Archive:Visitations by the Heralds in Wales

Michael Powell Siddons, M.A., F. S. A., Herodr Arbennig Cymru, Wales Herald Extraordinary, Visitations by the Heralds in Wales (London, 1996).

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Ballard's Book, Welsh Section
57
Robart Whyteney beyrith Asure a cros cheykey gold and Gowlys, and his helme ij bugyll hornis Sylver in a wrethe of gold and gowlys, the sayde helme mantellyd asure dowblyd Ermyne, and he hath ij sonnys and a broder.

Robert d. c.1494 (Cal. Fine Rolls 1485-1509, no. 476). His son James Whitney d. 30 June 1500, leaving a son Robert, aged 6, as his heir. He held the manor of Whitney (HER) from Edward Duke of Buckingham, of the Honor of Huntington, the manor of Pencombe (HER) of Lord Bergavenny, and that of Boughrood (RAD) of the King in socage (CIPM, Hen. 7, II, No. 261). The last-named Robert d. 11 May 1541 (IPMs, PRO, C142/63, no. 40, C142/64, no. 114). (Fellow 9)

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Visitation of South Wales and Herefordshire, 1531
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HERBERT OF TROY

[h 5; f 9]

Harbert of Troye (HF)

Sir William Harbert of Troye,¹ bastard sonne to the Erle of Pembroke, had to his secounde wief² Blaunche, doughter and one of the heyres to Symonde Mylboorne³ of Icombe⁴ in Gloucestershire, and they had yssue Charles and Thomas.

Charles Harbert⁵ of Troye maryed Elysabeth, doughter to Sir Griffeth Ryce,⁶ and they had yssue Johan.⁷

Memorandum that Blanche aforesayed was first maryed to James Whyteney⁸ of Harefordeshire, by whome she had yssue Robert⁹ and James.¹⁰

WG 2, Godwin 8(A4).

1. He was bastard of William Herbert (d. 1469), Earl of Pembroke, 65. His will was proved 13 Apr. 1524, PCC 19 Bodfelde. Receiver of Charles, Earl of Worcester, for the Lordship of Chepstow (W.R.B.Robinson, 'The Welsh Estates of Charles, Earl of Worcester in 1520' (BBCS, XXIV (1971), 401). He also had an illegitimate son Richard.

2. His first wife was Margery (mentioned in his will).

3. Simon Milbourne held Tillington and other manors in HER, and Icomb, GLO, d. 14 Aug. 1522. He had many daus. and coheiresses, of whom 10 are named in his IPM, including Blanche Herbert, widow, late wife of William Herbert, knight (PRO, C142/42, no. 100). He appears frequently as a feoffee in HER in the late fifteenth century. See also 51 n., 52, 55 n. 10, and Ballard 60.

4. Icomb, GLO.

5. Charles Herbert was knighted betw. 19 May 1549 and 22 Nov. 1550. He is said to have died 24 Jan. 1557 ('Knighted Welsh Landowners', 296). His will was proved 22 Jan. 1557/8, PCC 17 Noordes; sentence 1559, 19 Mellershe. In the will his wife's name is given as Cecill. He also had a dau. Blanche who m. Oliver Lloyd of Leighton, SAL (WG 2, Gwenwys 3 (C1)), and an illegitimate son Watkin Herbert of Skenfrith.

6. Of Newton in Dinefwr, d. 1521, son of Sir Rys ap Thomas, KG (WG 2, Einion ap Llywarch 7(A3)). See 41.

7. Joan, heiress of Troy, m. George ap James (WG 2, Rhys Goch of Ystrad Yw 10(D)), whose will was proved 3 May 1585, PCC 19 Brudenell. He mentions his wife Joan.

8. James Whitney of Whitney and Pen-cwm (WG 2, Whitney). He d. 30 June 1500 (CIPM, Hen. 7, II, No. 261). James and Blanche also had Elizabeth, who m. Thomas Morgan of Arxton, 56. See Ballard 57.

9. Aged 6 and more at father's death (as in 8). He m. Sybil dau. of Sir James Baskerville, 50. He died 11 May 1541, seized of the manors of Whitney and Pencombe in HER, of Boughrood in RAD, and Icombe in GLO (IPMs, PRO, C142/64, nos. 114, 116, and C142/63, no. 40). (Ballard 57)

10. James's will proved 4 July 1544, PCC 10 Pynnyng. In it he described himself as of Troy, Monmouth, and of HER, and left hsi lands to his [half-] brothers Charles and Thomas Herbert.

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