BERKELEY FAMILY

I. BERKELEY LINE

Roger De BERKELEY

Died: 1093

Married: Rissa De BERKELEY

Children:

1. Roger De BERKELEY

2. Eustace De BERKELEY

3. John De BERKELEY

Eustace De BERKELEY

Born: ABT 1065, Nympsfield, Gloucestershire, England

Died: 1094

Father: Roger De BERKELEY

Roger De BERKELEY

Died: BEF 29 Sep 1131/1132

Father: Roger De BERKELEY

Married: ¿? ABT 1095 / ABT 1108, Gartley, Banffshire, Scotland

1. Theobald De BERKELEY

2. Walter De BERKELEY

3. Robert De BERKELEY

4. William De BERKELEY

5. Roger De BERKELEY

Robert De BERKELEY

Born: ABT 1103, Gartley, Banffshire, Scotland

Died: AFT 1180

Father: Roger De BERKELEY

Mother: ¿?

Theobald De BERKELEY

Father: Roger De BERKELEY

Mother: ¿?

1. John De BERKELEY (Laird of Gratley)

2. Humphrey De BERKELEY

John De BERKELEY (Laird of Gratley)

Born: BEF 1154, Gartley, Banffshire, Scotland

Died: AFT 1226, Gartley, Banffshire, Scotland

Mother: ¿?

Humphrey De BERKELEY

Died: BEF 1226

Mother: ¿?

Children:

2. Richenda De BERKELEY

3. Harding De BERKELEY

4. Mary (Maud) De BERKELEY

Mary (Maud) De BERKELEY

Born: ABT 1200, Gartley, Banffshire, Scotland

Father: Humphrey De BERKELEY

Married: Malcolm of Angus (6º E. Angus)

1. Maud of Angus (C. Angus) (m. Richard Fitzrichard)

Walter De BERKELEY

Died: ABT 1190

Father: Roger De BERKELEY

Mother: ¿?

Children:

2. Agnes De BERKELEY

3. Margaret De BERKELEY

Agnes De BERKELEY

Born: ABT 1170, Gartley, Banffshire, Scotland

Father: Walter De BERKELEY

Married: Ingelram De BALLIOL ABT 1195, Gartley, Banffshire, Scotland

1. Henry De BALLIOL

2. Eleanor (Ellen) De BALLIOL

Margaret De BERKELEY

Born: ABT 1172, Gartley, Banffshire, Scotland

Father: Walter De BERKELEY

Married: Alexander De SETON ABT 1194, Gartley, Banffshire, Scotland

William De BERKELEY

Died: AFT 1188

Mother: ¿?

Children:

1. William De BERKELEY

William De BERKELEY

Died: 1208

Mother: ¿?

Married: Dionisia De TURBERVILLE ABT 1189

1. Robert De BERKELEY

2. Giles De BERKELEY

Robert De BERKELEY

Born: 1190, Coberley, Gloucestershire, England

Died: 1233

Mother: Dionisia De TURBERVILLE

Giles De BERKELEY

Died: 1242

Mother: Dionisia De TURBERVILLE

Children:

2. Giles De BERKELEY

Giles De BERKELEY

Born: 1240, Coberley, Gloucestershire, England

Died: BEF 22 Nov 1294

Father: Giles De BERKELEY

Married: ¿? ABT 1288

Children:

Thomas De BERKELEY

Died: 1365

Mother: ¿?

Children:

2. John De BERKELEY

3. Nicholas De BERKELEY

4. Walter De BERKELEY

Thomas De BERKELEY (Sir)

Born: 1343, Coberley, Gloucestershire, England

Died: 12 Apr 1405

Mother: Joan ARCHER

Married 2: Margaret (Elizabeth) CHANDOS (dau. or sister of Sir John Chandos) 1374

1. Alice BERKELEY

2. Margaret BERKELEY

Alice 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:

2. Thomas BRUGGE

3. Baldwyn BRUGGE

4. Anne BRUGGE

5. Robert BRUGGE

6. Edward BRUGGE

Married 2: John BROWNING BEF 3 Jul 1408, Coberley, Gloucestershire, England

Roger De BERKELEY

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

1. Alice De BERKELEY

2. Roger De BERKELEY

3. Phillip De BERKELEY

4. Oliver De BERKELEY

5. Leticia De BERKELEY

Roger De BERKELEY

Died: ABT 1191

Father: Roger De BERKELEY

Mother: Hawise De PAYNELL

Married: Helena FITZROBERT FITZHARDING ABT 1153, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

Leticia De BERKELEY

Born: ABT 1145, Frampton, Gloucestershire, England

Father: Roger De BERKELEY

Mother: Hawise De PAYNELL

Married: Richard De CLIFFORD

Children:

1. Hugh CLIFFORD (Sir)

2. Richard CLIFFORD

3. Henry CLIFFORD

Alice De BERKELEY

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:

2. Thomas De BERKELEY

3. Maud De BERKELEY

4. Robert "The Rebellious" De BERKELEY

5. Maurice De BERKELEY

6. William De BERKELEY

7. Henry De BERKELEY

8. Richard De BERKELEY

Eadnoth

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Harding

Harding

Died: 6 Nov 1115

Father: Eadnoth

Mother: ¿?

Children:

1. Robert FITZHARDING

Robert FITZHARDING

Died: 5 Feb 1169/70, St. Augustine Monastery, Gloucestershire, England

Father: Harding

Mother: Livida

Children:

1. Maurice FITZROBERT FITZHARDING

2. Helena FITZROBERT FITZHARDING

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

Father: Robert FITZHARDING

Mother: Eva FITZESTMOND

Married: Alice De BERKELEY 1153, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

Children:

1. Thomas De BERKELEY

2. Maud De BERKELEY

3. Robert "The Rebellious" De BERKELEY

4. Maurice De BERKELEY

5. William De BERKELEY

6. Henry De BERKELEY

7. Richard De BERKELEY

Robert "The Rebellious" De BERKELEY

Died: 13 May 1220 (Sp)

Father: Maurice FITZROBERT FITZHARDING

Mother: Alice De BERKELEY

Married 2: Julianne De PONT De L'ARCHES BEF 11 Jun 1200

Maurice De BERKELEY

Born: 1169, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England

Died: BEF 8 Jan 1272

Father: Maurice FITZROBERT FITZHARDING

Mother: Alice De BERKELEY

Maud De BERKELEY

Born: ABT 1160, Brimfield, Gloucestershire, England

Father: Maurice FITZROBERT FITZHARDING

Mother: Alice De BERKELEY

Children:

1. Helias GIFFARD

3. Berta GIFFARD

4. Osbert GIFFARD

5. Gilbert GIFFARD

Thomas De BERKELEY

Died: 29 Nov 1243

Father: Maurice FITZROBERT FITZHARDING

Mother: Alice De BERKELEY

Children:

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)

3. Simon BERKELEY

4. Maurice BERKELEY

5. Maud BERKELEY

6. Ela BERKELEY

Ela BERKELEY

Father: Maurice "The Resolute" De BERKELEY (Sir)

Mother: Isabel FITZRICHARD

Married: John MALTRAVERS

Robert BERKELEY

Died: 1316

Father: Maurice "The Resolute" De BERKELEY (Sir)

Mother: Isabel FITZRICHARD

Simon BERKELEY

Died: 1275

Father: Maurice "The Resolute" De BERKELEY (Sir)

Mother: Isabel FITZRICHARD

Maurice BERKELEY

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)

2. Thomas De BERKELEY

3. Alice De BERKELEY

4. Margaret De BERKELEY

4. Isabel De BERKELEY

4. James De BERKELEY (Bishop of Exeter)

4. John De BERKELEY

Alice 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)

Margaret De BERKELEY

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

Thomas De BERKELEY

Died: BEF Apr 1346, probably Coston, Wymondham, Leicestershire, England

Father: Thomas "The Wise" BERKELEY (Sir)

Mother: Joan Margaret De FERRERS

Children:

1. John BERKELEY

John BERKELEY

Died: BEF 1356

Father: Thomas De BERKELEY

Mother: Isabel HAMELIN

Children:

1. John BERKELEY

John BERKELEY

Died: 1374

Father: John BERKELEY

Mother: Isabel BURDET

Children:

1. John BERKELEY

John BERKELEY

Died: BEF 20 Mar 1412/13

Father: John BERKELEY

Mother: Elizabeth ?

Children:

1. Lawrence BERKELEY

Lawrence BERKELEY

Died: 1458, France

Father: John BERKELEY

Mother: Isabel ?

Children:

1. Thomas BERKELEY of Wymondham

Thomas BERKELEY of Wymondham

Died: May 1488, Wymondham, Leicestershire, England

Father: Lawrence BERKELEY

Mother: Joan WOODFORD

Children:

1. Elizabeth BERKELEY

Elizabeth BERKELEY

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

3. Elizabeth HUSSEY (C. Kent)

4. Gilbert 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)

3. Maurice BERKELEY (Sir)

4. Millicent BERKELEY (B. Maltravers)

6. Peter BERKELEY

Married 2: Isabel De CLARE 1316

Peter BERKELEY

Born: ABT 1301, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England

Died: 1341

Father: Maurice "The Magnanamous" BERKELEY (2° B. Berkeley)

Mother: Eve La ZOUCHE

Isabel BERKELEY (B. Clifford)

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)

4. Isabella CLIFFORD

5. John CLIFFORD (Priest)

6. Margaret CLIFFORD

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

Children:

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)

2. Joan BERKELEY

Married 2: Catherine CLIVEDON 30 May 1347, Charfield, Gloucester, England

Children:

3. John BERKELEY

Joan BERKELEY

Died: 2 Oct 1369

Buried: Southwark

Father: Thomas "The Rich" BERKELEY (3° B. Berkeley)

Mother: Margaret MORTIMER

Children:

1. Joan De COBHAM (m. Sir Henry De Grey)

John BERKELEY

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

4. Maurice BERKELEY

Eleanor BERKELEY (C. Arundel)

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:

1. Catherine SUTTON

2. Edmund SUTTON (Sir)

3. John SUTTON of Atherington (Esq.)

4. Margaret SUTTON

5. William SUTTON (Bishop of Durham)

6. Jane SUTTON

7. Oliver SUTTON (Sir Knight)

8. Eleanor SUTTON

Maurice BERKELEY

Died: 1460

Mother: Elizabeth BETTESHORNE

Married: Lora FITZHUGH 1423

Children:

1. Edward BERKELEY

2. Maurice BERKELEY

Maurice BERKELEY

Born: ABT 1426, Betteshorne, Hampshire, England

Died: 5 May 1475

Buried: Christchurch, Hampshire, England

Father: Maurice BERKELEY

Mother: Lora FITZHUGH

Married: Anne WEST

Children:

2. Catherine BERKELEY (B. Stourton of Stourton)

William BERKELEY (Sir)

Died: BEF 1486

Mother: 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

Mother: 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:

3. Warburga BRERETON

Edward BERKELEY

Died: 1506

Mother: Lora FITZHUGH

Married 1: Christian HOLT (b. ABT 1433, Westcote, Hampshire, England) ABT 1453

Children:

1. Lora BERKELEY (B. Mountjoy / C. Ormonde)

2. Thomas BERKELEY

Married 2: Alice COX

Children:

3. Maurice BERKELEY

4. William BERKELEY

William BERKELEY

Born: ABT 1466

Father: Edward BERKELEY

Married: Margaret PAULET

Lora BERKELEY (B. Mountjoy / C. Ormonde)

Died: 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

3. Constance 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

Thomas BERKELEY

Died: 1500

Father: Edward BERKELEY

Mother: Christian HOLT

Married: Elizabeth NEVILLE ABT 1497

Children:

1. Alice BERKELEY

3. Anne BERKELEY

4. Elizabeth BERKELEY

5. Thomas (John) BERKELEY

Alice BERKELEY

Born: ABT 1500

Father: Thomas BERKELEY

Mother: Elizabeth NEVILLE

Married: Son WHETENHALL

Children:

1. Anna WHETENHALL (mother of Edward Sanders)

Elizabeth BERKELEY

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

3. Matthew HERBERT

4. Catherine HERBERT

5. Cecilia HERBERT

6. Margaret HERBERT

¿7. Richard HERBERT of Ewyas?

Thomas (John) BERKELEY

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)

2. James BERKELEY (Sir)

3. Catherine BERKELEY (Nun)

5. Maurice BERKELEY

6. Agnes BERKELEY

7. Elizabeth BERKELEY

Maurice BERKELEY

Father: Maurice "The Valiant" BERKELEY (4° B. Berkeley)

Mother: Elizabeth DESPENSER (B. Berkeley)

Children:

Thomas "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:

1. Elizabeth BERKELEY

Elizabeth BERKELEY

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)

James BERKELEY (Sir)

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)

3. James BERKELEY

4. Thomas BERKELEY

5. Isabel BERKELEY

6. Alice BERKELEY

7. Elizabeth BERKELEY

Married 4: Joan TALBOT 1451 (settlement, 25 Jul 1457)

James BERKELEY

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

Isabel BERKELEY

Father: James "The Just" BERKELEY (1° B. Berkeley)

Mother: Isabel MOWBRAY

Married: William TYRE

Children:

1. William TYRE

Alice BERKELEY

Father: James "The Just" BERKELEY (1° B. Berkeley)

Mother: Isabel MOWBRAY

Married: Richard ARTHUR 1452, Clapton, Somerset, England

Elizabeth BERKELEY

Father: James "The Just" BERKELEY (1° B. Berkeley)

Mother: Isabel MOWBRAY

Thomas BERKELEY

Died: 2 Jul 1484, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England

Father: James "The Just" BERKELEY (1° B. Berkeley)

Mother: Isabel MOWBRAY

Married: Margaret GUY

Children:

1. John BERKELEY

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)

7. Richard BERKELEY

John BERKELEY

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)

2. Thomas BERKELEY

Thomas BERKELEY

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)

Richard BERKELEY

Father: Thomas BERKELEY

Mother: Margaret GUY

Children:

1. Thomas BERKELEY

2. William BERKELEY

Thomas BERKELEY

Died: 5 Mar 1557, Allen's Moor, England

Father: Richard BERKELEY

Mother: Margaret DYER

William BERKELEY

Born: ABT 1525

Died: 1611

Father: Richard BERKELEY

Married: Elizabeth BUNGHILL

1. Rowland BERKELEY

Rowland BERKELEY

Died: 1 Jun 1611

Mother: Elizabeth BUNGHILL

Children:

1. Robert BERKELEY (b. ABT 1575)

2. Edward BERKELEY (b. ABT 1577)

3. John BERKELEY

4. Henry BERKELEY (b. ABT 1581)

5. Thomas BERKELEY (b. ABT 1583)

7. Dorothy BERKELEY

8. Catherine BERKELEY

9. Elizabeth BERKELEY

10. Eleanor BERKELEY

11. Jane BERKELEY

12. William BERKELEY

13. Joan BERKELEY

14. Mary BERKELEY

15. Anne BERKELEY

16. Joyce BERKELEY

John BERKELEY

Born: ABT 1579, Spetchley, Hertfordshire, England

Died: AFT 1634, East Barnet, Middlesex, England

Father: Rowland BERKELEY

Mother: Catherine HAYWARD

Married: Elizabeth TURNER

Dorothy BERKELEY

Born: ABT 1585, Spetchley, Hertfordshire, England

Father: Rowland BERKELEY

Mother: Catherine HAYWARD

Married: Thomas WYLD

Catherine BERKELEY

Born: ABT 1586, Spetchley, Hertfordshire, England

Father: Rowland BERKELEY

Mother: Catherine HAYWARD

Married: William GORFIELD

Elizabeth BERKELEY

Born: ABT 1587, Spetchley, Hertfordshire, England

Father: Rowland BERKELEY

Mother: Catherine HAYWARD

Married 1: John VERNEY ABT 1614, Compton Murdock, Warwickshire, England

Eleanor BERKELEY

Born: ABT 1589, Spetchley, Hertfordshire, England

Father: Rowland BERKELEY

Mother: Catherine HAYWARD

Married: John FROGMERE

Jane BERKELEY

Born: ABT 1590, Spetchley, Hertfordshire, England

Father: Rowland BERKELEY

Mother: Catherine HAYWARD

Married: Son STINTON

William BERKELEY

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

Joan BERKELEY

Born: ABT 1594, Spetchley, Hertfordshire, England

Father: Rowland BERKELEY

Mother: Catherine HAYWARD

Married 1: Edward ANNESLEY

Married 2: Henry BRIGHT

Mary BERKELEY

Born: ABT 1596, Spetchley, Hertfordshire, England

Father: Rowland BERKELEY

Mother: Catherine HAYWARD

Married: Edward WYNNE

Children:

1. George WYNNE

2. Rowland WYNNE

Anne BERKELEY

Born: ABT 1598, Spetchley, Hertfordshire, England

Father: Rowland BERKELEY

Mother: Catherine HAYWARD

Married: Thomas MOORE

Joyce BERKELEY

Born: ABT 1600, Spetchley, Hertfordshire, England

Father: Rowland BERKELEY

Mother: Catherine HAYWARD

Married: Son NEWTON

Robert BERKELEY

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

Married: Elizabeth CONYERS

Children:

2. 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

1. Thomas BERKELEY

2. Catherine BERKELEY

Married 3: Anne FIENNES (M. Berkeley)

Thomas 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:

1. Anne BERKELEY

2. Maurice BERKELEY (4° B. Berkeley)

3. James BERKELEY

4. Thomas BERKELEY (5° B. Berkeley)

5. Joyce BERKELEY

James 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:

1. Mary BERKELEY

Mary BERKELEY

Born: ABT 1480

Father: James BERKELEY

Mother: Susan FITZALAN

Associated with: HENRY VIII TUDOR (King of England)

Children:

1. Thomas STUKELY

2. John PERROT (Capt. Sir Knight)

Married 1: Thomas PERROT (Sir Knight) ABT 1527

Children:

3. Jane PERROT

4. Elizabeth 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

Anne BERKELEY

Died: AFT 1510, England

Father: Maurice BERKELEY (3° B. Berkeley)

Mother: Isabel MEAD

Children:

1. Elizabeth DENNIS

2. Eleanor DENNIS

Joyce BERKELEY

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)

2. Muriel BERKELEY

3. Maurice BERKELEY

4. Joan BERKELEY

Married 2: Cecily ARNOLD (B. Berkeley) (d. 1559)

Maurice BERKELEY

Father: Thomas BERKELEY (5° B. Berkeley)

Mother: Eleanor CONSTABLE (B. Berkeley)

Married: Anne POYNTZ

Joan BERKELEY

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:

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

7. Jane (Joan) POYNTZ

8. Frances POYNTZ

9. Francis POYNTZ

Muriel BERKELEY

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

2. Catherine THROCKMORTON

3. Elizabeth THROCKMORTON

4. Anne THROCKMORTON

5. Mary THROCKMORTON

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:

1. Elizabeth BERKELEY

2. Muriel BERKELEY

3. Henry BERKELEY (7° B. Berkeley)

Elizabeth 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:

1. Thomas BERKELEY (Sir)

3. Catherine BERKELEY

4. Maria BERKELEY

5. Mary BERKELEY

6. Frances BERKELEY

7. Jane BERKELEY

8. Fernando BERKELEY

Married 2: Jane STANHOPE (B. Berkeley) 9 Mar 1597

Maria BERKELEY

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)

Frances BERKELEY

Died: 29 Dec 1595, England

Father: Henry BERKELEY (7° B. Berkeley)

Mother: Catherine HOWARD (B. Berkeley)

Children:

1. Henry SHIRLEY

3. John SHIRLEY

4. Thomas SHIRLEY

5. Mary SHIRLEY

Jane BERKELEY

Died: 1574

Father: Henry BERKELEY (7° B. Berkeley)

Mother: Catherine HOWARD (B. Berkeley)

Thomas BERKELEY (Sir)

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)

2. Teophila BERKELEY

Teophila 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)

Catherine 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

William BERKELEY

Born: ABT 1450

Married: Jane HOWARD

Thomas BERKELEY

Married: Catherine CLINTON ABT 1379

Elizabeth (Anne) De BERKELEY

Born: ABT 1448

Married: Roger CLIFFORD of Brakenborough (Sir)  ABT 1473, Hertfordshire, England

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