The Earl of Wiltshire

by letters patent, 1397; forfeited by attainder, 1399; but illegally,and, therefore, since that time dormant

Scrope, 29 September 1397.

William Scrope, son of Richard first Lord Scrope of Bolton, was created by King Richard the second Earl of Wiltshire. The title became extinct by his attainder in 1399.