Peter FitzHerbert, also known as Piers FitzHerbert, (died 1235) Lord of Blenlevenny, was a 13th-century nobleman and

Sheriff of Yorkshire The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere o ...

. FitzHerbert was one of the Counsellors named in Magna Carta in 1215. He was the son of Herbert FitzHerbert and Lucy of Hereford.

Life

FitzHerbert was the son of Herbert FitzHerbert and Lucy of Hereford, daughter of

Miles of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford Miles FitzWalter of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford (died 24 December 1143) (''alias'' Miles of GloucesterSanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, p.7) was a great magnate based in the west of ...

and

Sibyl de Neufmarché Sibyl de Neufmarché, Countess of Hereford, '' suo jure'' Lady of Brecknock ( c. 1100 – after 1143), was a Cambro-Norman noblewoman, heiress to one of the most substantial fiefs in the Welsh Marches. The great-granddaughter of Gruff ...

. FitzHerbert gained the title of Lord of the Honour of Brecknock and was made Governor of

Pickering Castle Pickering Castle is a motte-and-bailey fortification in Pickering, North Yorkshire, England. Design Pickering Castle was originally a timber and earth motte and bailey castle. It was developed into a stone motte and bailey castle which had ...

, Yorkshire and the

by King

John of England John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216) was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. He lost the Duchy of Normandy and most of his other French lands to King Philip II of France, resulting in the collapse of the Angevin E ...

. FitzHerbert is listed as one of the Counsellors named in

Magna Carta (Medieval Latin for "Great Charter of Freedoms"), commonly called (also ''Magna Charta''; "Great Charter"), is a royal charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, Berkshire, Windsor, on 15 June 1215. ...

in 1215. He inherited, through his mother, a third interest in the barony of Miles Fitz Walter of Gloucester in 1219. FitzHerbert's castles of Blenlevenny and

Castell Dinas Castell Dinas is a hillfort and castle in southern Powys, Wales. At 450 m (1,476 feet) (SO179301) it has the highest castle in England and Wales. It is positioned to defend the Rhiangoll pass between Talgarth and Crickhowell. Iron Age hillfor ...

were sacked by Prince

Llywelyn ab Iorwerth Llywelyn the Great ( cy, Llywelyn Fawr, ; full name Llywelyn mab Iorwerth; c. 117311 April 1240) was a King of Gwynedd in north Wales and eventually " Prince of the Welsh" (in 1228) and "Prince of Wales" (in 1240). By a combination of war and d ...

and

Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (119115 April 1234), was the son of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and brother of William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, whom he succeeded to the Earldom of Pembroke and Lord Marshal of England upon ...

in October 1233. He died in 1235 and was buried at

Reading Abbey Reading Abbey is a large, ruined abbey in the centre of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. It was founded by Henry I in 1121 "for the salvation of my soul, and the souls of King William, my father, and of King William, ...

, Yorkshire.

Marriage and issue

FitzHerbert married Alice, the daughter of

Robert fitzRoger Robert fitzRoger (died 1214) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk and Northumberland. He was a son of Roger fitzRichard and Adelisa de Vere. FitzRoger owed some of his early offices to William Longchamp, but contin ...

,Mosley, p. 1107. Lord of Warkworth and Clavering and Margaret de Chesney, they had the following issue: *Herbert FitzPiers (died 1248), succeeded by his brother Reginald. * Reginald FitzPiers, married firstly Alice, daughter and heir of William de Standford, had issue and married Joan, widow of Ingram de Percy, daughter and heir of William de Fortibus and Maud de Ferrers, had further issue. *Lucy FitzPiers, married William de Ros of Helmsley, had issue. He married secondly, Isabel, the widow of

Roger Mortimer of Wigmore Roger de Mortimer (before 1153-before 8 July 1214) was a medieval marcher lord, residing at Wigmore Castle in the English county of Herefordshire. He was the son of Hugh de Mortimer (died 26 February 1181) and Matilda Le Meschin. Early life Roger ...

, the daughter of Walchelin de Ferriers of Oakham. They had no issue.

Citations

References

* *Mosley, Charles. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'', 107th edition, Volume 1, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. {{DEFAULTSORT:FitzHerbert, Peter Year of birth unknown 1235 deaths Burials at Reading Abbey High Sheriffs of Yorkshire