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acquired the manor of Saxon Street ; Ditton Camois of Lady 

 Frances Scudamore, Duchess of Beaufort.* Other lands lying 



* The Scudamores were reckoned amongst the most eminent families 

 in the west of England, and were domiciled in Herefordshire for many 

 centuries. Sir John Scudamore — son of William Scudamore, and grandson 

 of John Scudamore, Esq., of Holme Lacy, by Sybell, his wife, daughter of 

 Watkin Vaughan, of Hergest — was Gentleman Usher to Queen Elizabeth, 

 received the honour of knighthood, and was elected by the county 

 of Hereford in five successive Parliaments during that reign. He 

 married, ist, Eleanor, daughter of Sir James Croft, and had issue : 

 James (Sir), who was knighted by the Lord High Admiral in 1596, for 

 his valour at the siege of Calais, and in the ist year of the reign of 

 James L, served in Parliament for Herefordshire. Sir James married 

 Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Throckmorton, and, predeceasing his 

 father, left issue : John, successor to his grandfather ; Mary, who married 

 Sir John Br}-dges, of Wilton Castle ; Alice ; and Ursula, who married 

 Alexander Wahvyn, Esq., of Oldcourt. Sir John Scudamore, the Sir 

 Scudamore of Spencer's " Fairie Queen," was succeeded by his grandson. 

 John Scudamore, Esq., of Holme Lacy, who, at a very early age, 

 married Elizabeth, only daughter and heiress of Sir Arthur Porter, Knight, 

 and was created a Baronet in 1620, in which year he served in Parliament for 

 the county of Hereford, as also in 21st of James L, and was created Baron 

 of Dromore and Viscount Scudamore of Sligo, by Letters Patent, July 2, 

 1628. In 1634 he was sent Ambassador to the Court of France, in which 

 employment he acquitted himself with singular prudence and honour. In 

 the beginning of the Civil Wars he was surprised in Hereford by Sir John 

 Waller, and was sent a prisoner to London. Some of his houses were 

 besieged, plundered, and burnt by the rebels, and his whole estate 

 sequestrated for several years, after which he compounded for his liberty 

 and property as other Royalists had done. The remarkably studious, 

 pious, and hospitable life he led made him respected and esteemed by all 

 good men, especially by Bishop Laud, who generally visited him in going 

 to and from his diocese of St. David's, and found his entertainment as kind 

 and full of respect as ever he did from any friend. Lord Scudamore died 

 universally lamented in the 71st year of his age, June 8, 167 1, and was 

 buried in the south aisle of the chancel of the parish church of Holme 

 Lacy. Of his six sons only James lived to man's estate, and having 

 predeceased his father, his son, Sir John Scudamore, 2nd Viscount Scuda- 

 more, succeeded to the title and estates of his grandfather. He married 

 Frances, daughter of John, Earl of Exeter, and died July 22, 1697, having had 

 three sons and three daughters. He was succeeded by his second son. Sir 

 James Scudamore, 3rd Viscount Scudamore, who married Frances, only 

 daughter of Simon, 4th Lord Digby, and died December 2, 17 16, aged 32 

 when all his honours became extinct, leaving an only daughter and heiress, 



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