BERKELEY FAMILY
I. BERKELEY LINE
Born: ABT 1040, Dursley, Gloucestershire, EnglandDied: 1093
Married: Rissa De BERKELEY
Children:
3. John De BERKELEY
Born: ABT 1065, Nympsfield, Gloucestershire, England
Died: 1094
Father: Roger De BERKELEY
Mother: Rissa ?Died: BEF 29 Sep 1131/1132
Father: Roger De BERKELEY
Mother: Rissa ?Married: ¿? ABT 1095 / ABT 1108, Gartley, Banffshire, Scotland
Children:Born: ABT 1103, Gartley, Banffshire, Scotland
Died: AFT 1180
Father: Roger De BERKELEY
Mother: ¿?
Married: Cecilia MAXWELL ABT 1168, Maxton, Roxburgh, ScotlandFather: Roger De BERKELEY
Mother: ¿?
Children:1. John De BERKELEY (Laird of Gratley)
John De BERKELEY (Laird of Gratley)
Born: BEF 1154, Gartley, Banffshire, Scotland
Died: AFT 1226, Gartley, Banffshire, Scotland
Father: Theobald De BERKELEYMother: ¿?
Married: ¿? ABT 1194, Gartley, Banffshire, ScotlandDied: BEF 1226
Father: Theobald De BERKELEYMother: ¿?
Married: Agatha ? ABT 1192, Gartley, Banffshire, ScotlandChildren:
1. Humphrey "Juvene" De BERKELEY2. Richenda De BERKELEY
3. Harding De BERKELEY
Born: ABT 1200, Gartley, Banffshire, Scotland
Father: Humphrey De BERKELEY
Mother: Agatha ?Married: Malcolm of Angus (6º E. Angus)
Children:1. Maud of Angus (C. Angus) (m. Richard Fitzrichard)
Died: ABT 1190
Father: Roger De BERKELEY
Mother: ¿?
Married: Eva UCHTRED ABT 1166, Galloway, ScotlandChildren:
1. John De BERKELEYBorn: ABT 1170, Gartley, Banffshire, Scotland
Father: Walter De BERKELEY
Mother: Eva UCHTREDMarried: Ingelram De BALLIOL ABT 1195, Gartley, Banffshire, Scotland
Children:1. Henry De BALLIOL
2. Eleanor (Ellen) De BALLIOL
Born: ABT 1172, Gartley, Banffshire, Scotland
Father: Walter De BERKELEY
Mother: Eva UCHTREDMarried: Alexander De SETON ABT 1194, Gartley, Banffshire, Scotland
Died: AFT 1188
Father: Roger De BERKELEYMother: ¿?
Married: ¿? ABT 1148Children:
Died: 1208
Father: William De BERKELEYMother: ¿?
Married: Dionisia De TURBERVILLE ABT 1189
Children:Born: 1190, Coberley, Gloucestershire, England
Died: 1233
Father: William De BERKELEYMother: Dionisia De TURBERVILLE
Married: Dau. D' ABETOT 1208/1209Died: 1242
Father: William De BERKELEYMother: Dionisia De TURBERVILLE
Married: Johanna Le ENGLEYS BEF 1236Children:
1. Nicholas De BERKELEYBorn: 1240, Coberley, Gloucestershire, England
Died: BEF 22 Nov 1294
Buried: Little Malvern, Worcestershire, EnglandFather: Giles De BERKELEY
Mother: Johanna Le ENGLEYSMarried: ¿? ABT 1288
Children:
1. Thomas De BERKELEYDied: 1365
Father: Giles De BERKELEYMother: ¿?
Married: Joan ARCHER (b. 1326 - d. 1369) (dau of Geoffrey Archer and Cecilia De La Bere) ABT 1342, Stoke Archer, Gloucestershire, EnglandChildren:
1. Thomas De BERKELEY (Sir)2. John De BERKELEY
3. Nicholas De BERKELEY
4. Walter De BERKELEY
Born: 1343, Coberley, Gloucestershire, England
Died: 12 Apr 1405
Father: Thomas De BERKELEYMother: Joan ARCHER
Married 1: Juliana ? BEF 29 Sep 1364, Coberley, Gloucestershire, EnglandMarried 2: Margaret (Elizabeth) CHANDOS (dau. or sister of Sir John Chandos) 1374
Children:2. Margaret BERKELEY
Born: ABT 1355
Died: 12 May 1414
Father: Thomas De BERKELEY (Sir)
Mother: Margaret (Elizabeth) CHANDOS
Married: Thomas De BRUGGE (Sir Knight) ABT 1395, Coberley, Gloucestershire, England
Children:
1. Giles BRUGGE2. Thomas BRUGGE
3. Baldwyn BRUGGE
4. Anne BRUGGE
5. Robert BRUGGE
Married 2: John BROWNING BEF 3 Jul 1408, Coberley, Gloucestershire, England
Died: ABT 1170
Father: Roger De BERKELEY
Mother: ¿?
Married: Hawise De PAYNELL (dau. of Ralph De Paynell and Dau. De Ferrers) ABT 1125, Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Children:3. Phillip De BERKELEY
4. Oliver De BERKELEY
Died: ABT 1191
Father: Roger De BERKELEY
Mother: Hawise De PAYNELL
Married: Helena FITZROBERT FITZHARDING ABT 1153, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Born: ABT 1145, Frampton, Gloucestershire, England
Father: Roger De BERKELEY
Mother: Hawise De PAYNELL
Married: Richard De CLIFFORD
Children:
2. Richard CLIFFORD
3. Henry CLIFFORD
Died: AFT 16 Jun 1190
Notes: Some sources states that a half-sister, named Sedlizia, of an unknown mother, was the wife of Phillip.
Father: Roger De BERKELEY
Mother: Hawise De PAYNELL
Married 1: Phillip FITZROBERT
Children:
1. Aline De GAI (b. 1159) (m. Alan Bassett, B. Basset of Wycombe)
Married 2: Maurice FITZROBERT FITZHARDING 1153, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Children:
4. Robert "The Rebellious" De BERKELEY
6. William De BERKELEY
7. Henry De BERKELEY
8. Richard De BERKELEY
Married: ¿?
Children:
1. Harding
Died: 6 Nov 1115
Father: Eadnoth
Mother: ¿?
Married: LividaChildren:
Died: 5 Feb 1169/70, St. Augustine Monastery, Gloucestershire, England
Father: Harding
Mother: Livida
Married: Eva FITZESTMONDChildren:
1. Maurice FITZROBERT FITZHARDING
2. Helena FITZROBERT FITZHARDING
Died: BEF 1190
Father: Robert FITZHARDING
Mother: Eva FITZESTMOND
Married: Roger De BERKELEY ABT 1153, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Maurice FITZROBERT FITZHARDING
Born: ABT 1120, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Died: 16 Jun 1189, Brentford, Middlesex, EnglandFather: Robert FITZHARDING
Mother: Eva FITZESTMOND
Married: Alice De BERKELEY 1153, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Children:
3. Robert "The Rebellious" De BERKELEY
5. William De BERKELEY
6. Henry De BERKELEY
7. Richard De BERKELEY
Robert "The Rebellious" De BERKELEY
Born: 1165, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, EnglandDied: 13 May 1220 (Sp)
Buried: 1220, St Augustine Abbey, Bristol, Gloucestershire, EnglandFather: Maurice FITZROBERT FITZHARDING
Mother: Alice De BERKELEY
Married 1: Lucy ? 1219Married 2: Julianne De PONT De L'ARCHES BEF 11 Jun 1200
Born: 1169, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Died: BEF 8 Jan 1272
Father: Maurice FITZROBERT FITZHARDING
Mother: Alice De BERKELEY
Born: ABT 1160, Brimfield, Gloucestershire, England
Father: Maurice FITZROBERT FITZHARDING
Mother: Alice De BERKELEY
Married: Helias GIFFARD ABT 1177, Gloucester, EnglandChildren:
1. Helias GIFFARD
2. Thomas GIFFARD3. Berta GIFFARD
4. Osbert GIFFARD
5. Gilbert GIFFARD
Died: 29 Nov 1243
Father: Maurice FITZROBERT FITZHARDING
Mother: Alice De BERKELEY
Married: Joan De SOMERY ABT 1217, Gloucestershire, EnglandChildren:
1. Maurice "The Resolute" De BERKELEY (Sir)
Maurice "The Resolute" De BERKELEY (Sir)
Born: ABT 1218, Castle Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Died: 4 Apr 1281, England
Father: Thomas De BERKELEYNS
Mother: Joan De SOMERY
Married: Isabel FITZRICHARD BEF 12 Jul 1247 / ABT 1242, Chilham Castle, Kent, England
Children:
1. Thomas "The Wise" BERKELEY (Sir)
2. Robert BERKELEY5. Maud BERKELEY
6. Ela BERKELEY
Father: Maurice "The Resolute" De BERKELEY (Sir)
Mother: Isabel FITZRICHARD
Married: John MALTRAVERS
Died: 1316
Father: Maurice "The Resolute" De BERKELEY (Sir)
Mother: Isabel FITZRICHARD
Died: 1275
Father: Maurice "The Resolute" De BERKELEY (Sir)
Mother: Isabel FITZRICHARD
Died: 1279, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England
Father: Maurice "The Resolute" De BERKELEY (Sir)
Mother: Isabel FITZRICHARD
Thomas "The Wise" BERKELEY (Sir)
Born: ABT 1245, Castle Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Died: 23 Jun 1321, Gloucestershire, England
Notes: summoned to Parliament from the 23rd of King Edward I (1295) to the 14th of King Edward II (1321).
Father: Maurice "The Resolute" De BERKELEY (Sir)
Mother: Isabel FITZRICHARD
Married: Joan Margaret De FERRERS 1267
Children:
1. Maurice "The Magnanamous" BERKELEY (2° B. Berkeley)
4. Isabel De BERKELEY
4. James De BERKELEY (Bishop of Exeter)
4. John De BERKELEY
Born: 1283, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Father: Thomas "The Wise" BERKELEY (Sir)
Mother: Joan Margaret De FERRERS
Married: Ralph De STOURTON 1287
Children:
1. Eudo (Edward) De STOURTON
2. William De STOURTON (Sir Knight)
Notes: See The Complete Peerage vol.IV,p.236, note a for a discussion of her identity.
Father: Thomas "The Wise" BERKELEY (Sir)
Mother: Joan Margaret De FERRERS
Married Thomas FITZMAURICE FITZGERALD (B. Decies)
Children:
1. Thomas FITZTHOMAS FITZGERALD
2. Maurice FITZTHOMAS FITZGERALD (1° E. Desmond)
3. John FITZTHOMAS FITZGERALD
Married 2: Reynold RUSSELL BEF 5 Apr 1299
James De BERKELEY (Bishop of Exeter)
Notes: third son of Thomas De Berkley, by his wife, dau. of William De Ferrers Earl of Derby. When the news reached Exeter that Bishop Walter Stapeldon had fallen a victim to the popular phrensy in London, the dean and chapter assembled to deliberate on a suitable successor. Their choice was unanimous in favour of their colleague James Berkeley. For the last eight years he had been also Archdeacon of Huntingdon, and was powerful by his family connections. The royal assent was given to the election on 12 Dec 1326, and six days later the King addressed a letter from Kenilworth to Pope John XXII, extolling the elect for pre-eminence of merit, noble descent, learning, and circumspection, and praying that no obstacle might be opposed to his consecration. To the cardinals individually the King on the same day addressed letters to the same purpose (Rymer's 'Foedera,' tom. .iv. p. 240). The primate Walter Reynolds consecrated the elect, at Canterbury, on Midlent Sunday, 22 Mar following, assisted by the Bishops of Rochester and Chichester; or perhaps on 15 Mar, as the 'Chronicon' of Exeter asserts. But, after the consecration, the Pope interfered: on 22 Apr he announced that he had reserved to himself the power hâc vice of providing a successor to Walter Stapeldon. Godwin has unfairly represented this interference, and takes occasion to vituperate the Holy See: nay, goes so far as to attribute the premature death of the consecrating primate, and of the new Bishop, to the terrors excited by the acerbity of the Pope's language. How wide this is from the truth must be evident from the bull addressed to James Berkley, at the date above mentioned, which is fortunately preserved in Bishop Grandisson's 'Register' (vol. i. fol. 35). With great good sense and feeling, after affirming his right to provision, in this particular case of reserve, he excuses the parties on the ground of their being ignorant of his intention, ratifies his election and consecration, supplies every defect, and commands that no prejudice shall accrue, and no obstacle be interposed to the canonical government of his diocese of Exeter.
Father: Thomas "The Wise" BERKELEY (Sir)
Mother: Joan Margaret De FERRERS
Died: BEF Apr 1346, probably Coston, Wymondham, Leicestershire, England
Father: Thomas "The Wise" BERKELEY (Sir)
Mother: Joan Margaret De FERRERS
Married: Isabel HAMELIN BEF 1310Children:
Died: BEF 1356
Father: Thomas De BERKELEY
Mother: Isabel HAMELIN
Married: Isabel BURDET BEF 1335Children:
Died: 1374
Father: John BERKELEY
Mother: Isabel BURDET
Married: Elizabeth ? BEF 1361Children:
Died: BEF 20 Mar 1412/13
Father: John BERKELEY
Mother: Elizabeth ?
Married: Isabel ? BEF 1387Children:
Died: 1458, France
Father: John BERKELEY
Mother: Isabel ?
Married: Joan WOODFORD (dau. of Robert Woodford) BEF 1413Children:
1. Thomas BERKELEY of Wymondham
Died: May 1488, Wymondham, Leicestershire, England
Father: Lawrence BERKELEY
Mother: Joan WOODFORD
Married: Petronella BROOKSBY BEF 1445Children:
Born: ABT 1443
Died: BEF 21 Dec 1504
Buried: Sempringham, England
Father: Thomas BERKELEY of Wymondham
Mother: Petronella BROOKSBY
Married: William HUSSEY (Sir Knight)
Children:
1. John HUSSEY (1º B. Hussey of Sleaford)
2. Mary HUSSEY
5. Robert HUSSEY
6. Thomas HUSSEY
Maurice "The Magnanamous" BERKELEY (2° B. Berkeley)
Born: ABT 1270, Gloucestershire, England
Died: ABT 31 May 1326, Castle Wallingford, England
Father: Thomas "The Wise" BERKELEY (Sir)
Mother: Joan Margaret De FERRERS
Married: Eve La ZOUCHE 1289
Children:
1. Thomas "The Rich" BERKELEY (3° B. Berkeley)
2. Isabel BERKELEY (B. Clifford)
4. Millicent BERKELEY (B. Maltravers)
5. John BERKELEY7. Eudo BERKELEY
Married 2: Isabel De CLARE 1316
Born: ABT 1301, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Died: 1341
Father: Maurice "The Magnanamous" BERKELEY (2° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Eve La ZOUCHE
Died: 25 Jul 1362, Hartley Castle, Kirkby Stephen, Westmoreland, England
Father: Maurice "The Magnanamous" BERKELEY (2° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Eve La ZOUCHE
Married 1: Robert CLIFFORD (3º B. Clifford) Jun 1328, Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England
Children:
1. Robert CLIFFORD (4º B. Clifford)
2. Roger CLIFFORD (5º B. Clifford)
3. Thomas CLIFFORD (Lord of Thomond)
7. Lewis CLIFFORD
Married 2: Thomas MUSGRAVE (b. ABT 1320, Ireland) BEF 9 Jun 1345, Gloucestershire, England
Children:
8. Elizabeth MUSGRAVE (m. Henry Wharton)
Millicent BERKELEY (B. Maltravers)
Born: Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Died: AFT 1322, Cotes and Summerfield, Wiltshire, England
Father: Maurice "The Magnanamous" BERKELEY (2° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Eve La ZOUCHE
Married: John MALTRAVERS (B. Maltravers) 1313, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, EnglandChildren:
1. John MALTRAVERS (B. Maltravers)Thomas "The Rich" BERKELEY (3° B. Berkeley)
Born: BEF 1296/ABT 1310, Gloucestershire, England
Died: ABT 27 Oct 1361, Gloucestershire, England
Father: Maurice "The Magnanamous" BERKELEY (2° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Eve La ZOUCHE
Married 1: Margaret MORTIMER (b. 1305 - d. 5 May 1337) (dau. of Roger Mortimer, E. March and Joan Geneville) ABT 25 Jul 1320
Children:
1. Maurice "The Valiant" BERKELEY (4° B. Berkeley)
Married 2: Catherine CLIVEDON 30 May 1347, Charfield, Gloucester, England
Children:
Died: 2 Oct 1369
Buried: Southwark
Father: Thomas "The Rich" BERKELEY (3° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Margaret MORTIMER
Married: Reynold De COBHAM (B. Cobham) ABT 1342Children:
1. Joan De COBHAM (m. Sir Henry De Grey)
Born: ABT 21 Jan 1350/1, Wotton, Gloucestershire, England
Died: ABT 1428, Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Father: Thomas "The Rich" BERKELEY (3° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Catherine CLIVEDON
Married: Elizabeth BETTESHORNE (b. ABT 1353)
Children:
1. Eleanor BERKELEY (C. Arundel)
2. Elizabeth BERKELEY (B. Powis/B. Dudley)
3. John BERKELEY
Born: ABT 1382, Beverston, Gloucestershire, England
Died: Aug 1455
Father: John BERKELEY
Mother: Elizabeth BETTESHORNE
Married 1: John FITZALAN (13° E. Arundel) BEF 1407, Beverston, Gloucestershire, England
Children:
1. John FITZALAN (14º E. Arundel)
2. William FITZALAN (15° E. Arundel)
Married 2: Richard POYNINGS (Sir) ABT 1421, Beverston, Gloucestershire, England
Children:
1. Eleanor POYNINGS (B. Poynings)
Married 3: Walter HUNGERFORD (1º B. Hungerford of Farleigh) BEF 8 May 1439, Beverston, Gloucestershire, England
Elizabeth BERKELEY (B. Powis/B. Dudley)
Born: ABT 1400, Beverston, Gloucestershire, England
Died: 8 Dec 1478
Buried: St. James, Dudley, Stafford, England
Father: John BERKELEY
Mother: Elizabeth BETTESHORNE
Married 1: Edward CHERLETON (B. Powis) (son of John Cherleton, B. Powis, and Joan Stafford) BEF 1408
Married 2: John SUTTON (1º B. Sutton of Dudley) ABT 1420, Dudley, Staffordshire, England
Children:
3. John SUTTON of Atherington (Esq.)
5. William SUTTON (Bishop of Durham)
6. Jane SUTTON
Died: 1460
Father: John BERKELEYMother: Elizabeth BETTESHORNE
Married: Lora FITZHUGH 1423
Children:
Born: ABT 1426, Betteshorne, Hampshire, England
Died: 5 May 1475
Buried: Christchurch, Hampshire, England
Father: Maurice BERKELEY
Mother: Lora FITZHUGH
Married: Anne WEST
Children:
1. William BERKELEY (Sir)2. Catherine BERKELEY (B. Stourton of Stourton)
Died: BEF 1486
Father: Maurice BERKELEYMother: Anne WEST
Married: Catherine STOURTON (B. Grey of Codnor) ABT 1476
Catherine BERKELEY (B. Stourton of Stourton)
Born: ABT 1453, Betteshorne, Hampshire, England
Died: 25 Jan 1494
Father: Maurice BERKELEYMother: Anne WEST
Married 1: John STOURTON (3º B. Stourton of Stourton) BEF 20 Feb 1473/4, Wiltshire, England
Children:
1. Anne STOURTON
2. Francis STOURTON (4º B. Stourton of Stourton)
Married 2: John BRERETON BEF 21 Jul 1486
Children:
Died: 1506
Father: Maurice BERKELEYMother: Lora FITZHUGH
Married 1: Christian HOLT (b. ABT 1433, Westcote, Hampshire, England) ABT 1453
Children:
1. Lora BERKELEY (B. Mountjoy / C. Ormonde)
Married 2: Alice COX
Children:
3. Maurice BERKELEY
Born: ABT 1466
Father: Edward BERKELEY
Mother: Alice COXMarried: Margaret PAULET
Lora BERKELEY (B. Mountjoy / C. Ormonde)
Born: ABT 1454, Beverstone, Gloucestershire, EnglandDied: BEF 30 Dec 1501, New Abbey, Kirkcudbright, England
Father: Edward BERKELEY
Mother: Christian HOLT
Married 1: John BLOUNT (3° B. Mountjoy) ABT 1477
Children:
1. William BLOUNT (4° B. Mountjoy)
2. Roger BLOUNT
4. John BLOUNT (Sir)
5. Lora BLOUNT (b. 1476 - d. 6 Feb 1479/80)
Married 2: Thomas MONTGOMERY (Sir)
Married 3: Thomas BUTLER (7° E. Ormonde) BEF Nov 1496
Died: 1500
Father: Edward BERKELEY
Mother: Christian HOLT
Married: Elizabeth NEVILLE ABT 1497
Children:
2. Lora BERKELEY3. Anne BERKELEY
Born: ABT 1500
Father: Thomas BERKELEY
Mother: Elizabeth NEVILLE
Married: Son WHETENHALL
Children:
1. Anna WHETENHALL (mother of Edward Sanders)
Born: ABT 1510, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Father: Thomas BERKELEY
Mother: Elizabeth NEVILLE
Married: George HERBERT of Swansey (Sir) BEF 1531
Children:
1. William HERBERT of Cogan Pill
2. John HERBERT
¿7. Richard HERBERT of Ewyas?
Died: BEF 1521, in Sp
Father: Thomas BERKELEY
Mother: Elizabeth NEVILLE
Maurice "The Valiant" BERKELEY (4° B. Berkeley)
Born: ABT 1330
Died: 3 Jun 1368
Father: Thomas "The Rich" BERKELEY (3° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Margaret MORTIMER
Married: Elizabeth DESPENSER (B. Berkeley) Aug 1338
Children:
1. Thomas "The Magnificent" BERKELEY (5° B. Berkeley)
3. Catherine BERKELEY (Nun)
4. John BERKELEY6. Agnes BERKELEY
7. Elizabeth BERKELEY
Father: Maurice "The Valiant" BERKELEY (4° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Elizabeth DESPENSER (B. Berkeley)
Married: Joan ?Children:
1. Maurice BERKELEYThomas "The Magnificent" BERKELEY (5° B. Berkeley)
Born: 5 Jan 1352/3, Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England
Died: 13 Jul 1416/7
Father: Maurice "The Valiant" BERKELEY (4° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Elizabeth DESPENSER (B. Berkeley)
Married: Margaret LISLE (d. 20 Mar 1392) (dau. of Warin De Lisle and Margaret Pypard) Nov 1367, Wingrave, Buckingham, England
Children:
Born: ABT 1385, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
Died: 28 Dec 1422
Father: Thomas "The Magnificent" BERKELEY (5° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Margaret LISLE
Married: Richard BEAUCHAMP (13º E. Warwick) Monmouthshire, Wales
Children:
1. Margaret BEAUCHAMP (b. 1404 - d. 14 Jun 1467) (m. John Talbot, 1º E. Shrewsbury)
2. Eleanor BEAUCHAMP (D. Somerset) (b. ABT 1407 - d. 1466) (m.1 Thomas De Ros, 9º B. Ros of Hamlake - m.2 Edmund Beaufort, 2º D. Somerset - m.3 Walter Rokesley, Esq.)
3. Elizabeth BEAUCHAMP (B. Latimer) (b. 1417 - d. 26 Sep 1480 - bur. St.Mary's, Warwick) (m. George Neville, 1º B. Latimer)
Born: ABT 1354, Littlemarshfield, Gloucestershire, England
Died: 13 Jun 1404/5
Buried: Jun 1405, Bristol, England
Father: Maurice "The Valiant" BERKELEY (4° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Elizabeth DESPENSER (B. Berkeley)
Married: Elizabeth BLUET
Children:
1. James "The Just" BERKELEY (1° B. Berkeley)
James "The Just" BERKELEY (1° B. Berkeley)
Born: 1394, Raglan, Monmouth, Wales
Died: Nov 1463, Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England
Buried: St. Mary's Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Notes: James De Berkeley, 6th Lord Berkeley (1st Lord Berkeley), known as "The Just", male heir to his uncle Thomas De Berkeley; and inheriting, by virtue of a special entail and fine, the castle and lordship of Berkeley, with other lords in the said fine specified, was summoned as Baron Berkeley to parliament from Oct 9, 1421 to May 23, 1461. Knighted May 19, 1426. According to the Berkeley family pedigree obtained at Berkeley Castle, he was the 11th Baron by tenure and the 1st Baron by Writ, 1394-1463. Thomas the Magnificent, Lord Berkeley, left a solitary daughter, Elizabeth, who married the powerful Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, and guardian of Henry VI. They had three daughters. The eldest, Margaret, married the feared John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, the youngest married Richard Neville, later Earl of Warwick. During the long dispute over ownership of the Berkeley estate, Isabel Mowbray, James' wife, 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.
Father: James BERKELEY (Sir)
Mother: Elizabeth BLUET
Married 1: Dau. St. JOHN 1410
Married 2: Dau. STAFFORD
Married 3: Isabel MOWBRAY (dau. of Thomas De Mowbray and Elizabeth Fitzalan) (w. of Henry Ferrers, 6º B. Ferrers of Groby) 1423/1424, Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Children:
1. William "the Wastall" BERKELEY (1° M. Berkeley)
2. Maurice BERKELEY (3° B. Berkeley)
Married 4: Joan TALBOT 1451 (settlement, 25 Jul 1457)
Died: Feb 1452, Castillon, France
Buried: St. Mary's Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Notes: killed in battle in France, along with John Talbot, in the closing battle of the Hundred Years War.
Father: James "The Just" BERKELEY (1° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Isabel MOWBRAY
Married: Joan (Jane) STRANGEWAYS
Father: James "The Just" BERKELEY (1° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Isabel MOWBRAY
Married: William TYRE
Children:
1. William TYRE
Father: James "The Just" BERKELEY (1° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Isabel MOWBRAY
Married: Richard ARTHUR 1452, Clapton, Somerset, England
Father: James "The Just" BERKELEY (1° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Isabel MOWBRAY
Married: Thomas BURDETT (Esq.) 1448, Arrow, Warwickshire, EnglandDied: 2 Jul 1484, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Father: James "The Just" BERKELEY (1° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Isabel MOWBRAY
Married: Margaret GUY
Children:
2. Thomas BERKELEY (b. ABT 1465)
3. Edward BERKELEY (b. ABT 1469)
4. Margaret BERKELEY (b. ABT 1471)
5. Isabel BERKELEY (b. ABT 1473)
6. Margery BERKELEY (b. ABT 1475)
Born: ABT 1463, Dursley, Cloucestershire, England
Died: ABT 1536
Father: Thomas BERKELEY
Mother: Margaret GUY
Married: Margery BERKELEY
Children:
1. John BERKELEY (b. ABT 1489)
Born: ABT 1491, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Died: 1578, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Father: John BERKELEY
Mother: Margery BERKELEY
Married: Suzan CURNOCKE
Children:
1. Joan BERKELEY (b. ABT 1517)
2. Frances BERKELEY (b. ABT 1519)
Father: Thomas BERKELEY
Mother: Margaret GUY
Married: Margaret DYERChildren:
Died: 5 Mar 1557, Allen's Moor, England
Father: Richard BERKELEY
Mother: Margaret DYER
Born: ABT 1525
Died: 1611
Father: Richard BERKELEY
Mother: Margaret DYERMarried: Elizabeth BUNGHILL
Children:Died: 1 Jun 1611
Father: William BERKELEYMother: Elizabeth BUNGHILL
Married: Catherine HAYWARD 15 Apr 1574, Cotheridge & SpetchleyChildren:
1. Robert BERKELEY (b. ABT 1575)
2. Edward BERKELEY (b. ABT 1577)
4. Henry BERKELEY (b. ABT 1581)
5. Thomas BERKELEY (b. ABT 1583)
6. Robert BERKELEY10. Eleanor BERKELEY
11. Jane BERKELEY
12. William BERKELEY
13. Joan BERKELEY
14. Mary BERKELEY
15. Anne BERKELEY
16. Joyce BERKELEY
Born: ABT 1579, Spetchley, Hertfordshire, England
Died: AFT 1634, East Barnet, Middlesex, England
Father: Rowland BERKELEY
Mother: Catherine HAYWARD
Married: Elizabeth TURNER
Born: ABT 1585, Spetchley, Hertfordshire, England
Father: Rowland BERKELEY
Mother: Catherine HAYWARD
Married: Thomas WYLD
Born: ABT 1586, Spetchley, Hertfordshire, England
Father: Rowland BERKELEY
Mother: Catherine HAYWARD
Married: William GORFIELD
Born: ABT 1587, Spetchley, Hertfordshire, England
Father: Rowland BERKELEY
Mother: Catherine HAYWARD
Married 1: John VERNEY ABT 1614, Compton Murdock, Warwickshire, England
Children:
1. Richard VERNEY
Married 2: Robert CROSBY
Born: ABT 1589, Spetchley, Hertfordshire, England
Father: Rowland BERKELEY
Mother: Catherine HAYWARD
Married: John FROGMERE
Born: ABT 1590, Spetchley, Hertfordshire, England
Father: Rowland BERKELEY
Mother: Catherine HAYWARD
Married: Son STINTON
Born: ABT 1592, Spetchley, Hertfordshire, England
Died: 4 Dec 1658, Cotheridge, Worcestershire, England
Father: Rowland BERKELEY
Mother: Catherine HAYWARD
Married: Margaret CHETTLE ABT 1613
Children:
1. Rowland BERKELEY
2. Jane BERKELEY
3. Catherine BERKELEY
Born: ABT 1594, Spetchley, Hertfordshire, England
Father: Rowland BERKELEY
Mother: Catherine HAYWARD
Married 1: Edward ANNESLEY
Married 2: Henry BRIGHT
Born: ABT 1596, Spetchley, Hertfordshire, England
Father: Rowland BERKELEY
Mother: Catherine HAYWARD
Married: Edward WYNNE
Children:
1. George WYNNE
2. Rowland WYNNE
Born: ABT 1598, Spetchley, Hertfordshire, England
Father: Rowland BERKELEY
Mother: Catherine HAYWARD
Married: Thomas MOORE
Born: ABT 1600, Spetchley, Hertfordshire, England
Father: Rowland BERKELEY
Mother: Catherine HAYWARD
Married: Son NEWTON
Born: 26 Jul 1584, Spetchley, Hertfordshire, England Died: 1656 |
Notes: justice of the King's Bench in the reign of King Charles I. He was a staunch Royalist, and was one of the judges at the Ship Money trials, where several Members of Parliament, including John Hampden, were fined or imprisoned for refusing to pay the illegal tax. Sir Robert stated that "Rex was Lex", that the King was "a living breathing law". The divine right of Kings was just about to become an unfashionable idea in England - the English Civil War was upon us. The judgement was overturned, and the Judge himself was arrested when presiding in Court. He was reputedly dragged from the Bench by the Usher of the Black Rod, and thrown in the Tower of London. Whilst on bail awaiting trial, there was a chronic shortage of Judges, so he was allowed to practice until his own trial. He was fined an astonishing £10,000 and deprived of ever holding public office. He went into retirement on his estate at Spetchley near Worcester. In 1651 his house was requisitioned by Cromwell prior to the battle of Worcester. His town house in Worcester, now known as Charles' House, was used by King Charles II to make his escape prior to his famous night spent sleeping in the branches of an oak tree. Sir Robert's house at Spetchley was subsequently burned down by a retreating band of Scottish Presbyterians. Sir Robert ended his days living in the stable block - all that remained of his manor house - and died there in 1656. His descendants still live at Spetchley Park, whose gardens are open to the public.
Father: Rowland BERKELEY
Mother: Catherine HAYWARDMarried: Elizabeth CONYERS
Children:
1. Thomas BERKELEY2. Catherine BERKELEY
3. Isabella BERKELEY (m. Phillip Packer)
William "the Wastall" BERKELEY (1° M. Berkeley)
Born: 1426, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Died: 14 Feb 1490/91, Sanctuary,Westminster,Middlesex,England
Buried: St Agustine Friars, London, Middlesex, England
Notes: accumulated many riches and honours. Of his inheritance from his mother's family he gave over 50 manors to King Henry VII. William was challenged to battle by Viscount Lisle, heir of the Earl of Shrewsbury. In the last battle between private hosts on English soil, the battle of Nibbley Green, the Viscount was defeated and killed by William's superior forces, including archers from the forest of Dean. William's forces rode at once to Wooton, to sack the place. The Viscount's widow promptly miscarried, and so the direct Talbot line ended. This finally ended the dispute between the two families. William became Lord Berkeley, Earl Marshal of England, Earl of Nottingham, Viscount Dursley, Marquis of Berkeley, and probably lots of other things as well. He outlived his three children, but then disinherited his brother because he had "married beneath him"; an Alderman's daughter named Isabel Meade. He left Berkeley Castle and its estates to the crown for 'entail male', which meant that only with the extinction of the Royal male line on the death of King Edward VI did the Castle revert once more to the Berkeley line. Given the events surrounding the end of the Plantagenet line, and the start of the Tudors, with Henry VII's victory at Bosworth, and his subsequent ruthless purging of all those who stood in his way, it would not be surprising to find that William found himself with little choice but to make over the bulk of his wealth to the King's line.
Father: James "The Just" BERKELEY (1° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Isabel MOWBRAY
Married 1: Elizabeth WEST 1466, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Married 2: Joan (Jane) STRANGEWAYS (M. Berkeley) ABT Nov 1468
Children:2. Catherine BERKELEY
Married 3: Anne FIENNES (M. Berkeley)
Died: AFT Jun 1475
Father: William "the Wastall" BERKELEY (1° M. Berkeley)
Mother: Joan (Jane) STRANGEWAYS (M. Berkeley)
Married: Mary HERBERT Jun 1475, Engaged
Maurice BERKELEY (3° B. Berkeley)
Born: ABT 1435
Died: Sep 1506
Notes: the late lord's brother, now stripped of the ancient honours and possessions of his forefathers, (though he continued through his life to be styled by courtesy lord Berkeley,) resided, as has been stated, at Thornbury, where, of his own and his wife's, he had a fair estate. As soon as the inquisitions after his brother's death were returned into Chancery, Maurice commenced proceedings to recover from the Crown some of the manors which the Marquess had given away, being advised that such alienations were illegal, and contrary to some old settlements and entails. In these litigations he was generally successful, the late Marquess, in his anxiety to barter his lands for honours and patronage, having often overlooked the nature of the titles by which he held them. Maurice's first success was the recovery of the manor of Sages in Slimbridge, consisting of seven tenements and 290 acres of land, and he entered into possession and held his first court there in 1499. Many other similar suits followed, with the like success, and while these were going on the manor and borough of Tetbury, and several others. descended to him as one of the heirs of the lord Breouse. In 1505 he claimed and recovered the advowson of the Church of Wotton-under-Edge, but immediately made it over to the Abbey of Tewkesbury. He also commenced a suit to recover the advowson of Slimbridge, held by Magdalen College, Oxford, which was settled by a compromise. The College retaining the advowson but paying him a sum of money, and undertaking to remember him in their prayers. In his journeys to and from London, and when visiting his manor of Callowden, near Coventry, finding that he and his suite were not received at the Monastery of Combe, in Warwickshire, with the honour and respect due to him as descendant from one of its founders, Maurice exhibited a bill in Chancery against the Abbot and Monks, claiming his rights in respect of his descent from Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, their founder, and obtained an acknowledgement of his claim. Maurice died in 1506, and was buried in the Church of the Augustine Friars, in London. His eldest son, Maurice, succeeded him.
Father: James "The Just" BERKELEY (1° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Isabel MOWBRAY
Married: Isabel MEAD (b. 1444 - d. AFT 29 May 1514)
Children:
2. Maurice BERKELEY (4° B. Berkeley)
4. Thomas BERKELEY (5° B. Berkeley)
Born: ABT 1468
Died: AFT 1515, England
Father: Maurice BERKELEY (3° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Isabel MEAD
Married: Susan FITZALAN ABT 1470, Arundel, Sussex, England
Children:
Born: ABT 1480
Father: James BERKELEY
Mother: Susan FITZALAN
Associated with: HENRY VIII TUDOR (King of England)
Children:
2. John PERROT (Capt. Sir Knight)
Married 1: Thomas PERROT (Sir Knight) ABT 1527
Children:
3. Jane PERROT
Married 2: Thomas JONES of Llanegwad (Sir) (b. ABT 1492 - d. BEF 26 Jun 1559) (son of John Ap Thomas and Elizabeth Vaughn) (w. of Elizabeth Dunn) ABT 1532
Children:
5. James JONES (b. ABT 1532) (m. Anne Thomas)
6. Henry JONES (Sir) (b. ABT 1534 - d. 1586) (m.1 Elizabeth Herbert - m.2 Catherine Morgan)
7. Catherine JONES (b. ABT 1535) (m. Thomas Vaughan)
8. Son JONES
9. Son JONES
Died: AFT 1510, England
Father: Maurice BERKELEY (3° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Isabel MEAD
Married: William DENNIS (Sir) ABT 1500, Dryrham, Gloucestershire, EnglandChildren:
1. Elizabeth DENNIS
2. Eleanor DENNIS
Father: Maurice BERKELEY (3° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Isabel MEAD
Married: William ASHLEY
Maurice BERKELEY (4° B. Berkeley)
Born: 1467
Died: 12 Sep 1523
Notes: See his Biography.
Father: Maurice BERKELEY (3° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Isabel MEAD
Married: Catherine BERKELEY 1484, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Thomas BERKELEY (5° B. Berkeley)
Born: 1472
Died: 22 Jan 1532/33
Buried: St Agustine Friars, London, Middlesex, England
Notes: See his Biography.
Father: Maurice BERKELEY (3° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Isabel MEAD
Married 1: Eleanor CONSTABLE (B. Berkeley) 1504
Children:
1. Thomas "The Hopefull" BERKELEY (6° B. Berkeley)
Married 2: Cecily ARNOLD (B. Berkeley) (d. 1559)
Father: Thomas BERKELEY (5° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Eleanor CONSTABLE (B. Berkeley)
Married: Anne POYNTZ
Died: 31 Mar 1563, Iron Acton, Gloucestershire, England
Father: Thomas BERKELEY (5° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Eleanor CONSTABLE (B. Berkeley)
Married: Nicholas POYNTZ (Sir Knight) 24 Jun 1527, Yate, Gloucestershire, England
Children:
1. Nicholas POYNTZ (Sir Knight)2. Anne POYNTZ
3. Anthony POYNTZ (b. ABT 1540)
4. Edmund POYNTZ (b. ABT 1542 - d. 1568)
5. John POYNTZ (b. ABT 1545)
6. William POYNTZ
Died: BEF 1542
Father: Thomas BERKELEY (5° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Eleanor CONSTABLE (B. Berkeley)
Married: Robert THROCKMORTON of Coughton (Sir Knight) 1527
Children:
1. Thomas THROCKMORTON of Coughton
6. Son THROCKMORTON
7. Son THROCKMORTON
Thomas "The Hopefull" BERKELEY (6° B. Berkeley)
Born: 1505
Died: 22 Sep 1534, Stone, near Dartford, Kent, England
Notes: See his Biography.
Father: Thomas BERKELEY (5° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Eleanor CONSTABLE (B. Berkeley)
Married 1: Mary HASTINGS (B. Berkeley)
Married 2: Anne SAVAGE (B. Berkeley)
Children:
2. Muriel BERKELEY
3. Henry BERKELEY (7° B. Berkeley)
Born: 1534
Died: 1 Sep 1582, Bristol, England
Buried: Westminster Abbey, London, England
Father: Thomas "The Hopefull" BERKELEY (6° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Anne SAVAGE (B. Berkeley)
Married: Thomas Dubh BUTLER (10° E. Ormonde) ABT 1559 SEPARATION
Henry BERKELEY (7° B. Berkeley)
Born: 26 Nov 1534, Manor & Castle of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Died: 26 Nov 1613, Callowdon, Warwickshire, England
Buried: Berkeley
Notes: See his Biography.
Father: Thomas "The Hopefull" BERKELEY (6° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Anne SAVAGE (B. Berkeley)
Married 1: Catherine HOWARD (B. Berkeley) Sep 1554, Kenninghall, Norfolk
Children:
2. Joan BERKELEY3. Catherine BERKELEY
5. Mary BERKELEY
8. Fernando BERKELEY
Married 2: Jane STANHOPE (B. Berkeley) 9 Mar 1597
Born: 5 May 1554, London, Middlesex, England
Father: Henry BERKELEY (7° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Catherine HOWARD (B. Berkeley)
Married: John ZOUCHE of Codnor (Sir) 14 Feb 1583/4, White Friars, Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Children:
1. John ZOUCHE of Codnor (Sir Knight)
Died: 29 Dec 1595, England
Buried: 1595, Breedon on Hill, Leicestershire, EnglandFather: Henry BERKELEY (7° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Catherine HOWARD (B. Berkeley)
Married: George SHIRLEY 21 Feb 1587, Astwell, Northamptonshire, EnglandChildren:
1. Henry SHIRLEY
2. George SHIRLEY3. John SHIRLEY
4. Thomas SHIRLEY
5. Mary SHIRLEY
Died: 1574
Father: Henry BERKELEY (7° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Catherine HOWARD (B. Berkeley)
Died: 22 Nov 1611, Blackfriars, London, Middlesex, England
Father: Henry BERKELEY (7° B. Berkeley)
Mother: Catherine HOWARD (B. Berkeley)
Married: Elizabeth CAREY
Children:
1. George BERKELEY (8° B. Berkeley)
Father: Thomas BERKELEY (Sir)
Mother: Elizabeth CAREY
Married: Robert COKE (Sir) (b. 1586 - d. 1653) (son of Sir Edward Coke and Bridget Paston)
George BERKELEY (8° B. Berkeley)
Born: ABT 1594
Died: 10 Aug 1658
Father: Thomas BERKELEY (Sir)
Mother: Elizabeth CAREY
Married 1: Elizabeth STANHOPE (B. Berkeley) 13 Apr 1614
Children:
1. George BERKELEY (1° E. Berkeley)
Married 2: Frances SHIRLEY (B. Berkeley)
Born: ABT 1586, Askerton, Limerick, Ireland
Father: Francis BERKELEY of Ashton
Mother: Catherine LOFTUS
Married: George COURTENAY
Children:
1. William COURTENAY
2. Francis COURTENAY
3. Morris COURTENAY
Born: ABT 1450
Married: Jane HOWARD
Married: Catherine CLINTON ABT 1379
Born: ABT 1448
Married: Roger CLIFFORD of Brakenborough (Sir) ABT 1473, Hertfordshire, England