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Monumental effigy of Sir William ap Thomas. Sir William ap Thomas (died 1445) was a Welsh nobleman, politician, knight, and courtier. He was a member of the Welsh gentry family that came to be known as the Herbert family through his son William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (8th creation) and is the agnatic ancestor, via an ...
- Politician, Knight, Courtier
- 1445, London
- 4 (including William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke)
- Abergavenny Priory, Abergavenny
William ap Thomas died in London in 1445, and his body was brought back to Wales to be buried in the Benedictine priory church at Abergavenny. His wife Gwladus (the star of Abergavenny), as she was hailed by the poet Lewys Glyn Cothi, died in 1454. William was succeeded by his eldest son, another William (d.1469) who took the surname Herbert.
25 de dic. de 2023 · William ap Thomas (died 1445) was a Welsh nobleman, politician, knight, and courtier. He was a member of the Welsh gentry family that came to be known as the Herbert family through his son William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke and is an ancestor of the current Earls of Pembroke.
- Raglan
- Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales (United Kingdom)
- circa 1380
- 1446
William ap Thomas , Sir . Died: 1445 . William fought at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415 and in 1426 was knighted by Henry VI. He was known as 'The Blue Knight of Gwent' on account of the colour of his armour.
In 1442, at the age of 41, his occupation is listed as chief steward of richard plantagenet, 3rd duke of york's estates in wales. He died in 1446, in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, at the age of 45, and was buried in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom.
Sir William ap Thomas, of Raglan in Gwent, was one of Guto’r Glyn’s early patrons. At the time when he first welcomed the poet into his home, perhaps sometime in the late 1430s, we can be sure that Sir William was the most prestigious patron whom Guto had yet served.
When William Ap Thomas was born in 1401, in Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales, his father, Sir Thomas ap Jenken, was 45 and his mother, Maud de Morley, was 39. He married Lady Maud Morley of Ragland Castle in 1395, in Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son.
