John Scudamore of Holme Lacy, Esquire of Holme Lacy, later family landowner
Dates: Died 1571
Biography
John Scudamore of Holme Lacy was a prominent Herefordshire landowner and the recipient of the 1540 Crown grant of the site and demesne lands of Dore Abbey.
Notes / Sources
The manor connection is established by the recorded grant, not by family relationship alone.
Research sources:
- Michael Neville, Dore Abbey, Herefordshire, 1536-1912, Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club, volume XLI, 1975, pp. 312-313; corroborated by the 1876-77 Abbeydore parish directory. — https://www.woolhopeclub.org.uk/system/files/documents/transaction/woolhope-club-transactions-volume-xli-1975-part-iii.pdf
- Wikipedia biographical reference — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Scudamore
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