Brief Life History of Henry
When Henry Somerset was born in 1496, in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, his father, Charles Henry Somerset, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth Herbert, was 20. He married Margaret Courtenay on 15 June 1520. He died on 26 November 1549, in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, at the age of 53, and was buried in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom.
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- Henry Somerset, "Find A Grave Index"
- Our royal, titled, noble and commoner ancestors
- Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester in Wikipedia
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1549 · Book of Common Prayer
Book of Common Prayer, a product of the English Reformation, was published in 1549 for assistance in the administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church according to the use of the Church of England. The book outlined morning, evening, and communion prayers and orders for baptism and marriage, thus making England a truly Protestant state.
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habitational name from the English county of Somerset, which takes its name from Somerton in Somerset (see Summerton ) + Old English sǣte ‘settlers, dwellers’. The Somerset family who are Dukes of Beaufort are descended from the Plantagenets. The surname was assumed by Charles Somerset (1460–1520), illegitimate son of Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset. The latter was himself descended illegitimately from Edward III through John of Gaunt. A later member of the family was Fitzroy Somerset (1788–1855), who, as Lord Raglan, was the commander of British forces in the Crimea, one of the men responsible for the charge of the Light Brigade.
possibly a habitational name from one or more places called with Old Norse sumar ‘summer’ + sætr ‘shieling, hill pasture’, such as Summerseat in Elton (Lancashire), but decisive northern early bearers are lacking.
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2nd Earl of Worcester 4th Baron Herbert Eldest son and heir of Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, and Lady Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert. Paternal grandson of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke …
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