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Colonel 'Adrian Scrope' (Circa 1601 - October 17 1660) was the twenty seventh of the fifty nine Commissioners who signed the Death Warrant of King Charles I.

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From the Scrope family

The regicide

His portrait

His son William

Descendants

External links

From the Scrope family

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.

The regicide

Adrian was the twenty seventh of the fifty nine Commissioners who signed the Death Warrant of King Charles I in January of 1649 at the end of the English Civil War. Eleven years later, when Charles II of England was restored to the throne all the men directly responsible for the death of Charles I were in grave danger. Some fled the country but Adrian Scrope was arrested, tried and found guilty of being a Regicide. He suffered the cruel punishment for high treason which was at that time of being hanged, drawn and quartered around October 13, 1660.

His portrait

Adrian's portrait was painted by (or after) Robert Walker and is displayed in the U.K. National Portrait Gallery.

His son William

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. William’s past and parentage is surrounded in controversy. Throope family tradition held by many branches of the family for generations has maintained William’s real name was Adrian Scrope, youngest son of Sir Adrian Scrope who was executed for regicide. Sir Adrian Scrope is believed to have told his sons to flee the country. William’s will, dated 12 Jun 1704, begins “In the name and fear of God, Amen. I, William Throope, in ye County of Bristol, yeoman, in the sixty-seventh year of my age and being under some indisposition of body,......” If he was in his 67th year in 1704, he would have been born in 1637, pointing to him being the son of William and Isabell (Redshaw) Throope rather than Adrian Scrope. 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.

Descendants

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, Jr., and California Institute of Technology benefactor Amos G. Throop.

External links

★ Adrian's portrait painted by (or after) Robert Walker, hanging in the U.K. National Portrait Gallery It is item number NPG4435 there.

★ Robert Walker's (1599-1658) portraits in the U.K. National Portrait Gallery

★ A biography of Adrian with some detail about his trial

★ Some details about his extended family can be found at the following links:

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★ http://www.scroope.net/ancestors/cockerington/scropesofcockerington.htm

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★ http://www.scroope.net/

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★ Family tree of Amos G. Throop