Frances Scudamore 1684-1729

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Frances SCUDAMORE or DIGBY, Viscountess Scudamore 1684-1729

Biographical Note

Daughter of Simon Digby, 4th Baron Digby, of Coleshill, Warwickshire. In 1707 she married James Scudamore, 3rd Viscount Scudamore, of Holme Lacy, Herefordshire, who died in 1716.

Books

Scudamore used an engraved armorial bookplate, made sometime after her husband's death in 1716 (the arms are on a lozenge; Franks 26376). the extent and disposition of her library are not known.

Sources

  • James Scudamore, Wikipedia.
  • Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.