“Ordered, That the pension of six pounds a week formerly ordered to Margaret, Countess of Worcester, be continued until the Parliament take further order; and that the same be forthwith paid, with all arrears thereof, from the time of the granting thereof unto her the said Margaret, Countess of Worcester, or her assigns, out of the contingencies of the Council of State: And that the Council of State be, and are hereby, authorized and required forthwith to pay the same, accordingly: And that the Council of State be repaid the same money out of the public revenue of the Exchequer. “Ordered, That the possession of Worcester House in the Strand, in the county of Middlesex, be forthwith delivered up to Margaret, Countess of Worcester: And the Council of State are hereby authorized and required, to take care, that the possession of the said house be delivered up to her, or her assigns, accordingly.” “Wednesday, 14th March, 1659. Afternoon.[G] “A Bill empowering the trustees for sale of lands forfeited to the Commonwealth for treason, to convey Worcester House to trustees in trust for Margaret, Countess of Worcester, was this day read the first and second time; and, upon the question, passed.” Thus it occupied above two years to obtain anything approaching an equitable arrangement of the Countess’ very obvious claim, concluding at last with a “pension of six pounds a week,”--a pension in arrear in March, 1659, but to be “continued until the Parliament take further order.” Footnotes [A] See engraved view, page 8. [37] Evelyn. [2] Allen’s London. [57] Jo. H. C. Vol. iii. p. 54. [B] See “Ordinances of Parliament,” 1641–46, 4to. Brit. Mus. 517, K. 11–36. [C] See also Miscellaneous MSS Brit. Mus. No. 5501. [57] Jo. H. C. Vol. vii. pp. 523, 533. [57] Jo. H. C. Vol. vi. pp. 523, 533. [22] Burton. [57] Jo. H. C. Vol. vii. p. 512, 529, 576. [22] Burton. [57] Jo. H. C. Vol. vii. p. 512, 529, 576. [D] Page 642. [E] Page 763. [F] Page 875. [G] Page 876. CHAPTER XIII. THE MARQUIS OF WORCESTER’s SON, AND TWO DAUGHTERS. With a view to giving completeness to the preceding domestic narrative (affecting the Marchioness of Worcester, in respect to Worcester House), our remarks have extended to the early part of the year 1659, thus going some years beyond the time of the Marquis of Worcester’s flight to and residence in France. We come next, in the order of family claimants, to consider the several petitions, first of his son, Henry Lord Herbert; and next of his daughters, Ladies Anne and Elizabeth. On Wednesday, the 23rd of April, 1651, the humble petition of Henry, Lord Herbert, was read in the House of Commons,[57] when it was--