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 1296 - 1361 (65 years)
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| Name |
Thomas de Berkeley |
| Title |
Sir |
| Suffix |
Knight, 3rd Baron Berkeley |
| Birth |
1293-1296 |
Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England  [1, 2] |
- Berkeley Castle (historically sometimes spelt Berkley Castle) is a castle in the town of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, UK (grid reference ST685989). The castle's origins date back to the 11th century and it has been designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building.
The castle has remained within the Berkeley family since they reconstructed it in the 12th century, except for a period of royal ownership by the Tudors. It is traditionally believed to be the scene of the murder of King Edward II in 1327.
View images, history & map ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Castle
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| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
27 Oct 1361 |
Gloucestershire, England [2] |
| Person ID |
I46260 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
2 Oct 2016 |
| Father |
Sir Maurice de Berkeley, III, Knight, 2nd Baron Berkeley, b. 0Apr 1271, Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d. 31 May 1326, Wallingford Castle, England (Age ~ 55 years) |
| Mother |
Eva la Zouche |
| Marriage |
1289 [2, 3] |
| Family ID |
F16937 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Lady Margaret Mortimer, Baroness Berkeley, b. 2 May 1304, (Wigmore Castle, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England) d. 5 May 1337 (Age 33 years) |
| Marriage |
Y [2, 4] |
| Children |
| | 1. Sir Maurice Berkeley, Knight, 4th Baron Berkeley, b. 1320-1323, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d. 0Aug 1368, Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England (Age 45 years) |
| | 2. Joan Berkeley, b. ~1329, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d. 2 Oct 1369 (Age ~ 40 years) |
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| Family ID |
F16936 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
| Family 2 |
Katherine Clivedon, b. ~ 1320, Charfield, Gloucestershire, England d. 13 Mar 1385, Gloucestershire, England (Age ~ 65 years) |
| Marriage |
30 May 1347 |
(Gloucestershire, England) [1, 2, 5] |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F16935 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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Thomas de Berkeley (c. 1293 or 1296 - 27 October 1361), The Rich, feudal baron of Berkeley, of Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, England, was a peer. |
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| Notes |
- Thomas de Berkeley (c. 1293 or 1296 – 27 October 1361), The Rich, feudal baron of Berkeley, of Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, England, was a peer. 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".
Origins
He was the eldest son and heir of Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley by his wife Eve la Zouche.
Career
In 1327 he was made joint custodian of the deposed King Edward II, whom he received at Berkeley Castle. He was later commanded to deliver custody of the king to his fellow custodians, namely John Maltravers, 1st Baron Maltravers and Sir Thomas Gournay. He left the king at Barkeley Castle and with heavy cheere perceiving what violence was intended he journeyed to Bradley. The king was murdered at Berkeley Castle during his absence. As an accessory to the murder of the deposed king, he was tried by a jury of 12 knights in 1330 and was honourably acquitted.
Marriages & progeny
He married twice:
Firstly to Margaret Mortimer, daughter of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March and Joan de Geneville, by whom he had five children:
Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley (born 1320, date of death unknown), The Valiant, eldest son and heir.
Thomas de Berkeley (born c. 1325, date of death unknown)
Roger de Berkeley (born 1326, date of death unknown)
Alphonsus de Berkeley (born 1327, date of death unknown)
Joan de Berkeley (born 1330, date of death unknown), wife of Reginald de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham.
Secondly on 30 May 1347 he married Catherine [1] Clivedon (21 January 1351[sic][clarification needed] – 1428) by whom he had a further four children as follows:
Thomas Berkeley (born 7 June 1348, date of death unknown)
Maurice de Berkeley (27 May 1349 – 3 June 1368)
Edmund de Berkeley (born 10 July 1350, date of death unknown)
John Berkeley (21 January 1351 – 1428) of Beverstone Castle, Gloucestershire, a secondary residence of his father
Death & succession
He died on 27 October 1361 in Gloucestershire and was succeeded by Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley (born 1320, date of death unknown), eldest son and heir from his first marriage.
References
Jump up ^ Plea rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT6/R2/CP40no483/483_0892.htm; first entry: mentions Katherine, formerly wife of Thomas de Berkele of Barkele, knight, as complainant; Year: 1381
Ancestral roots of certain American colonists who came to America before 1700, Frederick Lewis Weis, 1992, seventh edition.
Ancestral roots of sixty colonists who came to New England 1623–1650. Frederick Lewis Weis (earlier edition).
Magna Charta Sureties, 1215., Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr., William R. Beall, 1999, 5th Ed.
Magna Charta Sureties, 1215", Frederick Lewis Weis, 4th Ed.
The Complete Peerage, Cokayne.
Burke's Peerage, 1938.
Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists, David Faris, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1996.
Royal Genealogy information held at University of Hull. [2]
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- [S9774] "Sir John Berkeley (1352-1428)" biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Berkeley_(died_1428), accessed from Wikipe.
- [S9775] "Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley" biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_de_Berkeley,_3rd_Baron_Berkeley.
- [S9778] "Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley (April 1271 - 31 May 1326)" biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_de.
- [S14153] "Reynold (Reginald) "3rd Baron Cobham" Cobham", Ancestors & Descendants, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cobham-25, Abstra.
- [S9786] "Descendants of Maurice (Berkeley) de Berkeley", 5-Generations, http://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Berkeley-Descendants-4.
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