John Scudamore (politician, around 1400)

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Sir John Scudamore (also John Skydemore ) (* around 1400, † after 1461) was an English military and politician.

origin

Scudamore came from a gentry family of Herefordshire and was a son of John Scudamore and Alys, a daughter of the Welsh rebel Owain Glyndŵr .

Life

Around 1420 Scudamore married Margaret, the daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Brut . There was a dispute with Robert Brut, a cousin of Thomas Brut, about his father-in-law's inheritance. The dispute was dealt with by the royal court from 1422, which first handed the disputed property over to John Merbury for administration , before finally being awarded to Scudamore after 1423. Scudamore probably accompanied his father from April 1422 when he was taking part in King Henry V's campaign in France, but he and his father returned to England after the king's death in August. After his father's death around 1436, he inherits his estates, including Kentchurch Court . In 1429, 1436 and 1440 he fought in France during the final stages of the Hundred Years War .

In 1445 and 1449 he was elected Knight of the Shire of Herefordshire for the House of Commons . He was also justice of the peace and in 1449 sheriff of Herefordshire. In 1453 he fought under John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury in Aquitaine and was captured at the Battle of Castillon . After his release, he was a staunch supporter of the House of Lancaster during the Wars of the Roses . When in 1454 Gruffudd ap Nicolas , the father of his second wife and most powerful official in Wales, was captured at the instigation of Richard of York , he was quickly released again by the influence of Scudamore. Together with Jasper Tudor , Scudamore fought in 1461 during the Battle of Mortimer's Cross . After the defeat, he narrowly escaped while his sons Henry and James and his brother William were captured. His son Henry was beheaded after the battle. He then defended Pembroke Castle against William Herbert and Walter Devereux, Lord Ferrers . On the promise that he would not be expropriated, he handed over the castle on September 30, 1461. Despite the support of Herbert, he was first expropriated by Parliament in December 1461 together with Jasper Tudor and excluded from the amnesty by King Edward IV . It was not until October 6, 1472 that the king reversed the expropriation and returned the property to Scudamore's son.

Family and offspring

Scudamore was married twice. After the death of his first wife Margaret Brut, he married Maud, a daughter of Gruffudd ap Nicolas. He had several children and his son John became his heir.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of Parliament Online: Sydemore, John (d.1434 / 5), of Kentchurch, Herefs. Retrieved February 26, 2015 .
  2. ^ Rémy Ambühl: Prisoners of War in the Hundred Years War. Ransom Culture in the Late Middle Ages . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2013. ISBN 9781139619486 , p. 173
  3. ^ Glanmor Williams: Renewal and Reformation. Wales c. 1415-1642 . Oxford University Press, Oxford 1993. ISBN 0-19-285277-9 . P. 181
  4. ^ Howell T. Evans: Wales and the wars of the roses. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1915, p. 128
  5. ^ Glanmor Williams: Renewal and Reformation. Wales c. 1415-1642 . Oxford University Press, Oxford 1993. ISBN 0-19-285277-9 . P. 191
personal data
SURNAME Scudamore, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Skydemore, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobleman, military man and politician, member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH around 1400
DATE OF DEATH after 1461