Baron Scrope of Bolton 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Oliver St John 
17 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth St John Baroness Scrope Bolton Baroness Zouche Harringworth 7 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Scrope 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland 
Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Percy Baroness Scrope Bolton 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Poynings 
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Grandfather: Adrian Scrope 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Phyllis Rokeby
Father: Robert Scrope 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Ludlow 9 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Ludlow 10 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Ludlow 11 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Ludlow 12 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland
Grandmother: Ursula Ludlow 9 x Great Granddaughter 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 Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Blount 1st Baron Mountjoy 
10 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Blount 11 x Great Grandson 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 Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Echingham 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Echingham 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret West 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Adrian Scrope 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Otis Cornwall 
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cornwall 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Laurence Cornwall 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Cornwall 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Grandfather: Richard Cornwall 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Mother: Margaret Cornwall 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England