Keeper of Kingswood Forest 1508 K.B. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 130. His epithet, and that of each previous and subsequent head of his family, was coined by John Smyth of Nibley (died 1641), steward of the Berkeley estates, the biographer of the family and author of Lives of the Berkeleys. Geni requires JavaScript! For others called Maurice de Berkeley, see, "Rose of Dover (d.1261), Richard of Chilham and an Inheritance in Kent", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurice_de_Berkeley&oldid=1115604595, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0, This page was last edited on 12 October 2022, at 08:17. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. his life in his native county; he sold several manors and estates in
Wotton-under-Edge, Davis, C.T. Geni requires JavaScript! 1 p. 144, 147. Lisle and William Berkeley had long been engaged in a dispute over the inheritance of Berkeley Castle and the other Berkeley lands,[6] as Lisle being heir-general to Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley and was the Berkeley heir male. Maurice was born in 1218 to Thomas de Berkeley and wife Joan de Somery. The burgesses repaid this service by refusing to allow
Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley 2. Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley the Valiant (ca. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. In 1465 Maurice married Isabel Mede (1444 - 29 May 1514), the daughter of Philip Mede (c.1415-1475) of Wraxall Place in the parish of Wraxall in Somerset, MP, an Alderman of Bristol and thrice Mayor of Bristol, in 1458-9, 1461-2 and 1468-9. 3. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 99. Because of his marriage to Isabel Meade, the daughter of a Bristol alderman, who was considered to be below his social status,[7] Maurice was disinherited by his elder brother William Berkeley, 1st Marquess of Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley (14261492), who died without surviving children. Peerage II:135-36). The expedition however proved a
Maurice III "the magnanimous" was not over the age of 8 years old when he married Eve la Zouche in 1289. http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#Thomas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_de_Berkeley,_4th_Baron_Berkeley. Gloucester: J. Bellows, 1885), FHL book Q 929.242 B398s; FHL microfilms 496,546 i., vol. Howard, Earl of Surrey, during the
Lisle impetuously challenged Berkeley to a battle, and the latter agreed, the battle to be fought the next day at Nibley Green. 3. http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I4113&tree=E http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I4620&tree=N http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I114808&tree [S6] G.E. Connect to the World Family Tree to find out, Apr 4 1271 - Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England, May 31 1326 - Died A Prisoner at Wallingford Castle, Berkshire, England, Thomas IV Lord Berkeley, Maurice de Berkeley, Isabel de Berkeley, 1271 - Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, May 31 1326 - Wallingford, Berkshire, England, Apr 1271 - Berkeley Castle, Gloucester, Gloucester, England, May 31 1326 - Wallingford Castle, Berkshire, England, Joan De Ferrers,Thomas De Berkeley 1st Baron Berkeley, Thomas de Berkeley 3rd Baron Berkeley, Isabel of Berkeley, May 31 1326 - Wallingford Castle, Berkshire, Thomas The Wise Ela de Berkeley, Joan de Ferrers, Thomas IV Lord Berkeley, Melissende Berkeley, Maurits Lord Berkeley, Isabelle Berkeley, Millicent Ela de Berkeley, Apr 1271 - Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, Apr 1271 - Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England, May 31 1326 - Wallingford Castle, Berkshire, England (as A Prisoner), ey, Thomas IV 'the Rich' 3rd Baron de Berkeley, of Stoke Gifford & Uley Kn Maurice de Berkeley, Ela Milicent de Berkeley, Isabel de Berkeley, Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England (United Kingdom), Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England (United Kingdom), Berkeley,, Gloucestershire, England (United Kingdom), Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, To enable the proper functioning and security of the website, we collect information via cookies as specified in our, Wallingford Castle, Berkshire (now in Oxfordshire), England, Joan (the Younger) de Ferrers, Baroness Berkeley, Maurice "The Magnanimous" 2nd Baron Berkeley De Berkeley, Maurice Ii " The Magnanimous" 2nd Baron De Berkeley, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_de_Berkeley,_2nd_Baron_Berkeley. Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley (c. 1330 - 8 June 1368), The Valiant, feudal baron of Berkeley, of Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, was an English peer. www.findagrave.com, Maurice de Berkeley Birth: 1330 Berkeley Gloucestershire, England Death: Jun. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage. 1435 Died: 1506 U.S. President [F. ROOSEVELT] 's 13-Great Grandfather. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. He was born at Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, the son and heir of Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley by his wife Elizabeth le Despencer. [12] In fact Philip Mede had provided valuable financing and had provided soldiers (and his nephews William Mede and Thomas Meade went up there, around 1470, perhaps to provide assistance) to fight on the side of William Berkeley, 1st Marquess of Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley in the Battle of Nibley Green, a private battle over the inheritance of the Berkeley estates with his cousin Thomas Talbot, 2nd Viscount Lisle. By Elizabeth he had seven children as follows: Sir James de Berkeley (born c. 1355 13 June 1405) married Elizabeth Bluet; one of their sons was, Maurice de Berkeley (born c. 1358) married Jone Hereford. Maurice seems to have acquiesced in his friends'
own patrimonial manors, then called Berkeley's Lands, and in possession of the
He was early accustomed to arms in the Scottish and Welsh wars, held many important military posts and commands, and was summoned to parliament as a peer in the lifetime of his father. London: [T. Bensley], 1812), FHL book 942 D22be., vol. When Maurice de Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley was born in 1330, in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, his father, Thomas de Berkeley 3rd Baron Berkeley, was 37 and his mother, Margaret de Mortimer, was 26. [S.l. Buckingham is recorded as calling Lady Berkeley "false chorle and wiche.". When Maurice de Berkeley - 4th Baron Berkeley was born in 1330, in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, his father, Thomas Berkeley, was 37 and his mother, Margaret de Mortimer, was 26. [S419] William and Mary College quarterly historical magazine, (Vol. He died a prisoner. Joan de Geneville, Baroness Geneville 8. Husband of Eva la Zouche, Baroness Berkeley and Isabella de Clare, Baroness Berkeley [4] These were very significant positions of trust granted to his feoffees as Berkeley died leaving only a daughter and the succession to the vast Berkeley lands, including the castle itself, became a matter of much dispute amongst his possible heirs resulting in a series of feuds which led in 1470 to the last private battle fought on English soil at the Battle of Nibley Green, between Lord William Berkeley and Viscount Lisle, and there followed the longest dispute in English legal history, which did not end until 1609. Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley (April 1271 - 31 May 1326), The Magnanimous, feudal baron of Berkeley, of Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, England, was a peer. Princess, then 17 years of age,
by himself every week. Maurice Berkeley, de jure 3rd Baron Berkeley (1435 September 1506), of Thornbury[1] in Gloucestershire, Maurice the Lawyer,[2] was an English nobleman. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. 6. In August of 1338, Lord Berkeley married Elizabeth le Despenser, daughter of Hugh Despenser the younger and Eleanor de Clare. NOTE: Check original sources; don't just rely on Wikipedia. Hon Lord FitzHardinge at Berkeley Castle, Bristol, 1892. See Free Details & Reputation Profile for Barbara Berkeley (71) in Dallas, TX. Maurice was Chief Justiciar of South Wales in 1316. Berkeley died on 4 April 1281 and was buried in St Augustine's Abbey in Bristol. [S127] Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-century Colonists: the Descent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the North American Colonies Before 1701 (2nd ed., 1999), Faris, David, (2nd edition. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 40. " but a credible contemporaneous source claimed she died without . [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. Keeper of Kingswood Forest 1508 K.B. Calais, Maurice Berkeley and his band of Gloucestershire men forming a
Maurice attended Prince Edward (the future King Edward II) into Scotland in 1306. Death of Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley at "the Valiant", "Maurice the Valiant", "Maurice Berkeley Lord Berkeley", "" THE VALIANT"", Son of Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley and Margaret de Mortimer, Baroness de Mortimer, Birth: 1330 in Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, , England, Death: June 08, 1368 (38) at Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England, Place of Burial: Bristol Cathedral, St Augustine's, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. I, p. 332-333. Connect to the World Family Tree to find out, Saint-Nicolas, Pais-de-Calais, Haut-de-France, France, To enable the proper functioning and security of the website, we collect information via cookies as specified in our, Thomas Berkeley, de jure 5th Baron Berkeley, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Berkeley,_3rd_Baron_Berkeley. Arms: Gules a chevron between tex crosses patte'e argent. Born at Berkeley in the English county of Gloucestershire, he was the son of Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley (d. 1321), and Joan de Ferrers (12551309). The next year the
advantages, after which the King
In 1417 he enfeoffed at Berkeley Castle, shortly before his death, several feoffees to hold all his lands in trust, due to the fact he had no male children as his heirs and that the course of succession then seemed unclear. 1330 - 8 June 1368) was an English peer born in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England to Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Lord Berkeley and Lady Margaret Mortimer. Richardson, Douglas, Kimball G. Everingham, and David Faris. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 268. [S.l. Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley (c. 1330 8 June 1368), The Valiant, feudal baron of Berkeley, of Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, was an English peer. His second marriage, in about 1316, was to Isabella de Clare, daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford by his wife Alice de Lusignan. I, p. 469. 4th Lord Berkeley Acceded: 1361. His son, Thomas, succeeded his father as the 3rd Baron Berkeley. [S4] #11232 The Genealogist (1980-), Association for the Promotion of Scholarship in Genealogy, (New York: Organization for the Promotion of Scholarship in Genealogy, 1980-), FHL book 929.105 G286n., vol. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=67514712. Maurice De Berkeley was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucestershire
__________________, Imprisoned in Wallingford Castle, wher he died. II, p. 128; Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, 4th Ed., by F. L. Weis, p. 84; OFHS Newsletter, March 1994, p. 15. [5] They had no children. King on one occasion gave him his
ill-assorted union was terminated by his death in less than three months. 7. 16. 2 p. 135. Berkeley formed one, by special appointment, of a brilliant train chosen to
2. In 1484 he married Catherine Berkeley, a daughter of Sir William de Berkeley of Stoke Gifford in Gloucestershire. Husband of Elizabeth le Despenser, Baroness Berkeley He was disinherited by his brother, and though 56 years of age at his brother's death, was able to recover, within seven years, upwards of 50 manors and other lands, that had been alienated illegally. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. In 1322 he joined with the lords Audely and Mortimer in the rebellion directed against the King's favourites, the two Despencers. Brother of Thomas Berkeley, de jure 5th Baron Berkeley; James Berkeley, of Thornbury and Anne Dennis. The Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley brings together researchers, organizers, stakeholders, communicators, and policymakers to identify and eliminate the barriers to an inclusive, just, and sustainable society in order to create transformative change. received the King's commission to
He married twice, firstly in 1289 to Eva la Zouche, daughter of Eudo La Zouche by his wife, Millicent de Cantilupe, one of the two daughters and eventual co-heiresses of William III de Cantilupe (died 1254) jure uxoris Lord of Abergavenny, in right of his wife Eva de Braose, heiress of the de Braose dynasty of Welsh Marcher Lords. He was born in Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, the eldest son and heir of Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley by his wife Lady Margaret Mortimer. Notice: This campus directory is the property of the Regents of the University of California. He was involved in the Scottish Wars from about 1295 to 1318. Maurice succeeded on the death of his father, whom he much resembled in his fondness for all martial exercises and pursuits. Father of Millicent Berkeley; Maurice Berkeley; Eudo (Ivo) Berkeley, Knight; Isabel de Berkeley; Peter de Berkeley, Jr. and 1 other; and Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley less His remains were at first interred at Wallingford, but were afterwards removed to St. Augustine's at Bristol. [S399] The Virginia Genealogist (1957-2006), Dorman, John Frederick, editor, ([place varies]: [publisher varies], 1857-2006), FHL book 975.5 B2vg., vol. Connect to the World Family Tree to find out, 1330 - Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England, June 8 1368 - Berkeley Castle (of Wounds Received at Poitiers in 1356), Thomas 5th Baron de Berkeley, James de Berkeley, June 8 1368 - Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, 3Rd Lord Thomas de Berkeley, Margaret Mortimer, June 8 1368 - Berkeley, Stroud, Gloucestershire, Thomas Berkeley, James Berkeley, Maurice Berkeley, Thomas Iv "The Rich" 3Rd Baron de Berkeley, Margaret Baroness Berkeley de Mortimer, Elizabeth le Despenser Baroness Berkeley le Despencer, Thomas 5th Baron Berkeley BERKELEY, James BERKELEY, Thomas 3Rd Lord de Berkeley, Margaret = Maud de Mortimer, John Sir Berkeley of Beverstone, John de Cherleton, Thomas 3Rd Lord de Berkeley, Margaret Maud de Mortimer, John Sir Berkeley of Beverstone, John 3 de Cherleton, 1330 - Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, Thomas 3Rd Lord de Berkeley, Margaret Berkeley, Thomas Iv Lord Berkeley, Margaret Berkeley, Thomas De Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley, Margaret Mortimer, Baroness Berkeley, Elizabeth Le Despenser, Baroness Berkeley, 1330 - Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain, June 3 1368 - Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain, Thomas "The Rich" de Berkeley, Margaret de Mortimer, John de Berkeley, Roger de Berkeley, Thomas de Berkeley, Alphonsus de Berkeley, John de Berkeley, Thomas 'The Rich' de 3Rd Lord Berkeley, Margaret de Mortimer, John de Berkeley, Roger de Berkeley, Thomas de Berkeley, Alphonsus de Berkeley, John de of Beverstone Berkeley, Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, , England, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England, Abt. 13. He married secondly to Cecily Arnold, a daughter and co-heiress to Sir . Arnold of Gloucestershire, and widow of Richard Rowdon, Sheriff of Gloucestershire. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Knight
The
Maurice seems now to have made up his mind to spend the rest of
enquire into cases of alleged waste and spoil of deer, wood, and timber on his
He died as a prisoner on 31 May 1326 at Wallingford Castle, Oxfordshire, at the age 45 years and 1 month. At the coronation of
[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 99-100. He was disinherited by his brother, and though 56 years of age at his brother's death, was able to recover, within seven years, upwards of 50 manors and other lands, that had alienated illegally. one of the principal leaders in the English army, under the Marquis of Dorset,
Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. . He married: 1. Thomas "The Magnificent" BERKELEY (5 B. Berkeley), Margaret de Mortimer Berkeley (1304 - 1337). By Elizabeth he had seven children as follows: Identity of female effigy next to Baron Berkeley according to brass plaque, Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurice_de_Berkeley,_4th_Baron_Berkeley&oldid=1120166374, 26. Elizabeth married Maurice the Valiant de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley at marriage place. James Berkeley (b. after 1472 - d. 1515), who in about 1498 married Susan FitzAlan, daughter of Sir William FitzAlan, a son of William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel by his wife Joan Neville. Hereinafter cited as. The catalogue entry made by the British Museum librarian Isaac Jeaves for charter number 581 preserved in the muniments at Berkeley Castle records:[3]. He, however, never took his seat. Ancestral roots of sixty colonists who came to New England 16231650. Husband of Isabel Berkeley Genealogical Server, www.genserv.com". M vii Peter de BERKELEY Canon of Lincoln was born 1310 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. The marriage contract is dated January 28, 1484/5. : s.n., 1985? Frederick Lewis Weis (earlier edition). and was buried in Trinity chapel within the parish church there. 3rd Baron Berkeley Son of Maurice de Berkeley and Eve la Zouche. 2 p. 84. 11. cooperation was withheld. He rebelled against King Edward II and the Despencers. Maurice De Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley was born in 1330, in Berkeley, to Thomas De Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley and Margaret Mortimer, Baroness Berkeley. Origins Norborne Berkeley was born about 1717, the only son of John Symes Berkeley of Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire by his second wife Elizabeth Norborne, a daughter and co-heiress of Walter Norborne of Calne, Wiltshire and the widow of Edward Devereux, 8th Viscount Hereford. His epithet, and that of each previous and subsequent head of his family, was coined by John Smyth of Nibley (d.1641), steward of the Berkeley estates, the biographer of the family and author of "Lives of the Berkeleys". 2. 1 p. 144. [S3777] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. he had a greater knowledge of the law than any man of his rank then living. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. He long hesitated to accept this
Century, Oxford, 1981. p.73, Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer, William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick, Hollis, George, The Monumental Effigies of Great Britain, 1841, Part 4, Plate 10, Jeayes, Isaac Herbert, Catalogue of the Charters & Muniments in the Possession of Rt. 1, no. as one of the conditions of the treaty. She died the 5th day of May 1337" Maurice de Berkeley, 9th Lord Berkeley and 4th Baron Berkeley (The Valiant) was born 1330 and died 8 June 1368. I, p. 287-289. [S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. Family History Department. King for restitution, but in vain,
Geni requires JavaScript! on 22 July 1298 at the Battle of Falkirk in Scotland. other accounts of which were kept with great exactness, and balanced and signed
Geni requires JavaScript! He died aged 70 years in September 1506", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Berkeley,_3rd_Baron_Berkeley. She married Maurice Berkeley, Baron Berkeley (1467-September 12, 1523). the coronation of Henry VIII, 23
10. With the Earl of Lancaster, he rebelled against King Edward II, for which he was imprisoned in Wallingford Castle in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), where he died on 31 May 1326 and was eventually buried at St Augustine's Abbey in Bristol. In 1522 Maurice served under the
legit., 12 Sep 1523 at Calais,
He was disinherited by his brother, and though 56 years of age at his brother's death, was able to recover, within seven years, upwards of 50 manors and other lands, that had been alienated illegally. [S77] #246 The Baronage of England (1675-1676), Dugdale, Sir William, (2 volumes. Royal Genealogy information held at University of Hull. Philip Mede was a merchant, and although a very wealthy man, was therefore considered to be below the social rank of gentry, which caused Maurice's brother to disinherit him for supposedly bringing the noble family of Berkeley into disrepute. Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1996), FHL film 1553977-1553985.. [S161] #1016 [1887 edition] The Royal Lineage of Our Noble and Gentle Families: Together with Their Paternal Ancestry, Foster, Joseph, (2 volumes. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage. King to give his opinion and advice as
1 p. 263. friends, Sir John Fitzjames the Lord Chief Baron,
spiritual graces and privileges. Maurice de BERKELEY 4th Lord Berkeley (1330-1368) m. Elizabeth la DESPENSER (1327-1389) Sources: 1. 1. Sir Maurice III de BERKELEY Lord Berkeley was born Apr 1281 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. Berkeley died on 4 April 1281 and was buried in St Augustine's Abbey in Bristol. borough of Tetbury. Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley (c. 1330 8 June 1368), The Valiant, feudal baron of Berkeley, of Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, was an English peer. It was about this time that the
They conclude by
In August 1338 Berkeley married Elizabeth le Despenser, daughter of Hugh Despenser the younger by his wife Eleanor de Clare. manors, keeperships of parks, and other offices of trust, and it was said that
Maurice The Magnanimous de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley was born in month 1330, at birth place, to Simon Ward and Margaret Baroness Berkeley Ward (born DeMortimer). [S6] G.E. when he took with him 411 men of his own tenants and servants from
Medieval Family History Unit, (Manuscript. 1 (Jan. 1921) - v. 23, no. Father: Maurice BERKELEY (3 B. Berkeley) Mother: Isabel MEAD. son Isabella de Clare, Baroness Berk. 5. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 128. Ancestors of Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley. Maurice was born on June 4 1330, in Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, , England. I, p. 174-175. II, p. 71. brother About Maurice Berkeley Maurice Berkeley, Lord Berkeley, de jure, second son, was born about 1435 (aged fifty-six in 1492). King wrote his celebrated "Defence of
When Catherine De Berkeley was born in 1360, in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Maurice de Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley, was 30 and her mother, Elizabeth le Despenser Baroness of Berkeley, was 33. This page was last edited on 1 June 2023, at 18:55. Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England Married: Aug 1338 Died: 3 Jun 1368, Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England Buried: St Augustine's, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, Marriage Information: Maurice married Elizabeth LE DESPENSER, daughter of Sir Hugh LE DESPENSER 2nd Lord and Eleanor (Alianore) DE CLARE, in Aug 1338 (Elizabeth LE DESPENSER was born about 1310 in England, died on 13 Jul 1389 in Gloucestershire, England and was buried in St Botulphes.) Eva la Zouche, daughter of Eudo La Zouche and Millicent de Cauntelo in 1289, with children: 2. Born 1467, probably at Thornbury, now the home and seat of the family. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. 29 relations. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 348. Maurice joined the Earl of Lancaster in the rebellion against King Edward II and the Despencer family, and--within 6 months of his father's death--Maurice was sent prisoner to Wallingford Castle on 20 January 1321/22. 1365 death date unknown), Father Sir Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Lord Berkeley, Marshal of the English Army in France7,8,9 b. c 1296, d. 27 Oct 1361, Mother Margaret de Mortimer7,8,9 b. Knight of the Bath; and on the breaking out of the war with France, he became
son Robert de Berkeley son Simon de Berkeley son Maud de Berkeley daughter Alice de Berkeley daughter Lora de Berkeley daughter Joan de Berkeley mother Thomas Fizharding de Berkeley father Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley (Berkeley, Gloucestershire, April 1271 Wallingford Castle, 31 May 1326), sometimes termed The Magnanimous, was an English baron and rebel. Maurice was married in 1484 (contract 28 Jan 1484/5) to
Simon was born in 1310, in Norfolk, England. Maurice distinguished himself in the Scottish Wars between 1295 and 1318; he helped defeat a Scottish army under William Wallace. Having died without male progeny the succession to the vast Berkeley estates became disputed, and eventually resulted in the Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March 7. Husband of Elizabeth le Despenser, married August 1338, and father of Thomas de Berkeley, Sir James de Berkeley, John de Berkeley, Catherine de Berkeley, Agnes de Berkeley, and Elizabeth de Berkeley. In July 1300 Maurice was at the Siege of Carlaverock, where he distinguished himself from his father, who was there as well, by differencing his arms with a label, azure, "Pur se ke ses pere vivoit.". 1. Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley 9 . arms in France on this occasion, this period was not unproductive of military
of money towards the re-building of the Church and Monastery of St. Augustine at
1358 death date unknown) married Jone Hereford, Catherine de Berkeley (born ca. Oxford: John Johnson, 1928), FHL book Q 929.242 W159w; FHL microfilm 1696491 it., vol. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage. By his wife he had four children: He died in September 1506 aged 70 and was buried in the Austin Friars in the City of London, where his widow was also buried later in 1514. Berkeley was imprisoned by the Despencers in Wallingford Castle in Berkshire (now in Oxfordshire), where he died on 31 May 1326 and was eventually buried in St Augustine's Abbey (now Bristol Cathedral) in Bristol, founded by his ancestor. [12] In fact Philip Mede had provided valuable financing and had provided soldiers (and his nephews William Mede and Thomas Meade went up there, around 1470, perhaps to provide assistance) to fight on the side of William Berkeley, 1st Marquess of Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley in the Battle of Nibley Green, a private battle over the inheritance of the Berkeley estates with his cousin Thomas Talbot, 2nd Viscount Lisle.
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