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his first wife lie was twice married ; first, to Elizabeth 

 West, daughter of Thomas, Lord la Warr ; and on her 

 decease to Eleanor Button, daughter of Edward Button, 

 Lord Dudley. He died on the 15th of April, 1526, 

 leaving her a widow. 



2. He was succeeded by his eldest son Henry, 

 second Earl of Worcester, who died 26th of November, 

 1549. 



3. And he was succeeded by his eldest son, William, 

 third Earl of Worcester, and a Knight of the Garter, 

 who died the 21st of February, 1589. 



4. Being succeeded by his only son, Edward, fourth 

 Earl of Worcester, and a Knight of the Garter, who 

 died 3rd of March, 1628. 



5. And was succeeded by his second son, Henry (his 

 eldest son William having died during his father s life 

 time). Charles the First created him Marquis of Wor 

 cester, by patent dated at Oxford, 2nd of November, 

 1642 (which dignity was repudiated by the Common 

 wealth Parliament). He was the fifth Earl and first 

 Marquis of Worcester, and died December, 1646. 



6. When he was succeeded in his honours by his 

 eldest son, Edward, the subject of this memoir; but the 

 latter never enjoyed any portion of the vast estates until 

 after a lapse of fourteen years, when, at the Restoration 

 in 1660, he recovered a large portion of his landed 

 property, as already set forth. 



He bore the second or family title of Lord Herbert, 

 from March, 1628, to the end of March, 1643 ; being 

 on the 1st of April following, created Earl of Glamorgan 

 (during his father s lifetime) by Charles the First, 

 he was best known by that title, from the part he 

 took in Irish affairs during the civil commotions from 

 1644, until the decease of his father in 1646 ; when, 

 in consequence of the Cromwellian Parliament refusing 



