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THE HERALDRY OF YORK MINSTER.
the ribbons of the orders of knighthood which first appeared towards the
end of the seventeenth century (Planche:, are practically baldricks. The
blue ribbon of the Garter, and the green ribbon of St. Andrew, are worn
over the left shoulder, supporting the jewel of the order under the right
arm. The red ribbon of the Bath is worn by Knight-Grand-Crosses over
the right shoulder.
Of the bend we have many instances in the Minster, indicating
honoured names and stirring scenes in the annals of the past. Let us
commence with Scrope a household word to all who know Yorkshire, may
I
not say English, History.
THE SCROPES.
The family of Scrope, probably of Norman origin,
is said to be
descended from one Richard le Scrupe, or Le Scrap, the ancient name
for a crab, who held lands in Worcestershire, Herefordshire, and Shropshire,
temp. Edward the Confessor, and who is recorded by historians of the period
as one of the King's foreign favourites. This would account for his not being
dispossessed by the Conqueror, and for the increasing prosperity of his
family under that dynasty. In the reign of Richard I., Simon le Scrope
seems to have inherited lands at Flotmanby in Yorkshire from his nieces ;
and in the reign of Edward I., Sir William le Scrope is mentioned as
possessing lands in West Bolton and Bolton Parva in this county. He
left two sons, Henry and Geoffry, from whom two great and distinct
baronial families were descended.
The elder, Henry, acquired the property at Bolton from his father.
He seems to have been an eminent person, as he was made Chief Justice
of the King's Bench by Edward II., and, by Edward III., Chief Baron of
the Exchequer. Sir Henry Scrope was also a knight banneret, and his
arms, azure a bend or, charged in the upper part with a lion passant
purpure (in recognition of a grant received by him from the Earl of
Lincoln), appear in the roll of arms of the bannerets, between 2nd and
;th of Edward II. He died in 1336, and was buried at the abbey of
St. Agatha, near Richmond, of which he was the founder or patron.
His eldest son, William, survived him for only a few years, when he
was succeeded by his brother, Sir Richard. He served under Edward III.
at the battle of Crescy, and was knighted at the battle of Durham, 1346.
In 1371, 44th Edward III., he was summoned to Parliament as a baron of
the realm, and made Treasurer of the King's Household ;
on the accession
of Richard II., Steward of the King's Household " Senescallus Hospitii
" "
Regis and twice Lord Chancellor ; besides which he was entrusted with
several important and delicate matters of state, for Walsingham says of