Scrooby
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Scrooby is a small village, on the River Ryton and near Bawtry, in north Nottinghamshire. Until 1766, it was on the Great North Road so became a stopping-off point for numerous important figures including Queen Elizabeth I and Cardinal Wolsey on their journeys. The latter stayed at the Manor House briefly, after his fall from favour.
The Manor house belonged to the Archbishops of York and at the end of the sixteenth century, was occupied by William Brewster, the Archbishop's bailiff, who was also postmaster. His son, William, took that post over in the 1590s but became dissatisfied with the Anglican Church as it was developing at the time, acquired Brownist beliefs and attempted to leave for the Netherlands in 1607. See Pilgrim Fathers Memorial. He eventually went to New England in 1620, as one of the people later called Pilgrim Fathers.
Since the village stocks were sold to America, more than a hundred years ago, the village has promoted its actual New England link by creating spurious links with buildings in the village.