Family and Education
b. 1494 /95, 1st s. of Richard Herbert of Ewyas, Herefs. by Margaret, da. and h. of Sir Matthew Cradock of Swansea; bro. of William Herbert I. m. (1) by 1531, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Berkeley of The Vyne, Hants, 3s. inc. William Herbert V 3da.; (2) Grace Bewring, wid. of Geoffrey Newton. suc. fa. 1510. Kntd. /18 Apr. 1543.Date of birth estimated from parents’ marriage and first reference. Stowe 692, f. 55; Harl. 806, ff. 40-41; G. T. Clark, Limbus Patrum Morganiae, 286; Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 8; Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 56-57; W. R. B. Robinson, ‘Sir George Herbert’, Bull. Bd. of Celtic Studies, xxvii. 303-9; xxviii. 305-6.
Offices Held

Steward, lordships of Abergavenny, Mon. by Jan. 1516, of Gower and Kilvey, Glam. 1526 – d., of Gelligaer, Glam. c. 1540, of Swansea by 1549 – ?60, of Neath abbey, Glam. 1533, cts. of Abergavenny priory in 1535; receiver, Glam. June 1524; esquire of the body by 1533; commr. tenths of spiritualities, diocese of Llandaff 1535, coastal defence, S. Wales 1539, benevolence, Glam. 1544/45, relief 1549, 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553; ?receiver, estates of the earls of Worcester, S. Wales by 1538–54 or later; sheriff, Glam. 1540 – 41, 1552 – 53; j.p. Glam. 1543–55 or later, other Welsh counties early 1550s, Glos., Herefs., Salop, Worcs. 1554, q. Glam. by 1561–?d.; custos rot. Glam. 1543, dep. c. 1547; gent. waiter, household of Queen Catherine Parr by 1544 – 48; receiver, ct. augmentations, Glam. in 1545; v.-adm. S. Wales 1550 – 58; member, council in the marches of Wales in 1551–3 or later; mayor, Cardiff in 1553.LP Hen. VIII, viii. x, xii, xiv, xx; Val. Eccles. iv. 351, 355; NRA 12101, pt. vi. 18; Penrice and Margam ms 561; C1/1094/77; 193/12/1; E179/221/236, 257, 259; 315/340/52; Strype, Eccles. Memorials, ii(2), 162; Cardiff Recs. ed. Mathews, v. 513; St.Ch.4/1/26; CPR, 1553, pp. 364, 419; 1553–4, pp. 19–20, 23, 25; 1560–3, p. 445; 1563–6, p. 29. Soc. Antiq. (1790), p. 167; Stowe 571, ff. 6–7v.

Main residence: Swansea, Glam.
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Commons 1509-1558
Web Title

HERBERT, George (1494/95-1570)

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Oxford 1644
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