Born about in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas (Berkeley) de Berkeley
and Margaret (Mortimer) de Berkeley
Sister of
Alphonse (Berkeley) de Berkeley, Maurice Berkeley, Roger Berkeley, Maurice Berkeley [half], Edmund Berkeley [half] and John Berkeley [half]
Wife of
Reginald Cobham KG
— married
[date unknown] in Gloucestershire, England
Descendants 
Mother of
Joan Cobham and Reynold (Cobham) de Cobham
Died
at about age 40
in Southwark, Surrey, England
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Biography
Father Sir Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Lord Berkeley, Marshal of the English Army in France b. c 1296, d. 27 Oct 1361
Mother Margaret de Mortimer b. 1308, d. 5 May 1337
Joane de Berkeley was born circa 1329 at of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. [1]
She and Thomas de Handlo obtained a marriage license on 17 January 1337; Date of Dispensation for being related in the 4th degree of kindred. No issue.[2]
Joane de Berkeley married Sir Reynold de Cobham, 1st Lord Cobham, Admiral of the West Fleet, son of Sir Reginald Cobham and Joan d' Evere, between 1339 and 1342.[3]
They had 1 son (Sir Reynold. 2nd Lord Cobham) and 1 daughter (Joan, wife of Sir Henry de Grey).[4]
Joane de Berkeley left a will on 13 August 1369; and directed burial at Southwark, Surrey.[5] She mentioned:
- my son Reginald
- Sir Henry Gray and Dame Joan his wife, my daughter
- her daughter Joan
She died on 2 October 1369.[6]
Her estate was probated on 23 May 1370.
Family 1
- Thomas de Haudlo (no issue)
Family 2
- Sir Reynold de Cobham, 1st Lord Cobham, Admiral of the West Fleet b. 1300, d. 5 Oct 1361
Children
- Sir Reynold Cobham, 2nd Lord Cobham b. c 1348, d. 6 Jul 1403
- Joan de Cobham b. c 1350, d. a 1396
Sources
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 522-523.
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 441
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 178
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 98.
- ↑ Testamenta vetusta: being illustrations from wills, of manners, customs, &c. as well as of the descents and possessions of many distinguished families. From the reign of Henry the Second to the accession of Queen Elizabeth;: Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir,pg 80 Internet Archive accessed:24 January 2023
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 268
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[Calendar Patent Rolls EIII] 2 December 1361 Westminster. Whereas Reynold de Cobham, now deceased, enfeoffed Thomas Fitelyng of the manors of ldyngton, Estshelve and Burdefeld, county Kent, held in chief, and the said Thomas re-grant the same to him and Joan his wife, still surviving, and his heirs, and as well Thomas as Reynold and Joan entered into the manors without the king's licence, on which account they have been taken into the king's hand on the death of Reynold; he, for 10/ paid by Joan, has pardoned the trespasses and granted that she shall have the manors again to hold to her and the heirs of Reynold.
[Calendar Fine Rolls EIII] 6 November 1369 Westminster. Order to the escheators of the counties of Kent, Surrey & Sussex and Wiltshire, to take into the king's hand the lands held by Joan late the wife of Reginald de Cobham, deceased.
[Calendar Inquisitions Post Mortem EIII V12] 335 Joan, late the wife of Reginald de Cobham. Writ 6 November 43EIII. She died on 2 October last. Reginald de Cobham, son and heir of Reginald aforesaid, aged 21 years and more, is her heir.