Richard Herbert, 2nd Baron Herbert of Chirbury own son, another Edward, received his grandfather's books and most of his personal property. Herbert himself, the elder son, got only his father's horses and was instructed to "make much of the white horse", while his wife, the new Lady Herbert, was bequeathed her father-in-law's viols and lutes. He was briefly a member of the House of Lords, until on 19 March 1649 it was abolished by an Act of Parliament that declared that "The Commons of England find by too long experience that the House of Lords is useless and dangerous to the people of England". The Lords did
Useless Parliament being peremptorily dissolved. It was later judged to have bungled an attempt to clip the king's wings. Following the dissolution, the king's favourites encouraged his notions of his divine right to rule his kingdoms as he saw fit and urged him to do without the constitutional means of raising revenue, instead using arbitrary measures which were arguably unlawful. This Charles proceeded to do, which later led to remonstrances against his taking of tonnage and poundage without authority. In 1626, a later parliament declared that the king had acted unlawfully, although it was prepared to indemnify him. Useless Parliament The Useless