Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester [18451] ²⁴

  General Notes:

http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal32792

Knight of the Garter http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/Knights%20of%20the%20Garter.htm


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Somerset,_4th_Earl_of_Worcester

Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester, KG </wiki/Knight_of_the_Garter>, Earl Marshal (bef. 1568 \endash 3 March 1628) was an English aristocrat. He was an important advisor to King James I , serving as Lord Privy Seal .
In 1606 he was appointed Keeper of the Great Park, a park created for hunting by Henry VIII around Nonsuch Palace of which Worcester Park was a part. The residence Worcester Park House was built in 1607.

Somerset is buried in the family chapel in the Church of St Cadoc, Raglan, Monmouthshire

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St_Cadoc,_Raglan,_Monmouthshire
The Church of St Cadoc at Raglan, Monmouthshire , south east Wales , is the parish church of the village of Raglan. Dating originally from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the church was heavily restored by Thomas Henry Wyatt in 1867-8.[2] Built in the Decorated style, the church is a Grade II* listed building

  Noted events in his life were:

• succeeded: Earl of Worcester, 21 Feb 1588/89.

• Knighted: Knight of the Garter, 1593.

Edward married Elizabeth Hastings Countes. Worcester [18450] [MRIN: 8807], daughter of Francis Hastings 2nd Earl of Huntingdon [18340] and Katherine Pole Countess Huntingdon [18339], about Dec 1571 in Monmouthshire, England. (Elizabeth Hastings Countes. Worcester [18450] was born about 1546 in Huntingdon, Brewick, Scotland, died on 24 Aug 1621 in Worcester House, Worcestershire, England and was buried in Raglan.)