LIFE OF LORD SCUDAMORE. 
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Lord Scudamore lived through a period of great anxiety and danger, but he reached a good 
old age, and passed away in the quiet of his own home, and in the peaceful possession of his 
Estates. He died May 9th, 1671, aged 70 years, 2 months, 23 days. He was buried on Thursday, 
June 8th, 1 in the family vault at Holme Lacy, “where, on its being opened August 22nd and 23rd, 
1822, for the examination of the family coffin plates for legal purposes, Lord Scudamore’s coffin was 
found curiously constructed in lead, so as nearly to fit the body, with a long inscription on a brass 
plate, recording his virtues and services.” (MSS.penes, Sir H. E. C. Scudamore Stanhope , Bart.) 
By a codicil to his Will, Lord Scudamore bequeathed £400 to the Lord Bishop of Hereford 
for the time being, in trust, to be settled as perpetual stock, to set to work the poor people of the 
City of Hereford. In 1840 this sum had increased to ,£6,035 6s. 5d. in 3 per cent, annuities, when 
by an Order of the Court of Chancery it was applied for building “ The Scudamore Schools ” in 
Hereford. These schools have been in full operation for nearly 40 years, and are well attended. 
Thus, at this time, hundreds of children are chiefly indebted for their Education to the beneficence 
of Lord Scudamore. So prosper the deeds of good men. 
No good Thing can be said of any Man, which may not justly be said of him ; “who lived 
so rare an Example of Piety towards God, Loyalty to his Prince, Love to his Country, Hospitality to 
his Friends, aE conomy in his Family, Bounty to the Clergy, Charity to the Poor, and Munificence to 
the Church, upon which ’tis known • he bestow’d above ten thousand Pounds. He dy’d universally 
lamented, a.d. 1671.” (Collinss Baronettage of England, Vol. II., p. 156-7, London, 1720.) 
The learned author of “ The Civil War in Herefordshire ,” (1879) the late Rev. John Webb, so 
often quoted before, thus sums up his character: “ There can be no hazard in asserting, that to the 
eye of a dispassionate observer—so far as an estimate can now be formed of his character—for 
natural and acquired ability, piety, integrity, charity, even to munificence, and most of the virtues 
that adorn a publick, or private life, few persons of that age in this or any other country could be 
found to have surpassed Lord Scudamore ” (p. 20.) 
In the words of Archdeacon Gregory, of Hampsted, in Gibson’s Appendix : 
“ SIT MEMORIA EJUS IN OMNE TEMPUS BENEDICTA, 
ET EXEMPLUM EJUS SEQUENTES 
Sub SCUTO AMORIS DIVINI protegantur 
OMNES IN POSTERUM ECCLESIO PATRONI. 
AMEN.” 
HENRY G. BULL, M.D. 
1 As appears from a letter of Sir Wm. Gregory to Sir E. Harley, in the xAppendix to Lady Brilliana’s Letters, published 
by the Camden Society. 
