HERBERT
,
WILLIAM
(
1460
-
1491
),
eldest legitimate son of
William
Herbert
,
earl of Pembroke
(d.
1469
)
. According to
William of Worcester
, he was betrothed to
Mary
Woodville
, the
queen
's sister, and made
lord Dunster
(
Sept. 1466
), becoming
earl of Pembroke
on his father's death,
1469
. He entered ‘without proof of age’ into the offices previously held by his father, and was commissioned to receive into the
king
's allegiance all
Welsh
rebels except
Jasper
Tudor
. He served with the
king
in
France
,
1475
, and was
commissioned to arrest
Walter ap Gwilym
and others (
Oct. 1477
). At the
king
's request he exchanged the
earldom of Pembroke
for that of
Huntingdon
(
July 1479
). In
1483
he was
commissioned to raise troops in South Wales
to suppress
Buckingham
's revolt against
Richard
III
. He received an annuity of 400 marks (
March 1484
). His wife was
Mary
, daughter of
Richard
,
earl Rivers
; they had one child,
Elizabeth
, who m.
Charles
Somerset
,
earl of Worcester
, ancestor of the
dukes of Beaufort
(
see
Somerset
family
).
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