SOMERSET, Henry, Lord Herbert of Raglan (c.1630-1700), of Badminton, Glos. and Troy, Mon.

Family and Education

b. c. 1630, o.s. of Edward Somerset, 2nd mq. of Worcester and Elizabeth (d. 1635), da. of Sir William Dormer of Wing, Bucks.CP. educ. privately (Mr Adams); travelled abroad (Italy, France), Oct. 1644-1650;‘Henry Somerset, 1st duke of Beaufort’, Oxford DNB; CJ vi. 577a. cr. MA Oxf. 28 Sept. 1663;Al. Ox. G. Inn, 5 Aug. 1669;G. Inn Admiss. 307. L. Inn, 23 Jan. 1671.L. Inn Admiss. 309. m. 17 Aug. 1657, Mary (d. 7 Jan. 1714), da. of Arthur Capell*, 1st Baron Capell, of Hadham, wid. of Henry Seymour, Lord Beauchamp (d.v.p. 1654), h. of William, 1st mq. of Hertford, 5s. (4 d.v.p.) 4da. Styled Lord Herbert of Raglan 1646-1667.CP. suc. cos. Elizabeth Somerset at Badminton and Troy, 1655;Glos. Archives, D2700/P5/1. fa. as 3rd mq. of Worcester, 3 Apr. 1667. KG, 29 May 1672; cr. duke of Beaufort, 2 Dec. 1682. d. 21 Jan. 1700.CP.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Mon. 18 Dec. 1652 – 18 July 1653, 8 July 1656–89;C231/6, p. 248; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 360–8. Brec. 18 Mar. 1653 – 30 Mar. 1657, 10 Aug. 1657–89;C231/6, p. 255; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 273–84. Devon 18 Mar. 1653, 23 July 1654–?Mar. 1660;C231/6, pp. 254, 294. Glos. Mar. 1660–89; Wilts., Glam. July 1660–89;C231/7, p. 159; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 303–9 Herefs. 1663 – 89; Som. 1672 – 73, 1680–9;HP Commons 1660–1690. Carm., Denb., Flint, Merion. 1673–89;Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 83–91, 118–123, 148–154, 175–181, 183–4. Pemb., Rad. 1674–89;Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 225–31, 339–42. Anglesey, Caern., Card. 1 Apr. 1680–?89.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 15–16, 34–6, 52–3, 200–2. Commr. assessment, Glos. 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;A. and O. Mon. 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; Herefs., Wilts., Brec. 1661, 1664; Gloucester 1664;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, Mon. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Col. militia ft. Glos. 7 Apr. 1660; Herefs. 1682–9.Parliamentary Intelligencer no. 15 (2–9 Apr. 1660), 239 (E.183.2); HP Commons 1660–1690. Warden, Forest of Dean, and constable of St Briavels, June 1660–97.CSP Dom. 1660–1661, p. 72; 1697, p. 150. Custos rot. Mon. 20 July 1660–89; Herefs. 27 May 1671–89; Som. ?- 17 Dec. 1672; Brec. 9 Dec. 1679–89.C231/7, pp. 17, 394, 428; C231/8, pp. 17, 121; HP Commons 1660–1690; CSP Dom. 1687–1689, pp. 181, 271; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 280, 362; J.C. Sainty Custodes Rotulorum1660–1828 (2002). Ld. lt. Glos., Herefs., Mon. July 1660–89;SP29/4, f. 47; SP29/8, f. 206; SP29/16, f. 143. Wales and marches 17 Apr. 1672–?;SP44/35A, f. 39. I. of Purbeck, Dorset 1687–9.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 10 July 1660-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/7, pp. 10, 637. Wales 8 Nov. 1661;C181/7, p. 119. poll tax, Glos., Mon. 1660;SR. sewers, Mon. 22 Aug. 1660, 26 Aug. 1669;C181/7, pp. 35, 505. Glam. 11 Oct. 1664;C181/7, p. 290. Glos. 7 Nov. 1671.C181/7, p. 598. Steward of Grosmont, Aug. 1660–?d. Dep. lt. Wilts. 1661–?67. Commr. corporations, Glos. 1662–3;HP Commons 1660–1690. loyal and indigent officers, Glos., Herefs., Mon. 1662; subsidy, Glos., Mon., Wilts., Glam. 1663;SR. inquiry, Forest of Dean 1679.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Military: gov. Chepstow c.Sept. 1660–85.SP29/16, f. 143 Col. of ft. 1667, 1673 – 74, 1685 (later 11 Ft.).HP Commons 1660–1690.

Central: ld. pres. of council in the marches of Wales, 19 Mar. 1672–89.SP44/21, f. 105. PC, 17 Apr. 1672–89.PC2/63, f. 117.

Civic: high steward, Hereford 1672 – ?99; Andover by 30 Oct. 1682 – Oct. 1688; Leominster 1684 – Oct. 1688; Malmesbury 1685 – Oct. 1688; Tewkesbury 1686-Oct. 1688.Duncumb, Collections, i. 364; CSP Dom. 1682, p. 514; 1684–1685, p. 183; 1685, p. 64; 1686–1687, p. 41. Ld. lt. Bristol 7 Jan. 1673–89.CSP Dom. 1672–1673, p. 405. Freeman, Worcester 1683. Recorder, Brec., Carmarthen 1686-Oct. 1688.CSP Dom. 1686–1687, pp. 42–3.

Mercantile: member, cttee. E.I. Co. 1684–90.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Court: gent. of bedchamber, 1685-Dec. 1688.HP Commons 1660–1690.

: Lord Herbert of Raglan (c.1630-1700), of Badminton, Glos. 1630 – 1700 and Mon., Troy.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, P. Lely, 1660-2;Badminton, Glos. oil on canvas, P. Lely, 1671;Badminton. ?oil on canvas, attrib. J. Riley, aft. 1672;NT, Powis Castle. oil on canvas, G. Kneller, 1680;Badminton. oil on canvas, G. Kneller;Gloucester Museums Service Art Colln. oil on canvas, family group, S. Browne, c.1685;Badminton. oil on canvas, aft. P. Lely;Rifles Exeter Office, Exeter, Devon.. etching and line engraving, ?R. Gaywood;BM; NPG. line engraving, W. Faithorne;BM; NPG. line engraving, R. White aft. G. Kneller, c.1679;BM; NPG. line engraving, R. White aft. G. Kneller;BM; NPG. mezzotint, W. Sherwin aft. G. Kneller;BM. mezzotint, R. Williams aft. W. Wissing;NPG. medal, J. Roettiers, aft. 1682;Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. fun. monument, G. Gibbons, Great Badminton church, Glos.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

SOMERSET, Henry, Lord Herbert of Raglan (c.1630-1700), of Badminton, Glos. and Troy, Mon.

Will

20 Jan., pr. 27 Jan. 1700.PROB11/454/177.

Estates

Dec. 1646-3 Apr. 1667, reversionary life interest in estates of earldom of Worcester, recognised 9 Jan. 1652 in grant of lands worth £1,700 p.a. lands worth £1,700 p.a., consisting of manors of Pellenny, Monmouth and Wisham, ‘Purcassecke’ and Treleck Grange, Grosmont, Skenfrith, Monmouth and Whitecastle, and lands called Bettus and Perlloyd (Mon.); manor of Crookham (Berks.); manor of Kendal (Westmld.); manors of Shobdon and Poston (Herefs); excepting Crymland, part of Purcasseke and Treleck, granted to Oliver Cromwell*;CJ vi. 566b-567a; vii. 67a-b; Glos. RO, D2700/QA 5/1/11, 12. also allowed to him by cttee. for the removal of obstructions, lands in Devon, Dorset, Brec.; Wrington, Michaelston, Westorchard and Llancarfan, (Glam.), and Worcester House and tenements in St Clement Dane’s, London.Glos. RO, DA2700/QA 5/1/16, 17, 18. In 1652, he is said to have spent £21,768 on recovering Welsh properties and more than £6,000 on English estates;M.A. McClain, ‘“I Scorn to Change or Fear”: Henry Somerset, First Duke of Beaufort, and the Survival of the Nobility Following the English Civil War’(Yale Univ. PhD thesis, 1994), 65. in 1655, inherited from cousin Elizabeth Somerset estates at Badminton, Glos. and Troy, Mon. finally secured in May 1658;Glos. Archives, D2700/P5/1. in 1667, inherited from fa. and granted full restitution by crown of family estates in Berks., Glam., Glos., Mon., (Chawton) Hants;CSP Dom. 1667, pp. 369, 400; 1667-1668, pp. 76-7. £1,200p.a. as president of the council of the marches, Dec. 1672.CSP Dom. 1672-1673, p. 333.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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