Herrick, Sir William

1557 - 1652  (94 years)

• Name	Herrick, William
  Title	Sir
  Birth	9 Dec 1557	Beau Manor Park, Leicestershire, England
  Christening	9 Dec 1562	Leicester, Leicestershire, England
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	9 Dec 1562	Leicester, Leicestershire, England
  Uncle to poet Robert Herrick	he was the uncle to famous poet Robert Herrick.
  Occupation	Goldsmith
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  Death	2 Mar 1652	Beau Manor Park, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
  	Cause: Plot: Grave is at the north wall of the choir inside the Church
  Burial	Leicester Cathedral, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
  Person ID	I1230	Charles Banks and Jon Ray Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	Herrick, John,   b. 1513, Houghton On The Hill, Leicestershire, England d. 2 Apr 1589, St Martin, Leicestershire, England (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Bond, Mary (Marie),   b. Sep 1514, Wardende, Warwick, Warwickshire, England d. 8 Dec 1611, Wardende, Warwick, Warwickshire, England (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	1531	Houghton On The Hill, Leicestershire, England
  Family ID	F407	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	May, Lady Joan,   b. 27 Jul 1578, Loughborough, Leicestershire, London, England d. 3 Jul 1645, Beau Manor Park, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	6 May 1596	Beau Manor Park, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
  Children	1. Herrick, William,   b. 18 Aug 1597, Beau Manor Park, Leicestershire, England d. 1667, England (Age 69 years)   2. Herrick, Richard,   b. 25 May 1600, Beaumont Leys, Leicestershire, England d. 6 Aug 1666, Manchester, Lancashire, England (Age 66 years)   3. Herrick, Thomas,   b. 3 May 1602, Beaumont Leys, Leicestershire, England d. Abt 1602, Beaumont Leys, Leicestershire, England   4. Herrick, Elizabeth,   b. 6 May 1603, Beaumont Leys, Leicestershire, England d. Abt 1603, Beaumont Leys, Leicestershire, England   5. Herrick, Henry John Sr,   b. 16 Aug 1604, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England d. 28 Mar 1671, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 66 years)   6. Herrick, Dorothy,   b. 1608, Beau Manor Park, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England d. 20 Sep 1634, Leicester, Leicestershire, England (Age 26 years)   7. Herrick, Mary,   b. 1610, Beaumont Leys, Leicestershire, England d. 2 Oct 1626 (Age 16 years)   8. Herrick, John,   b. 1612, Beaumont Leys, Leicestershire, England d. 9 May 1630, Beaumont Leys, Leicestershire, England (Age 18 years)   9. Herrick, Martha,   b. 1616, Beau Manor Park, Leicestershire, England d. 20 Sep 1628, Beau Manor Park, Leicestershire, England (Age 12 years)
  Family ID	F401	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Christening - 9 Dec 1562 - Leicester, Leicestershire, England Baptism - 9 Dec 1562 - Leicester, Leicestershire, England Marriage - 6 May 1596 - Beau Manor Park, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England Death - Cause: Plot: Grave is at the north wall of the choir inside the Church - 2 Mar 1652 - Beau Manor Park, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England Burial - - Leicester Cathedral, Leicester, Leicestershire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/1500-1900/herrick/herrick.html Catalogue of Exchequer papers of Sir William Herrick, Teller of the Exchequer of Receipt, 1616-23Bodleian Library, University of OxfordMichael Webb©2003Department of Special Collections and Western ManuscriptsBodleian LibraryBroad StreetOxfordOX1 3BGUnited KingdomTel: + 44 (0) 1865 277152Fax: + 44 (0) 1865 277187E-mail: western.manuscripts@bodley.ox.ac.ukhttp://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/ Sir William Herrick (1562-1653), also sometimes spelt Hericke, Heyrick or Eyricke, was a goldsmith, moneylender, MP for Leicester, and a teller of the Exchequer of Receipt, 1616-23. For further details see the Dictionary of National Biography under Hericke. History of Organization The Exchequer of Receipt was the division of the Exchequer concerned with the receipt and payment of the King's moneys, as distinct from the Upper Exchequer (or Exchequer of Account) which was concerned with audit. Scope and Content The papers listed comprise official records kept by Herrick in his period of office at the Exchequer. They once formed part of a larger group of papers that included Herrick's family letters, official business papers, and records relating to his Leicestershire estate, held at Beaumanor, purchased by Sir William Herrick and in the 19th century the seat of the Perry-Herrick family. In 1585 , Baptist Hicks had married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard May, of a Sussex family, citizen, and a prominent member and sometime Master of the Merchant Taylors' Company. By her he had three sons--Arthur, a second Arthur, and Baptist, who all died young and without issue--and two daughters. Another of Richard May's daughters married William Herrick, a goldsmith of Cheapside, also knighted at the Coronation "for having made a hole in the great diamond the King doth wear. The party little expected such honour, but he did his work so well as won the King to an extraordinary liking of it." The two brothers-in-law are frequently mentioned as jointly concerned in loans to the King. They also carried on for several years a dispute as to precedency with the aldermen, who may well have been jealous of the prosperous shopkeeping knight commoner. The respective dames took an active part in the fray; "Sir B. Hicks and his wife often bursteling about this Ceremony," says Strype, who tells the story at some length. "This tedious, troublesome, and chargeable contest," says another writer, "was owing to the haughty deportments of Hickes and Herrick, and their imperious wives." The aldermen had carried the matter to the King, by whom it was referred to the Lords Commissioners of the office of Earl Marshal, and by them practically to the celebrated antiquary, Sir Robert Cotton. Upon which Sir Baptist's son-in-law, Lord Noel, wrote to Cotton appealing to him as a judicious and honourable kinsman "to defende the dignitie of knighthood," and to be the Hercules to redeem his father-in-law from "this Hydra of many heads" (the Court of Aldermen), who was "soe dangerous a serpent." Hicks himself sent Cotton "a smaule token" in the shape of a piece of some "commodity ...very extraordinary for the goodness," "specially made for me and my friends," begging his "continued love and favour in a cause which I have in hand." At last they made what was a graceful surrender or a scandalous retreat, according to point of view of the writer, and the question was dropped. William was born in Leicester, removed to London in 1574 to reside with his brother Nicholas, then an eminent banker in Cheapside. He attached himself to the court and was known as a man of great abilitis and remarkably handsome. He was high in the confidence of Queen Elizabeth, as well as of King James, and by honorable service to both, acquired large properties. He was a member of Parliament between 1601 and 1630, knighted in 1605. Beau Manor Park was purchased by Sir William and has been in the possession of his descendants for over 275 years. It is the "headquarters" for the Herrick race. (Wikipedia) William's picture at Beau Manor exhibits him with a picked beard, a large ruff, and in a white satin doublet, which he used on Christmas day, attending Queen Elizabeth. He wears a sword and over his dress hangs loosely a large black cloak. In one hand are his gloves, the other, elevated to his breast, holds the stump and tassells of his ruff. Under the photo is His motto "Sola supereminet virtus" Anno Dom. 1628, Aetatis suae 66.