Baron Thomas Berkeley

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1st Baron Berkeley, was an English baron, soldier and diplomat. Known as "The Wise", he was in the parliament under Kings Edward I and II. He fought at the Battle of Bannockburn, was taken prisoner there, and paid a huge sum for his ransom.

Knight, Baron of Berkeley, Vice Constable of England, 2nd but 1st surviving son of Maurice de Berkeley and Isabel FitzRoy. Husband of Joan Ferrers, daughter of the 5th Earl of Derby by Margaret de Quincy, married 1267. Joan's maritagium included the manors of Coston in Leicestershire and Eynesbury Berkeley in Huntingdonshire. Thomas and Joan had three sons, Sir Maurice, John and James, the Bishop of Exeter, as well as two daughters, Margaret and Isabel. There was a possible son, Thomas, who died young. Thomas was present at the Battle of Evesham in 1265, the first expedition against Llywelyn, Prince of Wales in 1277, and in the second invasion with King Edward II in 1282. Thomas earned the title of 1st Baron of Berkeley in June of 1283. He was summoned to Parliament in 1295 as Thome de Berkelegh and Lord Berkeley. Thomas was also employed on an embassy to France to visit Pope Clement V, fought at the Battle of Falkirk in 1298, at the siege of Caerlaverock Castle in 1300. The conflict with the burghers of Bristol would become violent after a long struggle with the Berkeley family in 1303. At the Battle of Bannockburn, June 24, 1314, Thomas would be taken prisoner, paying a large sum for his ransom. Thomas died at Berkeley, his wife died eleven years before him.

Family/Spouse: Joan Ferrers. Joan was born in 1248 in Derby, Derbyshire, England; died on 19 Mar 1309 in England; was buried in Bristol Cathedral, Bristol, Bristol, Somerset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lord Berkeley "The Magnanimous". He fought in the Scottish Wars. His first wife was Eva la Zouche and his second wife was Isabel de Clare.

Knight, 2nd Lord Berkeley, Baron of Berkeley, Warden of Gloucester, Captain of Berwick, Chief Justice of South Wales, Seneschal of Aquitaine, son and heir of Thomas de Berkeley by Joan de Ferrers.
Maurice first married Eve la Zouche, daughter of Eudes by Milicent Cantelowe. Eve's maritagium included the manors of Edington, Somerset and Milston and Brigmerston on Wiltshire. Maurice and Eve had five sons; Sir Thomas, Sir Maurice, John, Eudes, Canon of Westbury, and Peter, Canon of Lincoln, as well as two daughters; Isabel and Milicent.
Maurice distinguished himself in the Scottish wars of 1295 to 1318, and at the siege of Caerlaverock in 1300. He was summoned to Parliament in 1308 to 1321. Eve died 05 Dec 1314, and he re married to Isabel de Clare, the divorced wife of Sir Guy de Beauchamp, and the daughter of Sir Gilbert de Clare by Alice de Lusignan. Her maritagium included the manors of Shipton and Burford, Oxfordshire. Maurice joined the Thomas, Earl of Lancaster in the rebellion against King Edward II and the Despenser family. He was sent to Wallingford prison 20 Jan 1322, where he died five years later. He was buried at Wallingford, but later moved to St Augustines in Bristol.

Maurice married Eva Zouche in 1285. Eva was born on 1 Aug 1278 in Corby, Northamptonshire, England; died on 5 Dec 1314 in Portbury, Somerset, England; was buried in Saint Mary's the Virgin Churchyard, Portbury, Somerset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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3rd Baron Berkeley

Son of Maurice de Berkeley and Eve la Zouche. Grandson of Sir Thomas de Berkeley and Joan de Ferrers, Eudes de la Zouche and Milicent de Cantilowe.

Knight, 3rd Lord Berkeley, Baron of Berkeley, Custodian of Berkeley Castle, Chief Warden of Gloucester, Worcester and Hereford, Marshal of the English Army in France, Captain of the Scottish Marches, Warden and Chief Justice in Eyre South of Trent, 1st son and heir by his father's first marriage. Known as "Thomas the Rich."

His first marriage, by contract dated 10 May 1319, and papal dispensation dated 28 Aug 1329 as they were related by 4th degree, was to Margaret de Mortimer, daughter of Sir Roger de Mortimer and Joan de Joinville. Margaret's maritagium consisted on £2000 and the manor of Langley-Burrel in Wiltshire. Thomas and Margaret had four sons; Sir Maurice, Thomas, Roger and Alphonse, and well as one daughter, Joan the wife of Sir Reynold Cobham.

Thomas married a second time to Katherine de Clivedon, the daughter of Sir John de Clivedon and the widow of Sir Peter de Veel. Thomas and Katherine had four sons; Thomas, Maurice, Edmund and Sir John.

Thomas fought at the Battle of Boroughbridge where he was taken prisoner March 1322, imprisoned in Pevensey Castle in Sussex and released Oct 16, 1326. In April of 1327, Thomas and his brother in law, John Mautravers, were given the charge of the disposed king, Edward II, and took him from Kenilworth Castle to Berkeley Castle, where it is said, he was murdered.

Thomas was on the expedition to Scotland with Edward III in 1328, and summoned to Parliament 1329 to 1360. In 1331, he was tried by a jury of twelve knights for the murder of the deposed King Edward II, but was acquitted.

Thomas was granted the castle and manor of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, became the Marshall of the English Army in France in 1340, and the Captain of the Scottish Marches in 1342. He was commander of the forces at Crecy in 1346.

After his death, his widow, Katherine, went on pilgrimages beyond the sea, and was buried at Berkeley Church.

Thomas married Katherine de Clivedon on 30 mat 1347 in Charfield, Gloucestershire, England. Katherine was born in 1306 in Charfield, Gloucestershire, England; died on 13 Mar 1385 in Gloucestershire, England; was buried in St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Berkeley, Stroud District, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth Betteshorne in 1399 in Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England. Elizabeth was born in 1353 in Gloucestershire, England; died in 1420 in Gloucestershire, England; was buried in St Michael the Archangel Churchyard, Mere, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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8th Great-grandmother of George Washington, First President of the United States

Elizabeth Berkeley was the daughter of Sir John Berkeley [descendant of Charlemagne]. She married, firstly, Edward Cherleton, 5th Baron Cherleton, son of John Cherleton, 3rd Lord Cherleton and Joan de Stafford, before 1408. She married, secondly, John Sutton, 1st Lord Dudley, son of Sir John de Sutton and Constance Blount, after 14 March 1421. She died circa 8 December 1478.

Elizabeth married Sir John Sutton, VI in 1421. John was born on 25 Dec 1400 in Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire, England; died on 30 Sep 1487 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England; was buried in Saint James Priory, Dudley, Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Knight of Dudley, Staffordshire and Gatcombe, Hampshire.

Son and heir to Sir John Sutton of Dudley and Elizabeth Berkeley. Grandson of Sir John de Sutton of Dudley and Constance Blount, Sir John Berkeley and Katherine Betteshorne.

Husband of Joyce Tiptoft, the youngest daughter of Sir John Tiptoft and Joyce Cherleton. They had two sons and one daughter: Sir Edward Lord Dudley, John, and Joyce, the wife of Sir Edward Benstead.

Secondly, he was the second husband of Maud Clifford, daughter of Lord Thomas Clifford and Joan Dacre, widow of Sir John Harington, slain at the Battle of Wakefield in 1460.

Sir Edmund accompanied his brother-in-law, John Tiptoft, to Ireland in 1467, becoming his deputy. Sir Edmund also attended the coronation of King Richard III in 1483, and died between 06 July 1483 and 30 Sept 1487.

Edmund married Joyce Tiptoft in 1454. Joyce was born in 1439 in Worcestershire, England; died in 1463 in Worcestershire, England; was buried in Saint James Priory, Dudley, Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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2nd Baron of Dudley. Summoned to the parliament from 1492 to 1529. He became a Knight of the Garter in the beginning of King Henry VIII's reign and was chamberlain to Princess Mary (later Queen Mary) from 1525- 1528.

Edward married Cicely Willoughby in 1480. Cicely was born in 1463 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England; died in Aug 1539 in Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anne Clarell. Anne was born about 1461. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Baron Thomas Fiennes, II. Thomas died on 26 Oct 1528; was buried in All Saints Churchyard, Herstmonceux, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Butler. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]