Sir Richard Herbert (died 1469) of
Coldbrook Park
Coldbrook Park, Llanover, Monmouthshire, Wales, was a major country house and estate. Home successively to the Herberts, the Hanburys and the Halls, the house was demolished in 1954. The estate, which remains privately owned, is listed on the ...
, near Abergavenny, was a 15th-century
Welsh
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knight
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, and the lineal ancestor of the
Herberts of Chirbury.
He was the son of
William ap Thomas
Sir William ap Thomas (died 1445) was a Wales, Welsh nobleman, politician, knight, and courtier. He was a member of the Welsh peers and baronets, Welsh gentry family that came to be known as the Herbert (surname), Herbert family through his son ...
of
Raglan Castle
Raglan Castle () is a Late Middle Ages, late medieval castle located just north of the village of Raglan, Monmouthshire, Raglan in the county of Monmouthshire in south east Wales. The modern castle dates from between the 15th and early 17th cent ...
and
Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam, and the brother of
William Herbert,
Earl of Pembroke
Earl of Pembroke is a title in the Peerage of England that was first created in the 12th century by King Stephen of England. The title, which is associated with Pembroke, Pembrokeshire in West Wales, has been recreated ten times from its origin ...
. He married Margaret, sister of Sir
Rhys ap Thomas
Sir Rhys ap Thomas (1449–1525) was a Welsh soldier and landholder who rose to prominence during the Wars of the Roses, and was instrumental in the victory of Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth. He remained a faithful supporter of Henry ...
. They had two sons: Sir William Herbert of Coldbrook, and Sir Richard Herbert of Powys. His great-grandson,
Edward Herbert, was raised to the peerage in 1629.
Like many members of the Welsh gentry, Herbert was a notable
bard
In Celtic cultures, a bard is an oral repository and professional story teller, verse-maker, music composer, oral historian and genealogist, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or chieftain) to commemorate one or more of the patron's a ...
ic patron. He was the principal patron of
Ieuan Deulwyn, and was also a patron of
Guto'r Glyn
Guto'r Glyn (c. 1412 – c. 1493) was a Welsh language poet and soldier of the era of the ''Beirdd yr Uchelwyr'' ("Poets of the Nobility") or ''Cywyddwyr'' ("cywydd-men"), the itinerant professional poets of the later Middle Ages. He is consid ...
as well as others. He hosted a bardic debate at Coldbrook House between Deulwyn and
Bedo Brwynllys. He was eulogized by Ieuan Deulwyn, Bedo Brwynllys,
Hywel Dafi, and (jointly with his brother William)
Huw Cae Llwyd.
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Like his brother, he was a supporter of the House of York
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during the Wars of the Roses
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. He fought alongside his brother at the Battle of Edgcote
The Battle of Edgcote (also known as the Battle of Banbury or the Battle of Danes Moor) took place on 24 July 1469, during the Wars of the Roses. It was fought between a royal army, commanded by the earls of Pembroke and Devon, and a rebel forc ...
(a victory for rebels who supported the Earl of Warwick and the Duke of Clarence), where he was captured and executed. He is interred with his wife at Abergavenny Priory, near other members of his family.
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1469 deaths
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Year of birth unknown
Richard
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'st ...
People from Raglan, Monmouthshire
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