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.

Parlimentarian

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

Main residences: Hendon, Mdx.; Powis Castle, Mont.

Author

J.P.F.

S.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

HERBERT, Percy (c.1597-1667)

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Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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