LIFE OF LORD SCUDAMORE. 
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1641. 
“A common labourer per'diem 8d. 
13 Hogsheads of cider made in 1639, 12 of them spent in the Xmas, one sent to my Lady at Bowe, worth 
12s. each, making each 5s. per hogshead. (There is some uncertainty as to whether this last 5s. was for cider¬ 
making, or hogshead making, but it means probably here, the expense of making the cider.) 
Gathering fruit at Cradock, Oct. 21, 1641. 
1 man 3 days ; 3 maids, 2 days ; 1 maid 2. 
2 boys 2 days; Higgins and his wife (1 day) is. 
Jane Meend 1 day. 
Nov. 4, Corn and Cider carried to Llanthony (Gloucester.) 
May 12, a ffirkin of Cider sent to London. 
Nov. 25, beer vessals repaired for cider (probably) 1642. 
“July, John Cook grafting 3 days, is. per day. 
May 5, a Butt and ffirkin of Cider, 2 Hampers, Apples, 
&c.” 1 
(Scudamore MSS. at Holme Lacy ; extracted by the Rev. John Webb.) 
For the next four years and upwards Lord Scudamore lived in strict retirement at Holme 
Lacy. It was in the troublous times of the struggles between the King and the Parliament, the 
outbreak of civil war. When Lord Scudamore saw that open war was inevitable, he prudently and 
cautiously resolved to set his own affairs in order. On the 20th of June, 1642, he executed a Lease 
and Deed of Trust of all his Herefordshire property for 99 years to a Mr. John Whittington, Mr. 
Mansfield and another, intrust to pay off the debt ,£5,000 still due upon it; to raise ,£7,000 
for his daughter’s portion when it might be required ; and to secure her jointure to Lady 
Scudamore, and the estate for his only son. Two months afterwards the King raised his standard at 
Nottingham, (Aug. 22, 1642,) and the Civil War began. Lord Scudamore remained all this time 
quietly at Holme Lacy ; and, so far as is known, neither gave help to the King, nor was he expected 
to do so. It may be that he dreaded to incur further pecuniary liabilities in a cause he judged 
hopeless : and it may be also, that, like Lord Falkland, he lamented the excesses on both sides 
and for that reason remained comparatively neutral. He made no concealment of his views 
however, which were always those of loyalty to the King and strong attachment to the Church ; 
“He was the only nobleman of any rank at that time resident in the county on his estates” (The 
Rev . Jno. Webb) and the influence of his example was no doubt very great. His quiet life of 
retrenchment did not save him, and the time soon arrived when he was to suffer for his loyalty. 
On April 25th, 1643, Lord Scudamore, and his only son, were in the City of Hereford when 
it was attacked by Sir William Waller, and taken the same day. Lord Scudamore was made 
prisoner, but was treated with great courtesy. He was ordered to keep to his lodgings, as was the 
case with all the other leading men who were taken ; and a few days afterwards it was intimated to 
him that he must appear before the Parliament in London. He was however allowed on parole, to 
1 At the beginning of the XVII. century, orchards were more numerous in Monmouthshire than in Herefordshire. In 
Mr. Webb’s copy of a “ Booke of ould remembrances ” kept by Walter Powell, a yeoman and retainer of Raglan during the 
Civil War, is this entry :— 1612. 
“This was the greatest yeare of ffruite that ever I saw. I made 50 Hogsheads of sider of the tieth of both parishes.” 
One of these parishes was Llantilio (or Llandeilo) Cressenry, near Raglan. The other may have been Tre’rgaer, Llanarth, 
or Prurlios. At the time in question Mr. Powell occupied the Vicarage at Llantilio. The tithe was evidently taken in kind, 
and the entry shows the provincial use of the word “fruit.”— (Rev. T. W. Webb.) 
