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said he was sorry he had gone so far with the Earl of Arundell." 

 A few months more saw the end of Somerset. On the 16th October 

 he was again an'ested and sent to the Tower, where he was after- 

 wards beheaded. 



It was only a few days before Somerset's arrest that significant 

 and important changes in the peerage were made amongst the 

 principal members of the Conncil. Warwick became Duke of 

 Northumberland ; Lord Dorset, Lady Jane Grey^s father, was made 

 Duke of Suffolk; Sir William Herbert, Baron Herbert of Cardiff, 

 and on the next day he was advanced to the dignity of the Earl of 

 Pembroke. This title had been previously borne, as we have already 

 seen, by his grandfather. 



Pembroke had sat on the trial of Somerset, in Westminster Hall 

 (December, 1551), together with twenty-six other peers. The 

 Protector's death had been followed by the trial and execution of 

 Stanhope, Sir Thomas Arundell, and others. The condemnation of 

 Arundell was effected with great difficulty. The jury were shut up 

 on a day in January, twenty-four hours, without fire, food, or drink , 

 before they would agree on a verdict. The forfeiture of the estates 

 of the Duke of Somerset gave occasion to a sharp debate in the 

 Commons. Pembroke benefitted very largely by grants of Wiltshire 

 estates, both from the late Protector and Sir Thomas Arundell. 

 From the latter's attainder he got Wardour Castle and Park, which 

 afterwards reverted again to the Arundells by exchange and purchase.^ 



The Duke of Somerset being acquitted of treason, but found 

 guilty of felony, his dignities and entailed estates were not neces- 

 sarily forfeited, but, of the remainder of his North Wilts property, 

 Pembroke received a large share. The grant is dated 7th May, 

 6th Edward VI. (Patent Rolls, part 7), and included the manor and 

 parks of Ramsbury, Hundred of Kinwardstone, the Broil of Bedwiu 

 situated on Doddesdown, Baydon, Axford, the Earldoms, &c. 



' "Werdore Castle and park there which came to the Lord's hands as an 

 Escheat by the Attainder of Thomas Arundell K' as that which he held of the 

 Lord by Knights service, as of the Bell house at Wiltou by the iiij part of a 

 Knights fee." (Pembroke Terrier.) 



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