William Herbert 1580-1630

William HERBERT, 3rd Earl of Pembroke 1580-1630

Armorial stamp of William Herbert (British Armorial Bindings)

Biographical Note

Courtier, politician, Chancellor of Oxford University, noted for his patronage of the arts.

Books

Books with his armorial stamps survive. Bought the Barocci collection of Greek manuscripts in 1629, most of which he gave to the Bodleian Library.

Sources

• British Armorial Bindings.
• Macray, W. D. Annals of the Bodleian Library. 2nd edn, Oxford, 1890, 68-72.
• Stater, Victor. "Herbert, William, third earl of Pembroke (1580–1630), courtier and patron of the arts." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

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