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1st Earl of Pembroke

• References:
  • The Herberts of Wilton, Tresham Lever, 1967, John Murray, London, [CUL] 496.2.c.95.51

• Sources yet to be consulted:
  • Earls of Paradise (and search) by Adam Nicolson, 2008.

  • Most Wilton papers are now apparently in the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Chippenham, Wiltshire.
  • Old Herbert papers [seen in Wilton House library]

William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, K.G. (see here and here),
Welsh, born 1506 [Wilton House guide book],
killed a man in a brawl in Bristol, escaped to France, returned to England 1534 and mar soon after [according to Wilton House video, but their guide book says 2nd Earl born 1534],
mar 1stly to Anne Parr [born 1514, descendant of Edward III, sister of Catherine Parr] and had issue:

1. Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke.

2. Sir Edward Herbert, of Powis Castle, Welshpool, Powys, Wales,
   ancestor of Herbert, Baron Powis and Marquess of Powis [which family stayed Catholic during Penal Times, involved in Jacobite resistance],
   and female-line ancestor of Herbert, Earl of Powis, of the second creation.

rose with the Parrs when Catherine mar Henry VIII 1543, knighted 1543,
had been granted Wilton Abbey and lands by Henry VIII by 1544,
he pulled down Abbey, built first Wilton House 1540s,
was a guardian of the young Edward VI after death of Henry VIII 1547,
K.G. 1549, cr 1st Earl of Pembroke by Edward VI 1551 by the influence of his fellow Protestant John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland,
Anne Parr died 20th Feb 1552, age 38 yrs,
married his son to Lady Catherine Grey 1553 while Dudley married his son to Lady Jane, managed to distance himself from Grey family after their fall [later in 1577 his son married Dudley's grand-daughter],

mar 2ndly to Anne Talbot [born est c.1520],
died at Hampton Court, 17th Mar 1570, age 64 yrs, bur St.Paul's Cathedral.
Anne Talbot bur 8th Aug 1588, age est c.68 yrs.

Arms of the Earl of Pembroke (creation of 1551).
Public domain image from here.

The Clock Tower, E facade, Wilton House.
This is the only bit of the old Tudor house left.
Photo 2003. See full size and wider shot.

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