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
Henry Gough (1649–1724) Henry Gough (1649–1724) Sir Henry Gough (3 January 1649 – 24 January 1724) was Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1671/1672, and was elected as a Tory MP in Tamworth in 1685. He was knighted in 1678 for services his grandfather rendered to Charles I in 1642. Gough was the eldest son of John Gough (died 1665) of Old Fallings and his second wife, Bridget, the daughter of Sir John Astley of Woodeaton, Oxfordshire. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, in 1666. He was a student at Middle Temple in 1667 and lived at Perry Hall in Staffordshire. He married Mary, the