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HERBERT, Sir Philip (1584-1650), of Wilton House, Wilts.; later of Enfield House, Enfield, Mdx. and The Cockpit, Westminster.

Family and Education
b. 10 Oct. 1584, 2nd s. of Henry Herbert, 2nd earl of Pembroke (d.1601) ld. pres. of Wales 1586-d., and 3rd w. Mary, da. of (Sir) Henry Sidney† of London and Penshurst, Kent. Clifford Diary, 105. educ. New Coll., Oxf. 1593, MA 1605. Al. Ox. m. (1) 27 Dec. 1604, Susan (bur. 1 Feb. 1629), da. and coh. of Edward de Vere, 17th earl of Oxford, 7s. (4 d.v.p.) 3da. (at least 1 d.v.p.); Lysons, ii. 318; Illustrations of Brit. Hist. ed. E. Lodge, iii. 119; Reg. Westminster Abbey ed. J.L. Chester, 128. (2) 3 June 1630, Anne (d. 22 Mar. 1676), da. and h. of George Clifford, 3rd earl of Cumberland, wid. of Richard Sackville, 3rd earl of Dorset (d.1624), 2s. d.v.p. R.T. Spence, Lady Anne Clifford, 93; Clifford Diary, 89. cr. KB 25 July 1603, Bar. Herbert of Shurland and earl of Montgomery 4 May 1605, KG 18 May 1608. suc. bro. as 4th earl of Pembroke 10 Apr. 1630. Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 30, 153; Clifford Diary, 106; Letters of Philip Gawdy ed. I.H. Jeayes, 154. d. 23 Jan. 1650. Clifford Diary, 106.
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Freeman, Southampton, Hants 1603; HMC Southampton, 23. chan. and chamberlain, N. Wales (Anglesey, Caern. and Merion.) 1605–?d.; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 226; SC6/Jas.I/1556. constable, Montgomery castle, Mont. 1606 – 17, Queenborough Castle, Kent 1617 – d., Monmouth, Whitecastle, Grosmont and Skenfrith castles, Mon. 1630 – d., Windsor Castle 1648–d.; C66/1678; 66/1882/5; 66/2134/13; Lansd. 1217, f. 56; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 287; 1629–31, p. 417; CJ, v. 648; C231/4, f. 40. kpr. Windsor forest, Berks. 1611, York Place, Westminster 1616 – d., Whitehall and Spring Gardens, Mdx. 1616–d.; C66/1637; 66/1938/4; 66/2104/14; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 152; 1611–18, pp. 396, 425; Lansd. 1217, f. 16v; F. Devon, Issues of the Exch. 327–31. steward, Woodstock and Wotton, Oxon. by 1614, Westminster 1628 – d., Devizes, Wilts., Brecon and Dinas, Brecs., Monmouth and Grosmont, Mon., duchy of Cornw. 1630 – d., Exeter, Devon 1635, cantref Melienydd, Rad. 1637; Liber Famelicus of Sir J. Whitelocke ed. J. Bruce (Cam. Soc. lxx.), 40; T. Birch, Ct. and Times of Chas. I, i. 395; NLW, Bute M63/1; CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 331; 1629–31, pp. 417, 553; C99/53/3; HMC Exeter, 78; Arch. Camb. (ser. 3), iii. 189. j.p. Oxon. 1616 – 42, Mdx. 1626–?d., Kent (custos rot.) 1625–?d., Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 158. Westminster 1628–?d. (custos rot. 1628–9), Cornw. (custos rot.) 1630–42, Mont. 1630–43 (custos rot. 1641–3), Pemb. 1630–d. (custos rot. 1630–43, 1647–d.), Glam., Mon. (custos rot.) 1630-c.1643, ?1649 – d., Wilts. 1631–d. (custos rot. 1650), Merion., Caern., Denb., Flint, Rad. 1649–d., Derbys. (custos rot.) 1650; JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, passim; C231/4, ff. 18, 162, 208, 257; 231/5, ff. 45, 519. commr. oyer and terminer, Wales 1616-at least 1640; C181/2, ff. 253v, 276v, 298v; 181/3, ff. 154, 191; 181/4, f. 162; 181/5, f. 184. Member, Council in the Marches 1617–42; Cal. Wynn Pprs. 130. commr. subsidy, Kent 1624; C212/22/21. ld. lt. Kent 1624 – 42, Bucks. 1628 – 33, Som. 1630–39 (sole) 1639–40 (jt.), Cornw., 1630–42, Wilts. 1630 – 42, Brecs., Caern., Glam., Hants, Mon., Merion. 1642; J.C. Sainty, Lords Lieutenants, 12, 15, 25, 31, 36–7; CJ, ii. 814–15; A. and O. i. 1–2. commr. Forced Loan, Mdx. and Kent 1626–7, CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 435; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, 144. execution of martial law, Kent 1626, APC, 1626, p. 221. raising money for defence and assistance of allies 1628; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 574. ld. warden of the Stannaries, Cornw. 1630–?d.; C115/105/8072. v. adm. S. Wales 1630 – d., Hants 1644 – 47, 1649–d.; Vice Admirals of the Coast comp. J.C. Sainty and A.D. Thrush (L. and I. Soc. cccxxi), 26, 62. commr. survey, Chapel Royal 1632, Ibid. 247. sewers, Kent 1639, C231/5, f. 349. assessment, Wilts. 1644, 1649, Hants, Yorks., Westmld. 1645, Glam. 1649, ct. martial, London and Westminster 1644, Admlty. 1645, excise 1645, abuses in heraldry 1646, admin. of the sacrament 1646, compounding with delinquents 1647, indemnity 1647, militia, Glos., Brecs., Glam., Mon. Hants, Som., Wilts. and northern cos. 1648, drainage of the Fens 1649, sale of bps.’ lands 1649. A. and O. i. 331–2, 459, 487, 669, 691, 696, 705, 839, 852, 914, 937, 1136, 1141, 1242–6; ii 45, 47, 139, 152, 311, 314.

Gent. of privy chamber 1603, Harl. 6166, f. 68v. bedchamber by 1616, Lansd. 273, f. 27v. ld. chamberlain 1626–41. Birch, i. 123; CSP Dom. 1641–3, pp. 62–3.

Member, Virg. Co. 1609 (cllr. by 1610), E.I. Co. 1611, N.W. Passage Co. 1612, Eastland Co. 1625, Guiana Co. 1627; cllr., Fishery Soc. 1630, gov., Mineral and Battery Co. 1630–d.; T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 312; Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iii. 29, 32; Bodl. Tanner, 72, f. 161; SP16/221/1, 15; Rymer, viii. pt. 3, p. 136; BL, Loan 16/2, f. 49. patentee, glass manufacture 1615. C66/2019/19; Som. RO, DD/PH222/99.

High Steward, Oxf. Univ. 1615 – 41, chan. 1641 – 43, 1647–d., Hist. Univ. Oxf. ed. N. Tyacke, 690, 708, 724; Clarendon, Hist. of the Rebellion ed. W.D. Macray, iv. 258. gov. Westminster sch. 1649–d. A. and O. ii. 257.

PC, 1624 – 42, [S] 1641; CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 411; Reg. PC Scot. 1638–43, pp. 143–4, 480–1. commr. abuses in office of Robes 1626, 1628, CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 582; Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 278. St. Paul’s Cathedral repair 1631, CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 6. inheritance of manors [I] 1632; Rymer, viii. pt. 3, p. 211. execution of poor laws 1632, PC2/42, f. 54. member, Council of War 1637; CSP Dom. 1637, pp. 86, 224. commr. treaty negotiations, Ripon 1640, Uxbridge 1645, Newcastle 1646, Newport 1648; Clarendon, ii. 203; iii. 469, 485; CSP Dom. 1645–7, pp. 279, 454; 1648–9, p. 277; Ludlow Mems. ed. C.H. Firth, i. 139. member, Westminster Assembly of Divines 1642; A. and O. i. 181. commr., defence of Ireland 1642, Harl. 1332, f. 1. plantations 1642, CSP Col. 1574–1660, p. 324. W. Indies 1643; A. and O. i. 331–2. cttee. Both Kingdoms 1648–d., CSP Dom. 1648–9, p. 90. Council of State 1649–d. Ibid. 1649–50, p. 6; A. and O. ii. 2.

Capt.-gen., king’s Lifeguard of Horse 1639, E351/292. capt.-gen. (parl.), Cornw., Dorset, Hants, Som., Wilts. 1642; CJ, ii. 814–15. gov. (parl.), I.o.W. 1642–7. CJ, ii. 702; HMC 5th Rep. 162a; A. and O. i. 187.

Main residences: Wilton House, Wilts.; Enfield House, Enfield, Mdx.; The Cockpit, Westminster.
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HERBERT, Sir Philip (1584-1650)

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HERBERT, Sir John (c.1533-1617), of Doctors’ Commons, London; Mortlake, Surr. and Neath Abbey, Cadoxton, Glam.; later of Cookham House, Berks., Plas Newydd (New Place), Swansea and Grey Friars, Cardiff, Glam.

Family and Education
b. c. 1533, Cardiff Recs. ed. J.H. Matthews, iii. 511-12. 2nd s. of Matthew Herbert (d. bet. 1549 and 1554) of Swansea, and Mary, da. of Sir Thomas Gamage of Coity, Glam.; G.T. Clark, Limbus Patrum Morganiae et Glamorganiae, 286; Cardiff Central Lib. 5.7. Death of fa. estimated from his disappearance from the Glamorgan bench: JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 286. See also CPR, 1555-7, p. 240. bro. of William I† and Nicholas†. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1554, BA 1558, MA 1561, BCL 1565; Doctors’ Commons 1573; DCL 1587; G. Inn 1592. Al. Ox.; G.D. Squibb, Doctors’ Commons, 160, n.3, states that the attribution of Herbert as an adv. appears to be mistaken. m. by 1579, Margaret (d.1625/6), da. of Watkin (or Rawling) ap Watkin Morgan of Penclawdd, Llantilio Pertholey, Mon., 1da. J.A. Bradney, Hist. Mon. ii. 218; PROB 11/149, ff. 232v-3v; C142/378/132. Kntd. bef. 2 Oct. 1601; CSP Dom. 1601-3, p. 246. suc. bro. 1609. WARD 7/35/180. d. bet. 5/7 July 1617. C2/Jas.I/H7/29; NLW, Badminton, Group II. 2015. sig. J[ohn] Herbert.
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Judge, High Ct. of Admlty. (jt.) 1575–84; G. Williams, ‘Herberts of Swansea and Sir John Herbert’, Glam. Historian, xii. 54. master of Requests 1586–1600; SO3/1, unfol. (Oct. 1586). 2nd sec. of state 1600 – d.; PC 1600–d.; C66/1529; HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, ii. 461. sec. and kpr. gt. seal, Council in the North 1601–4; C66/1559; R. Reid, Council in the North, 255. commr. assessment of fines on participants in Essex revolt 1601, arraignment of 2nd earl of Essex 1601, banishment of Jesuits and seminaries 1601-at least 1607, I. Temple Lib., Petyt 538/6, ff. 83, 89, 109, 139; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 330. member, Council in the Marches 1602–d.; HMC Dovaston, 249; Cal. Wynn Pprs. 130. commr. Admlty. causes 1604; B.P. Levack, Civil Lawyers of Eng. 238–9. chan., order of the Garter 1607–11; C66/1786; E214/158; HMC 7th Rep. 674a. sec., Latin Tongue by 1608; Lincs. AO, Worsley 1/30; Beinecke Lib., ms Osborn b.39, unfol. commr. suits presented to king 1608–12, CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 467; HMC Hatfield, xxi. 22–3; Remembrancia ed. W.H. and H.C. Overall, 216–17. enfranchisement of Crown copyholders 1612, C181/2, f. 171v. sale of Cautionary Towns 1616. F.M.G. Evans, Principal Sec. of State, 68.

Special amb., Neths. 1576, 1587 – 88, Prussia, Poland, Denmark, Hanse Towns 1583 – 85, amb. extraordinary, France 1598, Denmark 1600; Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 28, 101, 137, 153, 184, 191, 213. commr. resolution of disputes bet. Eng., France and Denmark regarding spoils on seas 1598, C231/1, f. 61v. peace negotiations with Spain 1600, treaty of Bremen 1602–3. Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives, 22–3.

J.p. Surr. 1588 – d., Mon. 1590/1–d., Glam. 1592/3–d. (custos rot. 1601–?d.), Mdx., Hants by c.1603, Berks. by c.1605; Cal. Assize Recs. Surr. Indictments, Eliz. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 311; Cal. Assize Recs. Surr. Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 148; JPs in Wales and Monm. 289–94, 348–53; C66/1620, mm. 20d, 24d; 66/1682, m. 31d. commr. piracy, S. Wales 1601, London and Mdx. 1606, Glam. 1615, oyer and terminer Mdx. 1601 – 14, Home circ. 1603, Wales 1606 – 07, Oxf. circ. 1606 – d., Verge 1606–15, C181/1, ff. 6, 13, 66v, 93v; 181/2, ff. 9, 12, 18v, 38v, 51, 228, 235, 284v. survey woods, Carm. 1608, HMC 5th Rep. 416b. new buildings, London 1608, CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 415, 418; CRES 40/18. sewers, Mon. 1609, 1616, Glam. 1615. C181/2, ff. 92v, 234v, 275.

Dean, Wells Cathedral 1590–1602; C66/1341; PSO 5/2, unfol. (Aug. 1602). member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1601–?d. R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 352. commr. enforcing Act of Uniformity, Winchester dioc. 1603. T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 2, p. 92.

Commr. Union 1604. CJ, i. 208a.

Main residences: Doctors' Commons, London and Mortlake, Surr. and Neath Abbey, Cadoxton, Glam.; Cookham House, Berks.; Plas Newydd (New Place), Swansea; Grey Friars, Cardiff, Glam.
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HERBERT, Sir John (c.1533-1617)

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HERBERT, Sir Henry (1594-1673), of the Revels Office, Tuttle Street, Westminster and Woodford, Essex; later of Ribbesford, nr. Bewdley, Worcs. and James Street, Covent Garden, Mdx.

Family and Education
bap. 7 July 1594, 6th s. of Richard Herbert† (d.1596) of Montgomery Castle, Mont. and Magdalen, da. of Sir Richard Newport† of Eyton, Wroxeter, Salop; bro. of Sir Edward* and George*.Ped. at back of Herbert Corresp. ed. W.J. Smith (Univ. Wales, Bd. of Celtic Studies, Hist. and Law ser. xxi). educ. travelled abroad (France) 1615, 1618.Control and Censorship of Caroline Drama: the Revels Office under Sir Henry Herbert ed. N.W. Bawcutt, 2. m. (1) July 1625 (with £5,000), Susanna (bur. 5 Jan. 1650), da. of Richard Sleford, Clothworker of London, wid. of Edmund Plumer (d.1624), Merchant Taylor of London, 1s. d.v.p., 2da. (1 d.v.p.);Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xc), 47; PROB 11/83, ff. 36-8; 11/144, ff. 12-13; C10/13/42, f. 2. (2) 1650/1, Elizabeth (bur. 12 July 1698) da. of Sir Robert Offley of London and Dalby, Leics. 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. (3 d.v.p.).Revels, 112; St. Paul’s, Covent Garden (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxxvi), 165. Kntd. 7 Aug. 1623.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 182. d. 27 Apr. 1673.Herbert Corresp. 213. sig. H[enry] Herbert.
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Gent. privy chamber 1622–46;Revels, 4; LC2/6, f. 37; Add. 37157, f. 54. dep. master of Revels 1623 – 40, master 1640 – 42, 1660–d.C66/2512/5; Revels, 10–11.

J.p. Worcs. 1628 – 42, 1660–d.;C231/4, f. 248; C193/12/3, 193/13/2; C220/9/4. commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1632 – 42, Wales and Marches 1640;C181/5, pp. 147, 367, 436–8. member, Council in the Marches 1633 – 42, 1661–?d.;T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 4, pp. 6–18. commr. array Worcs. 1642,Northants. RO, FH133. assessment, Worcs. and Worcester, Worcs. 1660 – d., Bucks. and Westminster 1663 – d., Salop and Mont. 1665 – d., Poll Tax, Worcs. 1660, loyal and indigent officers, Mdx. and Worcs. 1662, subsidy, Worcs. 1663.SR, v. 271, 303, 317, 264, 372, 378–9, 431, 466, 485.

Commr. abuses of goldsmiths 1635.Rymer, viii. pt. 4, p. 123.

Main residences: the Revels Office, Tuttle Street, Westminster; Woodford, Essex; Ribbesford, nr. Bewdley, Worcs.; James Street, Covent Garden, Mdx.
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HERBERT, Sir Henry (1594-1673)

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HERBERT, Sir Edward (1582-1648), of Montgomery Castle, Mont. and Charing Cross, Westminster

Family and Education
b. 1970,C142/247/84; PRO 30/53/10/5. 1st s. of Richard Herbert† of Montgomery Castle and Magdalen, da. of Sir Richard Newport† of Eyton, Wroxeter, Salop; Ped. at back of Herbert Corresp. ed. W.J. Smith (Univ. Wales, Bd. of Celtic Studies, Hist. and Law ser. xxi). bro. of George* and Sir Henry*. educ. privately (Edward Thelwall) c.1592; Diddlebury sch., Salop 1593-5; Univ. Coll. Oxf. 1596-1600; travelled abroad (France) 1608-9. Al. Ox.; Life of Lord Herbert of Cherbury ed. J.M. Shuttleworth, 14-16, 41-2, 50. m. 28 Feb. 1599, Mary (d. Oct. 1634), da. and h. of Sir William Herbert† of St. Julian’s, Mon. and Mortlake, Surr., 2s., 2da. (1 d.v.p.). Life of Lord Herbert, 15-16, 40-1. suc. fa. 1596; C142/247/84. cr. KB 25 July 1603; Bar. Herbert of Castle Island [I] 31 Dec. 1624; Bar. Herbert of Chirbury 5 May 1629. Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 154; CP. d. 20 Aug. 1648. DWB. sig. Edw[ard] Herbert.
Offices Held

J.p. Mont. 1603 – 42, Salop 1626–42; JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 134–43; C231/4, f. 203. sheriff, Mont. Nov. 1604-Feb. 1606; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 263. collector, Privy Seal loans 1605, E401/2585, f. 64. chief forester (jt.), Snowdon Forest, constable (jt.), Conway Castle and steward (jt.), Bardsey Is., Caern. ?1605-at least 1615; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 207; Denb. RO, DD/WY/6627. commr. mise, Mont. 1605, NLW, Duchy of Cornw. A1. dep. lt. by 1608–42, SP14/33, f. 4v; APC, 1615–16, p. 266; HEHL, EL7443; Cheshire Archives, DNE16. commr. aid 1609, subsidy 1610, 1621 – 22, 1624–5; E179/222/387, 391, 396; C212/22/20–23. member, Council in the Marches 1611–?45; Eg. 2882, ff. 52, 162v; NLW, 9056E/809. commr. oyer and terminer, Wales and Marches 1616 – 25, Forced Loan, Mont. 1626 – 27, knighthood fines, 1630. C181/2, f. 254; 181/3, f. 154v; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 146; C193/12/2; E101/668/11, f. 8.

Vol., Dutch army 1610, 1614. Life of Lord Herbert, 52–4, 68–72.

Amb. to France 1619–24. Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 105.

Member, Council of War 1632. CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 364.

Main residences: Montgomery Castle, Charing Cross, Westminster; Charing Cross, Westminster.
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HERBERT, Sir Edward (1582-1648)

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HERBERT, Percy (c.1597-1667), of Hendon, Mdx. and Powis Castle, Mont.

Family and Education
b. c. 1597, 1st s. of Sir William Herbert* of Hendon and Powis Castle and Eleanor, da. of (Sir) Henry (Percy†), 8th earl of Northumberland. m. 19 Nov. 1622 (with c.£30,000), Elizabeth (d. 8 Oct. 1662), da. of Sir William Craven, Merchant Taylor of Leadenhall Street, London, ld. mayor 1610-11, 1s. 1da.C.H. Cooper, ‘Percy Herbert, Lord Powis’, Archaeologia, xxxix, 464-70; C2/Chas.I/H114/59. Kntd. 7 Nov. 1622;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 180. cr. bt. 16 Nov. 1622.CB. suc. fa. as 2nd Bar. Powis 7 Mar. 1656. d. 20 Jan. 1667.CP. sig. Percy Herbert.
Offices Held

J.p. Mdx. 1624 – 34, Mont. 1624 – 34, 1660–d.;C231/4, ff. 160; 231/5, p. 116; JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 138–42, 146–7. dep. lt. Mont. 1625–44;Ltcy. Commn. to Ld. Pres. Bridgwater (1625); HEHL, EL7443. commr. sewers 1626;C181/3, f. 190. collector (jt.), Forced Loan 1627–8;CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 97. capt. militia horse 1637;HEHL, EL7443. member, Council in the Marches 1633.Eg. 2882, f. 162v.

Main residences: Hendon, Mdx.; Powis Castle, Mont.
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HERBERT, George (1593-1633), of Trinity College, Cambridge; later of Bemerton, Wilts.

Family and Education
b. 3 Apr. 1593,I. Walton, Lives of John Donne etc. ed. V. Blackburn, 178. 5th s. of Richard Herbert† (d.1596) of Montgomery Castle, Mont. and Magdalen, da. of Sir Richard Newport† of Eyton, Wroxeter, Salop; bro. of Sir Edward* and Sir Henry*.Ped. at end of Herbert Corresp. ed. W.J. Smith (Univ. Wales, Bd. of Celtic Studs., Hist. and Law ser. xxi). educ. privately; Westminster sch. 1605-9; Trin., Camb. 1609, BA 1613, MA 1616.Walton, 180; Al. Cant.; G. Herbert, Poetical Works ed. A.B. Grosart, pp. xxii-xxiii. m. 5 Mar. 1629, Jane (d.1653), da. of Charles Danvers of Baynton, Wilts., s.p.Walton, 199-200. Ordained deacon 1626, priest 1630.Ibid. 193, 200-1. bur. 3 Mar. 1633 3 Mar. 1633.N and Q (ser. 1), ii. 157. sig. George Herbert.
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Fell., Trin. Camb. 1614 – 27; praelector, rhetoric sch., Camb. univ. 1618, dep. orator 1618, orator 1619–27.Herbert, Poetical Works, xxii-xxv.

Prebend, Leighton Ecclesia, Hunts. 1626 – d.; rect., Bemerton, Wilts. 1630–d.Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae ed. D.M. Horn and J.M. Smith, ix. 86; Walton, 201.

Main residences: Trinity College, Cambridge; Bemerton, Wilts.
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HERBERT, Edward (c.1592-1657), of Aston, Mont. and the Inner Temple, London

Family and Education
b. c. 1592,Assuming age 18 at admiss. to I. Temple. 1st s. of Charles Herbert of Montgomery, Mont. and Jane, da. and h. of Hugh ap Owen of Aston. Dwnn, Vis. Wales ed. S.R. Meyrick, i. 312; NLW, CPD 691, f. 7v. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1608; I. Temple 1610, called 1618.Al. Ox.; I. Temple Admiss.; CITR, ii. 107. m. Margaret, da. of Sir Thomas Smith†, clerk of the parliaments 1597-1609, of Parson’s Green, Fulham, Mdx., wid. of Thomas Carey* (d.1634) of Whitehall and Parson’s Green, 3s. Vis. Herts. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 137. suc. fa. aft. 1626; Fa. was a j.p. until 1626: JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 132-9. Kntd. 28 Jan. 1641. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 208. d. 1970.Nicholas Pprs IV ed. G.F. Warner (Cam. Soc. ser. 3. xxxi), 32-3. sig. Edw[ard] Herbert.
Offices Held

Member, Virg. Co. 1619 – 24; cttee. 1621–4.Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, i. 281, 473.

J.p. Westminster, Mdx. 1621–42; C213/4, f. 117. commr. oyer and terminer, London 1621 – 41, the Verge 1626–39. Oxf. circ. 1641–2, C181/3, ff. 47, 198v, 217; 181/5, ff. 154v, 200v, 214, 219. sewers, Westminster 1627, Mdx. 1634, 1637, Gt. Fens 1640 – 41, Essex 1642, C181/3, f. 213v; 181/4, f.191; 181/5, ff. 69v, 81, 168, 196v, 214v, 227v. piracy, London 1630, Suss. 1637. C181/4, f. 37; 181/5, f. 68.

Steward, Marshalsea Ct. 1627 – 30, Palace Ct. 1630–4; C181/3, f. 217; 181/4, f. 158; CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 281. recorder, Salisbury, Wilts. 1634–5; W.R. Prest, Rise of the Barristers, 251. bencher, I. Temple 1634–42;CITR, ii. 216. att. gen. to Queen Henrietta Maria, 1635–40; C66/2673/11. KC 1635–40;Law Officers and King’s Counsel ed. J.C. Sainty (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. vii), 85. reader, I. Temple 1635, treas. 1638–9;CITR, ii. 220, 245. sol. gen. 1640 – 41; att. gen. 1641–5;Law Officers and King’s Counsel, 46, 62. ld. kpr. 1653–4. R. Hutton, Charles II, 74, 86.

Main residences: Aston, Mont; the Inner Temple, London.
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HERBERT, Arnold (by 1574-c.1649), of Westminster; later of Warfield, Berks.

Family and Education
b. by 1574,Herbert must have been at least 21 in 1595, when he served as a party to a mortgage: C2/Jas.I/H16/3. ?o.s. of William Herbert of Oldcastle, Mon. and a da. of David ap Philip [Powell] of Lanpill, Llanfihangel-Tor-y-Mynydd, Mon. J.A. Bradney, Hist. Mon. i. pt. 2, p. 229; ii. pt. 2, p. 231. m. settlement 22 Sept. 1620 (with £2,000), Susan (admon. 11 Nov. 1647), da. and coh. of Peter Bland, Skinner of London, wid. of John Marden (d.1620), Merchant Taylor of London, at least 1s. Fam. Min. Gent. (Harl. Soc. xxxviii), 421; C78/265/4; PROB 6/22, f. 138v. Kntd. 27 July 1617. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 164. suc. fa. bef. 1619. C2/Jas.I/H16/3. admon. 1 Nov. 1649. PROB 6/24, f. 135.
Offices Held

Servant to George Home, 1st earl of Dunbar to 1611, Thomas Howard, 1st earl of Suffolk c.1611–18. CSP Dom. 1611–18, pp. 8, 62; C66/1929/1; 66/1967/5.

Gent. pens. by 1615–46. PRO 30/26/186; Badminton House, Beaufort Arch. Fm H2/4/1, f. 16; LC2/6, f. 47; E179/70/146.

Commr. Forced Loan, Berks. 1626, array 1642.T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; Northants. RO, FH133.

Main residences: Westminster; Warfield, Berks.
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Commons 1604-1629
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HERBERT, Arnold (by 1574-c.1649)

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Estates
Oxford 1644
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HELMES, Sir Henry (c.1576-1627), of London and Graveley, Herts.

Family and Education
b. c. 1576, 1st s. of William Helmes of Rackheath, Norf. and his w. Eleanor.W. Rye, North Erpingham, 501. educ. G. Inn 1594.GI Admiss. m. by 1613, Anne, 1da.Glos. Inquisitions ed. W.P.W. Phillimore and G.S. Fry (Index Lib. ix), 51. suc. fa. by 1597;Rye, 501. Kntd. 23 July 1603.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 121. d. 15 Feb. 1627.C142/433/59.
Offices Held

Vol. Cadiz expedition 1596.REQ 2/394/38.

Gent. pens. by 1599–1609;E179/70/113; E407/1/36; LC2/4/4, f. 60; Lincs. AO, Worsley ms 1/30. commr. wine casks 1619–21.CD 1621, vii. 472–3.

Freeman, St. Albans, Herts. 1609;HALS, OFF ACC 1162/152. j.p. Herts. 1611–25;Cal. Assize Recs. Herts. Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 47, 284. commr. sewers, river Ver 1617,C181/2, f. 297v. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1617–25,C181/2, ff. 268, 334; 181/3, ff. 7v, 180. highways, Herts. 1622.C181/3, f. 69v.

Main residences: London; Graveley, Herts.
Author
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
Web Title

HELMES, Sir Henry (c.1576-1627)

Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
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