Title:

Earl

First Name:

William

Last Name:

Herbert

Memorial Type:

Memorial - No longer extant tomb effigy

Does the monument still exist?

No

Installation Date:

late C15

Allegiance:

Yorkist

Condition Description:

Monument no longer survives

Memorial Notes:

William Herbert, first earl of Pembroke of the first Herbert creation, was captured at the battle of Edgcote and executed shortly afterwards, with his brother Richard Herbert of Coldbrook (https://www.battlefieldstrust.com/wotrmemorial/memorial.asp?MemorialID=901). William seems to have changed his mind several times about his burial location but in his final will (TNA PROB 11/5/305), made on the day of his execution, he asked for burial alongside his parents at Abergavenny. However, it was his earlier choice which was implemented and he was buried at Tintern. His tomb was recorded by the herald William Fellow in 1531 and was in a decayed condition when Edward, Lord Herbert of Chirbury saw it in the mid C17. There is a drawing in Sir Thomas Herbert's 'Herbertorum Prosapia' (Cardiff Library MS 5.7) but it is clearly inaccurate and may be totally fictitious. More detail at https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/publications/the-lost-tombs-of-william-herbert-earl-of-pembroke-and-his-son-wi including Herbert's drawing of the tomb.