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 2 Nov. 1642. He was appointed on 20 July, 1644, Governour and Commander-in-Chief of Raglan Castle, which was the last fortress surrendered to the forces of the Commonwealth 19 Aug. 1646. He died in December of the same year.

Admitted 2 February, 1563-4.

Eldest son of Henry, second Earl of Worcester. He was a descendant of Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, and ancestor of the present ducal family of Beaufort. He was made a Knight of the Garter by Elizabeth He was one of the Peers at the trial of Mary Queen of Scots. He died 22 Feb. 1589, and was buried at Raglan.

Admitted 3 October, 1696.

Eldest son of Robert Somerville of Edstone. He was born at Colwich, Staffordshire, 2 Sept. 1675. He was educated at Winchester and Oxford, where he obtained a Fellowship. Succeeding to his father's estates he settled at Edstone, where he spent the rest of his years in literary and country pursuits, evidence of his devotion to which is abundant in the work by which he is chiefly remembered—his Poem on The Chase, published in 1735. He died at Edstone 17 July, 1742. Besides the above Poem, the following works appeared in his name: The Two Springs, a Fable (1725); Occasional Poems (1727); Hobbinol, or Sural Games (1740); Field Sports, a Poem on Hawking (1742).

Admitted 15 February, 1618-9.

Son and heir of Sir Richard Sondes of Throughley (Throwley), Kent. He was made Knight of the Bath at the coronation of Charles I. in 1626, and at the outbreak of the Civil War was Deputy-Lieutenant of Kent. He was imprisoned in 1645, and, as a staunch supporter of the king, suffered greatly in his estate. A still greater calamity befell him in the conduct of his younger son, who was hanged at Maidstone in 1655 for the murder of his elder brother, a tragedy "improved upon" in many "religious" tracts of the time, which Sondes replied to in A Plaine Narrative of all Passages upon the Death of his Two Sonnes (1655). On the Restoration, Sondes was restored to his dignity of D.L., and in 1676 created Baron of Throwley and Earl of Feversham. He died at Lees Court 16 April, 1677.

Second son of William Southcote.- There is no record of his admission, but he was Reader at the Inn in 1556 and again in 1559, in which year he was raised to the degree of the Coif. He was nominated a Judge of the Queen's Bench 10 Feb. 1563, and performed the duties of his office until his retirement in May, 1584, with high reputation. He died on 18 April, 1585.