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)
- Richard Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton
- Roger Scrope, 2nd Baron Scrope of Bolton
- Richard Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Bolton
- Henry Scrope, 4th Baron Scrope of Bolton
- John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton
- Henry Scrope, 6th Baron Scrope of Bolton
- Henry Scrope, 7th Baron Scrope of Bolton
- John Scrope, 8th Baron Scrope of Bolton
- Henry Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton
- Thomas Scrope, 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton
- Emanuel Scrope, 1st Earl of Sunderland, 11th Baron Scrope of Bolton
Title dormant 1630 to 1731 and 1814 to ??
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.