90-652: (Redirected from Country Parson ) The Country Parson may refer to: A Priest to the Temple, or the Country Parson (1652), often abbreviated The Country Parson , a handbook on pastoral care by George Herbert , a Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest The Country Parson, a pseudonym used by various writers on (generally Protestant) religious and moral topics in early modern American periodicals (e.g. The Monthly Religious Magazine , 1863) Country Parson ,
180-552: A small community . Herbert raised money (and contributed his own) to restore the neglected church building at Leighton. In 1628 or 1629, Herbert lodged at Dauntsey House in the north of Wiltshire, the home of his stepfather's brother Henry Danvers and Henry's elderly widowed mother Elizabeth . A day's ride to the south, at Baynton House in Edington , lived the family of Henry's cousin Charles Danvers (died 1626) who
270-571: A "soul composed of harmonies". More than ninety of Herbert's poems have been set for singing over the centuries, some of them multiple times. In his own century, there were settings of "Longing" by Henry Purcell and "And art thou grieved" by John Blow . Some forty were adapted for the Methodist hymnal by the Wesley brothers, among them "Teach me my God and King", which found its place in one version or another in 223 hymnals. Another poem, "Let all
360-552: A Mr Herbert is mentioned as a committee member, the Commons Journal for 1625 never mentions Mr. George Herbert, despite the preceding parliament's careful distinction. In short, Herbert made a shift in his path away from the political future he had been pursuing, and turned more fully toward a future in the church. Herbert was presented with the prebend of Leighton Bromswold in the Diocese of Lincoln in 1626, whilst he
450-585: A career as a Member of Parliament , inherited all the family titles at his brother's death. His eldest son Reginald became 15th earl in March 1913. He was succeeded by his eldest son Sidney , 16th earl, who spent time in the service of the Duke of Kent and served as a trustee of the National Gallery . His son Henry Herbert, 17th Earl of Pembroke , who was often known simply as Henry Herbert, succeeded to
540-609: A few months prior to her marriage to Henry VIII , Anne was granted the Marquessate of Pembroke; she was found guilty of treason and executed in May 1536, at which point the title became either forfeit or extinct at her death without male children. The title was next revived in favour of Sir William Herbert , whose father, Richard, was an illegitimate son of the 1st Earl of Pembroke of the house of Herbert. He had married Anne Parr , sister of Henry VIII's sixth wife, Catherine Parr , and
630-568: A glorious life, or a grave" from Herbert's "The Church Porch" is inscribed on the outer wall of St. John's Church, Waterloo . Editions Studies Earl of Pembroke Earl of Pembroke is a title in the Peerage of England that was first created in the 12th century by King Stephen of England . The title, which is associated with Pembroke, Pembrokeshire in West Wales , has been recreated ten times from its original inception. Due to
720-520: A granddaughter and heiress to the great William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke . Valence was granted custody of the lands, and the title of Earl of Pembroke, giving him great wealth and power in his new land. As a result, he was unpopular, and was heavily involved in the Second Barons' War , supporting the King and Prince Edward against the rebels led by Simon de Montfort . After the final defeat of
810-504: A peer, he was elected and took his seat in the House of Commons as member for Berkshire , this "ascent downwards" calling forth many satirical writings from the royalist wits. The Earl was a great collector of pictures and had some taste for architecture. His eldest surviving son, Philip (1621–1669), became 5th Earl of Pembroke, and 2nd Earl of Montgomery; he was twice married, and was succeeded in turn by three of his sons, of whom Phillip,
900-459: A peerage. It has been asserted that he devised the scheme for settling the English crown on Lady Jane Grey ; at all events, he was one of her advisers during her short reign, but he declared for Mary when he saw that Lady Jane's cause was lost. Pembroke's loyalty was at times suspected by Mary and her friends, but he was employed as governor of Calais , as president of Wales and in other ways. He
990-460: A position he held until 1627. In 1624, supported by his kinsman the 3rd Earl of Pembroke , Herbert became a member of parliament, representing Montgomery . While these positions normally presaged a career at court, and King James I had shown him favour, circumstances worked against Herbert: the King died in 1625, and two influential patrons also died at about the same time. However, his parliamentary career may have ended already because, although
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#17328019134601080-523: A preface by Ferrar. The book went through eight editions by 1690. According to Izaak Walton , when Herbert sent the manuscript to Ferrar, he said that "he shall find in it a picture of the many spiritual conflicts that have passed between God and my soul, before I could subject mine to the will of Jesus, my Master". In this Herbert used the format of the poems to reinforce the theme he was trying to portray. Beginning with "The Church Porch", they proceed via "The Altar" to "The Sacrifice", and so onwards through
1170-587: A residential scholar. He was admitted on a scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge , in 1609, and graduated first with a Bachelor's and then with a Master's degree in 1616 at the age of 23. Subsequently, Herbert was elected a major fellow of his college and then appointed Reader in Rhetoric . In 1620 he stressed his fluency in Greek and Latin and attained election to the post of the University's Public Orator ,
1260-448: A series of one-panel syndicated newspaper cartoons, always featuring a short aphorism or observation (modeled in part on the original anonymous Country Parsons' writings), created and written by Frank A. Clark (1911–1991) of Iowa, illustrated by Wally Falk and later Dennis Neal, running from April 1955 through October 1985. Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
1350-628: A short period; he was also Lord President of the Council and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , while he acted as one of the Lords Justices seven times; and he was President of the Royal Society in 1689–1690. His son Henry, the 9th Earl (c. 1693–1750), was a soldier, but was better known as the "architect Earl." He was largely responsible for the erection of Westminster Bridge . The title descended directly to Henry, 10th Earl (1734–1794),
1440-646: A soldier, who wrote "The Method of Breaking Horses" (1762); then to George Augustus, 11th Earl (1759–1827), an ambassador extraordinary to Vienna in 1807. Robert Henry, 12th Earl (1791–1862), died in France without issue and was buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. George Robert Charles, the 13th Earl (1850–1895), was a grandson of the 10th Earl and a son of Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea , whose second son Sidney (born 1853), after
1530-528: A tragedy of Robert Garnier . She is one of the handful of people whom certain scholars conjecture may have been the true author of the plays attributed to William Shakespeare. Robin Williams' book Sweet Swan of Avon published by Wilton Circle Press, USA, documents the Countess's fascinating life as well as those of her two sons (see below). William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (1580–1630), eldest son of
1620-624: A traitor. He crossed to Ireland, where Peter des Roches had instigated his enemies to attack him, and in April 1234, he was overpowered and wounded, and died a prisoner. His brother Gilbert (d. 1241), who became the 4th Earl, was a friend and ally of Richard, Earl of Cornwall . When another brother, Anselm, the 6th Earl, died in December 1245, the male descendants of the great Earl Marshal became extinct. The extensive family possessions were now divided among Anselm's five sisters and their descendants,
1710-507: Is "Clorinda". In 1599 Queen Elizabeth was her guest at Wilton, and the Countess composed for the occasion a pastoral dialogue in praise of Astraea. After her husband's death, she lived chiefly in London at Crosby Hall , where she died. The Countess's other works include A Discourse of Life and Death , translated from the French of Plessis du Mornay (1593), and Antoine (1592), a version of
1800-855: Is a statue of Herbert in his canonical robes, based in part on the Robert White portrait, in a niche on the West Front of Salisbury Cathedral . In the liturgy Herbert is remembered in the Church of England and the Episcopal Church on 27 February; also on 1 March in, for example, the Calendar of Saints of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America , being the day of his death. There are various collects for
1890-435: Is also an echo-dialogue after each line in "Heaven", other examples of which are found in the poetry of his brother Lord Herbert of Cherbury. Alternative rhymes are offered at the end of the stanzas in "The Water-Course", while the "Mary/Army Anagram" is represented in its title. In " The Collar ", Joseph Summers argues, Herbert goes so far as to use apparent formlessness as a formal and thematic device: "the poem contains all
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#17328019134601980-539: Is pictured in his riverside garden, prayerbook in hand. Over the meadows is Salisbury Cathedral, where he used to join in the musical evensong ; his lute leans against a stone bench and against a tree a fishing rod is propped, a reminder of his first biographer, Isaac Walton. There is also a musical reference in Charles West Cope 's "George Herbert and his mother" (1872), which is in Gallery Oldham :
2070-527: Is said to have had a desire for Herbert to marry his daughter Jane. It was arranged for Herbert and Jane to meet, and they found mutual affection; Jane was ten years younger than George. They were married at Edington church on 5 March 1629. In 1629, Herbert decided to enter the priesthood and the next year was appointed rector of the rural parish of Fugglestone St Peter with Bemerton , near Salisbury in Wiltshire, about 75 miles south-west of London. He
2160-523: Is thought to have been named after the Earl of Pembroke, an early landowner in Broward County. Pembroke, New Hampshire , was named after the ninth Earl by Governor Benning Wentworth . Pembroke, Kentucky , was not named for any of the earls of Pembroke as is sometimes claimed, but for the character of Pembroke Somerset who appeared in the popular 1803 novel Thaddeus of Warsaw , which described
2250-422: Is unlikely that his father could have passed on the title to Pembroke as he himself did not possess it. When Gilbert died in 1185, his sister Isabel de Clare became Countess of Pembroke in her own right ( suo jure ) until her death in 1220. In this way, she could be said to be the first successor to the earldom of Pembroke since her grandfather Gilbert, the first earl. By this reckoning, Isabel ought to be called
2340-504: Is worse than his bite" and "Who is so deaf, as he that will not hear?" These and an additional 150 proverbs were included in a later collection entitled Jacula Prudentum (sometimes seen as Jacula Prudentium ), dated 1651 and published in 1652 as part of Oley's Herbert's Remains . Herbert came from a musical family. His mother Magdalen Herbert was a friend of the composers William Byrd and John Bull , and encouraged her children's musical education; his brother Edward Herbert of Cherbury
2430-875: The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia , which was intended for her pleasure alone, not for publication. The two also worked on a metrical edition of the Psalms. When the great sorrow of her brother's death came upon her she made herself his literary executor, correcting the unauthorized editions of the Arcadia and of his poems, which appeared in 1590 and 1591. She also took under her patronage the poets who had looked to her brother for protection. Spenser dedicated his Ruines of Time to her, and refers to her as "Urania" in Colin Clout's come home againe ; in Spenser's Astrophel she
2520-595: The 1790s uprisings in Poland . There is an all-male dorm on the campus of Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee , Pembroke Hall, that is named after this city, as an original Trustee of the building was from the city. Pembroke, Ontario , is named in honour of Secretary of State for the Colonies Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea , younger son of George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke of
2610-516: The Peerage of England except the Barony of Herbert of Lea, which is in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . The Earl of Pembroke is the hereditary visitor of Jesus College, Oxford . On 1 September 1532, King Henry VIII created the original Marquessate of Pembroke for his future queen Anne Boleyn . This honour was in recognition of the king's great-uncle Jasper Tudor , who had been
2700-521: The younger son of Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke before he succeeded as the 4th Earl in 1630. The current Earls of Pembroke also carry the subsidiary titles: Baron Herbert of Cardiff , of Cardiff in the County of Glamorgan (1551), Baron Herbert of Shurland , of Shurland in the Isle of Sheppey in the County of Kent (1605), and Baron Herbert of Lea , of Lea in the County of Wilts (1861). All are in
2790-402: The "Mr W. H." referred to as "the onlie begetter" of Shakespeare's sonnets in the dedication by Thomas Thorpe , the owner of the published manuscript, while his mistress, Mary Fitton , has been identified with the "dark lady" of the sonnets. In both cases, the identification rests on very questionable evidence. He and his brother Philip (the second Herbert son who, for some profitable time, was
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2880-466: The 17th century, Richard Baxter said, "Herbert speaks to God like one that really believeth in God, and whose business in the world is most with God. Heart-work and heaven-work make up his books". Helen Gardner later added "head-work" to this characterisation in acknowledgement of his "intellectual vivacity". It has also been pointed out how Herbert uses puns and wordplay to "convey the relationships between
2970-608: The 2nd Earl and his famous countess, was a conspicuous figure in the society of his time and at the court of James I . Several times he found himself opposed to the schemes of the Duke of Buckingham , and he was keenly interested in the colonization of America . He was Lord Chamberlain of the royal household from 1615 to 1625 and Lord Steward from 1626 to 1630. He was Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1624 when Thomas Tesdale and Richard Wightwick refounded Broadgates Hall and named it Pembroke College in his honour. By some Shakespearian commentators, Pembroke has been identified with
3060-464: The 7th Earl, was notorious for bouts of homicidal mania, while Thomas, the 8th Earl (c. 1656–1733), was a person of note during the reigns of William III and Anne . From 1690 to 1692 he was first Lord of the Admiralty ; then he served as Lord Privy Seal until 1699, being in 1697 the first plenipotentiary of Great Britain at the congress of Ryswick . On two occasions he was Lord High Admiral for
3150-597: The Earl of Pembroke in the 15th century, and his own father, Henry VII who was born at Pembroke Castle in January 1457. The title of Earl of Pembroke has been held successively by several English families, the jurisdiction and dignity being originally attached to the county palatine of Pembrokeshire . The first creation dates from 1138, when the Earldom of Pembroke was conferred by King Stephen on Gilbert de Clare (died 1148), son of Gilbert Fitz-Richard, who possessed
3240-410: The Earl of Pembroke, whose family seat at Wilton House lay close to Fugglestone church. While at Bemerton, Herbert revised and added to his collection of poems entitled The Temple . He also wrote a guide to rural ministry, entitled A Priest to the Temple or, The County Parson His Character and Rule of Holy Life , which he himself described as "a Mark to aim at", and which has remained influential to
3330-573: The Earldom of Pembroke reverting to the Crown. The next holder of the lands of the Earldom of Pembroke was William de Valence, a younger son of Hugh de Lusignan , count of La Marche , by his marriage with Isabella of Angoulême , widow of the English King John. In 1247, William, along with two of his brothers, moved from France to England, where their half-brother, Henry III was King. The King married William to Joan de Munchensi (d. 1307),
3420-483: The Earldom of Pembroke, the head of the Herbert family has carried the double title of Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery. Although Philip's quarrelsome disposition often led him into trouble he did not forfeit the esteem of James I, who heaped lands and offices upon him, and he was also trusted by Charles I , who made him Lord Chamberlain in 1626 and frequently visited him at Wilton. He worked to bring about peace between
3510-554: The King and the Scots in 1639 and 1640, but when in the latter year the quarrel between Charles and the English parliament was renewed, he deserted the King who soon deprived him of his office of chamberlain. Trusted by the popular party, Pembroke was made governor of the Isle of Wight, and he was one of the representatives of the parliament on several occasions, notably during the negotiations at Uxbridge in 1645 and at Newport in 1648, and when
3600-684: The Lordship of Strigul (Estrighoiel, in Domesday Book), the modern Chepstow . In the Battle of Lincoln (1141) , the Earl fought on the side of King Stephen. After the king's defeat, however, he joined the party of the Empress Matilda . Later he became reconciled to Stephen when he recovered his throne. The earl married Henry I 's mistress, Isabel, daughter of Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester . That being said, Arnulf de Montgomery
3690-487: The Scots surrendered Charles in 1647. From 1641 to 1643, and again from 1647 to 1650, he was Chancellor of the University of Oxford; in 1648 he removed some of the heads of houses from their positions because they would not take the Solemn League and Covenant , and his foul language led to the remark that he was more fitted "by his eloquence in swearing to preside over Bedlam than a learned academy". In 1649, although
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3780-405: The Temple (usually known as The Country Parson ), offers practical advice to rural clergy. In it, he advises that "things of ordinary use" such as ploughs, leaven, or dances, could be made to "serve for lights even of Heavenly Truths". It was first published in 1652 as part of Herbert's Remains, or Sundry Pieces of That Sweet Singer, Mr. George Herbert , edited by Barnabas Oley . The first edition
3870-593: The adored object of "bisexual" King James I's affections) are the "incomparable pair of brethren" to whom the First Folio of Shakespeare is inscribed. The Earl left no sons when he died in London on 10 April 1630. Clarendon gives a eulogistic account of Pembroke, who appears, however, to have been a man of weak character and dissolute life. Gardiner describes him as the Hamlet of the English court. He had literary tastes and wrote poems; one of his closest friends
3960-521: The claims of the French House of Anjou alienated him from the affections of Henry II of England . As a result, on his father's death in 1148, it seems likely that the king refused to recognise Richard's claims to the earldom of Pembroke. His claim to the lesser lordship of Striguil does not seem to have been challenged. Being effectively disinherited by the king (for the first but not the last time in his life) and with mounting debts, Richard welcomed
4050-507: The collection. All of Herbert's surviving English poems are on religious themes and are characterised by directness of expression enlivened by original but apt conceits in which, in the Metaphysical manner, the likeness is of function rather than visual. In "The Windows", for example, he compares a righteous preacher to glass through which God's light shines more effectively than in his words. Commenting on his religious poetry later in
4140-408: The day, of which one is based on his poem "The Elixir": Our God and King, who called your servant George Herbert from the pursuit of worldly honors to be a pastor of souls, a poet, and a priest in your temple: Give us grace, we pray, joyfully to perform the tasks you give us to do, knowing that nothing is menial or common that is done for your sake ... Amen. The quote "All may have, if they dare try,
4230-451: The death of Humphrey without legitimate issue in 1447, William de la Pole became Earl of Pembroke. He was beheaded in 1450 and his titles were forfeited. Sir Jasper Tudor was the half-brother of King Henry VI . Being a Lancastrian, his title was forfeited for 24 years during the predominance of the House of York . Following Jasper Tudor's attainder, Sir William Herbert, a zealous Yorkist,
4320-400: The death without issue of his grandson in 1389, the Earldom of Pembroke reverted again to the Crown. Humphrey, the fourth son of King Henry IV , was created Duke of Gloucester and Earl of Pembroke for life, these titles being subsequently made hereditary, with a reversion as regards the Earldom of Pembroke, in default of heirs to Humphrey, to William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk . On
4410-509: The elements of order in violent disorder" until the end, when the final four lines' regularity restores the reader's sense of "the necessity of order". Once the taste for this display of Baroque wit had passed, the satirist John Dryden was to dismiss it as so many means to "torture one poor word ten thousand ways." Though Herbert remained esteemed for his piety, the poetic skill with which he expressed his thought had to wait centuries to be admired again. Herbert's only prose work, A Priest to
4500-516: The intention of becoming a priest, but he became the University's Public Orator and attracted the attention of King James I . He sat in the Parliament of England in 1624 and briefly in 1625. After the death of King James, Herbert renewed his interest in ordination. He gave up his secular ambitions in his mid-thirties and took holy orders in the Church of England, spending the rest of his life as
4590-501: The mother points a poem out to him in a room that has a virginals in the background. Most representations of Herbert, however, are in stained glass windows, of which there are several in churches and cathedrals. They include Westminster Abbey , Salisbury Cathedral and All Saints' Church, Cambridge . His own St Andrew's Church in Bemerton installed in 1934 a memorial window, which he shares with Nicholas Ferrar. In addition, there
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#17328019134604680-463: The number of creations of the Earldom , the original seat of Pembroke Castle is no longer attached to the title. As of 2018 , the current holder of the earldom is William Herbert, 18th Earl of Pembroke , which is the 10th creation of the title. For the past 400 years, his family's seat has been Wilton House , Wiltshire . The Earls of Pembroke also hold the title Earl of Montgomery , created for
4770-553: The opportunity to restore his fortunes that presented itself in 1168. In that year, he was chosen to lead a Norman expedition to Ireland in support of Diarmait Mac Murchada , the deposed King of Leinster . The Lord of Striguil crossed over in person in 1170, took both Waterford and Dublin , and was married to Diarmuid's daughter, Aoife MacMurrough , claiming the Kingship of Leinster after Diarmuid's death in 1171. Henry II , wary of his power, stripped Strongbow of his new holdings
4860-460: The passage "Our life is hid with Christ in God", the capitalised words "MY LIFE IS HID IN HIM THAT IS MY TREASURE" move across successive lines and demonstrate what is spoken of in the text. Opposites are brought together in "Bitter-Sweet" for the same purpose. Echo and variation are also common. The exclamations at the head and foot of each stanza in "Sighs and Grones" are one example. The diminishing truncated rhymes in "Paradise" are another. There
4950-425: The present day. Having married shortly before taking up his post, he and his wife gave a home to three orphaned nieces. Together with their servants, they crossed the lane for services in the small St Andrew's church twice every day. Twice a week Herbert made the short journey into Salisbury to attend services at the cathedral , and afterwards would make music with the cathedral musicians. Herbert's time at Bemerton
5040-428: The rebels at the Battle of Evesham in 1265, William continued to serve Henry III, and then Edward I, until his death in 1296. William's eldest surviving son, Aymer (c. 1275 – 1324), succeeded to his father's estates, but was not formally recognized as Earl of Pembroke until after the death of his mother Joan in 1307. He was appointed guardian of Scotland in 1306, but with the accession of Edward II to
5130-505: The rector of the rural parish of Fugglestone St Peter , just outside Salisbury . He was noted for unfailing care for his parishioners, bringing the sacraments to them when they were ill and providing food and clothing for those in need. Henry Vaughan called him "a most glorious saint and seer". He was never a healthy man and died of consumption at age 39. George Herbert was born 3 April 1593 in Montgomery , Montgomeryshire , Wales,
5220-409: The rolls) of Montgomeryshire. His mother was a patron and friend of John Donne and other poets, writers and artists. As George's godfather, Donne stood in after Richard Herbert died when George was three years old. Herbert and his siblings were then raised by his mother, who pressed for a good education for her children. Herbert's eldest brother Edward (who inherited his late father's estates and
5310-488: The same year and invaded Ireland himself in 1171, putting his people in power. Strongbow returned to favour and power in Ireland, in 1173 when he aided the King in his campaign against his rebelling sons . He died in 1176 after years of bitter struggle with Irish magnates. Strongbow died with male issue - Gilbert. However, Gilbert, being a minor, was not formally invested with either the earldom of Pembroke or of Striguil. It
5400-528: The second countess, not the fourth countess of Pembroke. In any event, the title Earl was re-created for her husband as her consort, the famous Sir William Marshal , son of John the Marshal , by Sibylle, the sister of Patrick, Earl of Salisbury . In August 1189, at the age of 43, William Marshal, held by many to be the greatest knight in Christendom, was given the hand of Isabel de Clare, and, in 1199,
5490-607: The seventy-year-old Marshal was named Regent of the kingdom and protector of the young King, Henry III . He defeated the rebels and their French allies, and reissued Magna Carta in order to secure the peace. He fell ill early in 1219, and died on 14 May at his manor of Caversham near Reading. He was succeeded in the regency by Hubert de Burgh , and in his Earldom by his five sons in succession. Marshal's eldest son, William Marshal (died 1231), 2nd Earl of Pembroke of this line, passed some years in warfare in Wales and Ireland, where he
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#17328019134605580-420: The shorter and longer lines are arranged on the page in the shape of an altar. The visual appeal is reinforced by the conceit of its construction from a broken, stony heart, representing the personal offering of himself as a sacrifice upon it. Built into this is an allusion to Psalm 51:17: "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart." In the case of "Easter Wings" (illustrated here),
5670-506: The son of Richard Herbert (died 1596) and his wife Magdalen née Newport, the daughter of Sir Richard Newport (1511–1570). George was one of 10 children. The Herbert family was wealthy and powerful in both national and local government, and George was descended from the same stock as the Earls of Pembroke . His father was a member of parliament, a justice of the peace , and later served for several years as custos rotulorum (keeper of
5760-422: The tenth creation. Pembroke Parish , Bermuda , is named for William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke , of the tenth creation. Pembroke, Malta , was named for Robert Herbert, 12th Earl of Pembroke of the tenth creation, and was authorised in 1859 by Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea , his younger brother, then Secretary at War. The seventh Earl was twice involved in trials for murder: in 1677–78, and
5850-632: The third creation. Pembroke College, Oxford , is named for William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke , of the tenth creation, Chancellor of the University of Oxford at the time of its founding in 1624. Pembroke College in Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island , U.S., was named for Pembroke College, Cambridge , the alma mater of Roger Williams , the Puritan founder of Providence Plantations. The city of Pembroke Pines, Florida ,
5940-465: The throne and the consequent rise of Piers Gaveston to power, his influence declined. He became prominent among the discontented nobles, but in 1312, after the Earl of Warwick betrayed him by executing the captured Gaveston, he left the allied lords and joined the King. Valence was present at Bannockburn in 1314, and later helped King Edward defeat Thomas of Lancaster . However, by his death in 1324, he
6030-516: The title The Country Parson . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Country_Parson&oldid=1105386246 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages George Herbert George Herbert (3 April 1593 – 1 March 1633)
6120-444: The titles in 1969; he had a significant career as a documentarian and film director. As of 2018 , the current earl is William Herbert, 18th Earl of Pembroke , who became earl of Pembroke and 15th of Montgomery on the death of his father in 2003. Pembroke College, Cambridge , established in 1347, is named for its founder, Marie de St Pol , Countess of Pembroke, (1303–1377), wife of Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke of
6210-407: The words were printed sideways on two facing pages so that the lines there suggest outspread wings. The words of the poem are paralleled between stanzas and mimic the opening and closing of the wings. In Herbert's poems formal ingenuity is not an end in itself but is employed only as an auxiliary to its meaning. The formal devices employed to convey that meaning are wide in range. In his meditation on
6300-622: The world in every corner sing", was published in 103 hymnals, of which one is a French version. Other languages into which his work has been translated for musical settings include Spanish, Catalan and German. In the 20th century, "Vertue" alone achieved ten settings, one of them in French. Among leading modern composers who set his work were Edmund Rubbra , who set "Easter" as the first of his Two songs for voice and string trio (op. 2, 1921); Ralph Vaughan Williams , who used four by Herbert in Five Mystical Songs , of which "Easter"
6390-475: The world of daily reality and the world of transcendent reality that gives it meaning. The kind of word that functions on two or more planes is his device for making his poem an expression of that relationship." Visually too the poems are varied in such a way as to enhance their meaning, with intricate rhyme schemes, stanzas combining different line lengths and other ingenious formal devices. The most obvious examples are pattern poems like " The Altar ", in which
6480-454: Was a skilled lutenist and composer. George Herbert played the lute and viol , and "sett his own lyricks or sacred poems". Musical pursuits interested him all through his life and his biographer, Izaak Walton, records that he rose to play the lute during his final illness. Walton also gave it as his opinion that he composed "such hymns and anthems as he and the angels now sing in heaven", while Walton's friend Charles Cotton described him as
6570-523: Was again marginalized at court, and in financial trouble as well. His wife, Marie de St Pol , a descendant of King Henry III, was the founder of Pembroke College, Cambridge . Lawrence, a great-grandson of William de Valence was created, or recognized as, Earl of Pembroke, having inherited (through the female line) a portion of the estates of the Valence Earls of Pembroke. His son John (died 1376) married Margaret, daughter of King Edward III, and on
6660-570: Was also to some extent in the confidence of Philip II of Spain . The Earl retained his place at court under Elizabeth until 1569, when he was suspected of favouring the projected marriage between Mary, Queen of Scots , and the Duke of Norfolk. Among the monastic lands granted to Herbert was the estate of Wilton , near Salisbury, still the residence of the Earls of Pembroke. His elder son Henry (c. 1534 – 1601), who succeeded as 2nd Earl,
6750-477: Was an English poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England . His poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets , and he is recognised as "one of the foremost British devotional lyricists." He was born in Wales into an artistic and wealthy family and largely raised in England. He received a good education that led to his admission to Trinity College, Cambridge , in 1609. He went there with
6840-576: Was created Earl in 1551. The title has since been held by their descendants. The heir apparent is the present holder's son Reginald Henry Michael Herbert, Lord Herbert (b. 2012). An executor of Henry VIII's will and the recipient of valuable grants of land, Herbert was a prominent and powerful personage during the reign of Edward VI , with both the protector Somerset and his rival, John Dudley , afterwards Duke of Northumberland, angling for his support. He threw in his lot with Dudley, and after Somerset's fall obtained some of his lands in Wiltshire and
6930-518: Was created the 1st Earl of Pembroke by King John . Although he had previously served Richard's father, Henry II, against Richard's rebellions, Richard confirmed the old King's licence for his marriage with the heiress of Strigul and Pembroke. He served Richard and John loyally, defending the latter against the French and English rebel barons in the First Barons' War . He was present at the signing of Magna Carta in 1215. Upon John's death in 1216,
7020-502: Was engraved long after his death by Robert White for Walton's biography of the poet in 1674. Now in London's National Portrait Gallery , it served as basis for later engravings, such as those by White's apprentice John Sturt and by Henry Hoppner Meyer in 1829. Among later artistic commemorations is William Dyce 's oil painting of "George Herbert at Bemerton" (1860) in the Guildhall Art Gallery , London. The poet
7110-506: Was justiciar from 1224 to 1226; he also served Henry III in France. His second wife was the King's sister, Eleanor , who later married Simon de Montfort , but he left no children. His brother Richard Marshal (died 1234), 3rd Earl, came to the fore as the leader of the baronial party, and chief antagonist of the foreign friends of Henry III. Fearing treachery, he refused to visit the King at Gloucester in August 1233, and Henry declared him
7200-416: Was likely created Earl of Pembroke by William Rufus , decades before Gilbert de Clare. Arnulf himself was rewarded by the king with the lordship of Pembroke upon his family's construction of Pembroke Castle in the late 11th century. Like his father Richard Fitz Gilbert, de Clare (commonly known as Strongbow ) was a supporter of Stephen, King of England - the last Norman king of England. His opposition to
7290-494: Was newly created Earl of Pembroke in 1551 and the current Earl is a descendant of this house. In 1479, Edward IV conferred the title on his son, Edward, Prince of Wales. When this prince succeeded to the throne as Edward V of England , the Earldom of Pembroke merged with the crown. Following the defeat of the House of York, the earldom (and kingdom) were restored to the Tudors with the accession of Henry VII . On 1 September 1532,
7380-615: Was prefixed with unsigned preface by Oley, which was used as one of the sources for Izaak Walton's biography of Herbert, first published in 1670. The second edition appeared in 1671 as A Priest to the Temple or the Country Parson , with a new preface, this time signed by Oley. Like many of his literary contemporaries, Herbert was a collector of proverbs. His Outlandish Proverbs was published in 1640, listing over 1000 aphorisms in English, but gathered from many countries (in Herbert's day, 'outlandish' meant foreign). The collection included many sayings repeated to this day, for example, "His bark
7470-432: Was president of Wales from 1586 until his death. He married in 1577 Mary Sidney , the famous Countess of Pembroke (c. 1561–1621), third daughter of Sir Henry Sidney and his wife Mary Dudley . Sir Philip Sidney , to whom she was deeply attached through life, was her eldest brother. Sir Philip spent the summer of 1580 with her at Wilton , or at Ivychurch , a favourite retreat of hers close by. Here at her request, he began
7560-497: Was raised to the peerage as Baron Herbert by Edward IV . Herbert took the Lancastrian Jasper Tudor prisoner during the civil war. For this service, he was created Earl of Pembroke in 1468. Perhaps mindful of its earlier Tudor holder, the second earl surrendered his title to Edward IV ten years after acceding and received, in lieu, the Earldom of Huntingdon . The grandson of William Herbert,1st Earl of Pembroke
7650-401: Was responsible for two small churches: the 13th-century parish church of St Peter at Fugglestone, near Wilton , and the 14th-century chapel of St Andrew at Bemerton, closer to Salisbury at the other end of the parish. Here he lived, preached and wrote poetry; he also helped to rebuild the Bemerton church and adjacent rectory out of his own funds. His appointment may have again been assisted by
7740-633: Was short. Having suffered for most of his life from poor health, in 1633 he died of consumption , only three years after taking holy orders. Jane died in 1661. Herbert wrote poetry in English, Latin and Greek. Shortly before his death, he sent a literary manuscript to his friend Nicholas Ferrar , reportedly telling him to publish the poems if he thought they might "turn to the advantage of any dejected poor soul", otherwise to burn them. In 1633 all of his English poems were published in The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations , with
7830-490: Was still a don at Trinity College, Cambridge, but not yet ordained. He was not present at his institution as prebend, and it is recorded that Peter Walker, his clerk, stood in as his proxy. In the same year his close Cambridge friend Nicholas Ferrar was ordained Deacon in Westminster Abbey by Bishop Laud on Trinity Sunday 1626 and went to Little Gidding , two miles down the road from Leighton Bromswold, to found
7920-652: Was the first and "Antiphon II" the last; Robin Milford , who used the original Fitzwilliam manuscript's setting of the second part of "Easter" for his cantata Easter Morning (1932), set in two parts for soprano soloist and choir of children’s or women's voices; Benjamin Britten and William Walton , both of whom set "Antiphon" too; Ned Rorem who included one in his "10 poems for voice, oboe and strings" (1982); and Judith Weir , whose 2005 choral work Vertue includes three poems by Herbert. The earliest portrait of Herbert
8010-439: Was the poet Donne , and he was generous to Ben Jonson , Massinger and others. His brother, Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke (1584–1650), was for some years the chief favourite of James I, owing this position to his comely person and his passion for hunting and for field sports generally. In 1605 King James I of England created him Earl of Montgomery and Baron Herbert of Shurland, and since 1630, when he succeeded to
8100-462: Was ultimately created Baron Herbert of Cherbury ) became a soldier, diplomat, historian, poet, and philosopher whose religious writings led to his reputation as the "father of English deism ". Herbert's younger brother was Sir Henry Herbert , Master of the Revels to Kings Charles I and II . Herbert entered Westminster School at or around the age of 12 as a day pupil, although later he became
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