SCUDAMORE, Sir John, 1st Bt. (1601-1671), of Holme Lacy, Herefs.; later of St. Martin’s Lane and Petty France, Westminster.

Family and Education

b. 28 Feb. 1601, Date of calculated from his age as given in his father’s i.p.m. However his age at d. given on his coffin plate would suggest he was born four days earlier. C142/374/85; H.G. ‘Sepulchral Mems. of the Scudamore Fam. at Home-Lacy, Co. Hereford’, Coll. Top. et Gen. iv. 257; I. Atherton, John, 1st Visct. Scudamore 1601-71, p. 46. 1st s. of Sir James Scudamore* and 2nd w. Mary, da. of Sir Thomas Throckmorton of Tortworth, Glos. C.J. Robinson, Mansions and Manors of Herefs. 143. educ. privately; Magdalen, Oxf. 1616; M. Temple 1617; travelled abroad (France) 1618-19. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss.; M. Gibson, View of the Churches of Door (1727), p. 63; APC, 1618-19, p. 253. m. 12 Mar. 1615, Elizabeth (bur. 18 Dec. 1651), da. and h. of Sir Arthur Porter of Llantony Abbey, Glos., 7s. d.v.p. 2da. (1 d.v.p.). Robinson, 143. suc. fa. 1619, grandfa. 1623; C142/374/85; WARD 7/68/122. cr. bt. 1 June 1620, C66/2218/28. cr. Visct. Scudamore of Sligo [I] 1 July 1628. CP, xi. 573. d. 19 May 1671. H.G., 257. sig. Jo[hn] Scudamore.

Offices Held

Capt. militia horse, Herefs. 1619–42; Add. 11050, f. 98; HEHL, EL7443. chief steward, estates of the dean and chapter of Hereford cathedral, c. 1619 – 43, 1660–d.; Atherton, Ambition and Failure, 66, 159–60. commr. sewers, Wye valley 1621; C181/3, f. 33v. j.p. Herefs. 1622 – at least41, 1660 – d.; custos rot. Herefs. 1622 – at least41, 1660–d.; C231/4, ff. 135, 138v; Atherton, Ambition and Failure, 95; C66/2859; C231/7, f. 12. dep. lt. Herefs. by 1622–43; Add. 11050, f. 104v; HEHL, EL7443. steward of crown manors, Carm. 1623 – 49, 1660–d.; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 226; SP23/198/760. member, Council in the marches of Wales 1623-at least 1633; HMC 13th Rep. IV, 270; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 4, p. 7. sub-commr. exacted fees, Herefs. 1623, Add. 70001, unfol. (7 July 1623). subsidy 1624 – 26, Hereford 1624, C212/22/23; Add. 11051, ff. 22, 141. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1625 – 29, 1660 – d., Wales and the Marches 1625 – 29, 1661, C181/3, ff. 137v, 154v, 191v; 181/7, pp. 10, 119, 572; Atherton, Ambition and Failure, 151. Forced Loan, Herefs. 1626 – 27, Hereford 1627; C115/71/6508; C193/12/2, ff. 21v, 83v. swans, Midland counties 1626, Eng. except West Country ?1629; C181/3, ff. 226v, 267v. commr. and collector of knighthood compositions 1630–4; E178/7154, f. 91; C115/102/7681; E198/4/32, f. 2. high steward, Hereford 1630 – 46, 1660 – d., common cllr. by 1643; C115/102/7673; CCC, 1643; Atherton, Ambition and Failure, 152. commr. repair of St. Paul’s cathedral, Herefs. 1632, Atherton, Ambition and Failure, 110. array 1642–3, Northants. RO, FH133; C115/71/6511. safety (roy.) 1643, Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 49. assessment 1661 – 69, Hereford 1663 – 69, loyal and indigent officers, Herefs. 1662. SR, v. 331, 382, 460, 531–2.

Amb. France 1635–9. Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 111.

Parlimentarian

SCUDAMORE, Sir John, 1st Bt. (1601-1671), of Holme Lacy, Herefs.; later of St. Martin’s Lane and Petty France, Westminster.

Main residences: Holme Lacy, Herefs.; St. Martin's Lane; Petty France, Westminster.

Author

J.P.F.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

SCUDAMORE, Sir John, 1st Bt. (1601-1671)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

Image