The Herald and genealogist . in fact bargained with him to the advantage of bothparties, and the estates of the Somersets were apportioned betweenthem. This was probably, in effect, the salvation of the family: forthe old Marquess—or Earl, as he was then called—could never betaught, by all his painful experience, any worldly wisdom. In June1655 he was glad to accept from Cromwell a pittance of three poundsa week; and all else that is learned of him until the Restoration isfrom papers which relate to his borrowing money from various 1655 he prepared his Century of Inventions for the
The Herald and genealogist . in fact bargained with him to the advantage of bothparties, and the estates of the Somersets were apportioned betweenthem. This was probably, in effect, the salvation of the family: forthe old Marquess—or Earl, as he was then called—could never betaught, by all his painful experience, any worldly wisdom. In June1655 he was glad to accept from Cromwell a pittance of three poundsa week; and all else that is learned of him until the Restoration isfrom papers which relate to his borrowing money from various 1655 he prepared his Century of Inventions for the press; but it wasnot published until the year 1663. He walked in the Coronation pro-cession of Charles the Second; and died in London on the third ofApril 1667. The body of his father had been interred in 1646 in thefamily vault in the Beaufort Chapel at Windsor, the Parliament allow-ing 500Z. for the funeral expenses : but the second Marquess was con-veyed to Raglan, as described in the Funeral Certificate,1 as follows:. The Right Honble Edward Somerset, Marquess and Earle of Worcester, Earle ofGlamorgan, and Baron Herbert of Raglan, Chepstow, and Gower, departed thismortalllife upon Wedensday the third of Aprill 1667, and was conveyed with Fune- 1 The quarterings placed at the head of this Certificate, are 1. Somerset; 2. Her-bert; 3. Wydvile; and 4. Russell: Viz.— 1. France and England quarterly, within a bordure gobonated argent and azure,Somerset. 2. Per pale azure and gules, three lions rampant argent, for Herbert,—the first Earlof Worcester having become Lord Herbert by his marriage with Elizabeth soledaughter and heir of William Lord Herbert, some time Earl of Huntingdon. 3. Argent, a fess and a canton gules, for Wydvile,—the wife of William Earl ofHuntingdon just mentioned having been Mary sister and coheiress to Richard Wyd-vile, Earl Rivers. EDWARD MARQUESS OF WORCESTER. 171 rail Solemnitie from London to hi8 Barony of Raglan in the county of Monmouth(accom
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