Thomas Scrope, 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton

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Lord Scrope with his mother, Margaret Howard.
Lord Scrope with his mother, Margaret Howard.

Thomas le Scrope, 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton (1567 – 2 September 1609) was the son of Henry le Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton and Margaret Howard.

In 1584 he married Philadelphia Carey, daughter of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon and Ann Morgan. They had one child Emanuel Scrope, 1st Earl of Sunderland. As Warden of the West Marches he apprehended the outlaw Kinmont Willie Armstrong and imprisoned him at Carlisle Castle. Then on 13 April 1596 as a result of a raid orchestrated by Walter Scott, 1st Lord Scott of Buccleuch Kinmont Willie was freed. In a failed attempt to recapture the outlaw Scrope "burnt the towns of Annan and Dumfries to the ground, capturing two hundred prisoners whom he marched home 'naked, chained together on leashes'. This caused a major diplomatic incident." [1]

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  1. ^ tudorplace.com Accessed June 19, 2007