George Herbert of St. Julians (Knight)

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Sir George Herbert of St. Julians (* around 1463; † after 1504 ) was an Anglo - Welsh knight . He belonged to the Herbert family and founded the branch line of the Herberts of St. Julians .

George Herbert was the third legitimate son of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke , and Anne Devereux , a daughter of Sir Walter Devereux . His older brothers were William, who later became 2nd Earl , and Walter . His father, known as Black William, was one of the most important followers of the House of York during the Wars of the Roses and ruled large parts of Wales. In 1469 he was executed; George was still a minor at the time.

During the final phase of the roses he stood on the side of the new Tudor -Königs Henry VII. And supported this in 1487 with the defeat of the Lambert Simnel -Rebellion in the battle of Stoke , where he the accolade as a Knight Bachelor received.

This dignity was all the more important since George had inherited virtually nothing from the father's once extensive possessions. He only got the St. Julians parcel between Newport and Caerleon in the southern Welsh Marches . At the end of the 15th century, he built a property there on the remains of a church of the same name, St. Julian's House , which became the seat of his family branch.

Around 1475 he married Sibyl Croft , daughter of Sir Richard Croft , lord of Croft Castle in Herefordshire . He had three children with her, including his eldest son Walter Herbert (around 1509 – around 1551), who succeeded him as lord of St. Julians.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Eija Kennerley: The Herberts of St. Julians.
  2. ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 2, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 26.
personal data
SURNAME Herbert of St. Julians, George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Anglo-Welsh knight
DATE OF BIRTH around 1463
DATE OF DEATH after 1504