He remained in his family's Roman Catholic faith and took part on the side of King Charles I in the English Civil War. He was First Commissioner of Advice for the counties of Worcestershire, Shropshire and Staffordshire in 1644/45, and he served on the Royalist garrison at Worcester when it surrendered to Parliament in July 1646. In 1647 his estates were sequestered and compounded by Parliament on grounds of his being a "Papist and delinquent" (i.e. Catholic and royalist).[1]
In September 1651 he accompanied Charles II when he fled after defeat at the battle of Worcester, escorting him to White Ladies Priory in Shropshire, where the king was hidden for a time.[1] The Earl died in 1653/54 at Tasmore, Oxfordshire,[1] (Tusmore?) and was succeeded by his second son.
Family
Talbot married Mary Fortescue, by whom he had seven children:
Lady Frances Talbot (d. 17 July 1641), who married George Winter, 1st Baronet (1622-1658), and had one child, Thomas Winter.
George Talbot, Baron Talbot (circa 1620 - 7 March 1644[1]), who married Mary, daughter of Percy Herbert, 2nd Baron Powis. He had one daughter, Mary, who was living in 1649 but died young and unmarried.[1]
Lady Catherine, who married Thomas Whetenhall of East Peckham[2]
Lady Mary Talbot (bef. 1654 - c. March 1711), who married first Charles Arundell and second Mervyn Tuchet, 4th Earl of Castlehaven; she had children from both marriages.
Hon. Thomas Talbot, who married Anne Tate daughter of Sir John Tate. Thomas and Anne's son Matthew Talbot (I) immigrated to Maryland and then moved to Virginia. Matthew (I) is the proginator of the Talbot Family of Virginia and Georgia.
Lady Anne, who became a nun in France
References
^ abcdeThe Complete Peerage, Volume XI. St Catherine's Press, London. 1949. p. 718.
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