His lands passed to the Scroop family. Lord Scroop and his accomplices plot against the new king. Scroop and the Papal Legate plot against him. In 1392 William Le Scroop repaired the Cathedral. Lord Stafford married secondly Lady Louisa Egerton, daughter of Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater. The title of Duke of Bridgewater was first given to Scroop Egerton in 1720. The name (pronounced "Scroop") may be derived from the old Anglo-Norman word for "crab". Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater, was his elder brother. Scroop Egerton is recorded as being educated at the Whitgift School, Croydon. Scroop Egerton commissioned the building of Brackley's new Town Hall in 1704. This left a younger brother, Scroop, as the heir to the earldom. Scroop visits Eleanor Poins and attempts to seduce her, but she rejects him. Scroop attacks them and after a scuffle with Jim, he but gets drifted into space.