Richard Herbert (c. 1557-buried 15 October 1596), Lord of Cherbury (or Chirbury) in

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, and of

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, was an English Justice of the Peace and Parliamentarian. Richard was the eldest son of Edward Herbert (died 1593) through whom he was a member of a collateral branch of the family of the Earls of Pembroke. He was a law student at the

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in 1576. He married Magdalen, daughter of Sir Richard Newport (died 1570) of High Ercall, Shropshire in 1581. His eldest son,

Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (or Chirbury) Knight of the Bath, KB (3 March 1583 – 5 August 1648) was an English people, English soldier, diplomat, historian, poet and religious philosopher. He studied multiple languages and ...

was born on 3 March 1583 at Eyton on Severn near

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. Subsequent children were Elizabeth, Margaret, Richard, William, Charles, the poet

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(born 3 April 1593),

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(born 1594), Frances, and

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(born posthumously 1597).''Dictionary of National Biography'' 1885-1900, volume 26, p.173; article on Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, by Sidney Lee. By 1593 the family had moved to Black Hall, a large, low house in a valley overlooked by

. He was Custos Rotulorum of Montgomeryshire in 1594–1596. He served as a

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(MP) of the

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for Montgomery Boroughs in 1581 (as a substitute for a member allegedly dead but found to be 'in plain life') and for

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in 1584. He succeeded to his father's estates in 1593. After his death in 1596 while his wife was pregnant with their tenth child, Richard Herbert was buried on 15 October in the

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of Saint Nicholas, Montgomery. His family moved to

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and then to

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. His widow had a canopied tomb erected in Montgomery church in 1600. The tomb has effigies of Richard and Magdalen and it includes maquettes of eight of their children. Richard's heraldic symbols and his armour are included but his wife's heraldry and her dress are also are on prominent display. The design also includes a cadaver to show that death happens and a painting of a naked woman and the effigy of Time are also included in the design. She subsequently remarried in 1609 to Sir

John Danvers Sir John Danvers (c. 1585–buried 28 April 1655) was an English courtier and politician who was one of the signatories of the death warrant of Charles I. Life Danvers was the third and youngest son of Sir John Danvers of Dauntsey, Wiltshi ...

(c.1585-1655) and died in 1627.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Herbert, Richard 1596 deaths Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales High sheriffs of Montgomeryshire English MPs 1572–1583 English MPs 1584–1585

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1550s births