4th Lord Scrope of Masham and Upsal. He was the fourth of five sons. After the death without heirs of his two older brothers he became heir to the attainted barony and he family estates, being then aged 30 years and more. The barony forfeited by his brother, Henry, executed at Southampton before Agincourt, was restored to him in 1426. He bought back the Scrope lands that had been confiscated. He was summoned to Parliament from January 7, 1425/36, to May 26, 1455, as Johanni Lescrop de Masham. He served in the French wars after 1429 and became lord treasurer on February 26, 1431/32.