Miles Herbert

Personal and Family Information

Miles was born about 1550, the son of William Herbert and Jane Gruffydd. The place is not known.

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

Events

Notes

Note 1

!Source: HERBERT FAMILY II. St. JULIAN LINE http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/HERBERT2.htm#William%20HERBERT%20of%20St.%20Julian%20[Esq.]1

William HERBERT of St. Julian [Esq.]

Born: ABT 1512, St. Julian's, Monmouthshire, Wales

Died: 1567

Notes: first son of Sir Walter Herbert of St. Julian's by 1st wife Mary, daughter of Sir William Morgan of Pencoed; brother of George. Married 1st by 1554, Jane, daughter and coheir of Edward Gruffydd of Penrhyn, Caern., and had 1 son, William; married 2nd by 1567, Dorothy. Succeeded father Sep 1550/Feb 1551. Sheriff, Mon. Feb-Nov 1551, 1563-1564; Justice of Peace 1558/1559-death.

William Herbert's father died during his year as sheriff and there can be little doubt that it was Herbert who completed the term. He was not to enjoy the power and pretige accorded to his father in South Wales and he makes only occasional appearances in the records. Of his Membership of the Parliament of 1555 all that is known is that he was not among those who opposed one of the government's bills, unlike his fellow-knight and relative William Morgan. According to Herbert the pair were re-elected to the following Parliament, in 1558, but the sheriff returned Morgan and Francis Somerset, who was a son of Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester. As Herbert's father had been in Worcester's service, the Earl perhaps counted on Herbert's acquiescence in Somerset's return, but Herbert took the matter to the Exchequer. The case was referred back to the Monmouthshire assizes, where a jury brought in a verdict upholding the validity of Somerset's election.

Herbert's marriage to one of the three daughters of Edward Gruffydd involved him in lengthy litigation against their uncle Sir Rhys Gruffydd over the partition of the Penrhyn estates. He made his will on 13 Jan 1567 when a sick man, and asked to be buried in the church at Christchurch, Monmouthshire. To his brother George Herbert he left the lease of his heir's lands in Anglesey and Caernarvon and all lands in Glamorgan, to his brother Miles a tenement at St. Michael's in Llantarnam and to his sister Barbara a sum of 33.06.08. The remainder, including all the goods and lands in Monmouth, went to his second wife Dorothy, who was named executrix. The will, which was witnessed by Matthew Herbert, Giles Morgan and William Morgan, was proved on 7 Feb 1567, Herbert having died on 13 Jan. possessed of lands in Monmouthshire worth more than 72 pounds per year.

Father: Walter HERBERT of St. Julian [Sir]

Mother: Mary MORGAN

Married 1: Jane GRUFFYDD [dau. of Edward Gruffydd of Penrhyn, Caern] BEF 1554

Children:

1. William HERBERT of St. Julian [Sir Knight]

2. Thomas HERBERT

3. Miles HERBERT <<<<

4. Edward HERBERT

5. Alison HERBERT

Married 2: Dorothy ? BEF 1567