Biography of Henry Somerset 1st Marquess Worcester 1577-1646

In 1577 Henry Somerset 1st Marquess Worcester was born to [his father] Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester (age 27) and [his mother] Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester (age 31).

On 21st February 1589 [his grandfather] William Somerset 3rd Earl of Worcester (age 63) died at Hackney. He was buried at Church of St Cadoc, Raglan. His son [his father] Edward (age 39) succeeded 4th Earl Worcester, 6th Baron Herbert of Raglan.

In 1593 [his father] Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester (age 43) was appointed 379th Knight of the Garter by Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 59).

On 8th November 1596 a double marriage ceremony, both daughters of [his father] Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester (age 46) was held at Essex House. William Petre 2nd Baron Petre (age 21) and [his sister] Katherine Somerset Baroness Petre (age 21) were married. Henry Guildford (age 30) and [his sister] Elizabeth Somerset (age 6) were married. The difference in their ages was 24 years. She the daughter of Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester and [his mother] Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester (age 50). She the daughter of Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester and Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester. They were fourth cousins. They were fourth cousin twice removed.

On 9th March 1602 [his son] Edward Somerset 2nd Marquess Worcester was born to Henry Somerset 1st Marquess Worcester (age 25) and [his wife] Anne Russell Countess Worcester (age 24). He married (1) 1628 his fourth cousin Elizabeth Dormer and had issue (2) 1639 his fourth cousin Margaret O'Brien Marchioness of Worcester, daughter of Henry O'Brien 5th Earl Thomond and Mary Brereton Countess Thomond.

Around 1604 [his son] John Somerset was born to Henry Somerset 1st Marquess Worcester (age 27) and [his wife] Anne Russell Countess Worcester (age 26). He married his half fifth cousin Mary Arundell, daughter of Thomas Arundell 1st Baron Arundel and Anne Philipson Baroness Arundel Wardour.

In 1606 [his father] Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester (age 56) was appointed Keeper of the Great Park.

On 11th May 1607 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Arundell 2nd Baron Arundel (age 21) and [his sister] Blanche Somerset Baroness Arundel (age 24) were married. She by marriage Baroness Arundel of Wardour in Wiltshire. She the daughter of [his father] Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester (age 57) and [his mother] Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester (age 61). They were third cousin once removed.

On 16th September 1607 Princess Mary Stewart (age 2) died of pneumonia at the Stanwell Park Stanwell, Surrey home of Thomas Knyvet 1st Baron Knyvet (age 62) in whose care she had been placed. As soon as Mary died, the [his father] Earl of Worcester (age 57), the Earl of Leicester (age 43) and the Earl of Totnes (age 52) went to Hampton Court Palace [Map], to inform the Queen (age 32) of her daughter's death. Seeing the three men before her, Queen Anne realized what had happened and spared the men the task of telling her.

Before 14th January 1608 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Windsor 6th Baron Windsor (age 16) and [his sister] Catherine Somerset Baroness Windsor (age 33) were married. She by marriage Baroness Windsor of Stanwell in Buckinghamshire. She the daughter of [his father] Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester (age 58) and [his mother] Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester (age 62). They were third cousin twice removed.

On 1st January 1616 [his father] Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester (age 66) was appointed Lord Privy Seal. See Diary of Anne Clifford.

In 1618 [his daughter] Elizabeth Somerset Viscountess Montague was born to Henry Somerset 1st Marquess Worcester (age 41) and [his wife] Anne Russell Countess Worcester (age 40). She married 6th July 1637 her fourth cousin Francis Browne 3rd Viscount Montagu, son of Anthony Maria Browne 2nd Viscount Montagu and Jane Sackville Viscountess Montague, and had issue.

On 24th August 1621 [his mother] Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester (age 75) died.

In 1628 [his son] Edward Somerset 2nd Marquess Worcester (age 25) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Dormer were married. He the son of Henry Somerset 1st Marquess Worcester (age 51) and [his wife] Anne Russell Countess Worcester (age 50). They were fourth cousins.

On 3rd March 1628 [his father] Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester (age 78) died. He was buried at Church of St Cadoc, Raglan. His son Henry (age 51) succeeded 5th Earl Worcester, 7th Baron Herbert of Raglan. [his wife] Anne Russell Countess Worcester (age 50) by marriage Countess Worcester.

In 1631 [his daughter] Anne Somerset Countess Norfolk was born to Henry Somerset 1st Marquess Worcester (age 54) and [his wife] Anne Russell Countess Worcester (age 53). She married 1652 her fifth cousin once removed Henry Howard 6th Duke of Norfolk, son of Henry Howard 15th or 22nd Earl of Arundel 5th Earl of Surrey 2nd Earl Norfolk and Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arundel and Norfolk, and had issue.

In 1631 [his brother] Thomas Somerset 1st Viscount Somerset (age 52) and [his sister-in-law] Eleanor Barry Countess Ormonde and Ossory were married. She by marriage Viscountess Somerset of Cashel. He the son of [his father] Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester and [his mother] Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester. They were fifth cousin once removed.

On 6th July 1637 [his son-in-law] Francis Browne 3rd Viscount Montagu (age 27) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Somerset Viscountess Montague (age 19) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Montagu. She the daughter of Henry Somerset 1st Marquess Worcester (age 60) and [his wife] Anne Russell Countess Worcester (age 59). They were fourth cousins.

In 1639 [his son] Edward Somerset 2nd Marquess Worcester (age 36) and [his daughter-in-law] Margaret O'Brien Marchioness of Worcester were married. She by marriage Marchioness Worcester. She the daughter of Henry O'Brien 5th Earl Thomond (age 51) and Mary Brereton Countess Thomond (age 59). He the son of Henry Somerset 1st Marquess Worcester (age 62) and [his wife] Anne Russell Countess Worcester (age 61). They were fourth cousins.

On 8th April 1639 [his wife] Anne Russell Countess Worcester (age 61) died at Worcester House.

On 2nd November 1642 Henry Somerset 1st Marquess Worcester (age 65) was created 1st Marquess Worcester.

On 18th December 1646 Henry Somerset 1st Marquess Worcester (age 69) died at Covent Garden [Map]. His son Edward (age 44) succeeded 2nd Marquess Worcester, 6th Earl Worcester, 8th Baron Herbert of Raglan.

State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason. After he had received the said Commission he commanded an O Yes to be made, by one of the Serjeants at Arms, for a general silence: and then delivered the said Commission to sir Thomas Fenshaw, Clerk of the Crown, to be openly read. Which being done, Mr. Maxwell kneeled down and presented his lordship with a white staff verge of state, which he gave to one of the Serjeants at Arms, who held the same up by the cloth of state on the right hand thereof. And after the Commission was read, and the staff received as aforesaid, his grace commanded a solemn O Yes to be made; and then gave leave to all the lords, the peers, and the judges, and to all privy counsellors there present, to be covered; and command was given, that none under that degree should keep on their hats upon pain of imprisonment. And then the peers were severally called by thieir names, and each of them answered particularly, viz. 1. Lord Weston, Lord High Treasurer of England; 2. Earl of Manchester, Lord Privy Seal; 3, Eari of Arundel and Surrey, Earl Marshal; 4. Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery Lord Chamberlain; 5. Earl of Kent; 6. Earl of Worcester; 7. Earl of Bedford; 8. Earl of Essex; 9. Earl of Dorset; 10. Earl of Salisbury; 11. Earl of Leicester; 12. Earl of Warwick; 18. Earl of Cariisle; 14. Earl of Holland; 15. Earl of Berks; 16. Earl of Denbigh;. 17. Viscount Wimbledon; 18. Visc. Conway; 19. Visc. Dorchester; 20. Visc. Wentworth; 21. Lord Percy; 22. Lord Strange; 23. Lord Clifford; 24. Lord Petre; 25. Lord North; 26. Lord Goring; 27. Lord Howard.

[his son] Thomas Somerset was born to Henry Somerset 1st Marquess Worcester and Anne Russell Countess Worcester.