HERBERT, Henry (c.1617-56), of Coldbrook, Abergavenny, Mon., and Newington Green, Mdx.

Family and Education

b. c. 1617, 1st s. of William Herbert† of Coldbrook and Priscilla, da. of Sir Edward Pigot of Laughton, Bucks.J.A. Bradney, Hist. Mon. i. 189. educ. M. Temple, 24 June 1634-aft. 23 Aug. 1638;MT Admiss. i. 129; CSP Dom. 1637-8, p. 603. Magdalen, Oxf., 10 Oct. 1634, ‘aged 17’.Al. Ox. m. 22 June 1637, Mary, da. of James Rudyerd of St Peter Westcheap, London, Grocer, 1s. 3da.St Mary, Islington, Mdx., par. reg; Bradney, Hist. Mon. i. 189. suc. fa. betw. 8 Mar.-12 June 1651.PROB11/217/143 (William Herbert). bur. 28 June 1656.Bradney, Hist. Mon. i. 189.

Offices Held

Local: dep. lt. Mon. 30 July 1642–?CJ ii. 696a, 696b; LJ v. 248b. Commr. for Glos., Herefs. and S. E. Wales, 14 Oct. 1644.CJ iii. 661a; LJ vii. 24a. Commr. assessment, Mon. 27 Sept. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653), 287 (E.1062.28). Brecon 10 Dec. 1652; Glos. and S. E. Wales militia, 12 May 1648; sequestration, S. Wales 23 Feb. 1649.A. and O. J.p. Mon. 3 July 1649–d.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 359–61. Commr. propagating the gospel in Wales, 22 Feb. 1650;A. and O. high ct. of justice, S. Wales 25 June 1651;CJ vi. 591b. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. by Feb. 1654–23 June 1656;C181/6, pp. 11, 142. ejecting scandalous ministers, Mon. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. militia, 14 Mar. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 78. sewers, 2 June 1655.C181/6, p. 105.

Central: member, cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645.A. and O. Commr. to Scots army, 12 Aug. 1645.CJ iv. 237b; LJ vii. 533a. Member, cttee. for the army, 18 Apr. 1651, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652.CJ vi. 563b; A. and O. Cllr. of state, 25 Nov. 1651.CJ vii. 42b, 43a; CSP Dom. 1651–2, pp. xxxv-xlvii.

Military: ?col. militia, Mon. May-July 1648.HMC Portland i. 492.

Parlimentarian

HERBERT, Sir Henry (c.1595-1673), of Ribbesford, nr. Bewdley, Worcs.

: of Coldbrook, Mon., Abergavenny and Newington Green, Mdx.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, 1641.NT, Powis Castle.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

HERBERT, Henry (c.1617-56), of Coldbrook, Abergavenny, Mon., and Newington Green, Mdx.

Will

14 Mar. 1655, pr. 23 July 1656.PROB11/257/301.

Estates

15 May 1637, marriage settlement gave life interest for self and wife in manor and tithes of Hardwick, Mon.; subsequently owned other land in Hardwick by purchase and inheritance; ‘the Spitty’ [Ysbyty], Abergavenny; 1651 inherited from fa. manor of Coldbrook, messuage of Dawkins, manor of Llanthony, other property in Llantilio Pertholey, Llanwenarth and elsewhere in Mon.; leases from earls of Pembroke inc. Usk Castle and half its rectory; leases from town of Abergavenny incl. rectory of Llanddewi Rhydderch.PROB11/257/301; PROB11/217/143 (William Herbert); Coventry Docquets, 706. In 1649, £200 bequest from mother-in-law Mary Rudyerd, and other property in right of wife;PROB11/209/382 (Mary Rudierd). residence at Newington Green, Mdx., Oct. 1644.St Mary, Islington, Mdx. par. reg.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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