Preferred citation: E.
Edward Herbert is best known as a philosopher and metaphysical poet, but he was also a diplomat, soldier, political satirist, country gentleman, adventurer, courtier, linguist, historian, musician, dramatist and flamboyant socialite. He is deservedly regarded as one of the last ‘Renaissance men’, and contributed significantly to the bridging of the gulf between Renaissance thought and that of the Enlightenment.
Herbert was born at Eyton-on-Severn, Shropshire, on 3 March 1583, the eldest son of Richard Herbert (d. 1596), the Member of Parliament for Montgomery and sheriff of Montgomeryshire; among his six brothers were the poet George Herbert (1593-1633) and Henry Herbert, Master of the Revels. Edward was famously handsome, vain, impetuous and quarrelsome, but he was also highly culturally sophisticated. Although he received little formal education as a young boy, he came into contact with the poet John Donne (1572-1631), who was employed as a tutor for the Herbert children, and also the autodidact Edward Thelwall (d. 1610). Under these formative influences, Herbert studied logic, languages and music. He entered University College, Oxford, in May 1596, where, in addition to hunting and duelling, he developed an interest in philosophy and religion. By the time he was in his twenties, his academic accomplishments were impressive. As well as being fluent in Latin and French, and at least competent in Greek, Italian, Spanish and Welsh, he acquired a knowledge of astronomy, geography, history, botany and medicine, while his financial and military responsibilities at Montgomery encouraged him to master arithmetic and geometry.
After leaving Oxford in 1599, Herbert married his cousin Mary, through whom he acquired the Castle Island estate in County Kerry. He then lived a relatively quiet life until the accession of James I in 1603, when, sensing the opportunity of royal favour, he attended the new king’s court in London, and was made a Knight of the Bath. He returned to Montgomery in 1605 to continue his studies and take up new responsibilities as magistrate and sheriff of Montgomeryshire; he was elected Member of Parliament for the county in the same year. From 1607, however, the king gave Montgomery castle first to the Herberts of Pembroke and then to the Herberts of Powis Castle, and it was more than ten years before Edward Herbert was able to secure permanent possession of it for himself.
In 1608, Herbert left home on the first of many excursions to fight and study on the continent. He spent much of the next decade fighting against the Spanish, travelling widely through the Low Countries, France, Italy and Germany, and meeting many of the most prominent politicians, soldiers and intellectuals of the period. In 1619, shortly after the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War, which was to dominate English foreign policy for the rest of his life, Herbert was appointed English ambassador in Paris under the aegis of the royal favourite George Villiers (later duke of Buckingham), but he was recalled in 1621 when he fell out with the Constable of France. He resumed his post in 1622, but his influence in both the English and the French courts was waning, and he crucially failed to obtain Louis XIII’s support for the Elector Palatine. He was dismissed in 1624, and his involvement in practical politics subsequently declined, despite his attempts to regain royal favour by writing an account of the 1627 La Rochelle expedition which portrayed the duke of Buckingham in a favourable light.
By the mid 1620s, Herbert’s life of adventure was becoming displaced by his devotion to learning, which continued until the end of his life. He produced a number of political and historical treatises, and his lyrical and often obscure verses won him recognition as a poet, but Herbert’s real importance was as a philosopher. In particular, his ideas about the relationship between truth, knowledge and the human mind - set out in his first significant work, 'De Veritate', in 1624 - led him into an attempt to reconcile the major world religions by examining what he considered to be common notions of religion. Such was the influence of his ideas that Thomas Halyburton (1674-1712) called him ‘the father of English deism’, and René Descartes (1596-1650) said that his ‘mind had few equal’.
Herbert’s services to the crown were rewarded by the creation of two new baronies: he was made baron Herbert of Castle Island in 1624 and baron Herbert of Cherbury in 1629, the first title relating to the family estates in Ireland, and the second to the lordship of Chirbury in Shropshire. He remained in debt from his lavish lifestyle on the continent, however, and this worsened when he became involved in a protracted dispute with his son, Richard, over possession of the Irish estate after the death of Mary Herbert in 1634. The rest of Herbert’s life was marked by financial difficulties, ill health and depression.
On the outbreak of civil war in 1642, Herbert had still not been paid in full by the crown for his work in France. Furthermore, he also opposed arbitrary power on principle, so although nominally a Royalist, he remained in effect neutral throughout the war. He declined repeated invitations to join the Royalist cause and held Montgomery castle with his own small personal retinue rather than allow a Royalist garrison to be installed, leaving the town largely undefended and doing little to repair the town walls and gates. Montgomery, however, occupied too vital a strategic position in the Welsh borders to avoid becoming involved in the conflict. In September 1644, the town was seized apparently unopposed by Parliamentary forces, and the castle was besieged. The defences were in good order, but Herbert quickly entered negotiations, the main purpose of which seems to have been to ensure the safety of his library, and he surrendered without a fight when petards were fixed to the castle gates. In return for the castle, it was agreed that he should receive a large sum of money, and that his library and other possessions would be conveyed safely under guard to his house in London. By the time the Royalists attempted to recover Montgomery a few days later, Herbert had moved to London, where he eventually received a pension from Parliament. He died in London on 20 August 1648, and was buried in Middlesex at the church of St Giles in the Fields.
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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales
Literary, philosophical, religious, political and personal papers, 1587-1754, of Edward Herbert.
Arranged into six series: Autobiography; Religion and Philosophy; Poetry; Miscellaneous letters and notes; National and international politics; and Montgomery and Chirbury.
NLW MS 5298E is a catalogue, [c.1637], of Edward Herbert's library. Many of Herbert’s literary works are in the British Library (BL Add. MSS, Harley MSS, Sloane MSS and Egerton MSS), as well as the Bodleian Library, Cambridge University Library, the Huntington Library, Yale University Library, Trinity College Library (Dublin), St John’s College Library (Cambridge), the Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge) and Harvard University Library. For details of these manuscripts, see P. Beal (ed.), Index of English Literary MSS, vol. I (1450-1625) (London, 1980), part 2, 167-84. Most of Herbert’s Greek and Latin books (some 931 volumes) were given to Jesus College, Oxford (see C. J. Fordyce and T. M. Knox, ‘The library of Jesus College Oxford’, Appendix, Proceedings and papers of the Oxford Bibliographical Society 5, Part 2 [1937] 71-115), and about 230 of his other books have been dispersed from Powis Castle in various sales, notably at Sotheby’s, 16 January 1956 and 20 March 1967.
Edward Herbert’s literary manuscripts are listed in P. Beal (ed.), Index of English Literary MSS, vol. I (1450-1625) (London, 1980) part 2, 167-84, and a more detailed commentary on them can be found in M. M. Rossi, La vita, le opere, i tempi di Edoardo Herbert di Chirbury (3 vols. Firenze 1947).
Preferred citation: E1.
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Manuscript copies, [c.1645]-[1698x1729], of Edward Herbert’s autobiography, which was written in the 1640s and covers the period up to his recall from France in 1624.
Arranged chronologically.
Editions and analysis of these manuscripts include: J. Hoey, ‘Lord Herbert of Cherbury: a new text of his “Autobiography” with a textual and biographical introduction and a study of his poetry’ (University of Cambridge PhD, 1961) (copy in NLW ex 1720-1); The autobiography of Edward, Lord Herbert Cherbury [ed. Sir Sidney Lee, with a continuation, 1886] (Newtown, 1928); The life of Edward, first Lord Cherbury, written by himself [ed. J. M. Shuttleworth] (Oxford, 1976).
Incomplete draft in the hand of an amanuensis, with revisions in another hand.
Formerly (1965 Deposit) 1.
Preferred citation: E1/1.
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Noted in Rossi iii pp. 508-20; noted in Beal i 179.
This document was used for Horace Walpole's edition of Herbert's 'Autobiography', which was published in 1764.
Formerly (1965 Deposit) 2.
Preferred citation: E1/2.
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Noted in Rossi iii 508-20; noted in Beal i 179; a published edition of this manuscript is J.M. Shuttleworth (ed.), The life of Lord Herbert of Cherbury (Oxford, 1976)
Preferred citation: E2.
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Manuscript drafts, [?c.1619]-[1640x1648], of Edward Herbert’s major works, together with correspondence, [c.1624]-[c.1645], relating to some of them, as well as notes and treatises, [c.1624]-1648, on a variety of philosophical and religious subjects.
Arranged into six sub-series: 'De Veritate'; 'De Causis Errorum'; 'De Religione Gentilium'; 'De Religione Laici'; Other religious works; and Other philosophical works.
Preferred citation: E2/1.
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Manuscript draft, [?c.1619]x[c.1624], of Edward Herbert’s ‘De Veritate’, which was published in 1624; together with correspondence relating to it, [c.1624]-[c.1645].
Removed from the original bundles, and arranged in chronological order.
Editions, translations and analysis of these manuscripts include: De Veritate [ed. G. Gawlick] (Stuttgart, 1966); On truth [ed. and trans. M. H. Carre] (Bristol, 1937).
Formerly XXVI [9].
Preferred citation: E2/1/1.
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A very early version of 'De Veritate', [?c.1619]x[1624].
Formerly XIX 5f; also formerly XXVI [31].
Preferred citation: E2/1/2.
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Formerly XIX 5d.
Preferred citation: E2/1/3.
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Part of a draft, [1633], of Edward Herbert's reply to an anonymous friend of Luis de Molina concerning criticism of 'De Veritate'.
Item: 1.1 Loose Documents (E2/1/3). Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 4487907. Date: 20090211. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Loose Documents (E2/1/3) : Documents soiled, stained, mould damaged, acidic paper and brittle. Institution: WlAbNL.
Item: 1.2 Loose Documents (E2/1/3). Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 4487907. Date: 20110408. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Jenkins. Status: Loose Documents (E2/1/3) : Carried out repairs to eight documents. Institution: WlAbNL.
See also E2/1/4 and E2/1/5.
Noted in Rossi iii 542 (n); noted in Beal i 184.
Formerly XIX 5a; also formerly XXVI [6].
Preferred citation: E2/1/4.
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Part of a draft, [1633], of Edward Herbert's reply to an anonymous friend of Luis de Molina concerning criticism of 'De Veritate'.
See also E2/1/3 and E2/1/5.
Noted in Rossi iii 542 (n); noted in Beal i 184.
Formerly XIX 5g; also formerly XXVI [7].
Preferred citation: E2/1/5.
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Copy, September 1633, of Edward Herbert's reply to a friend of Luis de Molina concerning observations on 'De Veritate'.
See also E2/1/3-4, which appear to have been compiled during the preparation of this letter.
Noted in Rossi i 474-5, 589 et seq.; ii 524-5; iii 542; noted in Beal i 184.
Formerly XIX 5e.
Preferred citation: E2/1/6.
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Letter, 3 April [c.1643], from Joachimus Hüebnerus to Edward Herbert concerning 'De Veritate'.
Formerly XXVI [5].
Preferred citation: E2/1/7.
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Draft, [c.1639]x[c.1645], of Edward Herbert's reply to Marin Mersenne concerning his objections to ‘De Veritate'.
E2/1/8 was formerly part of this file.
Noted in Rossi i 481; ii 529-39; iii 542; noted in Beal i 184.
Formerly part of XXVI [5].
Preferred citation: E2/1/8.
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A list of printing corrections for the [?1645] edition of 'De Veritate'.
E2/1/7 was formerly part of this file.
Noted in Rossi i 481; ii 529-39; iii 542; noted in Beal i 184.
The document formerly numbered XIX 6 ('43'), and entitled 'Appendix', has been marked in a modern hand as belonging to ‘De Causis Errorum'. Rossi and Beal, however, identify it as a complete copy of 'De Religione Laici', and it is therefore now E2/4/2.
Preferred citation: E2/2.
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Manuscript drafts, 1640-[1640x1648], of Edward Herbert’s ‘De Causis Errorum’, an unfinished treatise on logical fallacies which was included in the third edition of 'De Veritate' (published in 1645).
Removed from the original bundles, but arranged following the order of the bundles in the previous arrangement.
Editions and analysis of these manuscripts include: De causis errorum: una cum tractatu de religion laici ... [facsimile ed. G. Gawlick] (Stuttgart, 1966).
Formerly XIX 5a.
Preferred citation: E2/2/1.
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Noted in Rossi iii 490-1; noted in Beal i 180.
Formerly XIX 5c.
Preferred citation: E2/2/2.
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Noted in Rossi iii 490-1; noted in Beal i 180.
Formerly XIX 6 I.
The draft is headed ‘Rectum judex sui et obliqui’.
Preferred citation: E2/2/3.
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Noted in Rossi iii 490-1; noted in Beal i 179-80.
Formerly XIX 6 II.
Inscribed by Edward Herbert (third lord Herbert of Cherbury, d.1678): ‘manuscripts of my grand father given me by Mr Edw. Griffith of Sutton whereof I have not yet taken a catalogue’.
Preferred citation: E2/2/4.
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Noted in Rossi iii 490-1; noted in Beal i 180.
Formerly XIX 6 III.
Preferred citation: E2/2/5.
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Noted in Rossi iii 490-1; noted in Beal i 179.
Formerly XIX 6 IV.
Preferred citation: E2/2/6.
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Noted in Rossi iii 490-1; noted in Beal i 180.
Formerly XIX 6 V.
Preferred citation: E2/2/7.
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Noted in Rossi iii 490-1; noted in Beal i 180.
Formerly XIX 7.
Preferred citation: E2/2/8.
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Noted in Rossi iii 490-1; noted in Beal i 180.
Formerly XXVI [16].
Preferred citation: E2/2/9.
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Two copies, [1640x1648], of the first part of 'De Causis Errorum', together with further parts of the work on loose leaves.
Noted in Rossi iii 490-1; noted in Beal i 179.
Preferred citation: E2/3.
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Manuscript drafts, [1641x1644]-[1642x1645], of Edward Herbert’s ‘De Religione Gentilium’, which was completed in 1645 and published in 1663.
Removed from the original bundles, but arranged following the order of the bundles in the previous arrangement.
Editions, translations and analysis of these manuscripts include: De religione gentilium [ed. G. Gawlick] (Stuttgart, 1967); Pagan religion [ed. and trans. J. A. Butler] (Ottawa, 1996).
Formerly XIX 5b.
Partly in the hand of an amanuensis.
Preferred citation: E2/3/1.
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Noted in Rossi iii 506; noted in Beal i 180.
Formerly XX 1.
Preferred citation: E2/3/2.
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Noted in Rossi iii 506; noted in Beal i 180.
Formerly XX 2.
Preferred citation: E2/3/3.
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Noted in Rossi iii 506; noted in Beal i 180.
Formerly XX 3.
Preferred citation: E2/3/4.
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Noted in Rossi iii 507; noted in Beal i 180.
Formerly XX 4.
Preferred citation: E2/3/5.
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Formerly XXVI [29].
Preferred citation: E2/3/6.
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Noted in Rossi iii 506; noted in Beal i 180.
Preferred citation: E2/4.
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Manuscript drafts, [c.1643]-[1643x1648], of Edward Herbert’s ‘De Religione Laici’.
Removed from the original bundles, but arranged following the order of the bundles in the previous arrangement.
NLW MS 5295E is an unpublished English translation of ‘De Religione Laici’.
Editions and translations of these manuscripts include: De religione laici [trans. and ed. H. R. Hutcheson] (Oxford, 1944).
Formerly XIX 3.
[?In the hand of Edward Herbert]
Preferred citation: E2/4/1.
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Noted in Rossi iii 505; noted in Beal i 183.
Formerly XIX 6 (‘43’).
This document is entitled 'Appendix', and has been marked in a curatorial hand as belonging to ‘De Causis Errorum’ (pace Rossi and Beal).
Preferred citation: E2/4/2.
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Noted in Rossi iii 504-5; noted in Beal i 183.
Formerly XIX [8].
Incomplete.
Preferred citation: E2/4/3.
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Noted in Rossi iii 504; noted in Beal i 183.
Formerly XIX [9].
Incomplete.
Preferred citation: E2/4/4.
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Noted in Rossi iii 504; noted in Beal i 183.
Formerly XXVI [15].
Not noted by Beal.
Preferred citation: E2/4/5.
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Formerly XXVI [26].
Title deleted.
Preferred citation: E2/4/6.
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Noted in Rossi iii 505; noted in Beal i 183.
Formerly (1965 Deposit) 3.
Entitled 'Appendix Libr: De Veritate', and written in the hand of an amanuensis.
Preferred citation: E2/4/7.
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Copy, [c.1643x1648], of the complete 'De Religione Laici', comprising 'Religio laici' and 'Quid laicus'.
Noted in Rossi iii 505; noted in Beal i 183.
Preferred citation: E2/5.
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Miscellaneous notes and treatises, [1640x1648]-[1640x1648], by Edward Herbert on a variety of religious matters.
Removed from the original bundles, but arranged following the order of the bundles in the previous arrangement.
Edward Herbert’s letters to Sir Robert Harley, 1617–1618, on theological subjects are British Library Add. MS 70001.
Formerly XIX 2.
Preferred citation: E2/5/1.
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Dialogue, [1640x1648], between characters named Julianus and Cyrillus.
Formerly XIX 4.
In the hand of Edward Herbert.
Preferred citation: E2/5/2.
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Formerly XXVI [13].
Preferred citation: E2/5/3.
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Formerly XXVI [30].
Preferred citation: E2/5/4.
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Diagram, [1640x1645], depicting the true and erroneous theological beliefs of religious groups in the early Christian period.
Formerly (1965 Deposit) 8.
Preferred citation: E2/5/5.
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Notes, [1640x1648], by Edward Herbert entitled ‘certayne godlye instructions necessarye precepts and examples for myne owne Remembrance, collected (for the most part) out of the Byble’.
Formerly (1965 Deposit) 9.
Preferred citation: E2/5/6.
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Notes, [1640x1648], by Edward Herbert entitled ‘certaine select Remembrances tending to the instruction of a godlie and christian life, observed out of sondrie readings’.
Preferred citation: E2/6.
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Notes, drafts and memoranda, [c.1630x1648], by Edward Herbert on a variety of philosophical matters.
Removed from the original bundles, but arranged following the order of the bundles in the previous arrangement.
NLW MS 5297E is a redaction, probably by Edward Herbert, of Thomas Hobbes’s ‘De Corpore’ (1655); it bears the title ‘Of Knowledge and the Power Cognitive in Generall’, and is possibly written in the hand of Francis Herbert.
Formerly XVIII 9.
Preferred citation: E2/6/1.
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Formerly XVIII 10.
Preferred citation: E2/6/2.
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Formerly XXVI [4].
Preferred citation: E2/6/3.
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Draft of the beginning of an unfinished work on aesthetics, [c.1630x1648].
Noted in Rossi iii 442-3; noted in Beal i 182.
Formerly XXVI [8].
Preferred citation: E2/6/4.
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Preferred citation: E3.
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Poetry composed or copied by Edward Herbert, [1620x1648].
Removed from the original bundles, but arranged following the order of the bundles in the previous arrangement.
NLW MS 22829D contains an autograph Latin poem by Edward Herbert. It was published under the title ‘For a Dyal’ in Occasional verses of Edward Lord Herbert, baron of Cherbery and Castle-Island, deceased in August, 1648 (London, 1665).
Editions and analysis of these manuscripts include: Occasional verses of Edward Lord Herbert, Baron of Cherbery and Castle-Island: deceased in August, 1648 (London : Printed by T. R[oycroft] for Thomas Dring, at the George in Fleet-street, near Cliffords-Inn, 1665); G. C. Moore Smith [ed.], The poems English and Latin of Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury (Oxford, 1923; reprinted 1968); J. C. Collins, The poems of lord Herbert of Cherbury (London, 1881).
Formerly XIX 1.
Preferred citation: E3/1.
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Item: 1.1 Loose Documents (E3/1). Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 4488657. Date: 20090211. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Loose Documents (E3/1) : Documents soiled, stained, acidic paper and brittle. Institution: WlAbNL.
Item: 1.2 Loose Documents (E3/1). Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 4488657. Date: 20110408. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Jenkins. Status: Loose Documents (E3/1) : Carried out repairs document. Institution: WlAbNL.
Described in G. C. Moore Smith 106-118; noted in Rossi iii 391-2; noted in Beal i 174.
Formerly XIX 6.
Preferred citation: E3/2.
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Four early versions, [1632], of parts of the poem.
Described in G. C. Moore Smith 93; noted in Rossi iii 391; noted in Beal i 173.
Formerly XXVI [17].
Preferred citation: E3/3.
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Poems entitled: ‘on the death of Mr Thomas Pelham’; ‘to ... my worthy sister Miss Jane Carye’; ‘on the death of an infant’; ‘an opposite to melancholy’; and others (?some being copies by Edward Herbert of poems by other poets); together with a draft of part of [Herbert's 'Life' of Henry VIII], [1620x1648].
For further manuscripts of the 'Life' of Henry VIII, see E5/1.
Formerly (1965 Deposit) 7.
Preferred citation: E3/4.
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Described in G. C. Moore Smith 75-79; noted in Beal i 174.
Preferred citation: E4.
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A variety of material, [early 17th cent.]-1753, mostly written by Edward Herbert, but also including contemporary and later hands. The documents in Herbert’s hand cover a wide range of subjects, predominantly philosophy, poetry, history, religion and navigation, and include notes, memoranda, treatises, accounts, correspondence and a speech, 1633-1640. Also included are similar works, [c.1624]-1753, dedicated to Herbert, copied by him, collected by him, or appended to his papers after his death.
Removed from the original bundles, but arranged following the order of the bundles in the previous arrangement. Each bundle was arranged roughly chronologically.
NLW MS 5296E is a draft of Edward Herbert’s ‘Dialogue between a Master and a Pupil’.
Formerly XVIII 2.
Preferred citation: E4/1.
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Formerly XVIII 3.
Preferred citation: E4/2.
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‘A brief abstract exposition and demonstration of all parts and things belonging to a ship and the practice of navigation’, [c.1600x1648].
Formerly XXI 1.
Outer folio marked ‘The first booke / Confession Catholique du sieur de Saucy’.
Preferred citation: E4/3.
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Dialogue out of Lucian between Alexander and Hannibal, Scipio and Minos [to p. 28]; together with ‘Liber primus: Of the authority of the church of Rome and of its chiefs’, [c.1620x1648].
Formerly XXI 2.
The manuscript is dedicated to Edward Herbert.
Preferred citation: E4/4.
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Formerly XXVI [19].
Preferred citation: E4/5.
Edward Herbert received two baronetcies - Castle Island in 1624 and Cherbury in 1629 - and this document appears to relate to one of these occasions.
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Formerly XXVI [20].
Preferred citation: E4/6.
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Formerly XXVI [21].
Preferred citation: E4/7.
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Notes, memoranda, quotations, maxims and poems, [c.1620x1648], many on religious and historical subjects.
Formerly XXVI [22].
Preferred citation: E4/8.
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Parts of early drafts of philosophical works, together with notes, maxims, etc., [c.1620x1648].
Formerly XXVI [24].
Preferred citation: E4/9.
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Poems and observations on love, [c.1620x1648], in a number of different hands, including that of Edward Herbert.
Formerly XXVI [25].
Fragmentary and fragile.
Preferred citation: E4/10.
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Accounts, letters, notes, etc., [c.1620xc.1750], some in the hand of Edward Herbert.
Formerly XXVI [33].
Preferred citation: E4/11.
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Notes, treatises and literary works, [c.1620]-1753, on historical, political, legal, theological and moral subjects, together with proverbs, quotations, sayings, drafts of letters, accounts, memoranda, etc. [some in the hand of Edward Herbert].
Preferred citation: E5.
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Political papers, [?1590]-[?1648], written by or accumulated by Edward Herbert. They include material relating to contemporary English and European politics, as well as political history and theory.
Arranged into four sub-series: 'The life and reign of king Henry VIII'; 'The expedition to the Isle of Rhe'; King, Parliament and affairs of state; and International affairs.
Further political papers of Edward Herbert have been transferred from this archive to The National Archives: the documents formerly numbered XI 14, 16, 21, 24 and 26 are now TNA 30/53/9/6-10, and XI 17 and 18 are now TNA 30/53/9/17 ii and iii. In addition, NLW MS 16704E is a letter, 24 May [1619x1624], to Edward Herbert, ambassador in Paris, from his agent William Owen.
Preferred citation: E5/1.
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Draft and copy, [c.1634x1640], of Edward Herbert’s ‘Life’ of Henry VIII, which was published in 1649; also included is some of the material used in its composition.
Arranged roughly chronologically, following the previous arrangement.
E3/3 contains part of a draft of this work, and NLW Film 719-21 is a facsimile of Jesus College MS lxxi-lxxii, which contains a copy of Herbert’s ‘Life’ of Henry VIII.
Editions and analysis of these manuscripts include: The life and reign of King Henry the Eighth (London : printed by Andr. Clark, for S. Mearne, book-binder to the Kings most excellent Majesty, MDCLXXII. [1672]).
Formerly XVIII 5a.
Preferred citation: E5/1/1.
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Noted in Rossi iii 490; noted in Beal i 182.
Formerly XVIII 5b.
Preferred citation: E5/1/2.
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Noted in Rossi iii 490; noted in Beal i 182.
Formerly XVIII 11.
Preferred citation: E5/1/3.
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Copy, [1630x1640], of depositions, etc., touching the treason of Thomas [Howard], duke of Norfolk, in 1546-1547.
Preferred citation: E5/2.
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Drafts and copies, [1628x1630]-1631, of Edward Herbert’s ‘Expedition to the Isle of Rhe’, which was published in Latin in 1658.
Removed from the original bundles, but arranged following the order of the bundles in the previous arrangement. Each bundle was arranged roughly chronologically.
See also E5/4/13-15.
The manuscript was published as Expeditio in Ream insulam (Londini : Prostant apud Humphredum Moseley .., 1656).
Formerly XII 9.
Preferred citation: E5/2/1.
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Draft of the beginning of Chapter I of ‘The Expedition to the Isle of Rhe’, [c.1630], addressed ‘to the Corte’ by ‘an ambassador in France’, touching the recovery of the Palatinate of the Rhine.
Noted in Rossi iii 487; noted in Beal i 181.
Formerly XVIII 7b.
Preferred citation: E5/2/2.
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Noted in Rossi iii 487; noted in Beal i 181.
Formerly XVIII 7c.
Preferred citation: E5/2/3.
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Noted in Rossi iii 486; noted in Beal i 181.
Formerly XVIII 7d.
Preferred citation: E5/2/4.
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Draft of a letter dedicating the ‘Expedition to the Isle of Rhe’ to king Charles I, dated Montgomery castle, 10 August 1630.
Noted in Rossi iii 487; noted in Beal i 182.
Formerly XXVI [18].
Preferred citation: E5/2/5.
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Formerly (1965 Deposit) 4; also formerly XVIII 8.
There are some alterations in an unidentified hand.
Preferred citation: E5/2/6.
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Noted in Rossi iii 486-7; noted in Beal i 181.
Formerly (1965 Deposit) 5; also formerly XVIII 7a.
The dedication is dated 1 August 1631.
Preferred citation: E5/2/7.
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Noted in Rossi iii 487; noted in Beal i 181.
Preferred citation: E5/3.
Published
Documents, [c.1590xc.1600]-[c.1642x1648], accumulated by Edward Herbert during the course of his career as Member of Parliament for Montgomery, and during his studies into English politics; many are copies made by him or for him. They include accounts of parliamentary business and history, and of individual political figures; treatises by Herbert on particular aspects of governance and political authority, notably the relationship between king, parliament and the subject; accounts of the origins and course of the civil war; and instruments relating to the government of Montgomeryshire and the Welsh marches.
Removed from the original bundles, but arranged following the order of the bundles in the previous arrangement. Each bundle was arranged roughly chronologically.
Further papers relating to Edward Herbert’s political activities were transferred from this archive (while at Powis Castle) to the PRO [now TNA]: his Parliamentary diary, 1640-1641, is now TNA 30/53/12; notes of proceedings against the earl of Strafford, 1641, made or accumulated by Herbert, are now TNA 30/53/13; and ‘Historical papers, Henry VIII-1692’, are now TNA 30/53/9. In addition, NLW MS 14005E (f.75) is a facsimile of a letter, 1643, from Edward Herbert to Captain Thomas Morgan; NLW MS 18971 is an early 17th-century manuscript of John Selden’s ‘England’s epinomis’, with the signature on the flyleaf of Edward Herbert of Cherbury; and NLW Deeds 1713 contains an Order of the House of Lords, 1642, permitting Edward Herbert to go abroad ‘for his health sake’.
Formerly XI 4.
Preferred citation: E5/3/1.
Published
Copy, 5 January 1608x[1648], of Sir Francis Bacon’s speech in the lower House of Parliament concerning the article of general naturalisation of the Scottish nation.
Formerly XI 7.
This document is a copy of ‘The State and Dignity of a Secretary of State's Place, with the Care and Peril Thereof’, by Robert Cecil, written c.1603 and published in 1642.
Preferred citation: E5/3/2.
Published
Copy, [c.1642], of ‘The state of a secretaries place with the perill written by the Right Hon. late Earle of Salisburie’.
Formerly XI 8.
Robert Cecil died in 1612.
Preferred citation: E5/3/3.
Published
Copy, [1612xc.1642], of ‘An apologie upon the death of Sir Robert Cecell late lord Threasurer of England written against his libellers and presented to king James’.
Formerly XI 9-11.
Overbury was poisoned in 1613, and Monson was tried in 1615.
Preferred citation: E5/3/4.
Published
Copies, [1615x1648], of documents concerning the trial of Sir Thomas Munson [Monson] following the poisoning of Sir Thomas Overberry [Overbury], prisoner in the Tower.
Formerly XI 19.
Preferred citation: E5/3/5.
Published
Copy, [c.1621], of the ‘Confession of the Lord Chancellor [Francis Bacon] to the High Court of Parliament upon his corruption’.
Formerly XI 20.
Preferred citation: E5/3/6.
Published
Copy, [c.1621], of the speech made by Sir Henry Yelverton on 1 May 1621 'in the Parliament House touching the Duke of Buckingham, Sir Edward Villiers and Mumpersons'.
Formerly XI 23.
Preferred citation: E5/3/7.
Published
Copy, [1610x1648], of ‘Excellent and true observations concerning the Royal Navy and sea service by Sir Walter Rauleigh’.
Item: 1.1 Loose Documents (E5/3/7). Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 4488953. Date: 20090211. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Loose Documents (E5/3/7) : Soiled, and paper very week and brittle on the edges. Institution: WlAbNL.
Item: 1.2 Loose Documents (E5/3/7). Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 4488953. Date: 20110415. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: G. Edwards. Status: Loose Documents (E5/3/7) : Flattened, cleaned and repaired document. Institution: WlAbNL.
Formerly XII 4.
Preferred citation: E5/3/8.
Published
Copy, [c.1626], of the petition of G[eorge] E[glisham], physician to James I, to Charles I on the supposed poisoning of James I.
Formerly XII 11.
Preferred citation: E5/3/9.
Published
Copy of a letter, 12 August 1638, from the Privy Council to [the sheriff of Montgomeryshire], indicating that the king has sent his writ to the sheriffs and mayors of north Wales, touching the supplying of a ship of 400 tons.
Described in W. J. Smith 134.
Formerly XII 13.
Preferred citation: E5/3/10.
Published
Formerly XII 15; also formerly TNA 30/53/9/12 (transferred from TNA to NLW).
Preferred citation: E5/3/11.
Published
Instructions, 9 September 1637, by Charles I to the President and Council of Wales and the Marches for the administration of justice in Wales and the working of the Council.
Formerly XII 17.
Preferred citation: E5/3/12.
Published
Incomplete copy of a report in Parliament, 29 April–1 May 1640, of the public fees in the upper house of Parliament.
Formerly XII 18.
Preferred citation: E5/3/13.
Published
Copies, [1640x1645], of speeches by: 'Glanvill'; [Sir William] Waller, with a riposte from Herbert (the king’s solicitor); Rowse; Benjamin Ruddier [Sir Benjamin Rudyerd]; Sir Francis Seimor [Seymour]; Grimstone; and John Pym [to the Lords].
Formerly XII 19.
Preferred citation: E5/3/14.
Published
Copies, 1640, of 'the Lord Conway's relation concerning the passages in the late northern expedition together with diverse letters of the earl of Strafford and others touching the said passages’.
Formerly XII 20.
Preferred citation: E5/3/15.
Published
Copy of a letter, 8 September 1640, from an alderman of Newcastle 'to his friend in London touching the campaign in the north'.
This document is substantially the same as the version printed in Cal. State Papers Domestic 1640/1, pp. 28-9.
Formerly XII 21.
Preferred citation: E5/3/16.
Published
Copy of Sir John Holland’s speech in the House of Commons, November 1640, concerning the Scottish wars and redress of grievances.
Formerly XII 22.
Preferred citation: E5/3/17.
Published
Formerly XII 23.
Preferred citation: E5/3/18.
Published
Copy of the report on the trade of England presented by Sir Thomas Roo [Roe] to the Grand Committee of Trade on 26 December 1640.
Formerly XII 24.
Preferred citation: E5/3/19.
Published
'The Earl of Strafforde characterized in a letter sent by a gentl[eman] out of London to a friende in the countrey', [c.1641].
Formerly XII 25.
Preferred citation: E5/3/20.
Published
Copy of a letter, 4 January [c.1640], to Orlando Bridgman at the Chambers of the Inner Temple concerning the ‘common calamity’, together with a copy letter from ‘RE’ to Mr Anderton.
Formerly XII 26.
Preferred citation: E5/3/21.
Published
Formerly XII 27.
Preferred citation: E5/3/22.
Published
Formerly XII 28.
Preferred citation: E5/3/23.
Published
Formerly XII 29.
Preferred citation: E5/3/24.
The First Army Plot involved a conspiracy among royalist officers (including Colonel George Goring) to bring troops from York to London to overawe Parliament during the Earl of Strafford’s trial in May 1641.
Published
Copies of: Henry Piercy’s letter to the Earl of Northumberland, presented to the House of Commons, 14 June 1641; interrogations propounded by the House of Commons to Colonel Goreinge concerning the plot with his answer upon them; and Col. Goreinge’s discovery of the plot upon his examination before the House of Commons, 24 June 1641.
Formerly XII 30.
Preferred citation: E5/3/25.
The treason referred to is the First Army Plot [see E5/3/24].
Published
The 'report of the Committee of the examination of divers of the conspirators and others in the late treason', 17 June 1641.
Formerly XII 31.
Preferred citation: E5/3/26.
These six Members of Parliament (one in the Lords and five in the Commons) were impeached on 3 January 1642.
Published
Copy, [January 1642], of the articles against the Lord Kymbolton [Edward Montagu, earl of Manchester], Mr Densill Hollies, Mr [John] Pym, Sir Arthur Haselricke, Mathew [recte John] Hambden, and Mr [William] Strowd.
Formerly XII 33.
Preferred citation: E5/3/27.
A general Irish rebellion had been planned for October 1641.
Published
Copy, [4 March 1641], of Captain Mavin’s speech in the Upper House of Parliament in Ireland upon delivering the charge of high treason against John [Bramhall], Lord Bishop of Derry, [drawn up by] Sir Richard Bolton, Lord Chancellor, Sir Gerrard Lowther, lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and Sir George Ratcliffe.
Formerly XII 34.
Preferred citation: E5/3/28.
Published
Licence of absence from Parliament granted by Charles I to Edward Herbert of Cherbury, 10 August 1641.
Formerly XVI 1.
Preferred citation: E5/3/29.
Published
Formerly XVI 2.
Preferred citation: E5/3/30.
Published
‘Of the antiquity of parliament’, being extracts taken from the works of Sir John Doderidge [Doddridge], Francis Tate, William Camden, Joseph Holband, and Sir Thomas Smythe [Smith], [1600x1648].
Formerly XVI 3.
Preferred citation: E5/3/31.
Published
Formerly XVI 4.
Preferred citation: E5/3/32.
Published
Copy, [1600x1648], of ‘a collection out of records of many charges occasions of state have led diverse princes to lay upon their people by supreme power and not by Parliament, written by Sir Robert Cotton’.
Formerly XVI 5.
Preferred citation: E5/3/33.
Published
Copy, [1600x1648], of ‘An answer to certain arguments raised from supposed antiquity and practice by some members of the House of Commons to prove that ecclesiastical laws ought to be enacted by temporal men, written by Sir Robert Cotton’.
Formerly XVI 6.
Preferred citation: E5/3/34.
Published
Formerly XVI 7.
Preferred citation: E5/3/35.
Published
Formerly XVI 8.
Preferred citation: E5/3/36.
Published
Formerly XVI 9.
Preferred citation: E5/3/37.
Published
Formerly XVII 1.
Preferred citation: E5/3/38.
Published
Catalogue or collection, [1598x1648], of 'the particular instructions, negotiations and letters remaining in the offices of the king’s Paper Chamber at Whitehall', from the reign of Henry III to that of Elizabeth I.
Formerly XVII 2.
Preferred citation: E5/3/39.
Published
Copy, [1623x1648], of the ‘Description of the contents of the Office of his Majesty’s Papers and Records for business of State, by Thomas Wilson’.
Formerly XVII 3.
Preferred citation: E5/3/40.
Published
Formerly XVII 4-5.
Preferred citation: E5/3/41.
Published
Two copies, 1626, of 'Modus tenendi parliamentorum’ by Henry Elsinge [Elsynge], clerk of the parliament house.
Formerly XVII 6.
Preferred citation: E5/3/42.
Published
‘A discourse on the high court of Parliament and the authority of the same extracted out of the common laws of this land and other good authors’, [1600x1648].
Formerly XVII 7.
Preferred citation: E5/3/43.
Published
Formerly XXVI [10].
Preferred citation: E5/3/44.
Published
Draft, [1639x1648], of ‘A short narration of occurrences in ye kingdome of Scotland and ye present troubles, together with their cause and progression’, together with a draft of ‘questions touching upon obedience to magistrates in eminency’.
Formerly XXVI [11].
Preferred citation: E5/3/45.
Published
Formerly XXVI [12].
Preferred citation: E5/3/46.
Published
Formerly XXVI [14].
Bacon’s work was published in 1608.
Preferred citation: E5/3/47.
Published
Part of Francis Bacon’s ‘In felicem memoriam Elizabethae’, translated by Edward Herbert, [c.1630x1648].
Noted in Rossi iii 542; noted in Beal i 184.
Formerly XXVI [23].
Preferred citation: E5/3/48.
Published
‘On obedience to kings’; anecdotes (many about clergy in France); Roman history; and other observations, [1610x1648].
Formerly XXVI [32].
Preferred citation: E5/3/49.
Published
Preferred citation: E5/4.
Published
Documents, [1603x1624]-[1632x1648], accumulated by Edward Herbert in connection with his position as ambassador to France and member of the Council of War; many are copies made by him or for him. They include accounts of France, Spain and the Low Countries, and in particular of their military capabilities; discussions of English foreign policy, and copies of treaties with foreign powers; and accounts of English military expeditions; together with miscellaneous material relating to the work of English ambassadors.
Removed from the original bundles, but arranged following the order of the bundles in the previous arrangement. Each bundle was arranged roughly chronologically.
Correspondence of Edward Herbert as ambassador in France, 1619-1624, was transferred from this archive (while at Powis Castle) to the PRO [now TNA], and is now TNA 30/53/1-6; further related material is TNA SP 78/68. His letterbook as ambassador to the French court, 1619-1620, is British Library Add. MS 7082, and NLW MS 21558E also contains letters from [the Duke of Richmond and] Lennox to Edward Herbert, ambassador in Paris, 1619.
Formerly XI 1.
Preferred citation: E5/4/1.
Published
Formerly XI 2.
Preferred citation: E5/4/2.
Published
Formerly XI 3.
Preferred citation: E5/4/3.
Published
Formerly XI 5.
Preferred citation: E5/4/4.
Published
Formerly XI 6.
Preferred citation: E5/4/5.
Published
Formerly XI 12.
Preferred citation: E5/4/6.
Published
Formerly XI 13.
Preferred citation: E5/4/7.
Published
Formerly XI 15.
Preferred citation: E5/4/8.
Published
Formerly XI 22.
Preferred citation: E5/4/9.
Published
Formerly XI 25.
Preferred citation: E5/4/10.
Published
Formerly XII 1.
This account of the expedition was 'written in July before their going forth'.
Preferred citation: E5/4/11.
Published
Formerly XII 2.
Preferred citation: E5/4/12.
Published
'The charge delivered by the Earl of Essex and nine other Colonels at the Council table against the Viscount Wimbledon, General of the last Cales [Cadiz] voyage, with his answer containing a full relation of the defeat of the same voyage', [1625].
Formerly XII 3.
Preferred citation: E5/4/13.
Published
See also E5/2.
Formerly XII 5.
Preferred citation: E5/4/14.
Published
See also E5/2.
Formerly XII 6.
Preferred citation: E5/4/15.
Published
Description of the La Rochelle campaign, 1628, entitled: 'Anti Mercurii Britannici responsum ad res nouissima obsidionis Rupellana A.D. 1628 a Mercuriis Gallicis et Gallobelgicis falso narrates’.
See also E5/2.
Formerly XII 10.
Preferred citation: E5/4/16.
Published
Holograph copy or draft of an address, 10 April 1635, by [Edward Herbert], one of the Council of War, to the king on the present state of the kingdom and foreign affairs, especially concerning France, Spain and the Low Countries.
Described in W. J. Smith 130; discussed in Rossi ii 475-85; noted in Beal i 179.
Formerly XII 12.
Preferred citation: E5/4/17.
Published
Petition of the Hanse, [c.1635], quoting from an agreement of 1473 between Edward IV and the citizens of the Hanse.
Formerly XII 14.
Preferred citation: E5/4/18.
Published
Copy, 2 February 1636, of 'An infallible way ... for the recovery of the Palatinate [of the Rhine] ... by F[rancis] W[indebanke], sometime intelligencer to the kings of Spain'.
Formerly XII 16.
Preferred citation: E5/4/19.
Published
Formerly XII 32.
Windebanke's location is given as 'Calis' [? recte Cadiz].
Preferred citation: E5/4/20.
Published
Formerly XII 51.
Preferred citation: E5/4/21.
Published
Formerly XII 52.
Preferred citation: E5/4/22.
Published
Copy, [c.1625x1648], of 'A Discourse toucheinge the annoyinge of Spain written by Sir Kellem Digbie', which itself was a copy of a memorandum by Sir Francis Drake.
Formerly XVIII 6.
Preferred citation: E5/4/23.
Published
Formerly (1965 Deposit) 6.
Preferred citation: E5/4/24.
Published
Copy, [1610x1624], of ‘Observations of France’, by Sir George Carew, ambassador to France before 1610, together with a typescript review of the document, [1965xc.1990], by John Butler of the University of Manitoba.
Preferred citation: E6.
Published
Records, 1587-1754, relating to the government of Montgomery, Shropshire, Wales and the marches, as well as the administration of the Cherbury and Powis Castle estates.
Further papers relating to the Cherbury estate are in C2.
Formerly Volume IX.
The volume bears the following inscription on its spine: 'Montgomery castle 1644-1650 - Local History 1587-1754'.
Preferred citation: E6/1.
Published
Correspondence, instructions, reports and accounts, 1644-1651, concerning the capture, sequestration and slighting of Montgomery castle, the Herbert family’s losses, and the provision made by Parliament for them (E6/1/1-42); together with records, 1587-1754, relating to the government of Montgomery, Shropshire, Wales and the marches, as well as the administration of the Cherbury and Powis Castle estates (E6/1/43-86).
The items in this file have been guarded and filed together as Volume IX, and this arrangement has been retained for practical reasons. Furthermore, although the current binding appears to have been done since the archive arrived at NLW, there is no reason to suppose that the grouping of the documents together does not pre-date the binding.
Formerly IX 1.
Date given as 5 August1644 [recte September 1644].
Preferred citation: E6/1/1.
Published
Letter, 5 September [1644], from Lt-Col James Till (on behalf of Sir Thomas Myddleton) to Edward Herbert, promising the peaceful surrender of Montgomery castle and guaranteeing the safety of its occupants and contents.
Described in W. J. Smith 171.
Formerly IX 2.
Preferred citation: E6/1/2.
Published
Letter, 6 September 1644, from Lt-Col James Till (on behalf of Sir Thomas Myddleton) to Edward Herbert, with further details concerning the surrender of Montgomery castle.
Described in W. J. Smith 172.
Formerly IX 3.
Preferred citation: E6/1/3.
Published
Copy of Lt-Col James Till’s and Capt. Samuel More’s account of the taking of Montgomery castle, 10 September 1644.
Described in W. J. Smith 173.
Formerly IX 4.
Preferred citation: E6/1/4.
Published
Copy of a letter, 18 September 1644, from Sir Thomas Middleton to [the Committee of Both Houses], giving his opinion as to the restoration of Edward Herbert to his former place and goods.
Described in W. J. Smith 174.
Formerly IX 5.
Preferred citation: E6/1/5.
Published
Copy of a letter, 30 September 1644, from [Edward Herbert] to Sir Thomas Middleton, concerning Herbert’s losses.
Described in W. J. Smith 176.
Formerly IX 6.
Preferred citation: E6/1/6.
Published
Copy of a letter, 18 December [1646], from [Edward Herbert] to Mr [Gualter] Frost [secretary to the Committee of Both Kingdoms], concerning the Committee’s proceedings concerning his case.
Described in W. J. Smith 188.
Formerly IX 7.
Preferred citation: E6/1/7.
Published
Edward Herbert’s petition to the House [of Commons] concerning his losses and his allowance, [December 1646].
Described in W. J. Smith 186.
Formerly IX 8.
Date given as 1644 [recte 1646].
Preferred citation: E6/1/8.
Published
For the petition, see E6/1/7.
Formerly IX 9.
Preferred citation: E6/1/9.
Published
Copy of an order, 25 February 1645, of the House of Commons for an allowance of £20 a week to Edward Herbert.
Described in W. J. Smith 181.
Formerly IX 10-11.
Preferred citation: E6/1/10-11.
Published
Certificate of Rowland Evans, 8 April 1645, that he heard John Thomas of Dudston say that he heard Sir Thomas Myddleton say in early September 1644 that he would not meddle with Edward Herbert nor his castle, together with a copy.
Described in W. J. Smith 182.
Formerly IX 12.
Preferred citation: E6/1/12.
Published
Described in W. J. Smith 187.
Formerly IX 13-15.
Preferred citation: E6/1/13-15.
Published
Copy of [Edward Herbert’s] answer to the House of Commons, [?March 1647], defending his conduct during the civil war and requesting compensation.
Described in W. J. Smith 193.
Formerly IX 16.
Preferred citation: E6/1/16.
Published
Edward Herbert’s promise to the House of Commons upon re-delivery of his castle, 1 May 1647.
Described in W. J. Smith 196.
Formerly IX 17.
Preferred citation: E6/1/17.
Published
Copy of an order of a Committee of Lords and Commons that are of the Committee of Both Kingdoms, concerning the slighting of earthworks at Montgomery castle, and delivery of Edward Herbert’s goods to him, 22 December 1646.
Described in W. J. Smith 190.
Formerly IX 18.
Preferred citation: E6/1/18.
Published
Certificate by the Committee of Montg[omery] Shire regarding Edward Herbert’s losses, 27 April 1647.
Described in W. J. Smith 197.
Formerly IX 19.
Preferred citation: E6/1/19.
Published
Copy of a letter, [1647], from [Edward Herbert] to the Committee of Both Kingdoms concerning his losses and allowance, and his authority at Montgomery castle, as well as defending his conduct.
Described in W. J. Smith 201.
Formerly IX 20.
Preferred citation: E6/1/20.
Published
Copy of a letter, [1647], from [Edward Herbert] to the Committee of Both Kingdoms concerning arrears of his allowance, and his losses.
Described in W. J. Smith 202.
Formerly IX 21.
Preferred citation: E6/1/21.
Published
Letter, 27 April 1649, from Richard Herbert to the Committee for Montgomeryshire concerning withdrawing the garrison from Montgomery and totally slighting the castle.
Described in W. J. Smith 208.
Formerly IX 22.
Preferred citation: E6/1/22.
Published
Letter, 18 June 1649, from [Colonel] Jo[hn] Jones to Evan Lloyd, High Sheriff of Montgomery, Hugh Price, and Richard Griffiths and Richard Price [of the Committee of Montgomeryshire for demolishing Montgomery castle], at Redcastle [Powis Castle] concerning certification of damages to Edward Herbert for demolition of the castle.
Described in W. J. Smith 210.
Formerly IX 23.
Preferred citation: E6/1/23.
Published
Formerly IX 24.
Preferred citation: E6/1/24.
Published
Copy of a letter, 23 June 1649, from [the Committee for Montgomeryshire] to Col. John Jones concerning the valuation of Montgomery castle and the cost of demolishing it, and reparations to Richard Herbert.
Described in W. J. Smith 212.
Formerly IX 25.
Preferred citation: E6/1/25.
Published
Described in W. J. Smith 215.
Formerly IX 26.
This document is substantially the same as E6/1/16, with an additional clause.
Preferred citation: E6/1/26.
Published
Draft of [Edward Herbert’s] promise upon free delivery of his castle of Montg[omery], [1647].
Described in W. J. Smith 195.
Formerly IX 27.
Preferred citation: E6/1/27.
Published
Letter, 29 June 1649, from [the Committee for Montgomeryshire] to Richard Herbert, concerning authorisation to demolish Montgomery castle.
Described in W. J. Smith 213.
Formerly IX 28.
Preferred citation: E6/1/28.
Published
Copy of the order of the Committee [for Montgomeryshire] appointing Edward Allen and Richard Thompson to supervise the demolition of Montgomery castle, 2 July 1649.
Described in W. J. Smith 214.
Formerly IX 29.
Preferred citation: E6/1/29.
Published
Letter, 10 October 1649, from the Committee of Montgomeryshire to Richard Herbert concerning payment of soldiers at Montgomery castle.
Described in W. J. Smith 216.
Formerly IX 30.
Preferred citation: E6/1/30.
Published
Copy of a letter, 16 November 1649, from Ed[ward] Allen and Richard Thompson to the Commissioners for Demolishing Montgomery Castle, indicating that they have completed their work and kept account.
Described in W. J. Smith 217.
Formerly IX 31.
Preferred citation: E6/1/31.
Published
Copy of an order of the Council of State, 19 January 1650, that a letter be written to the Committee that it was ordered in June 1649 that Montgomery castle be demolished and Richard Herbert’s damage be paid out of the second payment of his fine.
Described in W. J. Smith 219.
Formerly IX 32.
Preferred citation: E6/1/32.
Published
Copy of a letter, 22 January 1650, from the Council of State to the Committee for Compounding, ordering that Richard Herbert have allowance of the remainder of his fine.
Formerly IX 33.
Preferred citation: E6/1/33.
Published
Certificate, 5 May 1651, by the Commissioners of the Militia for North Wales concerning horses, furniture, arms and armour provided by Richard Herbert.
Described in W. J. Smith 223.
Formerly IX 34.
Preferred citation: E6/1/34.
Published
Formerly IX 35.
Preferred citation: E6/1/35.
Published
Copy of Richard Herbert’s petition to the Commons, being a plea for the remission of his fine, [1648 or 1649].
Described in W. J. Smith 207.
Formerly IX 36.
Preferred citation: E6/1/36.
Published
Copy of Richard Herbert’s petition to the Commons, requesting reparation for the destruction of Montgomery castle, [May or June 1649].
Described in W. J. Smith 209.
Formerly IX 37.
Preferred citation: E6/1/37.
Published
Edward Herbert’s propositions ‘to be offered’ concerning his reinstatement at Montgomery, [1647].
Described in W. J. Smith 199.
Formerly IX 38.
Preferred citation: E6/1/38.
Published
Draft of Richard Herbert’s petition to the Council of State, 18 December 1649, requesting an allowance and reparation concerning the demolition of Montgomery castle and construction of a new one.
Described in W. J. Smith 218.
Formerly IX 39.
Preferred citation: E6/1/39.
Published
Copy of a report [?to the Committee for Compounding] on Richard Herbert’s delinquency and debts, [1648 or 1649].
Described in W. J. Smith 206.
Formerly IX 40.
Preferred citation: E6/1/40.
Published
Formerly IX 41.
Preferred citation: E6/1/41.
Published
Described in W. J. Smith 200.
Formerly IX 42.
Preferred citation: E6/1/42.
Published
Certificate of the losses of Edward Herbert and the inhabitants of the town of Montgomery upon the surrender of Montgomery castle, 1644.
Described in W. J. Smith 179.
Formerly IX 43.
Preferred citation: E6/1/43.
Published
Letter, 13 April 1587, from William Herbert to Mathew Herbert of Coldbrook, concerning measures for raising troops in Monmouthshire for service in Ireland.
Described in W. J. Smith 83.
Formerly IX 44.
Preferred citation: E6/1/44.
Published
Copy of a letter, 9 October [1587], from [the Privy Council] to [Henry Herbert], earl of Pembroke, concerning provisions for the defence of Wales and the Marches against a likely Spanish invasion.
Described in W. J. Smith 84.
Formerly IX 45.
Preferred citation: E6/1/45.
Published
Printed copy, 1600, of 'Speciall orders and directions set forth by the Queen’s Majesty’s commandment, to all Justices of the Peace, Mayors, Sheriffs, etc., for stay and redress of the dearth of grain'.
Formerly IX 46.
Preferred citation: E6/1/46.
Published
Copy of a letter, 1 June 1600, from the Privy Council to [?the Sheriff of Montgomery] concerning problems caused by the dearth of corn – the queen [Elizabeth] has ordered measures intended to reduce prices.
Described in W. J. Smith 91.
Formerly IX 47.
Preferred citation: E6/1/47.
Published
Record of a cessment of 10s. on the borough of Montgomery for provision of ‘Sturkes’ [stirks], 29 May 1611.
Formerly IX 48.
Preferred citation: E6/1/48.
Published
Record of a cessment of 10s. on the town and liberties of Montgomery for provision of His Majesty’s house for ‘Sturks’, and 5s. towards the relief of the poor prisoners in the county gaol, 29 May 1609.
Formerly IX 49.
Preferred citation: E6/1/49.
Published
Formerly IX 50.
Possible dates for this document are [1665x1686], but the most probable is [c.1675].
Preferred citation: E6/1/50.
Published
Described in W. J. Smith 345.
Formerly IX 51.
The document includes an armorial seal.
Preferred citation: E6/1/51.
Published
Lord [Edward] Herbert’s appointment of Richard Herbert of Dolguog as his deputy custos rotulorum for Montgomeryshire on his going to Ireland, 3 June 1673.
Formerly IX 52a.
Preferred citation: E6/1/52a.
Published
Formerly IX 52b.
Preferred citation: E6/1/52b.
Published
Letter, 14 February 1677, from James Downes, master of the Company of Drapers, to Mr [Edward] Whittingham, Recorder of Montgomery, concerning the flannel market and fairs at Montgomery.
Described in W. J. Smith 391.
Formerly IX 53.
Preferred citation: E6/1/53.
Published
Letter, 18 February 1677, from Ro[bert] Jones to Lord [Edward] Herbert concerning work on the house at Llyssyn, and estate business, especially the coal pit.
Described in W. J. Smith 393.
Formerly IX 54.
Preferred citation: E6/1/54.
Published
Letter, 9 March 1677, from Ro[bert] Jones to Lord [Edward] Herbert concerning work on the house at Llyssyn, estate business and news.
Described in W. J. Smith 395.
Formerly IX 55.
Preferred citation: E6/1/55.
Published
Letter, 2 April 1677, from Ro[bert] Jones to Lord [Edward] Herbert concerning estate business, especially the coal mine, the quarry and the house.
Described in W. J. Smith 396.
Formerly IX 56.
Preferred citation: E6/1/56.
Published
Formerly IX 57.
Preferred citation: E6/1/57.
Published
Formerly IX 58.
Preferred citation: E6/1/58.
Published
Letter, 18 October 1680, from Ed[ward] Whittingham to Lord [Henry] Herbert concerning the election of bailiffs of Montgomery, and two libels arising from it affecting magistrates of the town.
Described in W. J. Smith 450.
Formerly IX 59.
Preferred citation: E6/1/59.
Published
Two poems, [October 1680]: ‘To M.M., esq., Chief B[ailiff] of our B[orough] of M[ontgomery]’, and ‘Mr Recorder’s charge to the Serjeants’.
Formerly IX 60.
Preferred citation: E6/1/60.
Published
Formerly IX 61.
Preferred citation: E6/1/61.
Published
Letter, 21 January [1681], from T. Burton and the burgesses of Shropshire to ‘Cousin Read’ concerning the election of a member of parliament for Shropshire.
Described in W. J. Smith 451.
Formerly IX 62.
Preferred citation: E6/1/62.
Published
Described in W. J. Smith 453.
Formerly IX 63.
Preferred citation: E6/1/63.
Published
Formerly IX 64.
Preferred citation: E6/1/64.
Published
Letter, 10 June 1681, from Ro[bert] Jones to Lord [Henry] Herbert concerning mortgages, loans, rents and other Irish estate business.
Described in W. J. Smith 454.
Formerly IX 65a.
Preferred citation: E6/1/65a.
Published
Letter, 12 May 1685, from John Read to Lord [Henry] Herbert concerning the right of burgesses of Llanidloes, Llanfyllin and Welshpool to participate in the election of a Member of Parliament for Montgomery Borough.
Described in W. J. Smith 578.
Formerly IX 65b.
Preferred citation: E6/1/65b.
Published
Copy of a letter, 16 May 1685, from [Henry Herbert] to William Williams concerning corporation affairs at Montgomery.
Described in W. J. Smith 579.
Formerly IX 66.
Preferred citation: E6/1/66.
Published
Letter, 23 September 1688, from the Gentlemen of Montgomeryshire to Lord [Henry] Herbert, indicating that Mr Pugh of Mathafarn has been chosen as knight of the shire, and Captain Charles Herbert as burgess, both to serve in parliament.
Described in W. J. Smith 664.
Formerly IX 67.
Preferred citation: E6/1/67.
Published
Letter, 21 September 1689, from John Bradshawe to Richard Stedman of Drevor concerning a commission for Deputy Lieutenant in Montgomeryshire, and settling the militia.
Described in W. J. Smith 679.
Formerly IX 68.
Preferred citation: E6/1/68.
Published
Formerly IX 69.
Preferred citation: E6/1/69.
Published
Formerly IX 70.
Preferred citation: E6/1/70.
Published
Formerly IX 71.
Preferred citation: E6/1/71.
Published
Petition, [c.1711], of Francis Herbert to queen Anne on his being fined for not attending as sheriff at Montgomeryshire Great Sessions.
Formerly IX 72-73.
Preferred citation: E6/1/72-73.
Published
List, [c.1700], of persons in the interest of Sir Charles Lloyd in a parliamentary election for the town of Montgomery.
Formerly IX 74.
Preferred citation: E6/1/74.
Published
Formerly IX 75.
Preferred citation: E6/1/75.
Published
Formerly IX 76.
Preferred citation: E6/1/76.
Published
Letter, 12 February 1727, from R. Rocke to [William Herbert, Lord Powis] concerning Acts of Parliament relating to the election and maintenance of MPs.
Formerly IX 77.
Preferred citation: E6/1/77.
Published
Copy of an order of the Montgomeryshire Quarter Sessions to erect a county gaol and house of correction at Montgomery, 18 July 1734.
Formerly IX 78.
Preferred citation: E6/1/78.
Published
Letter, 23 July 1743, from [William Herbert] Lord Powis to Humphrey Parry, attorney, requesting him to allow players to act in Oswestry town hall.
Formerly IX 79.
Preferred citation: E6/1/79.
Published
Printed notice, 15 October 1743, concerning a subscription in Shropshire for payment of forces for the defence of His Majesty’s person and government.
Formerly IX 80.
Preferred citation: E6/1/80.
Published
Affidavit, January 1755, of Edward Hughes, Llanbadarn Vawr, touching Lewis Morris, His Majesty’s agent and Superintendent of mines in Cardiganshire, and troubles at the mines at Esgair y Mwyn, in connection with an Exchequer trial.
Formerly IX 81.
Preferred citation: E6/1/81.
Published
Formerly IX 82.
Preferred citation: E6/1/82.
Published
Letter, [January or February c.1687], from William Williams to Henry Herbert concerning legal defence of the rights of Montgomery borough in the quo warranto proceedings.
Described in W. J. Smith 615.
Formerly IX 83.
Preferred citation: E6/1/83.
Published
Order, [1734 or 1735], of the Montgomeryshire Quarter Sessions concerning building a house of correction in Montgomery, with a copy made for Lord [Henry] Herbert.
Formerly IX 84.
Preferred citation: E6/1/84.
Published
Letter, [c.1688], from [Henry Herbert] to the bailiffs, aldermen and burgesses of Montgomery concerning: disposal of free land of the borough; stimulation of trade; renovation of the town hall and houses for judges, counsel and other gentry; and measures against those who do not act for the good of the town.
Described in W. J. Smith 655.
Formerly IX 85.
Preferred citation: E6/1/85.
Published
Survey, [1600x1675], relating to Ryston, Mountgom[er]y, Wititree, Tunebert, Stocton, Woderton, Marinton, the church of Churburye, and a warren in the manor of Worthin.
Formerly IX 86.
Preferred citation: E6/1/86.
Published
Described in W. J. Smith 381.
Formerly in bundle XXIV [no number].
Preferred citation: E6/2.
Published
Warrant from Edward Herbert to the high and petty constables of Montgomery concerning payment of the muster master in Montgomery and parts of Shropshire, together with a letter from the high constable to the bailiffs of Montgomery regarding the same, and accounts of subscriptions, 31 March–7 April 1612.
Formerly XXIII 1.
Preferred citation: E6/3.
Published
Letter, 26 January 1615, from Richard Prythergh to Edward Herbert in Florence concerning a mortgage, collection of money by bailiffs to supply Herbert abroad, and other money matters.
Described in W. J. Smith 99.
Formerly in bundle XXIV [no number].
Preferred citation: E6/4.
Published
Formerly in bundle XXIV [no number].
Preferred citation: E6/5.
Published
Formerly in bundle XXIV [no number].
Preferred citation: E6/6.
Published
Formerly XII 7; also formerly TNA 30/53/9/11.
Preferred citation: E6/7.
Published
The instructions are addressed to John Egerton, Earl of Bridgewater, who was President of the Council of Wales and the Marches.
Formerly XII 8.
Preferred citation: E6/8.
Profits of the green wax were those arising from estreats levied in the county and issued to the sheriff under the Exchequer seal in green wax.
Published
Edward Herbert's petition to the king concerning his title to the fines for licences of concord, issues of jurors, and other profits of the green wax, together with the return of writs, in the hundred of Chirbury.
Described in W. J. Smith 124.