HERBERT, Sir Henry (1594-1673), of Ribbesford, nr. Bewdley, Worcs.

Family and Education

bap. 7 July 1594, 6th s. of Richard Herbert† (d. Oct. 1596) of Llanerfyl, Montgom. and Montgomery Castle and Magdalen, da. of Sir Richard Newport of Eyton, Wroxeter, Salop, bro. of Edward† and George†.Montgomery par. reg.; Autobiography of Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury ed. S. Lee (1906), 2-10. educ. travelled abroad (France) 1615, 1618.Control and Censorship of Caroline Dramas: the Revels Office under Sir Henry Herbert ed. N.W. Bawcutt (Oxford, 1996), 2. m. (1) July 1625 (with £5,000) Susanna (bur. 5 Jan. 1650), da. of Richard Sleford, Clothworker of London, wid. of Edmund Plumer (d. 1624) 1s. d.v.p. 2 da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 1650/1 Elizabeth (d. 7 July 1698), da. of Sir Robert Offley of Dalby, Leics., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. (3 d.v.p.).Vis. Worcs. 1634 (Harl. Soc. xc), 47; PROB11/83, f. 36; PROB11/144, f. 12; C10/13/42, f. 2; Revels, 112; St Paul’s, Covent Garden (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxxvi), 165. Kntd. 7 Aug. 1623.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 182. d. 27 Apr. 1673.Herbert Corresp. 213.

Offices Held

gent. of privy chamber, 1622–46.Revels, 4; LC2/6, f. 37. Dep. master of revels, 1623–40; master of revels, 1640 – 42, 1660–d.C66/2512/5; Revels, 10–11; SP16/180/17.

j.p. Worcs. 1628 – 42, by Oct. 1660–d.C231/4/248; C193/13/2; C193/12/3, C220/9/4. Commr. oyer and terminer, the Verge 1630–7;C181/4, ff. 49, 175v. Oxf. circ. 1637-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/5, ff. 75, 219. Wales and marches 31 July 1640.C181/5 f. 185. Member, council in the marches of Wales, May 1633 – ?42, Sept. 1661–?d.NLW, Powis Castle MSS series ii. 12/ 7,15; Rymer, Foedera viii. pt. 4, 6–18. Commr. sewers, Essex, Kent and Mdx. 1633, 14 Mar. 1642;C181/4, f. 136v; C181/5, f. 227v. array (roy.), Worcs. 18 June 1642;Northants RO, FH133, unfol. poll tax, 1660; assessment, Mdx., Worcs. 1661, 1664, 1672; Bucks., Salop, Mont. 1664, 1672; Westminster 1672; loyal and indigent officers, Mdx., Worcs. 1662; subsidy, Mdx., Westminster, Worcs. 1663.SR.

commr. abuses of goldsmiths, 1635.Rymer, Foedera viii. pt 4, 123.

Parlimentarian

HERBERT, Sir Henry (1594-1673), of the Revels Office, Tuttle Street, Westminster and Woodford, Essex; later of Ribbesford, nr. Bewdley, Worcs. and James Street, Covent Garden, Mdx.

Worcs., nr. Bewdley.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, 1639.NT, Powis Castle.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

HERBERT, Sir Henry (1594-1673), of Ribbesford, nr. Bewdley, Worcs.

Will

1 Jan. 1673, pr. 15 May 1673.PROB11/342 f. 51.

Estates

Ribbesford manor, Worcs. 1627;C66/2431/7. at d. Alton alias Arlington manor, Kidderminster Heath; Great and Little Sutton manors, Whichcott manor, Spersfold mill, Didlebury, Salop; Hanslap alias Stokes manor, Bucks. and Northants.PROB11/342 f. 51.

Oxford 1644

Yes

1640 Volume

oxford

Addresses

Woodford, Essex 1626;Mont. Collns. xi. 349. Ribbesford, Worcs. 1627 Lincoln House, Tuttle St., Westminster, 1641-d. (office of master of revels);NLW, Powis Castle corresp. 10097; Epistolary Curiosities ed. R.W. Warner (1818), i. 68-9. St James Square, 1651;Mont. Collns. xi. 350. Covent Garden, Mdx. 1653;Add. 19256 f. 45. Chelsea, 1658;CSP Dom. 1657-8, p. 553. Millbank, Westminster 1669.Epistolary Curiosities i. 74-5.

Religion

impropriator of Kerry, Montgom. 1628, 1641.Mont. Collns. xxvi. 259-61.

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