Baron Scrope of Bolton


Baron Scrope of Bolton was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created for Sir Richard le Scrope as a barony by writ on 8 January 1371. It became dormant on the death of the 11th Baron in 1630 without legitimate children.

Barons Scrope of Bolton (1371)

Emanuel Scrope, 1st Earl of Sunderland married on 9 September 1609 Elizabeth Manners, daughter of John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland and Elizabeth Charlton; they had four children who all died young. He left his estates to his illegitimate children, not his legitimate relatives, thus enriching families such as the Paulets and the Howes. By his servant and mistress Martha Jeanes, or Janes, or Jones, alias Sanford, he had one son John and three daughters, who all survived and left children:
Elizabeth Scrope - married Thomas Savage

Annabella Scrope - married John Grubham Howe

Mary Scrope - married Charles Paulet
The 11th baron's cousin Mary Eure did not claim the barony which passed eventually to her descendant Mrs Mary Johnson, de jure 16th Baroness Scrope of Bolton. The claim fell into abeyance from 1731 to 1814, and eventually passed to her grandson Charles Jones, de jure 17th Baron Scrope of Bolton and then to his second but eldest surviving son Henry James Jones, de jure 18th Baron Scrope of Bolton. None of the Jones attempted to claim the dormant barony, possibly for financial reasons. The de jure 17th Baron Charles Jones was a first cousin of Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk.