Richard Pembridge

Sir Richard Pembridge (died 1375), KG, was one of the earliest appointed Knights of the Garter.

A Herefordshire man whose family background is uncertain, he fought at the sea battle of Sluys (1340) and alongside Edward III at the battles of Crécy (1346) and Poitiers (1356) in the Hundred Years' War. He afterwards became the Custodian of Southampton Castle in 1361 and then Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports in 1370. He was appointed Knight of the Garter in 1368. He refused to accept the offer of the position of Lieutenant of Ireland in 1372 and as a result was in some disgrace at his death in 1375.

He had married Elizabeth, the widow of Gerard de Lisle of Kingston Lisle and with her had an only son, Henry, who died at the age of 15 in 1375 and thus his eventual heirs were his nephews Sir Richard Burley and Sir Thomas de Barre. His monument with effigy survives in Hereford Cathedral, where his tomb is that of a Garter Knight.. His helm is held at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.