Matthew Herbert (abt. 1515 - 1596)

Born about 1515 in Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales

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Biography

Mathew Herbert, Esq., son and heir of Sir George Herbert by his wife Elizabeth,^[1] the daughter of Sir Thomas Berkeley, was born in Wales.^[2]

Mathew married "Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Gamage, Knight, and died in 1596. There is a monument to his memory in the Church of St. John, Cardiff."^[3] Their first son, William, was born about 1539.^[4]

Mathew Herbert held Candleston Castle after his father Sir George Herbert. When Mathew died, his son William Herbert succeeded him. Upon Sir William's death in 1609, Candleston Castle passed to his brother, Sir John Herbert, who died in 1617.^[5]

In addition to sons William and John (who held Candleston Castle after William),^[5] another son, Nicholas, was born about 1543^[6] or 1552 (he married Mary Morgan circa 1575).^[2] Matthew Herbert and his wife Mary (Gamage) also had a daughter, Elizabeth.^[7]

Research Notes

Estimated Dates: Birth "about 1515" and marriage "before 1539" are based on first son's birth in 1539 (see son William Herbert's biography, History of Parliament Online).

The History of Parliament Online has vitals for their sons & their daughter's son that don't align with a 1548 marriage date for them, which is frequently given as their marriage date:

• William b c. 1539^[4]
• John b 1540^[8]
• Nicholas b 1543^[6]
• Elizabeth's son Thomas Jones, b February 1554/5,^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ from pedigree written by Twm Sion Catti, included in Additional Notes, pp 333-4, to Dwnn's Visitations of Wales
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Mathew Herbert, "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins" (website, compiler Mr. Marlyn Lewis, Portland, OR; accessed May 6, 2015).
3. ↑ p 189, Lewys Dwnn's Visitation of Wales
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} The History of Parliament Online: William Herbert
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} page 409 Glamorgan: Later Castles, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales (Crown Copyright 2000)
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} The History of Parliament Online: Nicholas Herbert
7. ↑ from Janet Ariciu's Johnes Jones Family, citing "Bartrum, op. cit., table 'Godwin 8'" (see Godwin 8(A2) and Gamage 2 - no marriage date for Matthew and Mary). Note: Bartrum's charts are available through Geni (free login required):
   • Godwin 8(A2)
   • Gamage 2
8. ↑ The History of Parliament Online: John Herbert
9. ↑ Thomas Jones, citing ipm of her husband, Henry Jones

• #MCA: Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), Volume 2, page 175 #10 Thomas Berkeley, Esq., of Avon (in Sopley); p 74 #14 Alice Raglan
• Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 3 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011); p. 346 (citation for circa 1548 marriage from "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins" (Mathew Herbert's entry).
• Elizabeth Berkeley, "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins" (accessed April 11, 2015). See footnotes on that page for specifics on source citations from:
  • Richardson's Magna Carta Ancestry (#MCA), 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 74.
  • Richardson's Plantagenet Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 198.
• Europe Royal Noble House: Mathew Herbert's family group sheet (familysearch, accessed April 29, 2015). Closest thing as of 6 December 2020: this link, Community Trees - Europe. Royal and Noble Houses.
• The Bartrum Project, digitization of "Welsh Genealogies AD 300- 1500" by Peter C. Bartrum (mirrored from the defunct Cadair site by Geni: Bartrum Genealogical Project - free login required to access the charts). See additional information about Cadair in G2G.
  • Godwin 8(A2)
  • Gamage 2
• Wikipedia: Candleston Castle, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales
• The Berkeley Manuscripts
• John Rowland's Pedigree of the Ancient Family of Dolau Cothi (online courtesy of archive.org)
• Mathew Herbert, Rootsweb entry from the database for Celtic Royal Genealogy, the Turner-Thomas site "which is a definitive, well researched site" (from Prof. Evans' book (see next entry)
• O Hudd Ei Ddoe by Myron Wyn Evans (2012)
• British History Online: Members of Parliament for Cardiff: "1584 November. Nicholas Herbert of Cogan Pill and Swansea was the third son of Matthew Herbert of Swansea, and grandson of Sir George Herbert, M.P. for Glamorgan 1542. He married (1) Mary Morgan, and (2) Catherine or Jennet, daughter and heir of John Thomas Edward of Crindau, and widow of Miles Herbert, third son of Sir Walter Herbert of St. Julian's, Monmouthshire. He was High Sheriff of Glamorgan 1578 and 1587, and sat for Cardiff 1584-5.

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