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

Family and Education

b. c. 1595, 6th s. of Richard Herbert (d.1596) of Montgomery Castle by Magdalen, da. of Sir Richard Newport of High Ercall, Salop; bro. of Sir Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Chirbury, and George Herbert. educ. privately; travelled abroad (France) to 1618. m. (1) c.1625 (with £5,000), Susan, da. of Richard Sleford, Clothworker, of London, wid. of Edmund Plumer, Merchant Taylor, of London, 1s. d.v.p. 2da.; (2) by 1653, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Robert Offley of Dalby, Leics., 1s. 2da. Kntd. 7 Aug. 1623.Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xc), 47; PCC 65 Dale, 67 Byrde.

Offices Held

Gent. of the privy chamber 1622 – 25, 1631 – 46; dep. master of the revels 1623 – 41, master 1641 – 42, May 1660-d,; member, council in the marches of Wales 1633–?46.Carlisle, Privy Chamber, 132; J. Q. Adams, Dramatic Recs. of Sir Henry Herbert, 8; Arch. Camb. (ser. 6), xvii. 195.

J.p. Worcs. by 1636 – 46, July 1660 – d., commr. of array 1642, sheriff 1648 – 49; commr. for assessment, Worcs. Aug. 1660 – d., Mdx. 1661 – d., Westminster and Bucks. 1663 – d., Salop and Mont. 1665 – d., loyal and indigent officers, Mdx. and Worcs. 1662.J. H. Gleason Justices of the Peace, 217; Townshend’s Diary ed. Bund, ii. 276.

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.

Main residence: Ribbesford, nr. Bewdley, Worcs.

Author

E.R.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

HERBERT, Sir Henry (c.1595-1673)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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