John Scudamore

John Scudamore (1 February 1542 – 14 April 1623) was an Elizabethan landowner, courtier, and politician.

He was the eldest son of William Scudamore (d. 1560) of Holme Lacy and Ursula (d. 1558), the daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Pakington. His father died while he was still a minor and his wardship was purchased by Sir James Croft of Croft Castle, Herefordshire, who married him to his daughter Eleanor Croft (d. 1569) in 1562.

The close relationship between Scudamore and his father-in-law continued after Eleanor's death and when Croft became a Comptroller of the Household in 1570, Scudamore accompanied him to court. By 1573 he was a Gentleman Usher to Queen Elizabeth and in 1599 Standard Bearer to The Honourable Band of Gentleman Pensioners.