The last years of Herbert the Chamberlain: Weaverthorpe church and hall

Journal article

C. W. Hollister identified H. the chamberlain, punished with mutilation for his part in a plot against the life of Henry I around 1118, with Herbert the Chamberlain, long connected with the king's treasury at Winchester. Herbert's death in 1129 had long ago been inferred from the Pipe Roll of 31 Henry I, but Hollister had already developed an argument against too easy acceptance that a relief in a pipe roll provided evidence for a person's very recent death. He argued that Herbert must have died soon after his mutilation, supporting this with a date from a forged act in King Henry's name from Nostell priory. A coherent view of the documents from Nostell relating to Weaverthorpe church shows Hollister to be mistaken in redating Herbert's death, and the evidence of an incomplete sun-dial inscription at Weaverthorpe provides grounds for a conjecture that he lived out his days in obscurity there until his death in 1129. © Institute of Historical Research 2009.

Authors: Sharpe, R

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: HISTORICAL RESEARCH
• Volume: 83
• Issue: 222
• Pages: 588-601
• Publication date: 2010-11-01
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2281.2009.00523.x
• EISSN: 1468-2281
• ISSN: 0950-3471
• Language: English