Sir Thomas Herbert 1st Baronet
(1606-1682)

parliamentarian, Groom of the Bedchamber, and 1st Baronet of Tintern (from 1660)

Died aged c. 76

Sir Thomas Herbert, 1st Baronet (1606–1682), was an English traveller, historian and a gentleman of the bedchamber of King Charles I while Charles was in the custody of Parliament (from 1647 until the king's execution in January 1649).

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friend of Charles I

Commemorated on 2 plaques

Peter Hughes on Flickr
York, United Kingdom
Peter Hughes on Flickr
York, United Kingdom

Sir Thomas Herbert 1606-1682 lived hereabouts. A Parliamentarian, he later became a Groom of the Bedchamber and a close friend of Charles I. He stayed with him on the night before his execution and attended him on the scaffold.

7 High Petergate, York, United Kingdom where they lived near

Sir Thomas Herbert, Bart., born in this house 1606.

Sir Thomas Herbert’s House, Pavement, York, United Kingdom where they was born (1606)