Henry Somerset (1577 - 1646)

Born 1577 in Herefordshire, England

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Died 18 Dec 1646 at about age 69 in Covent Garden, Middlesex, England

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Biography

Henry Somerset, was the 1st Marquess of Worcester, an English aristocrat. The son of Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester and Elizabeth Hastings. In March 1628 he became the 5th Earl of Worcester. On 16 June 1600 he married Hon. Anne Russell the daughter of John Russell and Elizabeth Cook. They had 13 children four daughters and nine sons.[1]

At the time of the Civil War, Henry Somerset was in charge of the Raglan Castle, located in Monmouthshire, Wales. The Raglan Castle was large enough to shelter as many as 150 people. It was known for "the Yellow Tower of Gwent." It projected to the front with a great hexagonal keep, five stories high, each of its sides thirty-two feet long.

On August 8, 1646, Sir Thomas Fairfax, commander of the whole Parliamentary Army, came up in person to finish matters. On August 17th after much haggling the terms of the surrender were agreed on. The Marquis was brought to London and placed under custody of Black Rod, in a private house in Covent Garden. He died there, worn out by stress and anxiety of the siege. The parliament gave him a handsome funeral at the expense of his estates.^[1]

Henry Somerset passed away in 1646.^[2] He is buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England.

Title

Title: 1st Marquess of Worcester and 5th Earl of Worcester.

Sources

1. ↑ Book, Titled, Castles, by Charles W.C. Oman, 1978
2. ↑ https://findagrave.com/memorial/79185739

• "Royal Ancestry" 2013, D. Richardson Vol. IV. p. 662

• Wikipedia: Henry_Somerset,_1st_Marquess_of_Worcester. Says Thomas was 2nd son (Brydges has John 2nd, Thomas 5th).

• Marlyn Lewis: p3013.htm#i90534, Sir Henry Somerset. (Calls him Duke of Somerset, but nobody else does. Robert Carr was Earl of Somerset 1613-1645. Henry's son Edward was living when a Seymour was created Duke of Somerset in 1660.)

• Burke's Peerage, 31st edn. (1869), page 80.

• Brydges, Egerton: Collins's Peerage (1812), Vol 1 of 9, page 232, under Beaufort. Refers to "Pentley Court", presumably the same place as Pauntley. Lists all the children.

• VCH Gloucs, Pauntley Manor.

Acknowledgments

Magna Carta Project

Henry Somerset appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Mary Johanna Somerset to Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy (vol. IV, pages 38-55 SOMERSET). This trail, along with a trail to surety barons Hugh le Bigod and Roger le Bigod, needs further development by the Magna Carta Project. These trails are set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's profile.

• Needs Development: This profile and most of the profiles in the Richardson-documented trail need to be developed. ~ Noland-165 02:25, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

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