BERKLEY

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"Berkeley Castle (historically sometimes spelt Berkley Castle) is a castle in the town of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, UK (grid reference ST685989).

It was constructed from 1154 A.D., on the orders of Henry II, with the aim of defending the Bristol - Gloucester Road, the Severn estuary and the Welsh border. It continues to belong to the Berkeley family, descendants of Robert Fitzharding, who completed the keep around 1189.

King Edward II of England was held in the castle for 5 months from April to September, before being murdered September 21st 1327 there by unknown means, although popular stories of a red hot poker or suffocation persist and the murderers were charged with suffocating the King. The cell where he is
supposed to have been imprisoned and murdered can still be seen, along with the adjacent 28' deep dungeon, which supposedly echoes the events of the murder every year on September 21. The castle has remained within the same family since its construction, with most areas now open to the public, the private apartments occupy about 15% of the building and the rest is managed by the Berkeley Castle Charitable Trust. It is the oldest continuously-occupied castle in England after the royal
fortresses of The Tower of London and Windsor and the oldest to be continuously owned and occupied by the same family.[1]

In the 14th century, the Great Hall was given a new roof and it is here the last Court Jester in England, Dickie Pearce, died after falling from the Minstrel's Gallery. His tomb is in St Mary's churchyard which stands besides the castle. Adjoining the Great Hall is one of two of the original chapels, that includes
painted wooden vaulted ceilings and one of the first examples of a biblical passage (from the Book of Revelation), written in the language of those who read it - Norman French, it is the earliest attempt to translate the Bible into a common language. This room also contains an illustrated vellum book of plainsong that was used in Catholic rites, before the family converted to Protestantism in the 16th
century. In the 20th century, the 8th Earl Randall repaired and remodelled parts of the castle and added a new porch in the same gothic style as the rest of the building. One change included an Art Nouveau take on a Medieval bedroom.

The castle is surrounded by beautiful Elizabethan terraced gardens, including Elizabeth I's bowling green and a pine that is reputed to have been grown from a cutting taken from a tree at the Battle of Culloden in 1746.

During the English Civil War, the castle still held sufficient significance for it to be captured in 1645 by Colonel Thomas Rainsborough, for the Parliamentarian side and after a siege which saw cannon being fired at point blank range from the adjacent church roof of Saint Mary the Virgin, the Royal garrison surrendered. As was usual, the walls were left breached after this siege but the Berkeley family were allowed to retain ownership on condition that they never repaired the damage to the Keep and Outer Bailey, still enforced today by the original Act of Parliament drawn up at the time; according to Pevsner, the breach is partially filled by a subsequent 'modern' rebuild, but this only amounts to a low garden wall, to stop people falling 28' from the Keep Garden, the original Castle's "motte".

Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named Berkeley Castle after the castle, as has a Great Western locomotive.

The Berkeley family divide their time between the Castle and their other home, Spetchley Park, just outside Worcester, which has been in the family's ownership since 1606.

A Restoration Appeal was launched in 2006 to raise £5.5 million needed to renovate and restore the Norman building. The Charitable Trust running the Castle is relatively small.

The castle was used for many scenes for the hit BBC children's television series The Ghost Hunter and the first televised version of The Other Boleyn Girl."

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Thomas PARROTT
born - 1480
died -
married -
Mary BERKLEY
born - 1500
died -
Children
1.Thomas PARROTT

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James BERKELEY
born - 1480
died -
married -
Susannah FITZALAN
born - 1480
died -
Children
1. Thomas PARROTT

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Maurice VII "The Lawyer" de BERKELEY - 3rd Baron
born - Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire 1435
died - Mangotsfield, Bristol, Gloucestershire
burial- Austin Friar's, London, Middlesex
married -
Isabel MEAD
born -
died - Coventry, Warwickshire - AFTer 29 MAY 1514
burial: Austin Friar's, London, Middlesex
Children
1. Maurice (The Courtier) de BERKELEY
2. Thomas (Sheepmaster) BERKELEY
3. Anne de BERKELEY
4. James de BERKELEY

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James de BERKELEY - The Just - 1st Baron
born - Wales - Raglan, Monmouthshire - 1394
died - Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire
burial- St. Mary's Berkeley, Gloucestershire
married -
Isabel de MOWBRAY
born - England - Bristol, Gloucestershire - 1396
died - Gloucester Castle, Gloucestershire,
burial: Greyfriars, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Children
1. William "Waste-All" de BERKELEY
2. Maurice VII "The Lawyer" de BERKELEY

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James de BERKELEY - Sir - Lord of Raglan
born - England - Little Marshfield, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire 1354
died - wales - Raglan Castle, Usk, Monmouthshire
burial - Monastery Of St. Augustine, Brisol, Gloucestershire
married -
Elizabeth BLUET
born - Wales - Raglan Castle, Usk, Monmouthshire - 1373
died - 1415
Children
1. James "The Just" de BERKELEY

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Maurice IV de BERKELEY - The Valiant - 4th Baron
born - Berkeley Castle, Thronbury, Gloucestershire - 1330
died - Berkeley Castle, Thronbury, Gloucestershire - 8 JUN 1368
burial - St. Augustine's Priory, Bristol, Gloucestershire
married -
Elizabeth le DESPENSER
born - Stoke, Gloucestershir - 1322
died - Berkeley Castle, Thronbury, Gloucestershire - 13 JUL 1389
burial- St. Botolph's Church, Aldgate, London, Middlesex
Children
1. Thomas de BERKELEY b: 5 Jan 1352/53 in Berkeley Castle, Thronbury,
Gloucestershire, England
2. James de BERKELEY

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Thomas IV de BERKELEY - The Rich - 3rd Baron
born - Berkeley Castle, Thronbury, Gloucestershire 1296
died - 27 OCT 1361
burial- Berkeley Church, Thornbury, Gloucestershire
married -
Margaret de MORTIMER
born - Wigmore, Ludlow, Herefordshire 1307
died - Berkeley Castle, Thronbury, Gloucestershire 5 MAY 1337
burial- St. Augustine's Priory, Bristol, Gloucestershire
Children
1. Joan de BERKELEY
2. Maurice IV "The Valiant" de BERKELEY

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Maurice II "Magnanimous" de BERKELEY - 2nd Baron
born - Berkeley Castle, Thronbury, Gloucestersire - APR 1271
died - Wallingford Castle, Berkshire 31 MAY 1326
burial - St. Augustine's Priory, Bristol, Gloucestershire
married -
Eva la ZOUCHE
born - Harringworth, Northumberland - before 25 MAR 1280
died - Church of Portbury, Somerset 5 DEC 1314
Children
1. Milicent (Ela) de BERKELEY
2. Thomas IV "The Rich" de BERKELEY
3. Maurice BERKELEY
4. Isabel de BERKELEY

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Thomas II "The Wise" de BERKELEY - 1st Baron
born - Berkeley Castle, Thronbury, Gloucestershire - 1245
died - St. Augustine's Priory, Bristol, Gloucestershire 23 JUL 1321
married - 1267
Joan de FERRERS
born - Derby, Derbyshire 1248
died - St. Augustine's Priory, Bristol, Gloucestershire 19 Mar 1309-10
Children
1. Margaret de BERKELEY
2. Maurice II "Magnanimous" de BERKELEY
3. Thomas III de BERKELEY

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Maurice I "The Resolute" de BERKELEY -
born - Berkeley Castle, Thronbury, Gloucestershire 1218
died - St. Augustine's Priory, Bristol, Gloucestershire 4 APR 1281
married - 12 JUL 1247
Isabel FITZROY
born - Chilham Castle, Kent 1225
died - Berkeley Castle, Thronbury, Gloucestershire - 7 JUL 1276
Children
1. Thomas II "The Wise" de BERKELEY
2. Alice BERKELEY


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Thomas I "The Observer" de BERKELEY
born - Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire 1170
died - Abbey of St. Augustine, Bristol, Gloucestershire 29 NOV 1243
married -
Joan de SOMERY
born - Gloucester, Gloucestershire 1191
died - St. Augustine's Priory, Bristol, Gloucestershire 1273
Children
1. Maurice I "The Resolute" de BERKELEY

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Maurice "Make Peace" FitzRobert FITZHARDING
born - Bristol, Gloucestershire 1120
died - Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire 16 JUN 1190
burial: Brentford Church, Brentford, Middlesex
married -
Alice de BERKELEY
born - Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire 1130
died - aft 16 JUN 1190
Children
1. Maud de BERKELEY
2. Robert "The Rebellious" de BERKELEY
3. Thomas I "The Observer" de BERKELEY

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Roger III de BERKELEY
born - Berkeley, Thornbury, Gloucestershire 1105
died - Dursley, Gloucestershire 1170
married
Mrs de BERKELEY
born -
died -
Children
1. Roger IV de BERKELEY
2. Letitia de BERKELEY
3. Alice de BERKELEY
4. Cecily (Sedzilia) de BERKELEY

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Roger II de BERKELEY
born - Berkeley, Thornbury, Gloucestershire 1073
died -
married
Mrs de BERKELEY
born -
died -
Children
1. Roger III de BERKELEY

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Roger I "Senior" de BERKELEY
died - Berkeley, Thornbury, Gloucestershire 1091 - 1093
brial- St. Peter's Abbey, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
married
Rissa
born - Dursley, Gloucestershire 1044
died -
Children
1. John de BERKELEY
2. Roger II de BERKELEY
3. Alexander de BERKELEY

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William de BERKELEY
born - England 1010
died -
married
Mrs de BERKELEY
born -
died -
Children
1. Roger I "Senior" de BERKELEY

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Maurice VII "The Lawyer" de BERKELEY - 3rd Baron
Isabel MEAD
"Though Maurice Berkeley inherited the title of Baron from his elder brother
William, the 2nd Baron, William had given Berkeley Castle to the crown: Henry VII
(and his male heirs). The family did not get the Castle back until after the death
of Edward VI of England in 1553. Some say that William gave the Castle and
most of the rest of the huge Berkeley estate away partly because he disapproved
of his nephew & heir, Maurice's marriage to Isabel Mead, as it was below his
station.

Maurice Berkeley, de jure 3rd Lord (Baron ) Berkeley (after his elder brother
William, the 2nd Lord and 1st and last Marquess Berkeley whose male children
all died without issue); Knight of the Body to Edward IV; married 1465 Isabel
(died after 29 May 1514), daughter of Philip Mead, of Mead's Place, Wraxall,
Somerset, Alderman and thrice Mayor of Bristol, and died Sep 1506. [Burke's
Peerage]

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Maurice Berkeley, b. c 1435, age 56 in 1492, d. Sep 1506, age 70 years, 2nd son,
Lord Berkeley; m. 1465 Isabel Mead, d. Coventry, aft. May 1514, age 70, daughter
of Philip Mead, Mayor of Bristol. [Magna Charta Sureties]

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BARONY of BERKELEY (III) 1492

MAURICE [BERKELEY] de jure [apparently] LORD BERKELEY [1421] brother of
the whole blood and heir, who "may bee called Maurice: the Lawier " inasmuch
as though totally disinherited by his brother, and though 56 years of age at his
brother's death, he recovered, within 7 years, upwards of 50 manors and other
lands, the alienation of which had been effected illegally. He had been Knight of
the body to Edward IV.

He married, in his 30th year (1465), Isabel (at that time a widow with 3 children
who all died young), only daughter of Philip MEAD, of Mead's Place, in Wraxall,
Somerset, Alderman, and three times (1458-59, 1461-62, 1468-69) Mayor of
Bristol, by Isabel, his wife. She became heir to her brother Thomas Mead,
inheriting lands at Thornbury, co. Gloucester, and at Wraxall, Ashton,
Bedminster, and Tickeiiham, Somerset. He died September 1506, aged 70, and
was buried at Austin Friars, London. His widow died after 29 May 1514, at the
same age of 70, at Coventry, and was buried with him. [Complete Peerage II:135"


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Maurice VII "The Lawyer" de BERKELEY - 3rd Baron
Isabel MEAD
"!Isabel (died after 29 May 1514), daughter of Philip Mead, of Mead's Place,
Wraxall, Somerset, Alderman and thrice Mayor of Bristol. [Burke's Peerage]

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Isabel Mead, d. Coventry, aft. May 1514, age 70, daughter of Philip Mead, Mayor of
Bristol. [Magna Charta Sureties]

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He [Maurice de Berkeley] married, in his 30th year (1465), Isabel (at that time a
widow with 3 children who all died young), only daughter of Philip MEAD, of
Mead's Place, in Wraxall, Somerset, Alderman, and three times (1458-59,
1461-62, 1468-69) Mayor of Bristol, by Isabel, his wife. She became heir to her
brother Thomas Mead, inheriting lands at Thornbury, co. Gloucester, and at
Wraxall, Ashton, Bedminster, and Tickeiiham, Somerset. He died September
1506, aged 70, and was buried at Austin Friars, London. His widow died after 29
May 1514, at the same age of 70, at Coventry, and was buried with him.
[Complete Peerage II:135"

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James de BERKELEY - The Just -
Isabel de MOWBRAY
"SIR HENRY FERRERS, son and heir apparent. He married, shortly before 13
July 1416, Isabel, 1st daughter of Thomas (MOUBRAY), DUKE, or NORFOLK and
EARL MARSHAL, by his 2nd wife, Elizabeth D'ARUNDELLE, sister and coheir of
Thomas EARL OF ARUNDEL and 1st daughter of Richard EARL OF ARUNDEL.
He died v.p. and s.p.m. His widow married, in or before 3 Hen. VI, as 2nd wife,
Sir James BERKELEY, of Berkeley, co. Gloucester [LORD BERKELEY]. She died
in Gloucester Castle, being then a prisoner there 23 September 1452, and was
buried in the Church of the Grey Friars at Gloucester. He, who was born at
Raglan, co. Monmouth, about 1394, died in Berkeley Castle shortly before 5
December 1463, and was buried in Berkeley Church. Complete Peerage
V:357-8.

Isabel, widow of Henry Ferrers, son and heir of William, Lord Ferrers of Groby,
and 1st daughter and in issue coheir of Thomas de Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk.
She died a prisoner of Margaret, Countess of Shrewsbury, 2nd wife of John
Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, and step-mother of James Berkeley's 4th wife. She
[Margaret] was granddaughter and coheir of Thomas Berkeley, Lord Berkeley,
uncle of James, from whom the title had passed to James. [Magna Charta
Sureties]

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Isabel de Mowbray, d. 27 Sep 1452; m. (2) 1423/4, James de Berkeley, Lord
Berkeley, b. c 1394, d. Nov 1463, MP 1421-1461 (son of Sir James de Berkeley,
b. c 1353/4, dvf 13 June 1405 (elder brother & male heir of Sir Thomas de
Berkeley, Lord Berkeley), and Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir John Blouet of
Raglan, co. Monmouth, both sons of Maurice de Berkeley by Elizabeth
Despencer [sic.], daughter of Sir Hugh le Despencer [sic.] and Alianore de Clare.
[Magna Charta Sureties]

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Isabel Mowbray (died 27 Sep 1452), eldest daughter of 1st Duke of Norfolk of the
1396 creation and widow of Henry Ferrers (dvp 1394), son and heir of 5th Lord
(Baron) Ferrers (of Groby). [Burke's Peerage]

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He [James de Berkeley] married, 3rdly, 1423-24, Isabel, widow of Henry
FERRERS, son and heir apparent of William, Lord FERRERS (of Groby), and 1st
daughter (whose issue became coheirs) of Thomas (DE MOWBRAY), DUKE OF
NORFOLK, by Elizabeth, da. of RICHARD (FITZ ALAN), EARL OF ARUNDEL. She
was, while about to appeal to the King in Council on behalf of her husband,
arrested by order of Margaret, Countess of Shrewsbury (granddaughter and
coheir of the last Lord Berkeley), and imprisoned at Gloucester, where she died
27 September 1452, and was buried in the church of the Greyfriars there.
[Complete Peerage II:132-3, XIV:87"

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James de BERKELEY - The Just -
Isabel de MOWBRAY
"James de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of the 1421 creation; inherited the
Castle of Berkeley and other estates under the entail executed by his great
grandfather but was hindered in obtaining posession by his cousin the
Countess of Warwick who was heir general of the 5th Lord (Baron) Berkeley;
nevertheless called by writ to Parliament 20 Oct 1421 thus being created Lord
Berkeley (this Barony, being writ, is by later doctrine held to be heritable by heirs
general, which can include females, so that the + against each living female and
her issue indicates that she is/they are in remainder to this peerage), knighted
1426; contracted to marry (and perhaps actually did so) 19 April 1410, daughter
of Sir John St John; married 2nd? 1415 (dsp) daughter of Sir Humphrey Stafford,
of Hooke, Dorset; married 3rd? 1423/4 Isabel Mowbray (died 27 Sep 1452),
eldest daughter of 1st Duke of Norfolk of the 1396 creation and widow of Henry
Ferrers (dvp 1394), son and heir of 5th Lord (Baron) Ferrers (of Groby); married
4th? c25 July 1457 Joan Talbot (married 2nd 1487 Edmund Hungerford),
daughter of 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford, and died Nov 1463, having
had [William 2nd Lord (dsps 14 Feb 1491/2), Maurice de jure 3rd Lord, James
killed in France, Thomas of Dursley, Glos, died 1484] by his 3rd wife, with three
daughters. [Burke's Peerage]

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James Berkeley, Lord Berkeley, born c1394 at Raglan, co Monmouth, Knight 19
May 1426, died Berkeley Castle Nov 1463; at age 16 married (1) or contract to
marry N. daughter of John St John, who died very young, s.p.; married (2) N.
daughter of Sir Humphrey Stafford of Hook; died very young, s.p.; married (3)
1423/4 Isabel, widow of Henry Ferrers, son and heir of William, Lord Ferrers of
Groby, and 1st daughter and in issue coheir of Thomas de Mowbray, Duke of
Norfolk. She died a prisoner of Margaret, Countess of Shrewsbury, 2nd wife of
John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, and step-mother of James Berkeley's 4th wife.
She was granddaughter and coheir of Thomas Berkeley, Lord Berkeley, uncle of
James, from whom the title had passed to James. James married (4) Joan,
daughter of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, by Maud, daughter of Thomas
Nevill, Lord Furnivale. Joan married (2) 26 May 1474 Edmund Hungerford.
[Magna Charta Sureties]

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BARONY of BERKELEY (I) 1421

JAMES (DE BERKELEY), LORD BERKELEY, nephew and heir male, being son
and heir of Sir James de Berkeley, by Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir John
BLUET, of Raglan, co. Monmouth, which Sir James, being next brother to
Thomas, the last Lord Berkeley, died v.f., 13 June 1405. He was born about
1394, at Raglan, and "may bee called James the Just." He succeeded to the
Castle of Berkeley (to which the Barony of Berkeley was then very generally
considered as appendant) and other estates under an entail of his
great-grandfather, but was much hindered in getting possession thereof by the
Countess of Warwick (daughter and heir of the last Lord), the heir general. By
writ directed Jacobo de Berkeley, he was summoned to Parliament 20 Oct ober
1421 to 23 May 1461, and was knighted by Henry VI, in May 1426.

In April 1410, being then aged 16, he m., 1stly, or perhaps was only contracted
to, a daughter of Sir John ST. JOHN (contract dated 19 April 1410. He married,
2ndly, 1415), a daughter, of Sir Humphrey STAFFORD, of Hook, Dorset, but she
died very young and s.p. He married, 3rdly, 1423-24, Isabel, widow of Henry
FERRERS, son and heir apparent of William, Lord FERRERS (of Groby), and 1st
daughter (whose issue became coheirs) of Thomas (DE MOWBRAY), DUKE OF
NORFOLK, by Elizabeth, da. of RICHARD (FITZ ALAN), EARL OF ARUNDEL. She
was, while about to appeal to the King in Council on behalf of her husband,
arrested by order of Margaret, Countess of Shrewsbury (granddaughter and
coheir of the last Lord Berkeley), and imprisoned at Gloucester, where she died
27 September 1452, and was buried in the church of the Greyfriars there. He
married, 4thly, (Settlment 25 July 1457) Joan, daughter of John (TALBOT), 1st
EARL OF SHREWSBURY, by his 1st wife, Maud, elder daughter and heir of
Thomas (NEVILL), LORD FURNIVAL, which Joan was consequently
stepdaughter of Margaret, Countess of Shrewsbury abovenamed. He died at
Berkeley Castle, Nov 1463, within 36 days of having (22 Oct.) executed a deed of
reconciliation with the said Countess and was buried at Berkeley. His widow
married, before 26 May 1474, Edmund Hungerford. [Complete Peerage II:132-3,
XIV:87, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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James Lord Berkeley (1394-1463)

James Lord Berkeley, was married to Isabel Mowbray (see The Mowbray family).
James was in dispute with his uncle's heirs for most of his life. His uncle,
Thomas the Magnificent, 10th Lord Berkeley (there is a fabulous brass of him
and his wife at Wooton-under-edge in Gloucestershire), left a solitary daughter,
Elizabeth, who married the powerful Richard Beauchamp (1382-1439), Earl of
Warwick, and guardian of Henry VI. They had three daughters. The eldest,
Margaret, married the feared John Talbot (1388-1453), Earl of Shrewsbury, the
youngest married Richard Neville, later Earl of Warwick (1428-1471).

During the long dispute over ownership of the Berkeley estate, Isabel was
captured by the Countess of Shrewsbury and died in 1452 in prison in
Gloucester. James promptly remarried the daughter of the Earl of Shrewsbury.

The family dispute is claimed to be the longest dispute in English legal history.
During this period the village of Berkeley was burned down twice - once by each
side - for 'supporting the enemy', i.e. paying them rent. The life of ordinary people
during this time must have been hard indeed. The dispute was eventually
resolved by open battle (see Battle of Nibley Green).

James and Isabel's third son James was killed in battle in France (Castillon
1453) along with John Talbot in the closing battle of the Hundred Years War.
Father and son are buried at St. Mary's Berkeley, and there is a splendid stone
effigy of them both in full armour in a small chapel to the side of the chancel.
Isabel was buried at Greyfriars in Gloucester in 1452. The abbey was destroyed
in the dissolution, and is now partly ruined, where now stands a fine Georgian
building, the County music library, contained within the ribs of the medieval
building."

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James de BERKELEY -
Elizabeth BLUET
"Elizabeth, daughter & heir of Sir John Blouet of Raglan, Co Monmouth. [Magna
Charta Sureties]

!James de Berkeley . . . was married to Elizabeth Bluet, widow of Bartholomew
Picot, and daughter and Heiress of John Bluet, Knt, of Raglan, co. Monmouth (of
Magna Carta Surety descent). Sir James de Berkeley died on 13 June 1405 v.f.
His widow was married for the second time to William ap Thomas, Knt.
[Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 23]"

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James de BERKELEY
Elizabeth BLUET
"James Berkeley, younger son, dvf [brother Thomas died 1417], 13 June 1405;
married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Bluet of Raglon, co Monmouth. His elder
brother [Thomas] dspm. Their son inherited the lands and title by entail of No. 8
[Maurice], his grandfather. [Magna Charta Sureties]

-----------------

Sir James de Berkeley, b. c 1353/4, dvf 13 June 1405 (elder brother & male heir
of Sir Thomas de Berkeley, Lord Berkeley) m. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir
John Blouet of Raglan, co. Monmouth. . . both sons of Maurice de Berkeley by
Elizabeth Despencer [sic.], daughter of Sir Hugh le Despencer [sic.] and Alianore
de Clare. [Magna Charta Sureties, line 66-8]

-----------------

James de Berkeley, Knt, younger son, was born about 1353/4. He was married
to Elizabeth Bluet, widow of Bartholomew Picot, and daughter and Heiress of
John Bluet, Knt, of Raglan, co. Monmouth (of Magna Carta Surety descent). Sir
James de Berkeley died on 13 June 1405 v.f. His widow was married for the
second time to William ap Thomas, Knt. [Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 23]"

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21 Maurice IV de BERKELEY - The Valiant
Elizabeth le DESPENSER
"He [Maurice de Berkeley] m. in Aug 1338 (when aged about 8) Elizabeth,
daughter of Hugh Despenser, the younger, (Lord le Despenser) by Eleanor, 1st
sister of the whole blood and coheir of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and
Hertford, [daughter of Gilbert de Clare, of same], "but though thus m. at 8, yet had
he no issue by her till about 12 or 13 years after." He d. at Berkeley Castle, "never
thoroughly cured of the wounds hee received at Poytiers", 8 June 1368, aged 37
and upwards, and was buried with his mother at St. Augustine's, Bristol. Inq.p.m.
12 July 1368. His widow d. 13 July 1389, and was buried at St. Botolph's,
London. Complete Peerage II:130, XIV:87

!Elizabeth le Despenser, daughter and coheir [of Alianore de Clare and Sir Hugh
le Despencer], died 13 July 1389, married Aug 1389, Maurice de Berkeley, Lord
Berkeley, son of Thomas, Lord Berkeley, and Margaret, daughter of Roger
Mortimer, Earl of March; aged 8 years at marriage. (she was his age or younger);
died Berkeley Castle, from wounds received earlier at Poitiers, 8 June 1368, age
37. (All their children born some years after marriage.) [Magna Charta Sureties]

Note: The marriage date of Aug 1389 is so obviously wrong that I am not putting
it as an alternative. It is probably the burial date for Elizabeth. As far as
Elizabeth's birth date, it would have to be on or before 1327, since her father died
in 1326. Maurice's death date of 8 June 1368 does not agree with any of the
other sources, which state 3 June 1368. The death by wounds received at battle
of Poitiers agrees with Burke's Peerage, even though the battle took place in
1356 (12 years earlier)."

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Elizabeth le DESPENSER
"Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley; severely wounded and taken prisoner
at Battle of Poitiers 19 Sep 1356; died 8 Jun 1368 of wounds received at Battle of
Poitiers. [Burke's Peerage]

!Maurice de Berkeley, died 3 June 1368, Lord Berkeley, wounded at the battle of
Poitiers 19 Sep 1356; MP 1362-1368; married (age 8), Aug 1338, Elizabeth
Despenser, died 13 July 1389, daughter of Hugh le Despenser and Alianore de
Clare (8-30). (CP II 130). Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th
Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999.

!Maurice de Berkeley (by 1st wife Margaret de Mortimer), b. 1330, d. 3 June 1368,
Lord Berkeley, MP 1362-1368; m. Aug 1338, Elizabeth Despenser, d. 13 July
1389, daughter of Sir Hugh le Despenser and Alianore de Clare. [Magna Charta
Sureties]

!Maurice de Berkeley, Lord Berkeley, son and heir by 1st wife, who "may bee
called Maurice the Valiant", b. 1330 (b). He was a commander in Gascony 1355,
and distinguished himself at the battle of Poitiers, 19 Sep 1356, where he was
severely wounded and taken prisoner. He was summoned to Parliament 14 Aug
1362 to 24 Feb 1367/8. He m. in Aug 1338 (when aged about 8) Elizabeth,
daughter of Hugh Despenser, the younger, (Lord le Despenser) by Eleanor, 1st
sister of the whole blood and coheir of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and
Hertford, [daughter of Gilbert de Clare, of same], "but though thus m. at 8, yet had
he no issue by her till about 12 or 13 years after." He d. at Berkeley Castle, "never
thoroughly cured of the wounds hee received at Poytiers", 8 June 1368, aged 37
and upwards, and was buried with his mother at St. Augustine's, Bristol. Inq.p.m.
12 July 1368. His widow d. 13 July 1389, and was buried at St. Botolph's,
London. Complete Peerage II:130, XIV:87

(b) It has hitherto been stated that he was knighted in Scotland in 1337, when
aged 7!, and was fighting abroad some years later, but J. H. Round points out
that a footnote in Wrottesley's "Crecy and Calais", p. 196, explains that he has
been confused with his father's younger brother, Maurice, who fought at Crecy,
was at the siege of Calais, and d. 12 Feb 1346/7."

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Thomas IV de BERKELEY - The Rich
Margaret de MORTIMER
"Margaret de Mortimer, d. 5 May 1337, daughter of Sir Roger de Mortimer, Earl of
March and Joan de Geneville. [Magna Charta Sureties]

!He [Thomas de Berkeley] m. 1stly, in or shortly bef. 25 July 1320 (Papal disp. to
remain married with legitimisation of past issue dated Sep 1329), Margaret,
daughter of Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, by Joan, de jure suo jure (according
to modern doctrine) Baroness Geneville, daughter and heir of Sir Piers de
Geneville (2nd but 1st surviving son and heir apparent of Geoffrey, 1st Lord
Geneville). She d. 5 May 1337, being under 30, and was buried at St.
Augustine's, Bristol. Complete Peerage II:129-30, XIV:87."

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Thomas IV de BERKELEY - The Rich
Margaret de MORTIMER
"Thomas de Berkeley, age 30+ at father's death, d. 27 Oct 1361, Lord Berkeley,
Marshal in France 1340, Captain of the Scottish Marches 1342; m. (1) 1320,
Margaret de Mortimer, d. 5 May 1337, daughter of Sir Roger de Mortimer, Earl of
March and Joan de Geneville; m. (2) 30 May 1347, Katherine, d. 13 Mar 1385,
widow of Sir Piers le Veel, daughter and heir of Sir John Clivedon, of Charfield,
co. Gloucester, by Emma his wife. [Magna Charta Sureties]

!Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley; knighted before 1322, joined with his
father in Lancaster's insurrection, imprisoned until 16 Oct 1326, later Jt
Custodian of Edward II 4 April 1327 but guessing what was in store for the
deposed king left Berkeley Castle before the actual regicide, tried by jury of 12
knights 1330/1 as accessory to Edward's murder but acquitted, Chief Warden
Glos, Worcs, and Herefs, Marshal English Army in France 1342, Capt Scottish
Marches, Warden and Chief Justice in Eyre South of Trent 1345-48. [Burke's
Peerage]

!Thomas de Berkeley, Lord Berkeley, son and heir by 1st wife, who "may bee
called Thomas the Rich." Knighted before 1322, and aged 30 and upwards at
his father's death. He fought at Boroughbridge, 16 Mar 1321/2, and was taken
prisoner. He was released from imprisonment in Pevensey Castle on 16 Oct
1326, and on 4 Apr 1327, was made Joint Custodian of the deposed King
Edward II, whom he "curteously received" the next day at Berkeley Castle, but
being commanded to deliver over the government thereof to his fellow custodian,
departed therefrom to Bradley, "with heavy cheere perceiving what violence was
intended." He was tried by a jury of 12 Knights (without protest) in 1330-1 as an
accessory to the murder (g) of the deposed King, but was acquitted. In 1328 he
was in the expedition against Scotland. From 14 June 1329 to 20 Nov 1360, he
was summoned to Parliament, the last two writs have the addition of "Senior"
thereto. In 1336 he was Chief Warden of cos. Gloucester, Worcester, and
Hereford; in 1340, Marshal of the English army in France; in 1342, Capt. of the
Scottish Marches; Warden and Chief Justice in Eyre south of Trent 1345-48; he
is stated (apparently in error) to have been, in 1346, Commander of the English
forces at the battle of Crecy, and in 1361, was on an Embassy to Pope Innocent
VI. He m. 1stly, in or shortly bef. 25 July 1320 (Papal disp. to remain married with
legitimisation of past issue dated Sep 1329), Margaret, daughter of Roger
Mortimer, Earl of March, by Joan, de jure suo jure (according to modern doctrine)
Baroness Geneville, daughter and heir of Sir Piers de Geneville (2nd but 1st
surviving son and heir apparent of Geoffrey, 1st Lord Geneville). She d. 5 May
1337, being under 30, and was buried at St. Augustine's, Bristol. He m. 2ndly, 30
May 1347, at Charfield, co. Gloucester, Katharine, widow of Sir Piers le Veel, of
Tortworth, in that co., and daughter and heir of Sir John Clivedon, of Charfield
aforesaid, by Emma, his wife. He d. 27 Oct 1361, in his 69th year, and was
buried in Berkeley Church. M.I. His widow d. 13 Mar 1385, and is also buried
there. [Complete Peerage II:129-30, XIV:87]

(g) This was perpetrated with horrible barbarity by Sir John Mautravers and Sir
Thomas Gurnay, the then custodians of the castle. See a detailed account in
Smyth's "Berkeleys", vol i, p. 291, confirming the allusion in Gray's "Bard" to
...."The shrieks of death thro' Berkeley's roof that ring--
....Shrieks of an agonising King."

!Thomas, 3rd baron, m. 1st, Margaret, dau. of Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, and
2ndly, in 1347, Catherine, dau. of Sir John Clyvedon, widow of Sir Peter le Veel.
This lord having adhered to the interest of the Queen, Mortimer, and Prince
Edward, afterwards the third of that name, furnished "the only precedent," says
Smith, "of a peer being tried by knights, as the peers would have been both
judges and jurors." He first assumed a mitre for his crest. He was summoned to
parliament from 1329 to 1360. He had issue by his 1st wife, besides his heir,
three sons, who d. s. p., and one dau., Joan, wife of Sir Reginald Cobham; by his
2nd wife, had had, with three sons, who d. s. p., a 4th, John, ancestor of the
Berkeleys of Beverstone. He d. 1361 and was s. by his son, Maurice, 4th baron.
[Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's
Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 44, Berkeley, Viscount Berkeley, Earl of
Nottingham, and Marquess of Berkeley]"

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Maurice II "Magnanimous" de BERKELEY
Eva la ZOUCHE
"Eva la Zouche, d. 5 Dec 1314; m. 1289, Sir Maurice de Berkeley, b. Apr 1281, d.
31 May 1326, Lord Berkeley of Berkeley Castle. [Magna Charta Sureties]

!He [Maurice de Berkeley] m. 1stly 1289 (neither party being aged over 8), Eve,
sister of William la Zouche (Lord Zouche of Haryngworth), and daughter of Eon la
Zouche, by Millicent, sister and coheir of George de Cauntelo, Lord of
Abergavenny, daughter of William de Cauntelo, of Calne, co. Wilts and Aston
Cantlow, co. Warwick. She d. 6 Dec 1314, and was buried in Portbury Church,
Somerset. Complete Peerage II:128-9, XIV:87."


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Maurice II "Magnanimous" de BERKELEY
Eva la ZOUCHE
"Sir Maurice de Berkeley, b. Apr 1281, d. 31 May 1326, Lord Berkeley of Berkeley
Castle; m. (1) 1289, neither being over eight years of age, Eva la Zouche. [Magna
Charta Sureties]

Note: They must have been married in early 1289, because Eva had to have
been born bef. 25 Mar 1280 (nine months after her father's latest possible death
date).

!Maurice de Berkeley, 1st/2nd Baron Berkeley; b. April 1271; took part in Scottish
Wars 1295-1318; at Siege of Carlaverock July 1300, called to Parliament 1308 in
his father's lifetime by a series of writs worded to him as "Maurice de Berkeley",
which by a later interpretation would have meant that he was made Lord (Baron)
Berkeley in a separate creation to that of his father, but in fact there is no record
of his having taken his seat, Warden Gloucester 1312, Capt Berwick 1315,
Commissioner to Scotland 1316, Chief Justiciar of South Wales 1316,
Seneschal of Aquitaine 1320, joined the Earl of Lancaster's insurrection against
Edward II and his favourites the Despensers 1321 but was captured and
imprisoned in Wallingford Castle. [Burke's Peerage]

!MAURICE (DE BERKELEY), LORD DE BERKELEY, son and heir, who "may bee
called Maurice the Magnanimous," born April 1281 (b). He distinguished himself
in the Scottish wars, 1295-1318, and was at the siege of Carlaverock in July
1300. He was summoned to Parliament v.p., from 16 August 1308 to 15 May
1321 by writs directed Mauricio de Berkeleye, whereby he may be held to have
become LORD BERKELEY, though there is no actual record of his having sat in
Parliament. He held several important posts, v.p., being Warden Of Gloucester,
1312; Capt. of Berwick, 1315; one of the Commissioners to Scotland, 1316;
Chief Justiciar of South Wales 1316, and Seneschal of Aquitaine, 1320. Shortly
afterwards he joined the Earl of Lancaster in the rebellion against Edward II and
the Despenser family, and within 6 months of his father's death was sent
prisoner to Wallingford Castle, 20 Jan 1321/2, where he d. about a year
afterwards. He m. 1stly 1289 (neither party being aged over 8), Eve, sister of
William la Zouche (Lord Zouche of Haryngworth), and daughter of Eon la Zouche,
by Millicent, sister and coheir of George de Cauntelo, Lord of Abergavenny,
daughter of William de Cauntelo, of Calne, co. Wilts and Aston Cantlow, co.
Warwick. She d. 6 Dec 1314, and was buried in Portbury Church, Somerset. He
m. 2ndly, about 1316, Isabel, daughter of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and
Hertford, by his 1st wife Alice, daughter of Hugh XI, called le Brun, Sire de
Lusignan, Count of la Marche and Angouleme (uterine brother of Henry III). He d.
as aforesaid, 31 May 1326 , and was buried at Wallingford, but removed to St.
Augustine's, Bristol (c). Inq.p.m. Feb 1326/7. His widow, who was b. 10 Mar
1262/3, dsp 1333. [Complete Peerage II:128-9, XIV:87]

(b) This makes him a father at the age of 14, for which Smyth quotes the Biblical
precedents of Solomon and Ahaz, each a father at 11 and of King Josiah at 14,
and adds that his own "small reading could parallel more than a dozen other
parents which have been Fathers and Mothers at 14 years". The date of birth
appears to rest on his being found to be 40 years old in 1321 in two inquisitions
on his father's death, "and" says Smyth "he best knew his own age that sett it
down." It is however now recognised that the age of men in middle life being a
matter of little practical importance, is seldom given with any degree of accuracy
in the inquisitions. His birth (as the elder son of his parents) would more
probably be in 1271 than in 1281, ie. after some 4, rather than some 14, years of
their marriage.

(c) From his 2nd son, Maurice, descend the Berkeleys of Stoke Gifford, co.
Gloucester (Lords Botetourt), the Berkeleys of Stratton, Cornwall (Lords Berkeley
of Stratton) and the Berkeleys of Pyll, of which families the last is now (1911)
represented in the male line by Viscount Portman.

!Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd baron, b. 1281, d. 1326, m. Eve, dau. of Eudo le Zouch.
He received summons to parliament from 1308 to 1321, during his father's
lifetime. He had issue, Thomas, 3rd baron; Sir Maurice; John, constable of
Bristol Castle; Eudo; Peter; Isabel. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant,
Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 44,
Berkeley, Viscount Berkeley, Earl of Nottingham, and Marquess of Berkeley]"

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Thomas II "The Wise" de BERKELEY
Joan de FERRERS
"William de Ferrers, m. 2ndly Margaret, one of the daus. and co-heirs of Roger
de Quincy, Earl of Winchester, and had issue: Robert, his successor; William,
upon whom his mother conferred the lordship of Groby, co. Leicester; Joan, m.
Thomas, Lord Berkeley; and Agnes, m. to Robert de Muscegros, Lord of
Deerhurst. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct
Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 197, Ferrers, Earls of Derby]

!Joan Ferrers, d. 19 Mar 1309/10; m. 1267 Sir Thomas de Berkeley, b. 1245, d.
23 July 1321, son of Maurice de Berkeley, b. 1218, d. 1281, and Isabel, daughter
of Richard Fitz Roy, bastard son of King John of England. [Magna Charta
Sureties]

!He [Thomas de Berkeley] married, in 1267, Joan, da. of William (DE FERRERS),
EARL OF DERBY, by his 2nd wife, Margaret, daughter and coheir of Roger (DE
QUINCI), EARL OF WINCHESTER. She died in March 1309/10, and was buried
at St. Augustine's, Bristol. He died 23 July 1321, at Berkeley, aged about 76.
[Complete Peerage II:127-8"

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Thomas II "The Wise" de BERKELEY
Joan de FERRERS
"Thomas de Berkeley, feudal Lord of Berkeley and 1st Baron Berkeley so created
by writ of summons to Parliament 24 June 1295; V-Constable England 1297,
present at the victory over the Scots of Falkirk 22 July 1298 and at Siege of
Carlaverock July 1300, taken prisoner at Scottish victory of Bannockburn 24 June
1314, Commissioner to examine claims to the crown of Scotland June 1292.
[Burke's Peerage]

---------------------------------------------------------

Sir Thomas de Berkeley, b. 1245, d. 23 July 1321, son of Maurice de Berkeley, b.
1218, d. 1281, and Isabel, daughter of Richard Fitz Roy, bastard son of King
John of England. [Magna Charta Sureties]

---------------------------------------------------------

BARONY of BERKELEY (I)

THOMAS DE BERKELEY, feudal LORD OF BERKELEY, 2nd, but 1st surviving
son and heir (c), who "may bee called Thomas the Wise." He was born at
Berkeley 1245, was at the battle of Evesham when under age, and was for nearly
every year for the last 50 years of his life "employed either against the Welsh., the
Scots, or the French." He was summoned to attend the King at Shrewsbury 28
June 1283 by writ directed 'Thome de Berkel', which writ was actually treated in
the Mowbray case (1877) as one which created an hereditary Peerage. On 24
June 1295, he was summoned to Parliament by writ directed Thome de
Berkelegh', whereby he may be held to have become LORD BERKELEY. He
continued to be so summoned till 15 May 1321. He was made Vice-Constable of
England in 1297, was at the bloody battle and defeat of the Scots at Falkirk 22
July 1298, the siege of Carlaverock in July 1300, and was taken prisoner at the
battle of Bannockburn, 24 June 1314, paying a large sum for his ransom. He
was likewise on the Commission to examine the claims to the Crown of
Scotland, June 1292; was on an Embassy to France, January 1296, and to Pope
Clement V, in July 1307. He married, in 1267, Joan, da. of William (DE
FERRERS), EARL OF DERBY, by his 2nd wife, Margaret, daughter and coheir of
Roger (DE QUINCI), EARL OF WINCHESTER. She died in March 1309/10, and
was buried at St. Augustine's, Bristol. He died 23 July 1321, at Berkeley, aged
about 76. [Complete Peerage II:127-8, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

(c) Maurice, his elder brother, was killed in a tournament at Kenilworth, vp in
1279.

---------------------------------------------------------

Thomas de Berkeley, b. at Berkeley in 1245, was summoned to parliament by
writ as a baron from 23 June 1295 to 15 May 1321. This nobleman was of great
eminence in the reigns of Edward I and and Edward II, being in the French,
Welsh, and Scottish wars of those periods, particularly at the celebrated siege of
Caerlaverock. He was involved, however, at the close of his life in the treason of
Thomas, Earl of Lancaster. His lordship m. circa 1267 Jane, dau. of William de
Ferrers, Earl of Derby, and dying July 23, 1321 (his wife d. 19 Mar 1309], left
issue,

I. Maurice, 2nd baron
II. Thomas, ancestor of the Berkeleys of Wymondham, co. Leicester, extinct in Sir
Henry Berkeley, living 1622.
III. John, d. s. p. 10th Edward II [c. 1317]
IV. James, a bishop
I. Isabel, d. unm.
II. Margaret, d. unm.

[Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's
Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 44, Berkeley, Viscount Berkeley, Earl of
Nottingham, and Marquess of Berkeley]"

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Maurice I "The Resolute" de BERKELEY -
Isabel FITZROY
"He [Maurice de Berkeley] married, before 12 July 1247, Isabel, daughter of
Richard FITZROY (illegitimate son of King John), by Rose, daughter and heir of
Foubert de Douvres. On 10 August 1264, the King, out of compassion for the
poverty of his niece, Isabel, the wife of Maurice de Berkeley, granted her certain
manors. She died 7 July, probably in the year 1276 or 1277, and was buried at
St. Augustine's. He died 4 April 1281, aged 63, " being his great clymactericoll
yeare, " and was buried at St. Augustine's. Complete Peerage II:131, XIV:87."


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Maurice I "The Resolute" de BERKELEY -
Isabel FITZROY
"Maurice, feudal Lord of Berkeley; knighted by 1242, joined baronial rebellion
against Henry III. [Burke's Peerage]

-------------------------------------------

HOLDERS of the CASTLE of BERKELEY (VIII)

MAURICE DE BERKELEY, feudal LORD OF BERKELEY, son and heir, who " may
bee called Maurice the Resolute," born 1218. He attended the wars with France
and afterwards with North Wales. Was knighted before 1242. He did homage
and had livery of his father's lands, 14 December 1243. He joined the Barons
against the King in 1264, was present at the award of Kenilworth in 1267, at the
Council at Marlborough 52 Henry III, and at the various assemblies (1275-79) 3,
4, 6, and 7 Edward I. He married, before 12 July 1247, Isabel, daughter of
Richard FITZROY (illegitimate son of King John), by Rose, daughter and heir of
Foubert de Douvres. On 10 August 1264, the King, out of compassion for the
poverty of his niece, Isabel, the wife of Maurice de Berkeley, granted her certain
manors. She died 7 July, probably in the year 1276 or 1277, and was buried at
St. Augustine's. He died 4 April 1281, aged 63, " being his great clymactericoll
yeare, " and was buried at St. Augustine's. [Complete Peerage II:131, XIV:87,
(transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

-------------------------------------------

Maurice de Berkeley m. in 1240, Isabel, dau. of Maurice de Credonia, by his wife,
Isabel, sister of William de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, d. 4 April, 1281, and was
s. by his 2nd son, the eldest, Maurice, having been killed in a tournament at
Kenilworth. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct
Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 44, Berkeley, Viscount
Berkeley, Earl of Nottingham, and Marquess of Berkeley]"

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Thomas I "The Observer" de BERKELEY
Joan de SOMERY
"He [Thomas de Berkeley] m. about 1217, Joan, daughter of Sir Ralph de
Somery, of Dudley, co. Worcester, by Margaret, sister of William (Marshal), Earl of
Pembroke, and daughter of John FitzGilbert, styled also John the Marshal. He d.
29 Nov 1243, aged about 73, and was buried at St. Augustine's, aforesaid. His
widow was living 1273-4. [Complete Peerage II:126-7, XIV:87]"

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Thomas I "The Observer" de BERKELEY
Joan de SOMERY
"Thomas, feudal Lord of Berkeley; inherited all of his [elder brother Robert's]
lands on latter's death (dsp in 13 May 1220) except Berkeley, which he did not
obtain till 1223. [Burke's Peerage]

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HOLDERS of the CASTLE of BERKELEY (VII)

Thomas de Berkeley, feudal Lord of Berkeley, brother and heir; who "may bee
called Thomas the Observer or Temporiser", b. about 1170. He obtained livery of
his brother's lands, but not till 1223, of the Castle of Berkeley. He sustained
many suits at law, and by his prudent conduct greatly improved his estate. He m.
about 1217, Joan, daughter of Sir Ralph de Somery, of Dudley, co. Worcester, by
Margaret, sister of William (Marshal), Earl of Pembroke, and daughter of John
FitzGilbert, styled also John the Marshal. He d. 29 Nov 1243, aged about 73, and
was buried at St. Augustine's, aforesaid. His widow was living 1273-4.
[Complete Peerage II:126-7, XIV:87]

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Thomas de Berkeley, in the 8th of Henry III (1223-4), upon giving his two
nephews as pledges for his fidelity, had restitution of Berkeley Castle. His
lordship m. about the year 1217, Joan, dau. of Ralph de Somery, Lord of
Campden, co. Gloucester, and niece of William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, and
dying, aged seventy-six, November 29, 1243, left issue, Maurice, his heir;
Thomas, d. s. p.; Robert; Henry, d. s. p.; William; Richard; and one dau. Margaret,
wife of Sir Anselm Basset. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and
Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 44, Berkeley, Viscount
Berkeley, Earl of Nottingham, and Marquess of Berkeley]"

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Maurice "Make Peace" FitzRobert FITZHARDING
Alice de BERKELEY
"He [Maurice FitzHarding] married, in 1153 or 1154, at Bristol, Alice, 1st daughter
(but not heir or coheir) of his dispossessed predecessor, Roger DE BERKELEY,
feudal Lord of Dursley (formerly "fermer" of Berkeley), with whom he had the
manor of Slimbridge, as by agreement between their respective fathers. He died
16 June 1190, and was buried in the church of Brentford, Middlesex. His widow
died at an " extreame old age." [Complete Peerage II:126"


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Maurice "Make Peace" FitzRobert FITZHARDING
Alice de BERKELEY
"Lord of Berkeley. He is also known as Maurice de Berkeley. He was styled
"Maurice the Make Peace." He received on the same date, 1155, as his father a
confirmation of the grant of Berkeley from Henry II, and again on October 30,
1189, from Queen Eleanor, regent for Richard I. In 1190 he was justice itinerant
in Gloucestershire. He enlarged Berkeley Castle, which thenceforth became the
chief seat of, and gave the name to, the family. His father arranged his marriage
to Alice de Berkeley, after he acquired the lordship of Berkeley. Thereafter
Maurice and his descendants adopted the style of Berkeley.

Maurice de Berkeley strengthened his tenure of Berkeley Castle by marrying, at
the instigation of Henry II, Alice, dau. and heiress of the ousted lord, Roger de
Berkeley, of Dursley. By this lady he had six sons, and was s. by the eldest,
Maurice de Berkeley. [John Burke, History of the Commoners of Great Britain and
Ireland, Vol. I., R. Bentley, London, 1834-1838, p. 469, Berkeley, of Spetchley]

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HOLDERS of the CASTLE of BERKELEY (V)

MAURICE FlTZ ROBERT FITZ HARDING, otherwise DE BERKELEY, feudal
LORD OF BERKELEY, son and heir, who "may bee called Maurice the Make
Peace, born about 1120, in Bristol, received (at the same date as his father) a
confirmation of the grant of Berkeley from Henry II, in 1155, and again 30 October
1189 from Queen Eleanor, Regent to her son Richard I. In 1190 he was Justice
Itinerant in co. Gloucester. He enlarged the Castle of Berkeley, which thenceforth
became the chief seat of, and gave the name to, the family. He married, in 1153
or 1154, at Bristol, Alice, 1st daughter (but not heir or coheir) of his
dispossessed predecessor, Roger DE BERKELEY, feudal Lord of Dursley
(formerly "fermer" of Berkeley), with whom he had the manor of Slimbridge, as by
agreement between their respective fathers. He died 16 June 1190, and was
buried in the church of Brentford, Middlesex. His widow died at an " extreame old
age." [Complete Peerage II:126, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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Maurice de Berkeley (son of Robert FitzHardinge, upon whom, for his attachment
to the Empress Maud, had been conferred the lordship of Berkeley and Berkeley
Hernesse, the confiscated possessions of Roger de Berkeley, the adherent of
King Stephen; but, to reconcile the parties, King Henry, who had restored to
Roger his manor and castle of Dursley, caused an agreement to be concluded
between them that the heiress of the ousted lord should be given to marriage to
the heir of the new baron; and thus passed the feudal castle of Berkeley to
another chief; which Maurice de Berkeley became feudal lord of Berkeley upon
the decease of his brother, Henry, and dying in 1189, left six sons, and was s. by
the eldest, Robert de Berkeley. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited,
and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 44, Berkeley,
Viscount Berkeley, Earl of Nottingham, and Marquess of Berkeley]"

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Roger III de BERKELEY
Mrs de BERKELEY
"He succeeded his father William after about 1141. He completed the building of
Berkeley Castle. He suffered much in the war between Stephen and Matilda at
the hands of Walter, son of Miles, earl of Hereford. He "under went" says
Dugdale, "a very hard fate, through the perfidiousness and cruelty of Walter,
brother to Milo, earl of Hereford, his seeming friend, and kinsman by
consanguinity, being treacherously seized on, stripped naked, exposed to scorn,
put into fetters, and thrice drawn by a rope about his neck, on a gallows, at his
own castle gates, with threats that if he would not deliver his castle to the earl, he
should suffer a miserable death; and when he was, by the barbarous usage,
almost dead, carried to prison, there to endure further tortures." He was deprived
of the manor of Berkeley about 1152, apparently for refusing to recognize the
authority of either party, although he was soon afterward restored to the honor of
Dursley. Berkeley Castle and the "herness" of Berkeley were granted to Robert
FitzHarding by Henry II.

!Roger de Berkeley, feudal Lord of Berkeley before the grant to Robert Fitz
Harding. [Roger] had lost the manor of Berkeley c1152 for temporizing between
Stephen I and the Empress Maud (mother of Henry II, who took Berkeley from
Roger]. [Burke's Peerage]


HOLDERS of the CASTLE of BERKELEY (III)

ROGER DE BERKELEY, son and heir, who completed the building of the Castle
of Berkeley. He suffered much in the wars between Stephen and the Empress
Maud, at the hands of Walter, son of Miles, Earl of Hereford. He was deprived of
the Manor of Berkeley, &c., about 1152, apparently for refusing to recognise the
authorIty of either party, though he was soon afterwards restored to the Honour
Of Dursley (c). He died about 1170, leaving issue. The Castle and "herness" of
Berkeley were granted by the King [to Robert FitzHarding]. [Complete Peerage
II:124)

(c) The Dursley Lordship continued in his descendants in the male line (the
issue of his son and heir, Roger de Berkeley, by Helen, 1st daughter of Robert
Fitz Harding, his successor in the lands of Berkeley for eight generations, when
Nicholas Berkeley, the heir male, died s.p. in 1382. By the heir general, Robert
Wykes, it was alienated in 1564. In 1404, by the death of Sir Nicholas Berkeley, of
Coberley, co. Gloucester, the whole of the male issue of Roger, the founder of
this race, became extinct."

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Roger II de BERKELEY
Mrs de BERKELEY
"He is styled "Roger de Berkeley Junior." He began the building of Berkeley
Castle in 1117. He died "before Michaelmas, 1131." He was succeeded by his
nephew William.

!Roger de Berkeley, styled Junior, brother of Eusatce of Nympesfield, both being
not improbably sons of the above Roger, Senior. He is said to have begun
building of the Castle of Berkeley in 1117 (Lord Berkeley wrote to the then editor
in 1924, expressing his opinion that the castle was not begun till about 45 years
later). He d. bef. Michaelmas, 1131. [Complete Peerage II:124, XIV:86]"

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Roger I "Senior" de BERKELEY
Rissa
"He is styled "Roger de Berkeley Senior." Between 1068 and 1071, he was made
provost of the manor of Berkeley by earl William FitzOsbern, to whom it had been
granted at the Conquest. The manor, with its appendant district, Berkely
Herness, was an escheat of the Crown after its forfeiture in 1051 by earl Godwin.
Roger took the name of de Berkeley from his residence there. He was confirmed
in his office by the King about 1080. At the time of the Domesday survey in 1086,
Berkeley was farmed by him from the Crown. He was tenant "in capite" of
Dursley, Cubberley, Dodington, and other estates. On January 17, 1091, he
resigned his lands and became a monk of St. Peter's, Gloucester, having
restored to the monks the manor of Shotover, which he had held unjustly.

! Roger, styled "Senior," who, having, between 1068 and 1071, been made
Provost of the manor of Berkeley by Earl William Fitz Osbern (to whom it had
been granted at the Conquest), took the name Of DE BERKELEY from his
residence there, and was confirmed in his office by the King about 1080. At the
time of the Survey 1086, Berkeley was farmed by him from the Crown. He was
tenant in capite of Dursley, Cubberley, Dodington, &c., and (not improbably) was
identical with " Roger," farmer of Barton Regis, Bristol. On 17 January 1091 he
became a Monk of St. Peter's, Gloucester, and died 1093. [Complete Peerage
II:123-4,"

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