PEMBROKE 



PEMMICAN 



Pembroke, WILLIAM HERBERT, 

 3RD EARL OF ( 1580-1 630 ). English 

 statesman Born at Wilton. Wilt- 



Pembroke College. One of the 

 colleges of the university of Cam 

 bridge. It was founded in 1346, 

 in memory of her husband, by 

 Mary, widow of Aymer de Valence, 

 earl of Pembroke, and daughter of 

 Guy, count of Chatillon and St. 

 PoL As Pembroke Hall, or Mary 

 Valence Hall, it received benefits 

 from Henry VI. 

 Pembroke was 

 the first of the 

 Cambridge col- 

 leges to have a 

 chapel of its own ; 

 the new chapel, 

 b y Christopher 

 Wren, 1664, was 

 enlarged by Sir 

 Gilbert and 

 G. G. Scott in 



William Herbert, ard Earl 01 Pembroke 



After Van Dyck 



shire, April 8, 1580, he had Samuel 

 Daniel as tutor. He proceeded to 

 Oxford University, where Pem- 

 broke College is named after him, 

 succeeded to the title Jan. 19, 1601, 

 and soon after was in disgrace over 

 an intrigue with Mary Fytton. He 

 became lord chamberlain to James 

 I, held office under Charles I, 

 and was chancellor of Oxford Uni- 

 versity. A poet, he is described 

 by Aubrey as the greatest Maecenas 

 to learned men of any peer of his 

 time. To him and his brother 

 Philip the Shakespeare First Folio 

 was dedicated, and he has been 

 doubtfully identified by Brandes 

 and others with the Mr. W. H. to 

 whom Shakespeare's sonnets are 

 addressed. He died at Wilton, 

 April 10, 1630. See Shakespeare. 



Pembroke College. One ot 

 the colleges of the university of 

 Oxford. It was founded in 1624 by 

 James I. The 

 money was pro- 

 vided by Thomas 

 Tesdale and 

 Richard Wight- 

 wick, and an old 

 hall, Broadgates, 

 was obtained. 

 The name of this 

 Pembroke College, was changed as 

 Oxford, arms a mark of es teem 



tor the earl of Pembroke, then 

 chancellor of the university. The 

 buildings are in S. Aldate's, oppo- 

 site Christ Church, and are mainly 

 modem. The head is the master, 

 who since the time of Anne has 

 been also a canon residentiary of 

 Gloucester. Preference is given in 

 respect of certain scholarships to 

 candidates from the Channel 

 Islands. The most famous name 

 in the college records is that oi 

 Johnson. Other famous names 

 are those of Shenstone, Blackstone, 

 and Whitefield. 



Pembroke College, 

 Cambridge, arms 



J 880-81. Ridley, Grindal, Whitgift, 

 Andrewes, and the younger Pitt, 

 Sir Henry Maine, and the poets 

 Spenser, Crashaw, Gray, and Mason 

 were Pembroke men. It was 

 originally founded 

 for a master, 15 . 

 scholars, and four 

 Bible clerks. 



Pembroke 

 Dock. Dockyard 

 of Pembrokeshire. 

 Wales. It stands 

 on the S. side of 

 Milford Haven, 2 

 m. from Pe m- 

 broke, of which 

 borough it forms 

 part. It is served 

 by the G.W. Ely. 

 In 1814 the gov- 

 ernment trans- 

 ferred here the dockyard from 

 Milford. It is strongly fortified, 

 covering an area of 90 acres, and 

 has facilities for building warships. 

 Before this it was known as Pater- 

 church. See Milford Haven. 



Pembrokeshire. Maritime 

 county of Wales. It has a rugged 

 and irregular coast-line, the inden- 

 tations including St. Bride's Bay 

 and Milford Haven, while herein are 

 the bold headlands of St. David's 

 Head, St. Ann's Head, and others 

 Its area is 614 sq. m. Off the coast 

 are some small islands, Caldey 

 being the best known. The surface 

 is undulating and scored with 

 valleys, but there is a range of hills 

 in the N. The Teifi, which divides 

 it from Cardiganshire, the Nevern, 

 and the two Cleddaus, E. and W., 

 are the chief rivers. The G. W. Rly. 

 serves the county. Haverfordwest 

 is the county town. Fishguard is 

 a modern port and Newport an 

 old one. The chief industry is the 

 rearing of cattle. The county is 

 in the diocese of St. David's and 

 sends one member to Parliament. 



Called Dyfed, Pembrokeshire 

 was ruled by the princes of Wales 

 until some time after the Norman 



Pembroke College, Cambridge. 



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First court and the ball 



Pembroke College, Oxiord. Front 

 of college buildings; over the gate- 

 way, rooms occupied by Johnson 



conquest. The Norman barons 

 then built castles here. In the 12th 

 century Flemings settled here, and 

 Pembrokeshire was soon divided 

 into a Welsh part in the N.W. 

 and an English part in the S.E. 

 The English part became known as 

 little England beyond Wales. It 

 was made a palatine earldom, re- 

 maining so until 1536. The county 

 contains a number of castles, e.g. 

 Manorbier, Pembroke, Picton, and 

 Carew. Pop. (1921), 92,000. See 

 History of Little England beyond 

 Wales, E. Laws, 1888; Historical 

 Tour through Pembrokeshire, R. 

 Fenton, 1903. 



Pembroke Table. Article of 

 furniture. Introduced about the 

 middle of the 18th century, it was 

 named after an earl of Pembroke. 

 It has four squared taper legs 

 with spade feet and two rectan- 

 gular drop leaves. See Furniture. 



Pemmican. Preparation of food 

 originally made by the American 

 Indians with lean meat denuded of 

 all fat, dried in the sun and wind, 

 and pounded into a paste. When 

 dry it will keep good for an in- 

 definite period. 



