 Abt 1438 - 1503 (~ 65 years)
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| Name |
Scrope, Elizabeth |
| Title |
Lady |
| Born |
Abt 1438 |
Of Bolton, Yorkshire, England  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Buried |
12 Jun 1503 |
Stoke Rocheford, Lincolnshire, England |
| Person ID |
I00218 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
14 Jun 2015 |
| Father |
Scrope, Henry, b. 4 Jun 1418, Of Bolton, Yorkshire, England , d. 14 Jan 1459, England (Age 40 years) |
| Mother |
Scrope, Elizabeth, b. Abt 1417, Of Marsham, Yorkshire, England , d. 10 May 1504, England (Age ~ 87 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1435 |
England |
| Family ID |
F00650 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Bigod, John, b. Abt 1433, England , d. 29 Mar 1461, Towton, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 28 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1453 |
England |
| Children |
| | 1. Bigod, Ralph, b. Abt 1455, England , d. 22 Apr 1515, Settrington, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 60 years) |
| | 2. Bigod, Henry, b. 2 Feb 1458, England , d. Aft 1503 (Age 45 years) |
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| Family ID |
F00123 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 3 |
Rochford, Henry, b. Of Stoke Rochford, Lincolnshire, England , bur. 25 Oct 1470, Stoke Rocheford, Lincolnshire, England |
| Married |
Abt 1462 |
England |
| Children |
| | 1. Rochford, Ralph, b. Abt 1460, Of Stoke Rochford, Lincolnshire, England , d. Aft 1511 (Age ~ 52 years) |
| + | 2. Rochford, Jane, b. Abt 1463, Of Stoke Rochford, Lincolnshire, England |
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| Family ID |
F00124 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 4 |
St. John, Oliver, b. Abt 1425, Of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England , d. 3 Apr 1497, Fontarabia, Guipauzcoa, Spain (Age ~ 72 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1470 |
England |
| Children |
| | 1. St. John, Henry, b. Of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England [Natural] |
| | 2. St. John, Oliver, b. Of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England [Natural] |
| | 3. St. John, Margaret, b. Of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England [Natural] |
| | 4. St. John, Sibil, b. England , bur. 1 Jul 1493, Stroke Rocheford, Lincolnshire, England |
| | 5. St. John, Elizabeth, b. Abt 1472, Of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England , d. 28 Jun 1516, England (Age ~ 44 years) |
| + | 6. St. John, Sir John, b. Abt 1473, Of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England , d. 1 Sep 1512, Fontarabia, Guipauzcoa, Spain (Age ~ 39 years) |
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| Family ID |
F00122 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Coloured shields, crests, etc., from the church of Stoke Rocheford (Kirkstoke), Lincs., including those on the brass (1503) of Oliver St John and his wife Elizabeth (Bigod), from a different MS, bound in at fols. 115-16.
In the Church of Stoke Rochford in Lincolnshire,
Is the following inscription to the memory of Elizabeth daughter of Henry fourth Lord Scrope of Bolton, and her husband. "Pray for the soil of Mastyr Olyv' Sentjohn 'squier sonne unto y' right excellent hye and mightty prynces duchess of Som'sett, g'ndame unto ou'Sov'eyn Lord Kyng Herre the vij. and for the soil of dame Elizabeth Bygod his wiff, whoo dep'ted frome this t'nsitore liffe y' vij day of June i' y' yeer of ou' Lord M CCCCC. and ill."
("Pray for the soll of Mayster Oliver Seynt John, Esq and of Dame Elizabeth Bygood his wyfffe, who departed this transitory life this 12th day of June in the year of our Lord God 1503" )
Elizabeth Bygod (Bigod), late the wife of Oliver Seynt John (St. John): Wiltshire. Elizabeth Bygod (Bigod), late the wife of Oliver Seynt John (St. John): Wiltshire. Detailed descriptions at item level. Items are dated by the date of the writ, but some Date: 1503 - 1504 Source: The Catalogue of The National Archives
Description Will of Dame Elisabeth Bigod, Widow of South Stoke, Lincolnshire Date 14 July 1503 Catalogue reference PROB 11/13
THE WILL OF DAME ELIZABETH BIGOD. [Reg. Blamyre, at Doctors' Commons."] May 26, 1503. Dame Elisabeth Bigod, of Sowthe Stoke in the dioc. of Lincoln. To be bur. in the qwere of Stoke, at the high awter ende, nyghe unto my husband Sent John. To the monastary of Croxton my cheyne of gold, to make a pix for the sacrament of the awter; and they to make it; and ther to be graven aboute the seid pix thies, Abbot and convent of the same place, pray for the soule of dame Elizabeth Bigod. To the same monestary a blake welvet gowne to make there a vestment. I will that my husbond Rocheforth will be fulfilled as touching all suche bequestes as is bequethed to my son Raff Rocheford. To the church of Stoke a blew velwet cope with an oifrey of neldwarke. To the chirch of Birdeshall, for to pray for my husband Sir John Stawnnford soule, my crymsyn velwet gowne, to make there a vestment. To the Freers of Granntham my Agath (sic), my purpill velwet gowne, to make ther a vestment. To my sone, Raffe Rocheford, my standing cup gilt w* the cover, a basin and an ewere of silver, the swages gilt; ij silver saltes w* a covere, the swage gilt. The residue to my ex' rs, my sone Sir Raff' Bigod, my son John Seint John, and my son Henry Bigod; that they dispose for my soule as thei seme best, at the over sight of the most excellent princes my lady the kynge's moder, that she of benyng grace will vowchsave to geve respect to thies my bequestes which ar conteyned in a payer of indentours thereof made. Thes being witnesse, Mr. Robert Bekeynshall maister wardeyn of the Grey Freers of Grantham, Sir John Irpe prest.
This great lady was a daughter of Henry Lord Scrope of Bolton. Her first husband was Sir John Bigod of Settrington who was killed with his father on Towton field. After his death she remarried Henry Rochford of Stoke Rochford, co. Lincoln, and Oliver St. John, esq. By all her husbands she left issue, but she bore to the end of her days the name of her first lord. Another husband, a fourth, Sir John Stanford, is mentioned in this will, who has hitherto been unrecorded.
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