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HERBERT, JOHN, son of Edward Herbert, Westminster, and Susanna (Glanfeild ?); bapt. St. Margaret, Westminster 28 Jul 1685; adm.; KS 1700; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1704, matr. 23 Jun 1704, aged 18, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1704 – void 1713, Tutor 1710; BA 1708; MA 15 Mar 1710/1; BD and DD 1723; ordained; Vicar of Staverton, Gloucs., 1715-23; Rector of Bideford, Devon, 18 May 1723-7; Rector of Dolton, Devon 1723 (disp. to hold with Bideford); Prebendary of Westminster from 14 Jun 1723; Rector of Beddington, Surrey, from 27 Mar 1727; m. 22 Apr 1712 (IGI) Mary, widow of Sir Thomas Bromsall, Bart., Biggleswade, Beds., and dau. of Thomas Cullum, London; d. 25 Oct 1729. Buried at entrance North Transept, Westminster Abbey.

HERBERT, JOHN, son of Nathaniel Herbert, London; b.; adm.; KS 1684; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1688, adm. pens. 25 Jun 1688, aged 18, scholar 12 Apr 1689; BA 1691/2; MA 1695; ordained deacon 18 Dec 1698, priest 25 Feb 1699/1700 (both London); Vicar of Ridge, Herts., from 1718; d. 1720.

HERBERT, HON. WILLIAM, brother of Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke and 2nd Earl of Montgomery (qv); bapt. St. Andrew, Enfield, Middlesex 28 May 1622 (IGI); at school under Osbaldeston; a contributor to the congratulatory verses written by the KSS in 1633 for Charles I on his return from Scotland and on the birth of the Duke of York (British Library, Royal MSS); Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 29 Jul 1635, aged 13; MA 1636; MP Monmouthshire Oct 1640 – 16 Sep 1642; d. unm.

HERON, SAMUEL, son of John Heron, Lincoln, and --- Cokaine, Derbyshire; b.; adm.; QS in 1570; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1574, adm. scholar 1575, matr. Easter 1575; 7th in “ordo” 1578/9; BA 1578/9; MA 1582; BD 1589; DD 1595 (incorp. Oxford 11 Jul 1598); Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1581, Major Fellow from 30 Mar 1582, Junior Dean 1593-4, Senior Dean 1597-1602, Senior Bursar 1605-7, again Senior Dean 1609-14; ordained; University Preacher 1588; Vicar of Trumpington, Cambs., 1588-90; Vicar of Kendal, Westmorland 1591-2; Vicar of Kirby Lonsdale, Westmorland 1591; Vicar of Normanton, Yorks., 1594; Vicar of Chesterton, Cambs., 1596-9; Vicar of Enfield, Middlesex 10 Oct 1598-1601; Rector of Cheadle, Staffs., 1602; Vicar of Tockenham, Wilts., from 1610; Vicar of Fakenham, Norfolk, from 1610; d. 1616 (will proved PCC 4 Jun 1616).

HERRING, THOMAS, son of Very Rev. William Herring DD, Dean of St. Asaph, and Elizabeth, dau. of Humphrey Cotton, Organist, Norwich Cathedral; nephew of Most Rev. Thomas Herring DD, Archbishop of Canterbury; b.; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1764; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1770, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1770, scholar 24 Apr 1771, matr. 1770; BA 1774; MA 1777; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1775, Major Fellow 22 Jul 1777; ordained deacon 11 Jun 1775, priest 16 Jun 1776 (both Peterborough); Vicar of North Elmham, Norfolk, from 1778; Rector of Ringstead, Norfolk 1803; m.; d. 10 May 1828.

HERRINGMAN, --- ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1640 (Chapter Muniments 32460).

HERSENT (or HARSNETT), PETER; b.; adm.; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1616, adm. scholar 2 May 1617; BA 1620/1; MA 1624 (incorp. Oxford 5 Jun 1628); while an undergraduate a somewhat turbulent person, judging from an apology signed by him among the Trinity Coll. admonitions 22 Feb 1621; Librarian, Trinity Coll. 24 Sep 1625-31.

HERYNG, ANDREW; b. ; adm. ; KS 1540-3 (Chapter Muniments).

HETHERLEY, GEORGE; b.; adm.; QS 23 Jul 1553 (Acts of Chapter).

HETON, MARTIN, son of George Heton, Heton Hall, Dean, Lancashire, and Joanna, dau. of Sir Martin Bowes, Kt, Master Worker of the Mint, Lord Mayor of London, goldsmith; b. 1552; adm.; QS in 1567; a copy of congratulatory verses to Queen Elizabeth, written by him in 1569, is printed in The Trifler 7 May 1817 (but assigning him the incorrect Christian name Matthew); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1571, Westminster Student; BA 1574; MA 1578 (incorp. Cambridge 1581); BD 1583; DD 1585; ordained; Canon of Christ Church Dec 1582 – res by 19 Dec 1589; Vice-Chancellor, Oxford Univ. 1585; Dean of Winchester 20 Mar 1588/9 – Feb 1600; incumbent, Houghton, Hampshire 23 Sep 1590; consecrated Bishop of Ely 3 Feb 1598/9, having accepted the post on condition of alienating to the Crown the richest manors of the see; his able and learned sermons won the praise of James I, who declared that while “fat men were wont to make lean sermons, his were not lean, but larded with much good learning”; m.; d. 14 Jul 1609. DNB.