Admitted 20 June, 1589.
He is described in the Register as "William Harbert, Knight, of St. Julians, Monmouth," and was the son of William Herbert of that place, and heir male of William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke. There is some difficulty in his identification, but he is supposed to be the William Herbert knighted by Elizabeth in 1578. He became a great student of Divinity, Astrology, and Alchemy, and was for some time a disciple of Dr. John Dee. In 1586 he became an "undertaker" for the plantation of a colony in Munster, endeavouring to introduce good government after the English fashion, in which he temporarily succeeded. He died 4 March, 1592-3.
He left behind him several writings in prose and verse, including a Poem entitled Sydney (1586), and Croftus, sire de Hibernia Liber, published by the Roxburghe Club, 1887, and Tracts on the Plantation of Munster, abstracts of which appear in the Calendar of State Papers (Irish) (1586—8).
Admitted 12 August, 1606.
He appears on the Register as "William Hericke, Knight." He was the son of John Hericke of Leicester, where he was born in 1557. He came to London in 1574 as apprentice to his elder brother Nicholas, who was the father of Robert Herrick the poet. He afterwards set up in business on his own account, and became one of the most prosperous of London merchants, and much in request at Court. He was employed by Elizabeth on a mission to the Grand Turk, from whom he brought back a complimentary letter in 1581. In 1605 he was knighted by James I. He subsequently represented Leicester in Parliament, but became impoverished in the Civil Wars. He died 2 March, 1652-3.
HERTFORD, MARQUESS OF. See SEYMOUR, WILLIAM.
Admitted 6 September, 1737.
Son and heir of William Hewitt, a merchant of Coventry, where he was born in 1709. He began life as an attorney in his native place. He was called to the Bar 26 Nov. 1742. In 1755 he became Serjeant-at-Law, and was raised to the King's Bench in 1766. Two years later he became Chancellor of Ireland, and was raised to the Irish Peerage as Baron Lifford, to which a Viscounty was added in 1781. He died 28 April, 1789,
Admitted 7 November, 1768.
Fifth son of Richard Hey of Pudsey, Yorks., being brother of the Rev. John Hey, the well-known Divine, Norrisian Professor at Cambridge, and of William Hey, equally distinguished as a surgeon. Richard graduated Third Wrangler and Chancellor's Medallist at Cambridge in 1768. He was called to the Bar 8 Nov. 1771, from which, however, he soon retired and gave
