William ap Thomas Herbert , of Raglan, Sir Knight 
William ap Thomas was born about 1401 in Raglan Castle, Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales. William ap Thomas' father was Thomas ap Gwilym , of Perth-Hir, Sir and his mother was Mawd Morley. His paternal grandparents were Gwilym ap Jenkin , Lord of Gwarinddu and Gwenllian verch Hywel , "Fychan"; his maternal grandfather was John Morley , Sir. He had a half-sister named Tudful verch. He died in 1446 in Priory Church, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales.General Notes
Sir William Thomas, called "Y Marchog Glas o Went" ("The Blue Knight of Gwent"), of Raglan, Mon, the (feudal) Lordship of which he bought from 1st Lord (Baron) Berkeley; knighted 1415; married 1st his former employer Elizabeth (to whom he had been steward), daughter and heiress of Sir John Bluet, of Raglan, and widow of Sir James Berkeley (by whom she was mother of the 1st Lord (Baron) Berkeley; married 2nd, as her 2nd husband, Gwladus (died 1454), daughter of Dafydd Gam (killed at Agincourt) and widow of Sir Roger Vaughan, of Tretower (also killed at Agincourt), and died 1446. [Burke's Peerage]
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Built the "Great Tower" of Raglan Castle.
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Copied from Herbert, George biography, 88.1911 encyclopedia.org/H/HERBERT_GEORGE.htm:
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Thomasís fifth son, William or Gwilim ap Thomas, who died abt 1446, was the first man of the family to make any figure in history. This Gwilim ap Thomas was steward of the lordships of Usk and Caerleon under Richard, duke of York. Legend makes him a knight on the field of Agincourt, but his knighthood belongs to the year 1426. He appears to have married twice, his first wife being Elizabeth Bluet of Raglan, widow of Sir James Berkeley, and his second a daughter of David Gam, a valiant Welsh squire slain at Agincourt. Royal favour enriched Sir William, and he was able to buy Raglan Castle from the Lord Berkeley, his first wifeís son, the deed, which remains among the Beaufort muniments, refuting the pedigree-makerís statement that he inherited the castle as heir of his mother Maude daughter of Sir John Morley.
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Note: Apparently there are two different stories about how William Herbert ended up with Raglan Castle.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.< 1183 in Cilycwm, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- b.1250 in Cilycwm, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- b.~ 1227 in Wales
- b.~ 1290 in Wernddu, Monmouthshire, Wales d.~ 1344 in Llanvapley, Monmouthshire, Wales
- b.1235 in Llandilo, Monmouthshire, Wales
- b.1265 in Wernddu, Monmouthshire, Wales
- b.~ 1320 in Wernddu, Monmouthshire, Wales d.~ 1377 in Perth Hir, Monmouthshire, Wales
- b.~ 1246 in Wernddu, Monmouthshire, Wales
- b.1279 in Wernddu, Monmouthshire, Wales
- b.~ 1250 in Llanfair Cilgedin (Kilgeddin), Monmouthshire, Wales
- b.~ 1300 in Wernddu, Monmouthshire, Wales
- b.~ 1365 in Wernddu, Monmouthshire, Wales d.04 Jul 1438 in Plas yn-y-berth-hir (Perth-hir), Monmouthshire, Wales
- b.1255 in Wales
- b.1281 in Parc Letis, LngtwgDyfrynWysg, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
- b.1259 in Wales
- b.~ 1304 in Parc Letis, Llangatwg Dyffry, Monmouthshire, Wales
- b.1240 in Wales
- b.1285 in Parc Letis, LngtwgDyfrynWysg, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
- b.~ 1340 in Parc Letis, Llangatwg Dyffry, Monmouthshire, Wales
- b.~ 1245 in Wales
- b.~ 1275 in Wales
- b.1306 in Castell Madog, Llnfhngl Fchn, Breconshire, Wales
- b.~ 1401 in Raglan Castle, Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales d.1446 in Priory Church, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
- b.~ 1265 in Roydon, Norfolk, England d.<31 Dec 1302
- b.~ 1290 in Roydon, Norfolk, England d.23 MAR 1359/60 in Bourgogne, France (of Hockering, Norfolk)
- b.~ 1268 in Castle Rising, Norfolk, England d.<Oct 1295
- b.24 Jun 1319 in Hockering, Mitford, Norfolk, England d.30 Apr 1379 in Hallingbury, Bishop's Stortford, Essex, England
- b.24 Sep 1277 in Hockering, Mitford, Norfolk, England d.24 Jun 1314 in Battle of Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1300 in Hockering, Mitford, Norfolk, England d.< 1334
- b.~ 1278 in Hallingbury, Bishop's Stortford, Essex, England d.<06 Dec 1315 in Hockering, Mitford, Norfolk, England
- b.1354 in Raglan Castle, Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales
- b.29 Sep 1259 in Wormegay, Downham, Norfolk, England d.Sep 1304 in Priory, Shelford, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.04 Oct 1282 in Wormegay, Downham, Norfolk, England d.15 Dec 1328 in Watton-at-Stone, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
- b.25 Apr 1258 in Addington, Surrey, England d.<28 May 1323 in Addington, Surrey, England
- b.~ 1333 in Spixworth, Kent, England d.25 Nov 1386 in Friars Augustine Church, Norwich, Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1255 in Ashperton, Herefordshire, England d.27 Jun 1335 in Lambourn, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 1281 in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England d.11 Dec 1357 in Ruskington, Lincolnshire, England
- b.1267 in Canton of Vaud, Switzerland d.~ 1284
- b.~ 1380 in Llansaint-freed (St. Brides Head), Monmouthshire, Wales
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William ap Thomas and Elizabeth were married in a religious ceremony after 1405 in 2nd husband 1st wife.
William ap Thomas and Gwladus verch were married in a religious ceremony after 1415 in 2nd husband 2nd wife. They had a son and a daughter, named William and Margaret.
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Children
William Herbert , KG, 1st Earl of Pembroke
William was born about 1418 in Raglan Castle, Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales. He died on July 27th, 1469 in Battle of Edgecote, Banbury, Northamptonshire, England (beheaded).
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