The Earl of Worcester in the Atkyns' letter:
‐ the son of William Herbert 1st Earl of Pembroke (1st creation) was created 1st Earl of Huntington (he married Anne Devereux).
‐ their daughter and direct heir was Elizabeth Herbert who married Charles Somerset the 1st Earl of Worcester.
‐ their son, Henry (2nd Earl of Worcester) is mentioned in Sir William Herbert of Troy’s Will,see page 27. Henry's second wife is the Countess Elizabeth on page 35.
‐ their grandson was Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester K.G. (c.1550‐1627/28)who was the Earl of Worcester in the Atkyns' letter.
‐ one of the 4th Earl's daughters was Blanche Somerset, Blanche Parry's god‐daughter, see pages 129‐130. This Blanche Somerset would marry Thomas Arundell Howard 2nd Baron Arundell of Wardour in1607[4] .
The Earl of Pembroke in the Atkyns’' letter:
‐ William Herbert 1st Earl of Pembroke (1st creation) had two known mistresses.
‐ the son of one of these ladies was Sir Richard Herbert of Ewyas.
‐ his son was William Herbert 1st Earl of Pembroke (2nd creation).
‐ his son was Henry Herbert 2nd Earl of Pembroke (2nd creation) K.G. (c.1538‐1601) who was the Earl of Pembroke in the Atkyns' letter.
‐ Henry Herbert’s second wife was Catherine Talbot daughter of George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (c.1522‐1590), Earl Marshall, to whom Atkyns wrote his letter. (George Talbot’s second wife, not Catherine’s mother, was Bess of Hardwick)
‐ Henry Herbert was President of the Council of the March in Wales 1586‐1602.
‐ note the present Earls of Pembroke are descended in this line.
The Sir Charles Herbert in the Atkyns' letter:
‐ William Herbert 1st Earl of Pembroke (1st creation) had two known mistresses.
‐ one of the sons of his other mistress was Sir William Herbert of Troy see pages 26‐27, 40.
‐ his wife was Blanche, Lady Troy, Lady Mistress to Henry VIII's children see chapters in the biography.
‐ one of Sir William and Lady Troy’s two sons was Thomas Herbert (who married Anne Lucy daughter of the Thomas Lucy of Charlecote who was possibly connected with William Shakespeare). Their other son was Sir Charles Herbert, pages 41, 45, but he died in 1557.
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‐ Thomas and Anne had two sons:
‐ Henry Herbert appointed Sheriff, who married Lucy Somerset the sister of 4th Earl of Worcester, and
‐ Charles Herbert (born c.1532‐ died after c.1595)
It is probable that he is the Sir Charles Herbert in the Atkyns' letter.
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[4] See Oxford Dictionary of National Biography for details concerning the Civil War.
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