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Somerset, Edward (1550 - 1627/8)

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Born / Died

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

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 9th Earl of Worcester

Titles

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

Details of Offices

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

Details of Properties

Residence

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

Event Naming Patron

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

Patronized Troupes

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