Adrian Scrope

Colonel Adrian Scrope (Circa 1601 - October 17 1660) was the thirty seventh of the fifty nine Commisoners who signed the Death Warrent of King Charles I in January of 1649 after the English Civil War. Eleven years later, during the Restoration of the monarchy, Adrian Scrope was tried and found guilty of being a Regicide and was executed. He suffered the usual cruel punishment for high treason at that time of being hanged, drawn and quartered.

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1601 - October 17 - 1660 - Fifty nine Commisoners - Charles I - 1649 - English Civil War - Restoration - Regicide - Hanged, drawn and quartered

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Adrian Scrope occupied the Scrope mansion at Wormsley, Oxfordshire and was a member of the extended Scrope/Scroope family, members of which appear in four of Shakespeare's plays and whose descendants retain private ownership of Bolton Castle in the Yorkshire Dales to this day.

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Oxfordshire - Scrope - Shakespeare - Bolton Castle - Yorkshire Dales

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One of Adrian Scrope's sons, William is thought to have come to North America where he changed his name to William Throope presumably to avoid retribution. Adrian Scrope's father was Sir Robert Scrope. Both Adrian and Robert are sometimes referred to with the name Scroope. Some of William's descendants are referred to as Throop.

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Adrian Scrope has several notable descendants including Professor Charles W. Woodworth, General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Medal of Honor winner Lieutenant General Arthur MacArthur, and California Institute of Technology benefactor Amos G. Throop.

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Charles W. Woodworth - General of the Army - Douglas MacArthur - Medal of Honor - Lieutenant General - Arthur MacArthur - California Institute of Technology - Amos G. Throop

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