1 Sir William ap Thomas HERBERT b~1401 (Raglan); d.1445(6);
21st in line of descent from Charlemagne.
Knighted 1415, purchased Raglan Manor by 1432 and then
built Raglan Castle, Gwent. See Raglan Castle photos.
aka "Y Marchog Glas o Went" (The Blue Knight of Gwent)
Steward of Abergavenny & Sheriff of Co.s Cardiganshire &
Carmarthenshire 1435 and of Glamorgan 1440.
+(1)Elizabeth neé BLUET d.1420; (Widow of Sir James
Berkeley and earlier Sir Bartholomew Picot and d/o Sir
John BLUET of Raglan and Katherine Wogan)
[266] [267] [618]
2 Joan ferch William ap Thomas
+ Richard MYNORS
3 Five children (Alice, son, Elizabeth, son & Thomas)
+(2)Gwladys (Gladys) GAM b~1385 m.1421 d.1454
Widow of Sir Roger VAUGHN and dau of Sir David (Dafydd) GAM
The great Welsh bard, Lewys Glyn Cothi refers to her as
"Y seren o Efenni" (Star of Abergavenny)
2 Maud ferch William ap Thomas HERBERT b~1421; m.1439
+ Hoell BLAENE [226] or How O'ER BLAENAU [239],
Ancestor of the "unrelated" Evesham / Kinsham Blayneys.
2  Sir William (de) HERBERT "1st" Earl of Pembroke
(of the 8th creation); b.1423 (Pembroke).
Knighted by Henry VI in 1449. Closest advisor
to Edward IV who made him Baron Herbert
of Raglan, Chepstow and Gower in 1461, for
his services for the House of York against
Henry VI and the Lancastrians, he was then
made Knight of the Garter in 1462, and in
1468, 1st Earl of Pembroke.
King Edward VI commanded that Sir William
and his brother Sir Richard take their
surnames from their first progenator,
Herbert Fitz-Roy (Fitz Henry) [617] [749]
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William was a leading Yorkist in the War of the Roses. The story goes that
along with his brother Sir Richard Herbert, William accepted the surrender of the castle of Harlech on honourable terms from Dafydd ap Ieuan after a seven year seige. The defenders were the Men of Harlech commemorated in the song which is the "unofficial" national song of Wales.
When King Edward IV wished to execute Dafydd, William is said to have offered his own life in
exchange for Dafydd's rather than see his promise broken. Other histories have Sir Richard as
offering his life in place of the defending Captain [607]. |
See more Harlech Castle photos.
Sir William was deafeated at the Battle of
Edgecote 26Jul1469, (where he and brother
Richard "fought like men possessed"), taken
prisoner and beheaded 27Jul1469 at Banbury along
with Richard by order of "Warwick the King Maker"
and Clarence without opportunity of ransom.
Buried in Abergavenny Priory Church
+(1)Maud (GRANT) TURBERVILLE ferch Adam ap HOWELL
GRAUNT (Mistress)
3 Richard HERBERT b~1442; d.Sept 1510 (see below)
+(2)Frond ferch HOESGYN (Mistress)
3 Sir George HERBERT b~1442
3 Sir William HERBERT of Troye b.5Mar1451; dspms.16Jul1491;
2nd Earl of Pembroke (which he resigned to allow this to
be conferred on Prince Edward and was created instead
Earl of Huntingdon by charter at York 4Jul1479.
Justice of South Wales.
+(1)Mary WOODVILLE (WYDEVILL), sister-in-law
of Edward IV; b~1443; m.Sep1466; d<1481
dau of Sir Richard WYDEVILL, 1st Earl Rivers
4 Elizabeth HERBERT, (Baroness) b~1476
+(1)Catherine PLANTAGENET dau of Richard III
m.1484 However she died "in her early years"
+(3)Anne DEVEREUX b~1423 (C. Pembroke); m~1439/40,
dau of Sir Walter Devereux
William wrote to her before being executed asking
her to "Pray for me, and take the said order that
you promised me, as ye had in my life my heart
and my love.”
See Graham Turner Reverie painting of Anne
3 Maud HERBERT b.1448; d.27Jul1485 (or 28Apr1489)
+ Sir Henry PERCY b.1449; m~1476; d.28Apr1489
Fourth Earl of Northumberland and Lord Great
Chamberlain of England for Richard III
4 Eight children:
4 Sir Henry Algemon PERCY b.14Jan1478; d.19May1527;
5th Earl of Northumberland
4 Eleanor PERCY (Duchess of Buckingham) d.1530
4 Sir Richard PERCY d.15Sep1540
4 Five others: Sir William, Allan, Josceline, Ann
(m. William Arundel, 17th Earl) & Elizabeth
3 Eleven other children: William (1st Earl Huntington), Sir
Walter, Sir George of St Gillians, Phillip of Lanyhangel,
John, Margaret (m. Thomas Talbot, Viscount L'Isle then
Sir Henry Bodringham), Thomas, Cecily (m.Lord Greystock
?Tarzan's father!??), Isabel (m. Sir Thomas Cokesey),
Anne (m. John Grey, Lord Powis) & Catherine (C. of Kent,
m. George Grey, Earl of Kent) [617]
3 Richard HERBERT (Sir) of Ewyas [son of Maud (GRANT) TURBERVILLE]
Gentleman Usher to Henry VII, and Constable
and Porter of Abergavenny Castle. b~1442; d.Sep1510.
See Abergavenny Castle photos.
+(1)Isabel WILLIAMS (2 children)
+(2)Margaret CRADOCK -dau. of Sir Mathew CRADOCK of Swansey
and Alice (Jane) MANCELL, widow of John MALEFANT.
(4 children incl William)
4 Sir William HERBERT (1° Earl Pembroke, new -10th- creation);
b~1506; d.17Mar1570 (London);
Killed a man in a brawl, escaped to France, but
returning in 1534 to become guardian of young
Edward VI after death of Henry VIII in 1547
Knighted 1543; Knight of the Garter 1549;
+(1)Anne PARR b.1514 (Pembroke); d.20Feb1552;
a descendant of Edward III
dau of Sir Thomas PARR and Maud (Matilada) GREEN [44d]
and sister to Catherine PARR, the 6th wife of Henry VIII
5 William or Henry ([731]) HERBERT (2nd Earl of Pembroke);
b.1534; Knight of the Garter 1574; Lord Lieutenant North
and South Wales and Co.s Hereford, Salop, Somerset and
Worcester; d.19Jan1601 (Wilton)
+(1)Catherine GREY (arranged marriage 1553; annulled 1554)
+(2)Catherine TALBOT
dau of George TALBOT, 1st Earl of Rutland
6 Mary Herbert m~1635 (John CONGDON); d~1646
+(3)Mary SYDNEY b.27Oct1561 (Bewdley, Worchester); m.1577;
d.25Sep1621 (London); dau of Sir Henry Sydney (thrice
Lord Deputy of Ireland & Mary Dudley (dau of John Dudley,
Duke of Northumberland and High Protector of England)
and sister of poets Sir Philip SYDNEY & Sir Robert SYDNEY
6 William HERBERT b.8Apr1580; dsp.10Apr1630
3rd Earl of Pembroke; Chancellor of the University
of Oxford, founded Pembroke College with James VI
of Scotland (I of England) and patron of William
Shakespeare. Masonic Grand Master (1618-1630) [609]
Lord Chamberlain to King James;
Knight of the Order of the Garter 1603 and possibly
the young "Mr. W.H." in Shakespeare's Sonnets [616]
+ Lady Mary TALBOT d.1649; dau of Gilbert TALBOT,
7th Earl of Shrewsberry and Mary CAVENDISH
6 Catherine HERBERT
6 Anne HERBERT
6 Philip HERBERT b.16Oct1584; d.23Jan1649;
4th Earl of Pembroke; 1st Earl Montgomery;
Knight of the Order of the Garter 1584
Baron of Shurland (Is of Sheppey) 1605 and
Lord Chamberlain to Charles I.
With brother William one of the "incomparable
pair of brethren" to whom the First Folio of
"Shakespeare's collected works" was dedicated
to in 1623.
Considered illiterate by Anthony Wood, and by
Edmund LODGE to be cunning, "wholly without
principle...his temper was furious, almost to
madness, and that he was withal a notorious
coward." [731] [I guess he didn't like him!]
+(1)Susan de VERE b.25May1587; m.27Dec1604
dau of Edward de VERE, 17th Earl of Oxford [731]
7 Twelve children: Henry d.y., James d.y.,
Charles (Knight of the Bath), Philip (5th Earl
& heir), William, James, John, Mary, Catherine,
Anna Sophia (who m. Robert DORMER, 1st Earl of
Caernarvon), Catherine & Mary (dsp).
+(2)Anne CLIFFORD, only dau and heir of George
CLIFFORD, 3rd Earl of Cumberland and widow of
Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset.
No issue (they separated because "his conduct
to her became intolerable" [731]).
5 Ann HERBERT b~1550; d.1592
5 Sir Edward HERBERT b.1547, Powis Castle; d.1593/94
(Esquire of the body to Queen Elizabeth I)
1st Baron POWIS; remained Catholic
See Powis Castle photos.
+ Mary STANLEY m.1570
dau of Thomas STANLEY Esq of Standen
"brought Catholicism into the family" [733].
6 Eleven children (incl Joyce)
+(2)Anne TALBOT b~1520; d.1588
dau of George TALBOT, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury
Widow of Peter COMPTON
2 Thomas HERBERT of Greenwich, killed at Troye
2 Elizabeth HERBERT b~1427 (Raglan)
+ Sir Henry STRADLING b~1430; d~1451 (Cyprus)
2 Elizabeth ferch WILLIAM Ap THOMAS
+ Cawdgan Ap GRIFFITH DON
2 Sir Richard HERBERT of Colebrooke, Co Monmouth b~?1412/25, with
brother William commanded an army of 18,000 Welshmen in the
War of the Roses. It is said he offered his life to King
Edward IV in place of the defender of Harlech Castle whom
he had given his word to spare his life. [607]
Richard was defeated at the Battle of Edgecote 26Jul1469
(where he and Sir William "fought like men possessed"),
taken prisoner and beheaded at Banbury on
orders of Richard, Earl of Warwick on 27Jul1469
Buried in Abergavenny Priory Church.
+ Margaret NICHOLAS daughter of Sir Thomas Griffith NICHOLAS
(= Thomas Hynaf ap Gruffudd ap Nicholas [309]) of
Carmarthen and Elizabeth (Elsbeth), dau of Sir John GRIFFITH
(or Ann ap Llywelyn Fychan [266])
Margaret ferch Thomas was sister to Sir Rhys ap Thomas.
Margaret ferch Thomas then married John HERLE (son of
John ap William HERLE d.1437), the son of Thomas VAUGHN
of Tyle Glas [see Arms in the Gregynog Blayney Room]
and had Thomas HERLE b.1503, the father
of Gwenllian, wife of Thomas ap Evan Lloyd BLAYNEY
Margaret & Richard had 4 children, Sir William, Sir Richard,
John & Thomas
3 Sir Richard HERBERT b.13Feb1470 (Colebrooke); Knighted 1513 of
Tefaldwryn (Montgomery), Gentleman Usher to the Privy Chamber
to Henry VIII and Steward of the Lordships and Marches of
North and East Wales and Cardiganshire.
"A great suppressor of rebels, thieves, and outlaws, he was
just and conscionable" [607]; d.23May1539
+(1)Margaret (Margred) ferch Griffith ap Rhys ap Philip ap David
of Llwynhowel
Children of Richard and Margred include Sir Edward, Morgan,
Richard, William of Paeke (Baliff 1537, MP 1541-44 and
High Sheriff 1547 and 1559 of Montgomery), Anne & Katherine.
4 (Sir) Edward HERBERT of Montgomery Castle and Blackhall;
b.1513; d.1593
Deputy-Constable of Aberystwyth Castle 1543-4,
MP for Montgomeryshire 1553 and 1556-7,
Sheriff of Mongomeryshire 1557 & 1558.
Served at the battle of St Quentin.
1st Earl of Pembroke of the 2nd creation
Esquire of the Body to Elizabeth I
Renown for his hospitality with a saying
in the country when a fowl rose:
"Fly where thou wilt, thou wilt light
at Blackhall!" [607]
See MontgomeryCastle photos.
+ Elizabeth PRYCE dau of Matthew Goch PRYCE of Newtown
5 William HERBERT d.1593
5 Richard HERBERT of Llyssyn b~1554; d.1596; entered the
Middle Temple 1576; Sheriff of Montgomeryshire 1576 & 1584,
JP and Member of Parliament (for Montgomery) 1585-6
+ Magdalen NEWPORT m.1598; d.1627;
dau of Sir Richard Newport (d.1570) of High Ercall,
Sheriff of Shropshire & Margaret Bromley [268]
Friend and sponsor of Dr John Donne [607]]
[Remarried 1608 to Sir John DANVERS]
6 Sir Edward HERBERT 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury;
(Shropshire); b.3Mar1583; d.10Aug1648;
soldier, philosopher [265]
historian, composer and ambassador to the French Court
(1619-24) under King James I; Magistrate and Sheriff and
Created Lord Herbert 1629; Neutral in the Civil War.
Author of Life of Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury,
one of the earliest English language autobiographies,
as well as other books and poems [608].
+ Mary HERBERT (his cousin) b~1578; m.28Feb1599;
d.13May1634;
d/o Sir William HERBERT of St Gillians
7 Richard HERBERT 2nd Lord/Baron Herbert of Cherbury
b~1600; d.13May1655; soldier, MP for Montgomeryshire
in the Short Parliament, & for the borough in the Long.
Successively Governor of Bridgnorth (1642), Ludlow &
Commander of Aberystwyth Castle (1644)
+ Mary EGERTON, d/o John EGERTON 1st Earl of Bridgewater.
8 Nine children (Edward=3rd Lord, Henry=4th Lord,
Frances, Florence, Alicia, John (d.y.), Captain
Henry, Thomas (d unm) and Arabell (d unm)
7 Edward HERBERT
7 Beatrice HERBERT
7 Florence HERBERT (d.y.)
6 Richard HERBERT d.1622 "in the wars of the Low Countries"
[His body bore "the scar of four-and-twenty wounds" [607]]
6 William HERBERT d. "in the wars of the Low Countries"
Also renown for his courage.
6 Charles HERBERT -Fellow of the New College in Oxford
A Munster planter; d.1617
6 George HERBERT b.3Apr1593 (Montgomery Castle);
Fifth son, named for his uncle George of New College,
Oxford;
Welsh poet, orator and priest - "The Sacred Poet" and
author of many famous hymns eg "The King of Love My
Shepherd Is".
Was MP for Montgomery 1624 & 1625 then Rector of the
parish of St. Andrew in Bemerton (near Salisbury) from
1630 until his death (1Mar1633) of TB (1632 [607]])
+ Jane Danvers m.1629
6 Sir Henry HERBERT "menial servant to the Crown in the
days of King James"
b.1595, knighted 1623, Master of Revels of James I and
Charles I ~1623-42 and Charles II 1660-3 (as such was
responsible for licensing Shakespeare's plays),
Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, High Sheriff of
Worcestershire 1648 and MP for Montgomeryshire 1626
and for Bewdley 1661-73; d.27Apr1673 [145]
+ ___ (a wealthy lady with a large estate)
7 Henry HERBERT, 1st Lord of Chirbury d.1709
6 Captain Thomas HERBERT (7th son) b.1597; d~1642;
commanded a ship under Sir Robert Mansell in the attack
against Algiers [265] 1620-21 where Thomas "did there
shew a fortunate and true English valour."
6 Elizabeth (m. Sir Henry Jones of Abermarlais)
6 Margaret (m. John Vaughan of Llwydiarth)
6 Frances (m. Sir John Brown of Lincolnshire)
5 Joyce HERBERT b~1564 (Llanidloes)
The wooden tablet in Tregynon Church dated c 1709,
recording the death of Joyce's daughter Elizabeth Lloyd
erroneously refers to Joyce as "sister" (instead of aunt)
of Edward 1st Lord Herbert of Cherbury [145]
+ Jenkin LLOYD b~1560 d.1627/8; of Berthllwyd; Sheriff of
Montgomeryshire; s/o David Lloyd JENKIN and Lowry GWYNN;
1st married Dorothy WALTER b~1564 Ludlow, Shropshire,
dau of Edmund Walter of Ludlow, Chief Justice of South
Wales, by whom he had a large family of twelve children.
His youngest child of this family (Blanche) married one
Edward ap Rhys Wynn ap Griffith ap Howell ap Evan BLAYNEY
After Dorothy's death Jenkin married Joyce
6 Elizabeth LLOYD b.1592; m.1614 (Llanidloes);d.1662
+ John BLAYNEY Esq of Gregynog b.1591; d.1665
Also see John BLAYNEY genealogy
+(2)Anne ferch David
[2nd wife of Sir Richard HERBERT b.1470] [309]
Children of Richard and Anne include John, William, Oliver,
Richard, Anne, Dorothy aka Margaret (see below), Elizabeth &
Catherine (probably she who married John PUGH and had Mallt,
wife of Thomas PRICE [ap Rees], of the Aberbechan Blayneys).
4 Dorothy HERBERT aka Margaret [309]
+(1)Thomas BLAYNEY ap Evan Lloyd Blayney b.1475
See their descendants here
+(2)Hugh JONES
5 Evan JONES
5 Wythen JONES of Trewythen
3 Three other children of Sir Richard & Margaret (Sir William,
John and Thomas)
2 Margaret HERBERT (Margaret ferch William ap Thomas)
+ Henry WOGAN
3 Jane WOGAN b~1443; d.11Nov1504
+ Sir William PERROT b~1440
2 Olivia ferch William ap Thomas
+ Thomas FLEMING
+(2)Margaret ABRAHALL
(2nd wife of Sir William ap Thomas HERBERT b~1401)
dau of Thomas ap Griffith
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Sir William Ap Thomas = Herbert & Gwladus
tomb in Herbert Chapel, St. Marys Priory, Abergavenny |
Sir William HERBERT
Earl of Pembroke |
Graham Turner's Reverie
see Footnote 2 |
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Shield and Arms of William HERBERT Earl of Pembroke
[Party per pale, az. and gu., three lions ramp., or.] |
Bascule badge of Herbert [294]
[Maud Herbert, married Henry PERCY] |
| The Bascule was a device to raise a drawbrige. The more commonly known Herbert badge was the wyvern (winged serpent), which is also the crest. |
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