Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (d. 1649)

Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (née Mary Talbot) (c.1580 – March 1649) was the wife of William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke.

Mary was the daughter of Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury, by his wife Mary, and was thus a granddaughter of Bess of Hardwick. She had two sisters, both of whom also married into the nobility: Alethea Howard, Countess of Arundel, and Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kent.

She married Herbert on 4 November 1604 at Wilton, Wiltshire,[1] and had one child, Henry, who died in infancy.[2]

The Talbot Papers, held in Lambeth Palace Library, include several references to Mary. It appears from a letter of 1603 that Sir Thomas Edmondes was instrumental in persuading her father of the advantages of her marrying Pembroke.[3]

Following her husband's death in 1630, the dowager countess sometimes stayed at Baynard's Castle.[1] She died at Ramsbury Manor, Wiltshire, and was buried at Salisbury Cathedral.

References
  1. Professor Margaret P Hannay; Professor Michael G Brennan; Professor Mary Ellen Lamb (28 July 2015). The Ashgate Research Companion to The Sidneys, 1500–1700: Volume 1: Lives. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 37–. ISBN 978-1-4094-5038-2.
  2. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Page 3094.
  3. "Talbot Papers". National Archives. Retrieved 13 February 2018.

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