Background
His paternal grandparents were William ap Thomas and Gwladys, daughter of Dafydd Gam, and his maternal grandparents were Walter Devereux, Lord Chancellor of Ireland and Elizabeth Merbury. He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1469.
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His paternal grandparents were William ap Thomas and Gwladys, daughter of Dafydd Gam, and his maternal grandparents were Walter Devereux, Lord Chancellor of Ireland and Elizabeth Merbury. He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1469.
In 1479, he was forced by Richard III to surrendered the earldom with its accompanying lands in Wales, and was created Earl of Huntingdon. William had hoped to restore to his family the Earldom of Pembroke. Awarding lands in the south-west of England meant that Richard had moved the family influence out of Wales.
Herbert remained loyal to Richard III. After the rebellion of 1483 he received the post of Chief Justice of South Wales, which had been the Duke of Buckingham"son
When Henry of Richmond landed in south Wales in 1485 Herbert"s position forced Henry to take a roundabout route into England. lieutenant is likely that a Herbert agent first notified Richard III of Henry"s landing.
Herbert did not, however, fight at Bosworth. The Herbert family today, still retains the earldom of Pembroke among others