50 THE OLD BERKS HUNT 



from Hampton Court, Killed six hares. (Hampton 

 Court is now the seat of Mr. John Arkwright, Lord 

 Lieutenant of Herefordshire.) 



i6th. At Faringdon, with Loder's hounds, 



March at Banbury, with Browne-Bigge, Cho'lmley, 

 &c., hunting with Wards. Exs. ;^4 4s. 



27th. Paid butcher Davies for breeding up hound, 

 5s. 



Ap. i6th, 1796. Met Ledbury hounds at Old Gore 

 from Pengethley. Dined at King's Arms, exs, horses, 

 servants in full £\ 15s. 



nth. Went to Green Dragon, Hereford, with 

 Skyrme. Corse Lawn with do, hunted next day 

 with Ledbury, Corse Grove. 



Pd. Bradford for dog horse for hounds, los. 6d. 



2 1st dined at Fownhope with Letchmere. Gave 

 man for showing the Elks at Holm is. 



26th. Hunted Otters up Gavian from Monmouth. 



May 2nd. Gave old Powles for attending otter 

 hunting 2s. Killed three otters above Treago. Mr. 

 Richards and self. 



Septr. 5th. Ledbury Hounds brought to Treago. 

 Scudamore, and Roberts of Marcle, came to draft 

 them. 



(Colonel Scudamore of Kentchurch, M.P. for Here- 

 ford 1776, to 1800. Great grandfather of the present 

 Colonel Scudamore of that ilk. Sir Thomas Scuda- 

 more in 1401 married Alice daughter of Owen 

 Glendower, the celebrated Welsh Chieftain, and the 

 Scudamores were so suspected of complicity by 

 Henry IV. that one member of the family — Philip, 

 was sent to the Tower. On the nth March, 1405, 

 a great battle was fought close to Kentchurch. On 

 that day some forces of Glendower tried to take 

 Grosmont Castle, then held by Henry Prince of 

 Wales. Henry sallied forth with his gallant little 

 band, and killed 800 Welshmen, the first great 



