Sir Walter Herbert, of Caerllion

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• Walter HERBERT of St. Julian (Sir)
• Born: BEF 1509, St. Julians (Gillian), Monmouthshire, Wales
• Died: ABT 17 Feb 1550/1
• Notes: Succeeded father after 1504. Knighted 10 Nov 1549. Commissioner clerical tenths, diocese of Llandaff 1535, relief, Mon. 1550; deputy steward of Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester, S. Wales by 1537-1538 or later; sheriff, Mon. 1541-1542, 1550-death, Justice of Peace 1543-death.
• Nothing has come to light about Walter Herbert's upbringing or career until the 1530s when a quarrel with his father-in-law brought the pair into the Star Chamber. Other disputes about his title to land and avowsons, payment of rent and exercise of office under the Earl of Worcester involved him in further litigation and brought him regularly to the notice of the Council in the marches and of Cromwell. The protection given him by his kinsman Worcester ensured that he emerged largely unscathed from repeated charges of corruption and maintaining criminals, and on the enforcement of the Act of Union he was given a place in local administration.
• Passed over as sheriff in favour of his cousin Charles Herbert in 1540, Herbert was pricked in the following year and during his shrievalty he returned the first Members for Monmouthshire and Monmouth Boroughs. After fighting in the Boulogne campaign he was himself elected with Charles Herbert in 1545, and two years later he helped to return his brother-in-law Sir Thomas Morgan and cousin Thomas Herbert. His knighthood in 1549 was a recognition of his public service and perhaps a reward for supporting John Dudley, Earl of Warwick, in the overthrow of the Protector Somerset. Herbert was a sick man on 30 Sep 1550 when he made his will providing for his wife and children and naming his son William executor and his kinsmen Sir William Herbert and Matthew Herbert of Cogan Pill, Glamorganshire, overseers. In Nov he was chosen sheriff again and a month later he was named to the commission to supervise the collection of the third part of relief, but on 17 Feb 1551 his son William replaced him as sheriff. His will was proved ten days later and a monument was erected over his grave at St. Woolos near Newport.
• Father: George HERBERT (Sir Knight)
• Mother: Sibyl CROFT
• Married 1: Mary MORGAN BEF 1530
• Children:
  • 1. William HERBERT of St. Julian (Esq.)
  • 2. George HERBERT
  • 3. Miles HERBERT
  • 4. Barbara HERBERT (d. 1585)
  • 5. Cecily HERBERT
  • 6. Dau. HERBERT
• Married 2: Sibyl MONINGTON (dau. of Thomas Monington of Sarnsfield, Herefordshire - w. of Arnold Butler) BEF 1544
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/HERBERT2.htm#Walter HERBERT of St. Julian (Sir)1
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• HERBERT, Walter I (by 1509-50/51), of St. Julian's, Mon. and Dunraven, Glam.
• b. by 1509, s. of Sir George Herbert of St. Julian’s by Sibyl, da. of Sir Richard Croft† of Croft Castle, Herefs. m. (1) by 1530, Mary, da. of Sir William Morgan of Pencoed, Mon., 3s. inc. George† and William Herbert IV 3da.; (2) by 1544, Sibyl, da. of Sir Thomas Monington of Sarnsfield, Herefs., wid. of Arnold Butler of Dunraven. suc.fa. aft. 1504. Kntd. 10 Nov. 1549.1
• The Herbert family of St. Julian’s, near Newport, was established by Sir George Herbert, third son of the William Herbert who was created Earl of Pembroke by Edward IV. Nothing has come to light about Walter Herbert’s upbringing or career until the 1530s when a quarrel with his father-in-law brought the pair into the Star Chamber. Other disputes about his title to land and advowsons, payment of rent and exercise of office under the Earl of Worcester involved him in further litigation and brought him regularly to the notice of the council in the marches and of Cromwell. The protection given him by his kinsman Worcester ensured that he emerged largely unscathed from repeated charges of corruption and maintaining criminals, and on the enforcement of the Act of Union he was given a place in local administration.3
• Passed over as sheriff in favour of his cousin Charles Herbert in 1540, Herbert was pricked in the following year and during his shrievalty he returned the first Members for Monmouthshire and Monmouth Boroughs. After fighting in the Boulogne campaign he was himself elected with Charles Herbert in 1545, and two years later he helped to return his brother-in-law Sir Thomas Morgan and cousin Thomas Herbert. His knighthood in 1549 was a recognition of his public service and perhaps also a reward for supporting John Dudley, Earl of Warwick, in the overthrow of the Protector Somerset. Herbert was a sick man on 30 Sept. 1550 when he made his will providing for his wife and children and naming his son William executor and his kinsmen (Sir) William Herbert I and Matthew Herbert of Cogan Pill, Glamorganshire, overseers. In November he was chosen sheriff again and a month later he was named to the commission to supervise the collection of the third part of the relief, but on 17 Feb. 1551 his son William replaced him as sheriff. His will was proved ten days later and a monument was erected over his grave at St. Woollos near Newport.4
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/he...
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• HERBERT, William IV (by 1530-67), of St. Julian's, Mon.
• b. by 1530, 1st s. of Sir Walter Herbert of St. Julian’s by 1st w. Mary, da. of Sir William Morgan of Pencoed; bro. of George†. m. (1) by 1554, Jane, da. and coh. of Edward Gruffydd of Penrhyn, Caern., 1s. William†; (2) by 1567, Dorothy. suc. fa. Sept. 1550/Feb. 1551.1
• William Herbert’s father died during his year as sheriff and there can be little doubt that it was Herbert who completed the term. He was not to enjoy the power and prestige accorded to his father in South Wales and he makes only occasional appearances in the records. Of his Membership of the Parliament of 1555 all that is known is that he was not among those who opposed one of the government’s bills, unlike his fellow-knight and relative William Morgan. According to Herbert the pair were re-elected to the following Parliament, in 1558, but the sheriff returned Morgan and Francis Somerset, who was a son of the 2nd Earl of Worcester. As Herbert’s father had been in Worcester’s service, the earl perhaps counted on Herbert’s acquiescence in Somerset’s return, ....
• .... The will, which was witnessed by Mathew Herbert, Giles Morgan and William Morgan, was proved on 7 Feb. 1567, Herbert having died on 13 Jan. possessed of lands in Monmouthshire ....
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/he...
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• HERBERT, George (d.1580), of Newport, Mon.
• 2nd s. of Sir Walter Herbert† of St. Julian’s by Mary, da. of Sir William Morgan of Pencoed. unm., at least 1ch.
• Herbert inherited lands near Tintern from his father in 1551, but he lived mainly at Newport, where he was a merchant, ....
• Herbert made his nephew, Sir William Herbert of St. Julian’s, his principal heir, not only to his lands in Monmouthshire, but to the Green Dragon. The Steven he left to his brother Miles, together with the goods in his warehouses at Newport and Caerleon. He also bequeathed money towards building a bridge at Newport. His chief properties lay in Caerleon and Newport, and in Penmark, Glamorganshire. His sister, Barbara Herbert, was executrix of the will, proved 26 Sept. 1580.
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/he...
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