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HESKETH, Robert (1560-1620), of Rufford and Martholme, Lancs.

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bap. 20 Jan. 1560 at Whalley, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Hesketh of Rufford and Martholme by Alice, da. of Sir John Holcroft. m. (1) Mary (d. 21 July 1586), da. of Sir George Stanley of Crosse Hall, 4s.; (2) Blanche, da. of Henry Twiford of Kenwick, Salop, wid. of William Stopford, s.p.; (3) Jane, da. of Thomas Spencer of Rufford, 1s. 1s. illegit. suc. fa. 20 June 1588.Vis. Lancs. 1664-5 (Chetham Soc. lxxxii), ii. 135; Abram, Blackburn , 535-6.
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J.p. Lancs. from c. 1592, sheriff 1599 – 1600, 1607 – 08, commr. musters 1600.HMC Hatfield, xviii. 48; APC, xxxi. 223.

Main residences: Rufford; Martholme, Lancs.
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HESKETH, Robert (1560-1620)

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HERLE, William (d.1589), of Redcross Street, London.

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Envoy to the German princes at Hamburg 1560, to the Netherlands 1576; ragler, Card. 1580; envoy to Cologne 1583, to Emden 1584, 1586, to Utrecht 1586.Lansd. 28, f. 84.

Main residence: Redcross Street, London.
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HERLE, William (-d.1589)

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HERBERT, Sir William (c.1554-93), of St. Julian’s and Tintern, Mon. and Mortlake, Surr.

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b. c. 1554, 1st s. of William Herbert of St. Julian’s by his 1st w. Jane, da. and coh. of Edward Griffith of Penrhyn, Caern. m. Florence, da. of William Morgan II of Llantarnam, Mon., 2s. d.v.p. 1da. suc. fa. 1567. Kntd. 1578.Bradney, Mon. iv. 294-301; DNB.
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Sheriff, Glam. 1577 – 78; dep. constable Conway castle 1579; j.p. Mon., sheriff 1579 – 80, custos rot, by 1583, dep. lt. by 1593; vice-pres. of Munster 1588 – 89; commr. recusancy Mon. 1592.APC, vii. 285; xiii. 205; xxii. 342; Breese, Kalendars of Gwynedd, 130 n; Bradney, iv. 297; Star Chamber, ed. Edwards (Univ. Wales Bd. of Celtic Studies, Hist. and Law ser. i), 104, 116; P. H. Williams, Council in the Marches of Wales, 124.

Main residences: St. Julian's; Tintern, Mon.; Mortlake, Surr.
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HERBERT, Sir William (c.1554-93)

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HERBERT, William III (c.1573-1656), of Powis Castle, Welshpool, Mont. and Hendon, Mdx.

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b. c. 1573, 1st s. of Edward Herbert II of Powis Castle by Mary, da. and h. of Thomas Stanley of Standon, Herts. m. Eleanor (d.1651), 3rd da. of Sir Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, 2s. 4da. suc. fa. 1595; KB 1603; cr. Baron Powis of Powis 1629.
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J.p. Mont., dep. lt. 1597, custos rot, 1602, sheriff 1612 – 13; member, council in the marches of Wales 1603; constable, Radnor castle and steward of Radnor 1631.CP, x. 643–4; APC, xxviii. 70, 92; Mont. Colls. iv. 278; v. 175, 177, 180; W. V. Lloyd, Sheriffs of Mont. 322–3; I. T. Recs. ii. 225; HL, EL7443; Cotton Vitell. Ci, f. 116v; PRO Index 4208.

Main residences: Powis Castle, Welshpool, Mont; Hendon, Mdx.
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HERBERT, William III (c.1573-1656)

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