Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester (26 November 1549) was an English nobleman. He was the son of
Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester
Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, KG (c. 146015 March 1526) was an English nobleman and politician. He was the legitimised bastard son of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset by his mistress Joan Hill.
Origins
He was born in about ...
and
Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert
Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert (c. 1476 – 27 August 1507) was the sole heir and daughter of William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, and his first wife, Mary Woodville.
Her father died on 16 July 1491, and she inherited extensive ...
. On his father's death on 15 April 1526, he succeeded as the second
Earl of Worcester
Earl of Worcester is a title that has been created five times in the Peerage of England.
Five creations
The first creation came in 1138 in favour of the Norman noble Waleran de Beaumont. He was the son of Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leice ...
. From his mother, he inherited the title of
Baron Herbert.
He was invested as a Knight on 1 November 1523 in Roye, France, by the Duke of Suffolk.
Somerset obtained
Tintern Abbey
Tintern Abbey ( cy, Abaty Tyndyrn ) was founded on 9 May 1131 by Walter de Clare, Lord of Chepstow. It is situated adjacent to the village of Tintern in Monmouthshire, on the Welsh bank of the River Wye, which at this location forms the bo ...
after the
Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Family
He married twice:
* Firstly, by papal dispensation dated 15 June 1514, to
Lady Margaret Courtenay, daughter of
William Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon
William Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon (1475 – 9 June 1511), feudal baron of Okehampton and feudal baron of Plympton, was a member of the leading noble family of Devon. His principal seat was Tiverton Castle, Devon with further residences at ...
, by
Catherine of York
Catherine of York (14 August 1479 – 15 November 1527), was the sixth daughter of King Edward IV of England and his queen consort Elizabeth Woodville.
Soon after the death of her father and the usurpation of the throne by Richard III, Catherin ...
, daughter of
Edward IV, King of England. Margaret died before 15 April 1526. Some sources say the union produced no children.
* Secondly, before 1527, to
Elizabeth Browne, daughter of
Anthony Browne, Knt., by Lucy, daughter of
John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu
John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu (c. 1431 – 14 April 1471) was a major magnate of fifteenth-century England. He was a younger son of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, and the younger brother of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwic ...
. Somerset died on 26 November 1549. The children of Henry Somerset and Elizabeth Browne were:
**
Lady Lucy Somerset (152423 February 1583) who married John Neville, 4th Baron Latimer.
**
William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester
William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester, KG (c. 1526/1527 – 21 February 1589) was an English courtier, nobleman, and politician. He was the eldest son of Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester and his second wife Elizabeth Browne.
Earl of Wo ...
(c. 1526/721 February 1589). Heir and successor of his father.
** Francis Somerset (By 153222 July 1563), often said to have died at the
battle of Pinkie
The Battle of Pinkie, also known as the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh ( , ), took place on 10 September 1547 on the banks of the River Esk near Musselburgh, Scotland. The last pitched battle between Scotland and England before the Union of the Crow ...
in 1547, but fought at the
siege of Leith
The siege of Leith ended a twelve-year encampment of French troops at Leith, the port near Edinburgh, Scotland. The French troops arrived by invitation in 1548 and left in 1560 after an English force arrived to attempt to assist in removing the ...
in 1560, and was
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...
for
Monmouthshire, 1558.
[Williams, William, ''The parliamentary history of the principality of Wales'', (1895), p. 121: Arthur Collin's peerage has him die at Pinkie or Musselburgh in 1547.] He was killed in an attack on
Le Havre
Le Havre (, ; nrf, Lé Hâvre ) is a port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very ...
in 1563
History of Parliament Online article by P.S. Edwards.
** Charles Somerset
History of Parliament article by A.H.D.
**
Thomas Somerset.
**
Lady Anne Somerset (died 17 October 1596), married
Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland
Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, 1st Baron Percy, KG (152822 August 1572), led the Rising of the North and was executed for treason. He was later beatified by the Catholic Church.
Early life
Percy was the eldest son of Sir Thomas ...
. Her husband was beheaded on 22 August 1572. They had four daughters and one son (died young).
** Lady Eleanor Somerset, married Henry Johns
** Lady Joan or "Jane" Somerset married Sir Edward Mansel.
Ancestry
References
;General
* G. E. Cokayne. ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom'', Vol. VIII, G. Bell & sons, 1898. pg 200
''Google eBook''* Burke, John, ''Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of peerage, baronetage and knightage'', G. P. Putnam's Sons: New York, 1914.
* Questier, Michael C., ''Catholicism and community in early modern England'', Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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