EARLS AND See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

DUKES OF See also:

• EARLS AND DUKES OF SOMERSET
• SOMERSET, EDMUND BEAUFORT, DUKE OF (c. 1404–1455)
• SOMERSET, EDWARD SEYMOUR, DUKE OF (c. 1506–1552)
• SOMERSET, LORD ROBERT EDWARD HENRY (1776-1842)
• SOMERSET, ROBERT CARR (or KER), EARL OF (e. 1590-1645)

SOMERSET  . In the 11th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century See also:

• SOMERSET, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SOMERSET, EDMUND BEAUFORT, DUKE OF (c. 1404–1455)
• SOMERSET, EDWARD SEYMOUR, DUKE OF (c. 1506–1552)
• SOMERSET, LORD ROBERT EDWARD HENRY (1776-1842)
• SOMERSET, ROBERT CARR (or KER), EARL OF (e. 1590-1645)

Somerset and See also:

• DORSET, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF

Dorset were under the See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction of one See also:

• SHERIFF

sheriff, and for a considerable See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period titles derived from each of these shires were See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne by the same See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person . (See DORSET, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

DUKES OF.) The earldom of Somerset in the See also:

• BEAUFORT
• BEAUFORT, FRANCOIS DE VENDOME
• BEAUFORT, HENRY (c. 1377–1447)
• BEAUFORT, LOUIS DE (d. 1795)

Beaufort See also:

• FAMILY

family dated from 1397, in which See also:

• YEAR

year it was granted by See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard II. to See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Beaufort (c . 1373-1410), the eldest of the three illegitimate, but afterwards legitimated, sons of John of Gaunt, See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• LANCASTER
• LANCASTER, HOUSE OF
• LANCASTER, JOHN OF GAUNT
• LANCASTER, JOSEPH (1778-1838)
• LANCASTER, SIR JAMES (f1. 1591—1618)
• LANCASTER, THOMAS, EARL OF (c. 1277-1322)

Lancaster, by See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine, wife of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• HUGH
• HUGH, ST

Hugh See also:

• SWYNFORD, CATHERINE (c. 1350-.14.03)

Swynford, and daughter of Sir See also:

• PAYNE, PETER (c. 138o-1455)

Payne Roelt . He was followed in the earldom successively by his three sons: See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry, who died unmarried in 1418; John (1404—1444), who in 1443 was created See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• KENDAL
• KENDAL, DUKEDOM OF
• KENDAL, WILLIAM HUNTER (1843– )

Kendal and duke of Somerset, both of which titles became See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct at his See also:

• DEATH

death; and See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund, who was created earl of Dorset in 1441, See also:

• MARQUESS (1760-1842)
• MARQUESS, or MARQUIS (Fr. marquis, Ital. marchese; from med. Lat. marchio, marchisus, i.e. comes marchiae, " count of the March ")

marquess of Dorset in 1443, and duke of Somerset in 1448 . (See SOMERSET, EDMUND BEAUFORT, DUKE OF.) On the See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution of Edmund's son Henry, 5th earl and 2nd duke of Somerset, by the Yorkists in 1464, his titles were forfeited by See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament; buthis See also:

• BROTHER

brother Edmund was from that date styled duke of Somerset by the Lancastrian party till his death in May 1471, when the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of Beaufort became extinct . (See BEAUFORT.) In 1499 Henry VII. nominated his See also:

• INFANT (in early forms enfaunt, enfant, through the Fr. enfant, from Lat. infans, in, not, and fans, the present participle of fari, to speak)

infant son Edmund to the dukedom of Somerset at his See also:

• BAPTISM

baptism, but the See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child, who died within a few months, was probably never formally created a peer; the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title, conjoined with the dukedom of See also:

• RICHMOND
• RICHMOND, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• RICHMOND, LEGH (1772-1827)
• RICHMOND, SIR WILLIAM BLAKE (1842– )

Richmond, was, however, borne by Henry See also:

• FITZROY
• FITZROY, ROBERT (1805-1865)

Fitzroy, illegitimate son of Henry VIII., from 1525 till his death without heirs in 1536 .