20G LIFE, TIMES, AND SCIENTIFIC LABOURS [1651. 



the life of Edward, Earl of &quot;Worcester ; the said Peti 

 tioner paying to them therefore the said sum of 800. 



&quot; Resolved, by the Parliament, That in satisfaction 

 and discharge of the title and claim of the Lord Her 

 bert of Raglan unto the houses and lands settled by 

 ordinance of Parliament on Mr. Pennoyer and Mr. Hill, 

 the trustees for sale of several lands and estates forfeited 

 to the Commonwealth for treason, be authorized and 

 required to convey unto the said Lord Herbert of Rag 

 lan, and his assigns, all the manors and lands, the 

 inheritance whereof is, by this present Parliament, by 

 an Act, intituled, An Act for Sale of several Lands and 

 Estates forfeited to the Commonwealth for Treason, 

 settled on the said Lord Herbert, and his heirs, during 

 the life of Edward, Earl of Worcester ; the said Lord 

 Herbert paying for the same, to the Treasurers of the 

 receipt, the sum of 800. And that the present pos 

 session of the said manors and lands be thereupon 

 delivered unto the said Lord Herbert : And that the 

 Commissioners for compounding be authorized and 

 required, upon a certificate of the said Treasurers, to 

 take off the sequestration thereof.&quot; 



The Marquis s two daughters were, like their mother- 

 in-law, petitioners to Parliament for the restoration of 

 their rights in their proportionate share of their father s 

 property. On the 17th of March, 1647, after other busi 

 ness before the House of Commons, &quot; The humble petition 

 of Anne and Elizabeth, daughters of Edward, Earl of 

 Worcester, was read.&quot; And it was ordered, &quot; That this 

 petition be referred to the consideration of the Com 

 mittee, where Mr. Wheeler has the chair.&quot; 



On the 9th of July, 1649, after a lapse of two years 

 and a quarter, this matter was again before the House, 

 when, u The humble petition of the Ladies Anne and 

 Elizabeth, daughters of the Earl of Worcester, was read : 



