William Herbert

Abt 1423 - 1469  (~ 46 years)

• Name	William Herbert  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1423  [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Jul 1469	Northampton, Northamptonshire, England   [2, 4]
  Alternate death	30 Jul 1469	Northampton, Northamptonshire, England   [3]
  Burial	Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire, Wales   [2]
  Siblings	1 sibling
  + 1. Elizabeth ferch William ap Thomas ▻ Henry Stradling + 2. William Herbert ,   b. Abt 1423   d. 27 Jul 1469, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England  (Age ~ 46 years) ▻ Maude
  Person ID	I29903	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DDB
  Last Modified	4 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	William ap Thomas ap Gwilym,   b. of Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales d. 1446
  Mother	Gwladus Gam   d. 1454
  Family ID	F17841	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maude
  Children	+ 1. Richard Herbert,   b. of Ewyas, Monmouthshire, Wales d. 12 Sep 1510
  Family ID	F17847	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Also called William ap Gwilym. Nicknamed "Gwilym ddu," Black William. 1st Earl of Pembroke of the eighth creation. Knighted in 1452, he was the first full-blooded Welshman to enter the English peerage. Summoned to Parliament by writs dated 26 Jul 1461 to 28 Feb 1467. From Wikipedia (accessed 3 Sep 2020): William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke KG […] known as "Black William", was a Welsh nobleman, soldier, politician, and courtier. He was the son of William ap Thomas, founder of Raglan Castle, and Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam, and grandson of Dafydd Gam, an adherent of King Henry V of England. His father had been an ally of Richard of York, and Herbert supported the Yorkist cause in the Wars of the Roses. In 1461 Herbert was rewarded by King Edward IV with the title Baron Herbert of Raglan (having assumed an English-style surname in place of the Welsh patronymic), and was invested as a Knight of the Garter. Soon after the decisive Yorkist victory at the Battle of Towton in 1461, Herbert replaced Jasper Tudor as Earl of Pembroke which gave him control of Pembroke Castle - and with it he gained the wardship of young Henry Tudor. However, he fell out with Lord Warwick "the Kingmaker" in 1469, when Warwick turned against the King. Herbert was denounced by Warwick and the Duke of Clarence as one of the king's "evil advisers". William and his brother Richard were executed by the Lancastrians, now led by Warwick, after the Battle of Edgecote Moor, near Banbury.

  
  

• Sources

  [S76] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004-ongoing. [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013. [S4327] Tudor Placemen and Statesmen: Select Case Histories by Narasingha Prosad Sil. Madison, New Jersey: Farleigh Dickinson University Press, 2001. [S903] The Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales, 2007 and ongoing.