Richard Herbert, Lord of Cherbury
Richard Herbert (1557-buried 15 October 1596), Lord of Cherbury (or Chirbury) in Shropshire, and of Montgomery Castle, was an English Justice of the Peace and Parliamentarian.
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Richard was the eldest son of Edward Herbert through whom he was a member of a collateral branch of the family of the Earls of Pembroke. He was a law student at the Middle Temple in 1576.[1]
He married Magdalene, daughter of Sir Richard Newport (died 1570) of High Ercall, Shropshire. His eldest son, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury was born on 3 March 1583 at Eyton on Severn near Wroxeter, Shropshire. Subsequent children were Anne, Elizabeth, Margaret, Richard, William, the poet George Herbert (born 3 April 1593), Henry (born 1595), Frances, and Thomas (born posthumously 1597). By 1593 the family had moved to Black Hall, a large, low house in a valley overlooked by Montgomery Castle.
He was High Sheriff of Montgomeryshire in 1576 and 1584 and Custos Rotulorum of Montgomeryshire in 1594–1596. He was a member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Montgomery Boroughs in 1572 and for Montgomeryshire in 1584.[1]
After his death in 1596 while his wife was pregnant with their tenth child, Richard Herbert was buried on 15 October under a canopied tomb in the parish church of Saint Nicholas, Montgomery. His family moved to Oxford and then to London.
References
- "HERBERT, Richard I (c.1557-96), of Llysyn, Blackhall and Montgomery Castle. | History of Parliament Online". historyofparliamentonline.org.
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Preceded by Edward Herbert |
Custos Rotulorum of Montgomeryshire 1594–1596 |
Succeeded by Richard Broughton |