Somerset, Edward (1550 - 1627/8)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 4
Properties - 3
Total events naming patron - 4
Troupes - 3
Bibliographic Sources - 3
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1550
Death Date: 1628-03-03

Siblings

Female

Somerset, Elizabeth (1549 - )
Somerset, Lucy (1549 - )

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Hastings, Elizabeth ( - 1621)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1571-12
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union also produced 6 daughters

Offspring

From Hastings, Elizabeth ( - 1621)

  1. Male offspring: Somerset, Charles (1587 - 1665)
  2. Male offspring: Somerset, Edward (b. 1590)
  3. Male offspring: Somerset, Henry (1576 - 1646)
  4. Male offspring: Somerset, Thomas (b. 1579)
  5. Male offspring: Somerset, William (1575 - 1598)

Primary Title

9th Earl of Worcester

Titles

  • Lord Herbert
    Assumed Circa 1550
    Vacated 1588/9-02-21
  • Baron Herbert
    Assumed After 1588/9-02-21
    Vacated 1627/8-03-03
  • 9th Earl of Worcester
    Assumed 1588/9-02-21
    Vacated 1627/8-03-03

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Council Member, Marches of Wales 1590-12-16 n.d.
Master of the Horse, England 1601-4 1615/16-01
Privy Councillor, England 1601-6-29 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Glamorgan 1602-7-17 1627/8-03-3
Lord Lieut, Monmouthshire 1602-7-17 1627/8-03-3
JP (Custos Rotulorum), Monmouthshire by 1603 n.d.
Keeper, Surrey 1606-12-1 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire by 1608 after 1626
Steward, Kent 1613/14-2-6 n.d.
High Steward, Kent 1615-5-19 n.d.
Keeper, Kent 1615-5-19 n.d.
Keeper of the Privy Seal, England 1615/16-1-2 1627/8-03-3
JP, Hertfordshire 1616 after 1625
JP, Sussex 1616 after 1625
JP, Essex 1616 after 1622
JP, Surrey 1617 after 1625
JP, Kent 1619 1627/8
JP, Norfolk by 1626 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire by 1626 n.d.
JP, Somerset by 1626 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding by 1626 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Worcester House, (city) in Middlesex
  • Hackney, Middlesex
  • Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1619-1619 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Worcester's Musician
Performance 1613-1614 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Worcester's Musicians
Performance 1615-1615 Bath (Unknown), Bath , Somerset Earl of Worcester's Musicians
Performance 1608-1609 Fordwich (Unknown), Fordwich , Kent Earl of Worcester's Trumpeters

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Worcester's Musician Somerset, Edward (1550 - 1628) Musicians 1
Earl of Worcester's Musicians Somerset, Edward (1550 - 1628) Musicians 2
Earl of Worcester's Trumpeters Somerset, Edward (1550 - 1628) Musicians 1

Bibliographic Sources

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The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
The Dictionary of National Biography. 1882–1901 (66 vols); 1908–9 (28 vols). 2 vols. London: Oxford UP, 1975.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)