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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Thomas de Berkeley was born in of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England; died on 23 Jul 1321 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Abbey Church of St. Augustine, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.

    Notes:

    At the Battle of Evesham when underage; a lifelong soldier thereafter. Summoned to Parliament by writ, 24 Jun 1295 - 15 May 1321. Vice-Constable of England, 1297. Fought at Falkirk; Carlaverock; taken prisoner at Bannockburn. Embassy to France, 1296, and to Clement V, 1307.

    Thomas married Joan de Ferrers in 1267. Joan (daughter of William de Ferrers and Margaret de Quincy) died on 19 Mar 1310; was buried in Abbey Church of St. Augustine, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Maurice de Berkeley  Descendancy chart to this point was born between 1271 and 1281 in of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England; died on 21 May 1326 in Wallingford Castle, Oxfordshire, England; was buried in Abbey Church of St. Augustine, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Maurice de Berkeley Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born between 1271 and 1281 in of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England; died on 21 May 1326 in Wallingford Castle, Oxfordshire, England; was buried in Abbey Church of St. Augustine, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: Apr 1271, of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
    • Alternate birth: Apr 1281, of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
    • Alternate death: 31 May 1326, Wallingford Castle, Oxfordshire, England

    Notes:

    Warden of Gloucester; Captain of Berwick-upon-Tweed; Chief Justice of South Wales; Seneschal of Aquitaine. Present at the siege of Caerlaverock, July 1300. He was summoned to Parliament from 16 Aug 1308 to 15 May 1321 by writs directed Mauricio de Bekeleye.

    He joined Thomas, earl of Lancaster, in the rebellion against Edward II and the Despensers. He was given letters of safe-conduct which, he believed, would allow him to go to the king and confer with him; in fact, he was arrested and taken to Wallingford Castle, where after five years of imprisonment he died.

    Family/Spouse: Eve la Zouche. Eve (daughter of Eudes la Zouche and Milicent de Cantelowe) died on 5 Dec 1314; was buried in Portbury, Somerset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Isabel de Berkeley  Descendancy chart to this point died on 25 Jul 1362.
    2. 4. Milicent de Berkeley  Descendancy chart to this point died after 1321.
    3. 5. Maurice de Berkeley  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Uley, Gloucestershire, England; died on 12 Feb 1347.
    4. 6. Thomas de Berkeley  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1296 in of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England; died on 27 Oct 1361; was buried in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Isabel de Berkeley Descendancy chart to this point (2.Maurice2, 1.Thomas1) died on 25 Jul 1362.

    Isabel married Robert de Clifford in Jun 1328 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. Robert (son of Robert de Clifford and Maud de Clare) was born on 5 Nov 1305 in of Appleby, Westmorland, England; died on 20 May 1344; was buried in Shap Abbey, Westmorland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Roger de Clifford  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Jul 1333 in of Appleby, Westmorland, England; died on 13 Jul 1389.

  2. 4.  Milicent de Berkeley Descendancy chart to this point (2.Maurice2, 1.Thomas1) died after 1321.

    Milicent married John Mautravers about 1313. John (son of John Mautravers and Eleanor de Gorges) was born about 1290 in of Lytchett Mautravers, Dorset, England; died on 16 Feb 1364; was buried in Lytchett Mautravers, Dorset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. John Mautravers  Descendancy chart to this point died on 22 Jan 1349.

  3. 5.  Maurice de Berkeley Descendancy chart to this point (2.Maurice2, 1.Thomas1) was born in of Uley, Gloucestershire, England; died on 12 Feb 1347.

    Notes:

    "His lands were seized by King Edward II when his father rebelled against the king and the Despensers. With his elder brother, Thomas, he pillaged Despenser property. He had restitution of his lands after the fall of the Despensers. In 1330 Kind Edward III retained him for life 'to attend him always.'" [Douglas Richardson, citation details below]

    He fought at Crécy. His shield is one of those in the great east window of Gloucester Cathedral, among those of others who fought at Crécy and at the siege of Calais.

    Maurice married Margery de Vere on 29 Dec 1331. Margery died on 21 May 1351. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Thomas Berkeley  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1334 in of Uley, Gloucestershire, England; died before 29 Sep 1361.

  4. 6.  Thomas de Berkeley Descendancy chart to this point (2.Maurice2, 1.Thomas1) was born about 1296 in of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England; died on 27 Oct 1361; was buried in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England.

    Notes:

    He was summoned to Parliament by writs from 14 Jun 1329 to 20 Nov 1360.

    "Knighted before 1322; fought at the battle of Boroughbridge, 16 Mar 1322 and there taken prisoner. Imprisoned in Pevensey Castle until his release, 16 Oct 1326, and on 4 Apr 1327, was made Joint Custodian of the deposed King, Edward II, whom he 'curteously received' the next day at Berkeley Castle, but when he was commanded to deliver his custody over to his fellow custodians, he departed 'with heavy cheere perceiving what violence was intended.' He was tried by a jury of 12 Knights, without protest in 1330/1 as an accessory to the murder of the deposed King, but was acquitted. Fought in Scotland, 1328; Marshal of the English army in France, 1340; Captain of the Scottish Marches, 1342; Warden and Chief Justice in Eyre, south of Trent, 1345-1348." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]

    Thomas married Margaret de Mortimer between 10 May 1319 and 28 Aug 1329. Margaret (daughter of Roger de Mortimer and Joan de Geneville) died on 5 May 1337; was buried in St. Augustine's, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Joan de Berkeley  Descendancy chart to this point died on 2 Oct 1369.
    2. 11. Maurice de Berkeley  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1330; died on 3 Jun 1368 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England.

    Thomas married Katherine de Clivedon on 30 May 1347 in Charfield, Gloucestershire, England. Katherine (daughter of John de Clivedon and Emma) died on 13 Mar 1386; was buried in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. John Berkeley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Jan 1352 in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England; was christened on 23 Jan 1352 in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England; died on 5 Mar 1428.


Generation: 4

  1. 7.  Roger de Clifford Descendancy chart to this point (3.Isabel3, 2.Maurice2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 10 Jul 1333 in of Appleby, Westmorland, England; died on 13 Jul 1389.

    Notes:

    Hereditary sheriff of Westmorland and of Cumberland. Warden of the East and West Marches of Scotland. Governor of Carlisle Castle.

    Summoned to Parliament from 15 Dec 1356 and 18 Jul 1388. In 1373 he accompanied John of Gaunt to France. He testified in the Scrope-Grosvenor case in 1386.

    Roger married Maud de Beauchamp before 20 Mar 1357. Maud (daughter of Thomas de Beauchamp and Katherine de Mortimer) died in 1403. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Margaret Clifford  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 14. Philippe Clifford  Descendancy chart to this point died after 4 Jul 1405.
    3. 15. Katherine Clifford  Descendancy chart to this point died on 23 Apr 1413; was buried in Church of the Dominican Friars, York, Yorkshire, England.
    4. 16. Thomas de Clifford  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1363; died on 18 Aug 1391.

  2. 8.  John Mautravers Descendancy chart to this point (4.Milicent3, 2.Maurice2, 1.Thomas1) died on 22 Jan 1349.

    John married Gwenthlian before 1342. Gwenthlian died between Jul 1364 and 18 Oct 1375. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Eleanor Mautravers  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1345; died on 12 Jan 1405; was buried in Lewes Priory, Sussex, England.

  3. 9.  Thomas Berkeley Descendancy chart to this point (5.Maurice3, 2.Maurice2, 1.Thomas1) was born about 1334 in of Uley, Gloucestershire, England; died before 29 Sep 1361.

    Notes:

    He attended his father at the siege of Calais, and he fought at Poitiers in 1356.

    Thomas married Katherine Botetourte before 1350. Katherine (daughter of John Botetourte and Joyce la Zouche) died on 22 Jan 1388. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Maurice Berkeley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Jun 1358 in Uley, Gloucestershire, England; died on 2 Oct 1400.

  4. 10.  Joan de Berkeley Descendancy chart to this point (6.Thomas3, 2.Maurice2, 1.Thomas1) died on 2 Oct 1369.

    Family/Spouse: Reynold de Cobham. Reynold (son of Reynold de Cobham and Joan de Hever) was born in 1300 in of Sterborough, Surrey, England; died on 5 Oct 1361; was buried in Lingfield, Surrey, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. Reynold Cobham  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1348 in of Sterborough, Surrey, England; died on 6 Jul 1403; was buried in Lingfield, Surrey, England.

  5. 11.  Maurice de Berkeley Descendancy chart to this point (6.Thomas3, 2.Maurice2, 1.Thomas1) was born about 1330; died on 3 Jun 1368 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England.

    Maurice married Elizabeth le Despenser about 1340. Elizabeth (daughter of Hugh le Despenser and Eleanor de Clare) died on 13 Jul 1389; was buried in St. Botolph's, Aldgate, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. James Berkeley  Descendancy chart to this point was born between 1353 and 1354 in of Little Marshfield, Gloucestershire, England; died on 13 Jun 1405.
    2. 21. Thomas Berkeley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Jan 1353 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England; died on 13 Jul 1417.

  6. 12.  John Berkeley Descendancy chart to this point (6.Thomas3, 2.Maurice2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 23 Jan 1352 in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England; was christened on 23 Jan 1352 in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England; died on 5 Mar 1428.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England

    Notes:

    Knight of the shire for Gloucestershire 1388, 1397. Knight of the shire for Somerset 1390, 1394. Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset 1390-91, 1394-95. Sheriff of Gloucestershire 1392-93, 1397-98, 1414-15. Knight of the shire for Wiltshire 1402, 1406. Sheriff of Hampshire 1402-03, 1406-07. Sheriff of Wiltshire 1410-11.

    John married Elizabeth Betteshorne before 13 Oct 1374. Elizabeth (daughter of John de Betteshorne and Gouda de Cormailles) was born between 1359 and 1369; died after 1410. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. Eleanor Berkeley  Descendancy chart to this point died on 1 Aug 1455.
    2. 23. Elizabeth Berkeley  Descendancy chart to this point died before 8 Dec 1478; was buried in St. James's Priory, Dudley, Worcestershire, England.


 

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