Tuppen Scrase

Tuppen matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, in 1598, and was a student at the Middle Temple in 1601. The Victoria County History of Sussex records that he had the manor of Combe, in Hamsey, the manor of Blatchington, Hove Villa, and property in Piddingworth (VCH 7, pp. 85, 106, 243, 266). He was issued letters of marque and was involved in privateering (legalized piracy) in the late 1620s and early 1630s, looking after the financial side while his brother William captained. (See The Scrase Family and Piracy for documentation). The ships of which he was owner or part-owner were “Dolphin” (120 tons) and “Fortune” (80 tons). He is described as of Preston, Sussex, in his burial record.

Events

Date of Birth: about 1583.

The date is given by Renshaw (p. 217) and Foster (p. 1326), inferred from Tuppen’s age on matriculating at Magdalen Hall, Oxford.

Date of Burial: 9 December 1633.

Place of Burial: Preston, Sussex, England (St Peter’s).

The burial is given in the Sussex Family History Group transcription of the parish registers, and in Hughes-Clarke (p. 97) and Salmon.

Relationships

Father: Richard Scrase (1559 - 1625).

Mother: Juliana Tuppin (died 1620).

These parents are given in Bannerman Visitations of Sussex (p. 178), citing Harl. 1562, fo. 163. Lower (p. 7) gives the father, citing evidence given in Tuppen’s application for a coat of arms. The father is also given by Foster (p. 1326), citing Oxford records. Middle Temple records give John Scrase's father as Richard Scrase of Bletchington, and John Scrase's brother as Tuppen Scrase.

Spouse: Susan Haye (1585 - 1631).

This relationship is given in Bannerman Visitations of Sussex (p. 178), citing Harl. 1562, fo. 163.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Susan Scrase (baptized 26 October 1606 in Hamsey, Sussex - buried 9 May 1679 in Shoreham, Sussex) married (1)  Edward Blaker in 1628; married (2) the Reverend Edward Burton.

Mary Scrase (baptized 10 July 1608 at Westminster St James - buried 15 July 1620) [Several sources have Mary married to the Reverend Richard Rands. The will of Mary's brother Richard mentions his sister "Marie wife of Richard Ran Clerke". But the Preston parish registers have "Mary Scrase the daughter of Mrs Tuppon Scrace was buried the 15th of July 1620." The marriage record in Hamsey states: "Mr Richard Rands & Mary Scrase were marryed by License Aprill. 26." [1630]]

Richard Scrase (baptized 2 October 1609 at Salehurst, Sussex - buried 9 July 1634 at Preston, Sussex).

Edith Scrase (baptized 31 May 1612 at Hamsey) married George Bedford 19 April 1633 in London.

male Scrase (buried 1 May 1616 in Hamsey).

Constance Scrase (baptized 6 August 1615 in Hamsey).

Elizabeth Scrase (baptized 20 October 1616 in Hamsey).

Dorothy Scrase (baptized 26 April 1618 in Hamsey).

William Scrase (baptized 26 March 1620 in Hamsey - died 23 September 1683) married Frances Valiant.

Henry Scrase (baptized 2 February 1622/3 in Hamsey - died about 1682) married (1) Barbara Goring; married (2) Susanna.

Evidence

from Alumni Oxonienses

Scrase, Tuppen, of Sussex, gent. Magdalen Hall, matric. 13 Oct., 1598, aged 15; student of Middle Temple 1601, as son and heir of Richard, of Blechington, Sussex, gent. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.

from the Register of Admissions to the Middle Temple

7 November 1600. Tuppen Scrace, son and heir of Richard Scrace, of Bletchengton, Sussex, gentleman.

from Minutes of Parliament of the Middle Temple:

1603, admission

2 June. Mr. Tuppen Scrase to the chamber of Messrs. Robert Drewe and Thomas Bressey on surrender by the latter; fine only 30s., by request of John Shurley, esq., Serjeant-at-Law. (p. 440).

1607, admission

[15 May]. Mr. John, second son of Richard Scrase of Blechington, Sussex, gent., generally; fine, 3l.; bound with Messrs Tuppen Scrase, his brother, and Simon Stone. (p. 478).

1609, admission

[5 May]. Mr. John Scrase, to the chamber of Messrs. Robert Drewe and Tuppen Scrase on surrender by the latter; fine, 40s. (p. 506).

from an abstract of his grant of arms:

Scrase, Tuppen, of Blatchington, in Sussex, s. and h. of Richard, s. of Edward, s. of Richard, s. and h. of Richard Scrase, of Hangleton, in Sussex, who was styled “Valettus ad coronam Domini Regis Edward IV,” and sealed with a dolphin. Conf. of arms and gr. of crest by Sir W. Segar, Garter, 14 Aug. 14 Jas. I.  Az. a dolphin naiant Arg., finned Or, betw. three escallop shells of the last. Crest -- On the stump of a tree erect couped at the top and entwined by a snake both ppr., a falcon rising of the same jessed and belled Or. Motto -- Volando reptilia.  Add. MSS. 5,521 and 12,225.

(Jewers, p. 250)

The Book of John Rowe records (p. 42) that Tuppin Scrase held one messuage and lands called Pillingworth containing 600 acres near Alchornes in the manor of Ditchling.

a fine:

Tuppin Scrase, gent., plaintiff, and William Newton, gent., Harbert Springett, gent., Thomasine Pelland, wid., and John Pelland and Mary his wife, deforciants– Manor of Combe and tenements in Hamsey, Chiltington, Chayley, Newycke, S. John’s and Clayton, quitclaimed to plaintiff and heirs (Mich. 3. Ja. I [1605]). 

from the Hamsey parish register:

[1606]

One the 26 of October was baptized Suzan Scrase the daughter of Tuppen Scrase & Suzan his wife.

[1612]

May 31 was baptized Edith Scrase the daughter of Mr Tuppen Scrase & Suzan his wife.

[1615]

August 6. was baptized Constance Scrase the daughter of Tuppen Scrase & Susan his wife.

[1616]

October 20th was baptized Elizabeth Scrase the daughter of Mr Tuppen Scrase & Suzan his wife/

[1618]

Aprill 26 was baptized Dorothie Scrase the daughter of Tuppen Scrase & Suzan his wife/

[1620]

March 26 was were baptized Willia[m] Scrase the sonne of Mr Tuppen Scrase & Susan is wife, & Thomas Hawkins…

[1622]

February. 2 was baptized Henry Scrase the Sonne of Tuppen Scrase & Suzan his wife/

[1631]

June 12 was buryed Suzan Scrase the wife of Tuppen Scrase

from the Salehurst parish register:

[October 1609]

t Richardus Scrase filius Tuppyn genner baptizatus fuit 8 die

Tuppin's burial (Preston parish register):

Tuppen Scrace, Gent., was buryed Decr the ixth, 1633.

from the Visitation of Sussex in 1634 (List of Gentry):

Tuppin Scras, of (West) Blatchington

References

Attree, F.W.T. “Lists of Sussex Gentry at Various Dates” in Sussex Archaeological Collections v. XXXIX (1894). 

Bannerman, Bruce (ed.), The Visitations of the County of Sussex made and taken in the years 1530 by Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux King of Arms; and 1633-4 by John Philipot, Somerset Herald, and George Owen, York Herald etc. (London: 1905).

Dunkin, Edwin Hadow Wise.Sussex Manors, Advowson, etc., recorded in the feet of fines, Henry VIII, to William IV, (1509 - 1833) Sussex Record Society Volume XIX. (London:Mitchell Hughes and Clarke, 1914) [Page 109 gives a fine which relates to Tuppen’s acquisition of the Manor of Combe in 1605.]

England. Sussex. Genealogies of Families Living in Sussex. A database extraction of John Comber’s Sussex Genealogies (Cambridge: W. Heffer and Sons, 1931 -). Tuppen Scrase.

Foster, Joseph. Alumni Oxonienses, Volume IV. -- Early Series (Oxford:James Parker & Co., 1891).

Godfrey, Walter H. The Book of John Rowe. (Sussex Record Society, 1928).

Hughes-Clarke, Arthur William, and Edward Bysshe. The Visitation of Sussex, anno domini 1662, made by Sir Edward Bysshe. (London: [Harleian Society], 1937).

Jewers, Arthur J. “Grants and Certificates of Arms” in The Genealogist New Series Vol. 25 (London, 1909) pp. 248 - 257.

Lower, Mark Anthony, “Genealogical Memoir of the Family of Scrase” in Sussex Archaeological Collections, Volume 8 (London: John Russell Smith, 1856).

Minutes of Parliament of the Middle Temple (Charles Trice Martin, trans. and ed.) Volume 2, 1603-1649 (London, 1904).

Page, William, et al. The Victoria History of the County of Sussex: Volume 7.(London: A. Constable, 1905 -).

Parish registers of Hamsey, Sussex. Digital images on Familysearch.org accessed 4 March 2018.

Parish registers of Salehurst, Sussex. Digital images on Familysearch.org accessed 4 March 2018.

Register of Admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple (London, 1949).

Renshaw, Walter Charles. “Notes on the Scrase Family of Co Sussex”, in The Genealogist (New Series) Volume XX, pages 217 to 221, 1904.

The Scrase Family and Piracy. I have collected some source material on this at the page linked to here.

Sussex Burials, transcribed by the Sussex Family History Group, available on Findmypast.co.uk (accessed 18 April 2014).

Sussex Manors, Advowsons, etc., Recorded in the Feet of Fines Henry VIII. to William IV. (1509–1833) Vol. 1 A-L.  Sussex Record Society Volume XIX. (1914).