7 * 
LIFE OF LORD SCUDAMORE. 
the sheet; almost all the other remittances come from his own Agent, Mr. Mansfield, with a balance 
still deficient of £3,698 17s. And on the expenditure side also appears the significant entry, of the 
payment of interest for money previously borrowed. This sum has been stated as the whole of his 
expenditure for the four years at Paris. There is nothing on the papers to show that it was so, 
although the first four payments, amounting to ,£2,600, are bracketted together and may refer to 
previous expenditure. 
At St. Michael’s Priory, is also a copy of the bill for his “ Transportation into France,” signed 
by Lord Scudamore (See Appendix /.,) which amounted to ,£852, and from a draught in the British 
Museum of the first portion of these expenses, ,£553 13s. 9d., it appears, that there was a gain (on 
exchange) by paying in English “peeces,” £"67 3s. 8d., which is duly debited to the credit 
account. Lord Scudamore’s expenses of preparation must also have been considerable. Besides 
his suite of servants and their handsome liveries, his Lordship took over 33 horses, with carriages 
and carts for luggage, &c. 
Lord Scudamore was now at the zenith of his fame, and on his return home “ he was received 
in Herefordshire with a hearty welcome from all classes ; his friends and tenantry met him on horse¬ 
back, and congratulatory addresses poured in upon him from all sides.” (“ The Civil War in Hei'e- 
fordshire'C by the late Rev. John Webb, p. 19.) A long congratulatory letter on his return home, 
in Latin, is preserved in the British Museum, from “ Rt. Tetloe, Incumbent of Much Dewchurch.” 
The Christmas of the year 1639, by special proclamation of King Charles, was ordered to be kept by 
all Royalists with great festivity, as a counter demonstration to the rigid austerity which the 
Puritans inculcated. Lord Scudamore obeyed the king’s command “with his own openhearted 
concurrence,” says Gibson. He kept open house at Holme Lacy in antique and magnificent style 
“from the 23rd of December to the nth of Januaire followinge, beinge 2 weeks and 5 days” 
(Scudamore MS., British Museum.) “ So wide was his popularity, that presents and contribu¬ 
tions according to feudal fashion, were received not only from Hereford, and Ross, and about 
fifty of the neighbouring places, but also from Dore, Clifford, Leominster, Worcester, and Glou¬ 
cester” (News Letter Dec. 3rd, 1639, and Scudamore MSS. as quoted by Mr. Webb.) It seems 
very probable however that these presents were made and received, not simply as a tribute to his 
personal popularity, but also with the full knowledge of the very great pecuniary liabilities he had 
incurred during his Ambassadorship at Paris. (See Appendix II.) 
It is worthy of notice here, that though there are accounts of Apples and Cider at Holme 
Lacy and at Cradock, and he sometimes sent cider up to London, yet at these Christmas festivities 
only twelve hogsheads of it were consumed, against fifty-four of beer, and one of ale. Its value 
however per hogshead was 17s. whilst beer was only set at 10s. and ale at 15s. the hogshead. 
(Scudamore MSS., British Museum—See Appendix II.) 
The “ Gennet Moyle ” apple is most particularly mentioned. This was the favourite cider 
apple through the county until it was supplanted by the Redstreak. 
“ Gathering grafts for London 8d. per d m - 7 days. 
Mending the Cider Mill is. per d m - 
Apple gathering 6d. per d m - 
A cooper is. per d m - 
A common labourer 6d. per d n 
Making a Hogshead 5 s.” 
And in the Winter “Apples and cider sent to London weighed 2,600 at 6s. the 100, £5 16s. 
Pears carried to London, 6 bottles of Cider ditto.” 
