THE EIGHTH DUKE OF BEAUFORT 



the master for whom he had made such heavy- 

 sacrifices. Aspersions, too, were thrown on his 

 character by one who in private had always 

 asserted his beUef in his chosen agent's fidehty and 

 zeal. Towards the close of the year 1645, Lord 

 Glamorgan found himself suspected of high trea- 

 son, and was committed a close prisoner to the 

 custody of the Constable of Dublin Castle. When 

 released, Glamorgan was not allowed to leave 

 Ireland, and the anger of the old Marquis, his 

 father, was roused by the treatment meted out to 

 him. So eager had the son been to serve Charles 

 that the father had expostulated at the greatness 

 of the loans the former had made. Now Lord 

 Worcester made no secret of his anger at the way 

 Glamorgan had been treated ; but, in spite of his 

 wrath at the king's duplicity and his son's disgrace, 

 he held his castle loyally for the royal cause. He 

 himself had been promised the Garter and the 

 Dukedom of Somerset for the assistance he had 

 given to his royal master. 



Now at seventy years of age he underwent a 

 close siege in his castle of Raglan. The garrison 

 of the castle was 800 strong, and although they 

 were closely pressed by a far larger body of Par- 

 liamentarians under Colonel Morgan, and later 

 under General Fairfax, they held out successfully 

 for ten weeks. But at last, when the weaker parts 

 of the castle had been destroyed by the enemy's 

 guns, a breach was made in the eastern wall, and 



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