LIFE, TIMES, AND SCIENTIFIC LABOURS [1616-1628. 



blood; and Sir Hugh Myddleton had completed his 

 great undertaking of forming the New Eiver. Such 

 are a few among the prominent facts that mark the 

 intelligence and enterprise of those times. 



It is possible that Henry Lord Herbert s parliamen 

 tary duties, his attendance at court, 

 with other circumstances, might 

 occasion prolonged residence at 

 Worcester House, in the Strand, 

 the ancient family town mansion, 

 a locality which was occupied by 

 many noble families above two 

 centuries ago. Nothing transpires 

 to indicate his presence at Eaglan 

 Castle at that period. 



On the 24th of August, 1621, 

 died Elizabeth, daughter of Francis 

 Hastings, Earl of Huntingdon; 

 and on the 3rd of March, 1627, in 

 the 79th year of his age, Edward, 

 fourth Earl of Worcester, the 

 honoured parents of Henry Lord 

 Herbert, who succeeded to his father s dignities and 

 fortune. Their decease happened at their town resi 

 dence, whence each was conveyed with great funeral 

 solemnity to Eaglan, where, being interred in the family 

 vault of Eaglan Church, suitable monuments were 

 raised to their memory. 



Of Henry, now fifth Earl of Worcester, we have less 

 intelligence as resident in London than as retired to 

 his magnificent Castle of Eaglan, in Monmouthshire. 

 On the 13th of March, 1628, he obtained dispensation 

 to be absent from Parliament,* which appears to have 



BIRD S-EYE VIEW FROM MAP 

 OP LONDON, 1658. 



* Calendar of State Papers. Domestic Series. Charles I. 1628-1629. Edited 

 by John Bruce. Esq. 8vo. 1859. 



