Richard le Scrope

• Name	Richard le Scrope
  Birth	of Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I6154	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family	Agnes de Gant,   b. of Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England
  Marriage	Bef 1145
  Children	1. Robert le Scrope,   b. Aft 1145, of Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire
  Family ID	F2719	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2026

  
  

• Notes

  RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013): “Children of Walter de Gant, by Maud of Brittany: ... iv. AGNES DE GANT, married (1st) WILLIAM DE MOHUN, of Dunster, Somerset, son and heir of William de Mohun, of Dunster, Somerset, by his wife, Alice. He was an adult before 1131. They had six sons, Ralph, William, Henry, Iwan, Peter, and Richard. Her maritagium included the manor of Whichford, Warwickshire. He and his wife, Agnes, gave the advowson of the church of Whichford, Warwickshire to Bridlington Priory, which was founded by Agnes' father, Walter de Gant. William was created Earl of Somerset in 1141. This honour did not continue in the family. WILLIAM DE MOHUN was living in 1142. His widow, Agnes, married (2nd) before 1145 RICHARD LE SCROPE, of Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire. They had one son, Robert (of Flotmanby and Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire). Dugdale Monastkon Anglicanum 6(3) (1830): 286. Arch. Jour. 37 (1880): 57-93. Maxwell-Lyte: Hist. of Dunster 1 (1909): 5-9. Farrer Early Yorkshire Charters 2 (1915): 430, 489-490. VCH Warwick 5 (1949): 205-209 (Agnes, wife of Richard le Scrope, styled "aunt" [inatertera] by Alice de Gant, Countess of Northampton in charter dated 1184-5). CP. 9 (1936): 18, footnote h; 11(1949): 531-532 (sub Scrope). Sanders English Baronies (1960): 114. TG 8 (1988): 3-38. Child of Agnes de Gant, by William de Mohun: a. WILLIAM DE MOHUN, of Dunster, Somerset, married GODEHILDE DE TONY [see MOHUN 5].”