Note: This union was never consummated; the patron's father, William Herbert, 20th Earl of Pembroke, had the marriage annulled after the accession of Mary
Note: The marriage was secret and occurred either in Nov. or Dec. of this year; an ecclesiastical high commission declared the marriage invalid and the son Edward illegitimate on 12 May 1562; union legitimized 1606
The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)