Background
His father had been an ally of Richard of York, and Herbert supported the Yorkist cause in the Wars of the Roses.
His father had been an ally of Richard of York, and Herbert supported the Yorkist cause in the Wars of the Roses.
In 1461 Herbert was rewarded by King Edward IV with the title Baron Herbert of Raglan (having assumed an English-style surname in place of the Welsh patronymic), and was invested as a Knight of the Garter. Soon after the decisive Yorkist victory at the Battle of Towton in 1461, Herbert replaced Jasper Tudor as Earl of Pembroke which gave him control of Pembroke Castle. However, he fell out with Lord Warwick "the Kingmaker" in 1469, when Warwick turned against the King.
lieutenant was later revived for a grandson, another William Herbert, the son of Black William"s illegitimate son.