Biography of Edward Herbert 1st Baron Herbert Chirbury 1582-1648

Paternal Family Tree: Herbert

Before 03 Mar 1582 [his father] Richard Herbert (age 25) and [his mother] Magdalen Newport were married.

On 03 Mar 1582 Edward Herbert 1st Baron Herbert Chirbury was born to Richard Herbert (age 25) and Magdalen Newport at Eyton on Severn, Wroxeter.

On 28 Feb 1599 Edward Herbert 1st Baron Herbert Chirbury (age 16) and Mary Herbert Baroness Herbert Chirbury were married.

Around 1604 [his son] Richard Herbert 2nd Baron Herbert Chirbury was born to Edward Herbert 1st Baron Herbert Chirbury (age 21) and [his wife] Mary Herbert Baroness Herbert Chirbury.

In Mar 1609 [his step-father] John Danvers (age 20) and [his mother] Magdalen Newport were married.

In 1611 John Eyre (age 31) and Dorothy Bulstrode (age 19) attempted to murder Edward Herbert 1st Baron Herbert Chirbury (age 28) who he suspected of having an affair with his wife (Dorothy Bulstrode). Eyre and four accomplices caught up with Herbert and his two footmen at Scotland Yard as he was leaving Whitehall Palace [Map], and wounded his horse several times. Eyre broke Herbert's sword. Twenty more men appeared, Herbert thought them Eyre's supporters and attendants of the Earl of Suffolk (age 49). Two other men helped Herbert, and after a prolonged struggle he wounded Eyre, who was carried to the Thames vomiting. A few days later Eyre sent a message that he would kill Herbert with "a musket out of a window". Meanwhile, because Eyre claimed Dorothy had confessd to being unfaithful, she sent a letter to her aunt Lady Croke (Note. probably Prudence Croke (age 44) possibly Elizabeth Croke denying this, and Herbert was able to give this letter to the Privy Council. The Duke of Lennox (age 36) said that John Eyre was "the most miserable man living" because of the shame of Dorothy's letter, and because his father had disinherited him on hearing of the assault.

On 19 Nov 1627 [his son] Richard Herbert 2nd Baron Herbert Chirbury (age 23) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Egerton Baroness Herbert Chirbury were married at Bridgwater House Barbican. She the daughter of John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater (age 48) and Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater (age 44). She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 07 May 1629 Edward Herbert 1st Baron Herbert Chirbury (age 47) was created 1st Baron Herbert Chirbury. [his wife] Mary Herbert Baroness Herbert Chirbury by marriage Baroness Herbert Chirbury.

The History of England under Henry VIII. The History of England under Henry VIII. By Edward Herbert 1st Baron Herbert Chirbury (age 65).

On 05 Aug 1648 Edward Herbert 1st Baron Herbert Chirbury (age 66) died. His son [his son] Richard Herbert 2nd Baron Herbert Chirbury (age 44) succeeded 2nd Baron Herbert Chirbury.

Life of Henry VIII by Edward Herbert. The life and raigne of King Henry the Eighth. Written By the Right Honourable Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury. 1649.

Royal Ancestors of Edward Herbert 1st Baron Herbert Chirbury 1582-1648

Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King John of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Ancestors of Edward Herbert 1st Baron Herbert Chirbury 1582-1648

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Herbert

Great x 4 Grandfather: Dafydd Gam Brecon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam "Star of Abergavenny" Brecon

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Herbert

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Jones

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Jones

GrandFather: Edward Herbert

Father: Richard Herbert

Edward Herbert 1st Baron Herbert Chirbury 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Newport

GrandFather: Richard Newport 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Corbet 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Corbet 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cornwall 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Corbet 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux Baron Ferrers of Chartley 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Devereux 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Ferrers 8th Baroness Ferrers Chartley 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Corbet 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Vernon 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Vernon 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vernon 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Talbot 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Mother: Magdalen Newport 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Bromley

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Bromley

GrandMother: Margaret Bromley

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Lyster

Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel Lyster