Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester

Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester

Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester, KG, Earl Marshal (circa 1550 – 3 March 1628) was an English aristocrat.[1] He was an important advisor to King James I (James VI of Scots), serving as Lord Privy Seal.

He was the only son of three children born to the 3rd Earl of Worcester and Christian North. On February 21, 1589, he succeeded his father as Earl of Worcester, and in 1593 he was made a Knight of the Garter.

In 1606 he was appointed Keeper of the Great Park, a park created for hunting by Henry VIII around Nonsuch Palace, of which Worcester Park was a part. The residence Worcester Park House was built in 1607.

He married Lady Elizabeth Hastings in December 1571. She was a daughter of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Catherine Pole. Catherine was a daughter of Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu and Jane Neville. Jane was in turn a daughter of George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny and Margaret Fenne. They had fifteen children among whom were:

• Henry Somerset, 5th Earl of Worcester, his heir and successor, who was later created the 1st Marquess of Worcester;
• Thomas Somerset, 1st Viscount Somerset (Peerage of Ireland), who was born in 1579,[2] died in 1649; he was created Viscount Somerset on December 8, 1626; in 1616 he married Helen Barry - her third marriage -, with whom he had one daughter:
  • Elizabeth Somerset, who might have died young, but that is unsure;
• Lady Catherine or Katherine Somerset, who died on November 6, 1654 and, before January 14, 1607, married Thomas Windsor, 6th Baron Windsor, with whom she had no issue; and
• Lady Blanche Somerset, who died October 28, 1649, and married Thomas Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Wardour, with whom she had one son and two daughters, his only children; the settlement for this marriage was on May 11, 1607.
• Lady Frances Somerset, wife of William Morgan, 1st Baronet Of Llantarnam [3]
• Sir Charles Somerset (1587/8 – 1665), traveler and writer, Knight of the Bath.[2] Somerset is buried in the family chapel in the Church of St Cadoc, Raglan, Monmouthshire[4]

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Somerset,_4th_Earl_of_Worcester

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• William Petre, 2nd Baron Petre (24 June 1575 – 5 May 1637) was an English peer and Member of Parliament.
• He was born the son of Sir John Petre, 1st Baron Petre and was educated at Exeter College, Oxford and the Middle Temple.[2]
• .... etc.
• Petre had married Katherine Somerset (died 1624), second daughter of Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester in a double ceremony with her sister Elizabeth who married Sir Henry Guilford. Edmund Spenser celebrated the event in his poem, Prothalamion. They had seven surviving sons and three daughters.
• His daughter Elizabeth Petre (1597–1656) married William Sheldon of Beoley, Worcestershire.
• From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Petre,_2nd_Baron_Petre

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• Sir Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester1,2,3,4,5
• M, #90525, b. circa 1553, d. 3 March 1628
• Father Sir William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester1,6,7 b. c 1527, d. 21 Feb 1589
• Mother Christian North1,6,7 d. a 20 Mar 1564
• Sir Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester was born circa 1553 at of Raglan, Monmouthshire, England; Age 36 in 1589.1,3,5 He married Elizabeth Hastings, daughter of Sir Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl Huntingdon, 4th Lord Hastings, Lt. Gen. & Chief Captain of the army and fleet for service abroad, Constable of Conway Castle, Lord Lt. of counties Rutland, Leicester, Derby, & Warwick and Katherine Pole, in December 1571; They had 8 sons (Sir William; Sir Henry, 5th Earl of Worcester, 1st Marquess of Worcester; Sir Thomas, Viscount Somerset; Charles; Francis; Sir Charles; Christopher; & Sir Edward) & 7 daughters (Elizabeth, wife of Sir Henry Guilford; Katherine, wife of William, Lord Petre; Anne, wife of Sir Edward Winter; Frances, wife of William Morgan, Esq; Mary; Blanche, wife of Thomas, Lord Arundell of Wardour; & Katherine, wife of Sir Thomas, 6th Lord Windsor).1,2,3,4,5 Sir Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester died on 3 March 1628 at Worcester House in the Strand, St. Clement Danes, London, Middlesex, England; Buried at Raglan, Monmouthshire.1,3,5
• Family Elizabeth Hastings b. c 1548, d. 24 Aug 1621
• Child
  • Sir Henry Somerset, Duke of Somerset, 5th Earl of Worcester, Marquess of Worcester+3,5 b. c 1576, d. 18 Dec 1646
• Citations
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 667-668.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 375.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 53.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 372.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 658-659.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 52-53.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 658.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p3013.htm#...

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http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/somersetworcester.htm

http://www.thepeerage.com/p2465.htm#i24643

http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/SOMERSET.htm#Edward SOMERSET (4º E. Worcester)

http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/pe...

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Petre,_William_(1602-1677)_(DNB00)

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