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Custos Rotulorum Of Pembrokeshire
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Pembrokeshire. * John Vaughan bef. 1544 – bef. 1558 * Thomas Cathern bef. 1558 – bef. 1562 * Sir John Perrot bef. 1562–1592 * Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex bef. 1594–1601 * Sir James Perrot 1601 – aft. 1608 * Sir William Wogan bef. 1621–1625 * William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke 1625–1630 * Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke 1630–1643 * Richard Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Carbery 1643–1646 * ''Interregnum'' * Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke 1660–1669 * William Herbert, 6th Earl of Pembroke 1670–1674 * Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke 1674–1683 * Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke 1683–1715 * Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet 1715–1753 For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire. ReferencesInstitute of Historical Research - Custodes Rotulorum 1544-1646 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire ( ; ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. It is bordered by Carmarthenshire to the east, Ceredigion to the northeast, and otherwise by the sea. Haverfordwest is the largest town and administrative headquarters of Pembrokeshire County Council. The county is generally sparsely populated and rural, with an area of and a population of 123,400. After Haverfordwest, the largest settlements are Milford Haven (13,907), Pembroke Dock (9,753), and Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Pembroke (7,552). St Davids (1,841) is a city, the smallest by population in the UK. Welsh language, Welsh is spoken by 17.2 percent of the population, and for Landsker Line, historic reasons is more widely spoken in the north of the county than in the south. Pembrokeshire's coast is its most dramatic geographic feature, created by the complex geology of the area. It is a varied landscape which includes high sea cliffs, wide sandy beaches, the large natural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Cathern
Thomas Cathern, Gadarn or Gatharne (by 1519 – 1565 or later), of Prendergast, Pembrokeshire, was a Welsh politician. Cathern was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire ( ; ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. It is bordered by Carmarthenshire to the east, Ceredigion to the northeast, and otherwise by the sea. Haverfordwest is the largest town and ... in 1558. References Year of death unknown 16th-century Welsh politicians People from Pembrokeshire Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales English MPs 1558 Year of birth unknown {{Wales-pre1707-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Perrot
Sir John Perrot (7 November 1528 – 3 November 1592) was a member of the Welsh gentry who served as Lord Deputy of Ireland under Queen Elizabeth I of England during the Tudor conquest of Ireland. It was formerly speculated that he was an illegitimate son of King Henry VIII, though the idea is rejected by modern historians. Early life Perrot was born between 7 November and 11 November 1528, probably at the family seat of Haroldston Manor near Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire in the south-west of Wales. He was the only son of Thomas Perrot (1504/05–1531) and Mary Berkeley (c.1511–c.1586), the daughter of James Berkeley (died c. 1515) of Thornbury, Gloucestershire. He had two sisters: Jane, who married Sir John Philipps, 1st Baronet of Picton Castle, and Elizabeth, who married John Price of Gogerddan. Perrot was educated, according to his own testimony, at the cathedral school in St Davids, on the western coastline of Pembrokeshire. Perrot resembled Henry VIII in tempera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl Of Essex
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (; 10 November 1565 – 25 February 1601) was an English nobleman and a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. Politically ambitious, he was placed under house arrest following a poor campaign in Ireland during the Nine Years' War in 1599. In 1601, he led an abortive ''coup d'état'' against the government of Elizabeth I and was executed for treason. Early life Robert Devereux was born on 10 November 1565 at Netherwood in Herefordshire, the eldest son of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, and his wife Lettice Knollys., 1st paragraph. From birth, the young Robert Devereux had a strong association with Queen Elizabeth I. Lettice was a close friend of Elizabeth and served as her Maid of the Privy Chamber. Robert Devereux was presumably named after his godfather Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, who was the queen's favourite for many years. Additionally, Devereux's maternal great-grandmother Mary Boleyn was a sister of Anne Boleyn (Elizabeth I's mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Perrot
Sir James Perrot (1571 – 4 February 1636) was a Welsh writer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1629. He was the illegitimate son of Sir John Perrot, who was himself falsely rumoured to be an illegitimate son of Henry VIII. Perrot is now thought to have been born at Westmead Mansion in the Lordship of Laugharne, Carms. where he lived with his mother, Sybil Jones and sister Mary until moving to the ancestral family home at Haroldston near Havefordwest sometime after 1597 when he finally secured its lease by proxy. The actual date of the move is unknown but was probably before his marriage to Mary Ashfield in 1602. It was enabled by the partial settlement of a protracted legal dispute with his legitimate half-brother's widow over his father's estates which continued until her death in 1619. The battle in court over his patrimony was then carried on by his father's uncle Thomas Perrot of Brook (adjacent to the Westmead) and later by Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wogan (Custos Rotulorum)
Sir William Wogan was Custos Rotulorum of Pembrokeshire This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Pembrokeshire. * John Vaughan bef. 1544 – bef. 1558 * Thomas Cathern bef. 1558 – bef. 1562 * Sir John Perrot bef. 1562–1592 * Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex bef ... from 1621 to 1625. References Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 17th-century English people Political office-holders in England Place of birth missing {{England-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Herbert, 3rd Earl Of Pembroke
William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (8 April 158010 April 1630) , of Wilton House in Wiltshire, was an English nobleman, politician and courtier. He served as Chancellor of the University of Oxford and together with King James I founded Pembroke College, Oxford. In 1608 he was appointed Warden of the Forest of Dean, Constable of St Briavels Castle, Gloucestershire, and in 1609 Governor of Portsmouth, all of which offices he retained until his death. He served as Lord Chamberlain from 1615 to 1625. In 1623 the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays was dedicated to him and his brother and successor Philip Herbert, 1st Earl of Montgomery. Origins He was the eldest son and heir of Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, of Wilton House, by his third wife Mary Sidney. Career Herbert was a bookish man, once tutored by the poet Samuel Daniel, and preferred to keep to his study with heavy pipe-smoking to keep his "migraines" at bay. Nevertheless, he was a conspicuous figure in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Herbert, 4th Earl Of Pembroke
Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke and 1st Earl of Montgomery, (10 October 158423 January 1650) was an English courtier, nobleman, and politician active during the reigns of James I of England, James I and Charles I of England, Charles I. He married Susan de Vere, the youngest daughter of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship, Oxfordians' William Shakespeare. Philip and his older brother William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, William were the 'incomparable pair of brethren' to whom the First Folio of Shakespeare's collected works was dedicated in 1623. Early life, 1584–1603 Born at Wilton House, he was the son of Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, and his third wife, Mary Sidney, sister of Sir Philip Sidney the poet, after whom he was named. In 1593, at age 9, Philip was sent to study at New College, Oxford, but left after a few months. Favourite of James I, 1603–1625 In 1600 the 16-year-old Philip made his first appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Vaughan, 2nd Earl Of Carbery
Richard Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Carbery KB, PC ( 1600 – 1686), styled The Honourable from 1621 to 1628 and then Lord Vaughan until 1634, was a Welsh soldier, peer and politician. Born the son of a Welsh nobleman with an Irish peerage, Vaughan initially entered the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for the Welsh constituency of Carmarthenshire in 1624. He held the seat until 1629, when King Charles I decided to rule without parliament until 1640. Knighted in 1626, he appears to have had little interest in politics, and after inheriting the estates and titles of his father in 1634, he retired to the life of a country gentleman in South Wales. The outbreak of the English Civil War in 1642 disturbed his peace, and after being courted by both King and Parliament, he declared as a Royalist. He raised troops for the king and took control of the Southern Welsh counties on behalf of the Crown, for which he was rewarded with titles and responsibilities. Carbery's successes were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Herbert, 5th Earl Of Pembroke
Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke, 2nd Earl of Montgomery (1621 – 11 December 1669), was an English nobleman and politician. Life He was the second son of Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke, and his first wife Susan de Vere. In February 1632 he appeared with his elder brother Charles in the masque '' Tempe Restored'' at Whitehall Palace. Two months later the two boys matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford. In the summer of 1635 they embarked on a Continental tour. Charles contracted smallpox and died in Florence in early January 1636. As a result of his death Philip became the heir to their father's titles. In 1639 he became a captain in the Household Volunteer Regiment of Horse Guards. He was MP for Wiltshire in the Short Parliament of 1640. In the Long Parliament he sat initially for Glamorgan 1640–1649 and then Berkshire. Philip succeeded his father as earl in 1650 and served as a Councillor of State 1651-2. At the coronation of Charles II he was Bearer of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Herbert, 6th Earl Of Pembroke
William Herbert, 6th Earl of Pembroke, 3rd Earl of Montgomery (c. 1641 – 8 July 1674) was an English nobleman and politician who succeeded to the titles on 11 December 1669 on the death of his father. Brought up in Wiltshire at Wilton House, he was the son of Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke, by his marriage to Penelope Naunton, the daughter of Sir Robert Naunton, Secretary of State to King James I and of Penelope Perrot, a daughter of Sir Thomas Perrot and of Lady Dorothy Devereux (later Countess of Northumberland), whose parents were the famous Earl of Essex and Lettice Knollys.William Herbert, 6th Earl of Pembroke at thepeerage.com His mother died before 1647, when he was a small child. In September 1658, he was granted a pass to travel overseas. He was [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
