William Herbert Earl of Pembroke

William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke

Jul 16, 2022

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy, sources

Aberystwyth, Azincourt, Barry, Carmarthen Castle, Catherine de Valois, Civil War, Dafydd Gam, Dictionary of Welsh Biography, Edward IV, executions, George Duke of Clarence, Glamorgan, Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam, Henry V, Henry VI, Henry VII, Humphrey Stafford Earl of Devon, Hundred Years War, Jasper “Tudor”, Lancastrians, Lordship of Usk, Matilda Barri, Morleys of Norfolk, Mortimers, Northampton, ODNB, Owain Glyndwr, Owen Tudor, Pembroke Castle, Raglan Castle, Ralph Griffiths, ransom, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Robin of Redesdale, Sheriff of Glamorgan, Sir John Morley, Sir William ap Thomas, Wales, William Herbert Earl of Pembroke, William I, Yellow Tower of GwentWilliam Lord Berkeley

William Herbert, otherwise ‘Black William’ was born in 1423, the son of Sir William ap Thomas ‘the Blue Knight of Gwent’ and Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam the ‘Star of Abergavenny’. His main claim to fame is that he was the first Welshman to become an earl in the peerage of England, except for Henry VI’s…
THE SECRET TUNNEL OF TINTERN ABBEY

Mar 5, 2022

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy, religion

Cistercians, de Clares, Elizabeth Wydeville, Katherine Plantagenet, Lords of Chepstow, Mary Wydeville, royal burials, secret tunnels, St. James Garlickhythe, Tintern Abbey, Wales, William Herbert Earl of Huntingdon, William Herbert Earl of Pembroke

Legends about tunnels leading to and fro churches and abbeys are rife throughout the British Isles. However, there are very few such tunnels actually proven to exist. Most of them are, in fact, remains of cellars and store rooms. However, a recent discovery at Tintern Abbey in Wales had indeed discovered what definitely is a…
THE MARRIAGES OF THE SIBLINGS OF ELIZABETH WOODVILLE

Aug 13, 2021

battles, genealogy

“Lambert Simnel”, Anne Wydeville, Arundel Castle, Barnet, Battle of Bosworth, bigamy, Blackheath, Canterbury Cathedral, Edgecote, Elizabeth Baroness Scales, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, George Grey Earl of Kent, Henry of Buckingham, Henry Pole the Younger, Henry VII, Hicks, Hillingdon Church, Jacquetta Wydeville, Jane Wydeville, Jasper “Tudor”, John Earl of Lincoln, John Lord Strange, John Wydeville, Katherine Duchess of norfolk, Katherine Plantagenet, Katherine Wydeville, Knights of the Bath, Margaret Fitzalan, Margaret Wydeville, marriages, Martha Wydeville, Mary Lewis, Mary Wydeville, ODNB, Richard of Warwick, Sir Anthony Grey, Sir Anthony Wydeville, Sir John Bromley, Sir Richard Wingfield, Stoke Field, The Cornish Rebellion, Thomas Fitzalan Earl of Arundel, Thomas Lord Stanley, Tintern Abbey, Turner, William Herbert Earl of Pembroke, William of Worcester, William Viscount Bourchier, windows, Wydevilles

Elizabeth Woodville Royal Window Canterbury Cathedral Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com Very soon after the clandestine marriage of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville had taken place in 1464 it became abundantly clear to the old nobility that the siblings of the new Queen would henceforth be having their pick of the most sought after heirs and heiresses of…
Anne Herbert Countess of Pembroke, Yorkist widow & mother in law to Katherine Plantagenet

Jan 17, 2021

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy

Anne Devereux, Azincourt, Dafydd Gam, Earl of Northumberland, Earls of Pembroke, Edgecote Moor, executions, France, Henry V, Henry VI, Henry VII, John Lydgate, Katherine Plantagenet, Mary Wydeville, Maud Herbert, ODNB, Raglan Castle, Ralph Griffiths, Richard Duke of York, Sir Richard Herbert, St. James Garlickhythe, T.B. Pugh, Tintern Abbey, Troy Book, Wars of the Roses, widows, William Herbert Earl of Pembroke

Reblogged from sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri Anne Devereux, John Lydgate’s Troy Book and Siege of Thebes @British Library Well that old wheel of fortune could certainly whizz around and no more so than in the lives of the noble women from the turbulent times we now know as the Wars of the Roses. An example…
Has one of the Kingmaker’s pirate ships been found in Newport….?

Jul 26, 2019

anniversaries, archaeology, battles, buildings, Science, television reviews, travel

BBC2, dendrochronology, Edgecote, Mary Rose, mediaeval vessels, Newport Ship, oak, piracy, Richard of Warwick, River Usk, Thomas Throckmorton, Timewatch, William Herbert Earl of Pembroke

Last night I watched (on PBS America) a BBC2 Timewatch episode entitled The Mysteries of the Medieval Ship. It concerned the discovery, in June 2002, of a foundered/scuttled medieval vessel of some size, buried in the oozing mud of the Severn Sea – well, the oozing mud of the River Usk, at Newport, to be…
The Banbury Barmaid and the Battle of Edgcote. . . .

Jul 26, 2018

anniversaries, battles, buildings

Banbury, Bridgewater, Deddington Castle, Edgecote Moor, Edward IV, executions, Henry VI, Humphrey Stafford Earl of Devon, livery colours, Robin of Redesdale, Sir Richard Herbert, Wars of the Roses, William Herbert Earl of Pembroke

According to this site, (http://www.northamptonshiresurprise.com/news/2018/the-battle-decided-by-a-banbury-bar-maid/) Edward IV lost the Battle of Edgcote in 1469 because of a Banbury barmaid. And no, amazingly, Edward was not involved in the lustful squabble. The culprits were the Earls of Pembroke and Devon. . .and a barmaid from Banbury. It seems that prior to the battle:- “Edward decided to…
RICARDIAN AND MEDIEVAL NORTHAMPTON

Feb 9, 2016

buildings

Anthony Woodville, delapre Abbey, Edward IV, Edward V, Henry II, Henry III, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VI, Humphrey Duke of Buckingham, John, Lord Grey of Ruthin, Northampton, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Thomas a Becket, William Herbert Earl of Pembroke

When people think of places connected with Richard III, they sometimes think of Northamptonshire due to his birthplace at Fotheringhay…but seldom of the town of Northampton itself. However, the town, although having lost in grandest medieval structures in two devastating fires, still has features of interest to Ricardians, Wars of the Roses students and medievalists.…
A Welsh family for St. Crispin’s Day

Oct 25, 2015

genealogy

anniversaries, Azincourt, Battle of Bosworth, Dafydd Gam, Edgecote Moor, Elizabeth of York, Gwent, Henry V, Henry VII, Katherine Plantagenet, Mortimer’s Cross, Owain Glyn Dwr, Raglan Castle, Richard Herbert, Richard III, Towton, Wales, William ap Thomas, William Herbert Earl of Pembroke

We start with Dafydd Gam (c.1380-1415), who fought against the Glyn Dwr rebellion at the beginning of the fifteenth century, apparently trying to assassinate the leading rebel and being imprisoned by him. He may have saved Henry V’s life at Azincourt but was definitely killed there. His daughter, Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam, married twice and…