Sir
Thomas
"3rd Lord Berkeley"
de Berkeley
formerly Berkeley
Born about in England
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Brother of
Millicent (Berkeley) Maltravers, Maurice (Berkeley) de Berkeley, John Berkeley, Peter Berkeley, Eudo Ivo Berkeley [half] and Isabel (Berkeley) de Clifford
Husband of
Margaret (Mortimer) de Berkeley
— married
after 28 Aug 1329 in England [uncertain]
[uncertain] Husband of
Katharine (Clivedon) de Berkeley
— married
30 May 1347 in Charfield, Gloucestershire, England
Descendants 
Father of
Alphonse (Berkeley) de Berkeley, Joan (Berkeley) de Cobham, Maurice Berkeley, Roger Berkeley, Maurice Berkeley, Edmund Berkeley and John Berkeley
Died
at about age 65
in England
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Biography
Thomas de Berkeley, Knt., 3rd Lord Berkeley, was born about 1296 (aged 30 in 1326).[1][2] He was the son and heir of Maurice de Berkeley by his father's first marriage to Eve la Zouche,[1] and was called Thomas the Rich well after his death.[3]
Life Events
- Thomas was knighted before 1322.[3] He fought at the Battle of Boroughbridge on 16 March 1321/2, was taken prisoner, imprisoned in Pevensey Castle and wasn't released until 16 October 1326.[1][3] Thomas was in the expedition of King Edward III against the Scots in 1328.[1][3] He was Marshal of the English army in France in 1340 and Captain of the Scottish Marches in 1342.[1][3] He may have been commander of the English forces at the Battle of Crécy in 1346[1] (Complete Peerage says this is stated in error).[3] In 1361, he was on an Embassy to Pope Innocent VI.[3]
- In April 1327, Thomas and his brother-in-law, John Mautravers, received custody of deposed King Edward II and took him to Berkeley Castle, where the King was murdered.[1] In 1330/1 Thomas was tried by a jury of twelve knights as an accessory to the murder of Edward II and was acquitted.[1][3]
- In 1330 he purchased the castle and manor of Beverstone, Gloucestershire and the manors of Over, Gloucestershire, Barrow Gurney, Somerset, and Monewden, Suffolk from Thomas ap Adam, Knt.[1]
- Thomas was Chief Warden of counties Gloucester, Worcester, and Hereford[1] in 1336.[3] He was Justice of the Forest south of Trent from 1345-1348.[1][3] He was summoned to Parliament from 14 June 1329 to 20 November 1360,[1] the last two writs had the addition of "senior".[3]
Marriages and Children
- Thomas married first to Margaret De Mortimer, daughter of Roger de Mortimer,[4] Knt., 1st Earl of March, by Joan, daughter and co-heiress of Peter of Geneville, Knt.[1][3] Their marriage contract was dated 10 May 1319[1] and they were married before 25 July 1320.[3] A papal dispensation dated August/September 1329[1] allowed them to remain married and legitimized the children they already had.[3] They had four sons and one daughter:
- Maurice, Knt., 4th Lord Berkeley, was born about 1330, died 3 June 1368, married Elizabeth le Despenser and had issue.[1][2] He was called Maurice the Valiant.[3]
- Thomas[1]
- Roger[1]
- Alphonse[1]
- Joan, married first to Thomas Burnell (or de Haudlo) and second to Reynold de Cobham, K.G., 1st Lord Cobham of Sterborough;[1] Joan died 2 October 1369.[5]
- Margaret died on 5 May 1337 and was buried at St. Augustine, Bristol.[1][3] Thomas re-married to Katherine de Clivedon, widow of Peter le Veel, Knt.,[6] and daughter and heiress of John de Clivedon, Knt., of Charfield, Gloucestershire, by his wife, Emme.[1][3] They were married on 30 May 1347 at Charfield, Gloucestershire.[1][3] They had four sons:
- Thomas[1]
- Maurice[1][2]
- Edmond[1]
- John, Knt., married first to Eleanor Ashton and second to Elizabeth Betteshorne[1]
Death and Burial
- Thomas died 27 October 1361 and his wife, Katherine, died 13 March 1386. They were both buried in Berkeley Church.[1][3][7] His son from his first marriage, Maurice, succeeded him as 4th Baron de Berkeley.[3] IPM 1386/7.[3]
- Katharine late the wife of Thomas de Berkeleye, knight, died before 24 Mar 9 Richard II (1386), leaving her son John, aged 32 years and more, as her heir. Her Inquisitions Post Mortem at Keynesham and Wotton Undiregge also mention that Maurice, son and heir of her husband, had a son Thomas. This Thomas, who was her husband's next heir, was aged 31 and more at Katherine's death, was still living.[8]
Research Notes
He had two sons named Maurice, one with each wife.
Sources
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011, vol. 1, pages 176-178, BERKELEY 6.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013), vol. I, pages 332-334, BERKELEY 7.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 Cokayne, George Edward and Vicary Gibbs ed. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. II: Bass - Canning, 2nd edition (London, 1912). Online at Archive.org, pages 129-130: BERKELEY.
- ↑ John Smythe. The Berkeley Manuscripts. Gloucester: John Bellows, 1883. Online at Archive.org, pages 298-299.
- ↑ Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, vol. I, page 522 COBHAM, Joan de Berkeley.
- ↑ Smythe. The Berkeley Manuscripts. (1883). Online at Archive.org, page 328.
- ↑ Berkeley Family Monuments at St. Mary's Berkeley website.
- ↑ M. C. B. Dawes, M. R. Devine, H. E. Jones and M. J. Post, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Richard II, File 38', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem. Volume 16, Richard II (London, 1974), pp. 72-87, #213. British History Online.
- Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
- Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry
- Benolt, Thomas, et al. Pedigrees from the visitation of Hampshire. London, 1913, page 5: Berkley. Archive.org.
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[CPR EII] 7 March 1320 Canterbury. Pardon to Thomas son of Maurice de Berkele for having arrested John de Morton, Richard de Compton, William de Holt and William de Colwik (Colwich), the king's coroners in the county of Gloucester, and thereby hindering them in the discharge of the duties of their office.
[CPR EII] 25 September 1321 Westminster. Pardon to Thomas de Berkeley, pursuant to the agreement lately made in Parliament last Midsummer, of any actions by reason of anything done against Hugh le Despenser, the son, and Hugh le Despenser, the father, between 1 March and 19 August last, on the testimony of Roger de Mortymer of Wygemore. This letter of acquittance are annulled and cancelled by force of a Statute made in the Parliament at York three weeks after Easter 15EII, which Statute is enrolled in the roll of Statutes in the month of May 15EII.
[CFR EIII] 28 February 1327 Westminster. Order to the escheator on this side Trent to deliver to Thomas de Berkeley, son and heir of Maurice de Berkeley, tenant in chief of Edward II, the lands late of his said father, he having done homage,; saving to Isabel late the wife [second] of Maurice her dower. Be it remembered that the said Thomas acknowledged on oath that he holds the said lands in chief by barony, doing therefor the services of three knights' fees.
[CPR EIII] March 1327 – Appointed as Commissioners of Peace, Thomas de Berkeley for the county of Gloucester.
[CPR EIII] 23 March 1327 Westminster Pardon to Thomas de Berkeley for breaking prison at the Tower at London; with general pardon.
[CPR EIII] April 1327 Stanford. Writ of aid for Thomas de Berkeley, Maurice de Berkeley and John Maltravers, whom the king is sending to the castle of Bristol for armour, etc, to be used in the northern parts.
[CCR EIII] 10 May 1327 Nottingham. To John de Langeron, king's clerk. Order to pay to Thomas de Berkeley, out of the late king's money lately found at Caerpillary Castle and in John's custody, 500/- towards the expenses of the late king.
[CPR EIII] 3 July 1327 Overton. Remission to Thomas de Berkeley, who is charged with special business of the king, of the knight service due by him in the present expedition to Scotland.
[CPR EIII] 30 May 1337 Stamford. Licence for the alienation in mortmain by Thomas de Berkele of to William, vicar of the church of Portbury, of 8s of rent in Portbury for the celebration in in church of the obits of EVA [LA ZOUCHE], mother and Margaret [de Mortimer], late wife, of the said Thomas, and of the said Thomas and William when they shall have departed this life.
[CCR EIII] 15 May 1328 Northampton. To the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer. Order to account to Thomas de Berkeley and John Maultravers for the sums of money delivered to them for the expenses of the late king, and to allow them 100s for every day of the time they spent in the late king's company by the king's orders and during which they had the custody of his body after his death. The king wills that Thomas and John shall be satisfied for any sums that should be due to them out of the ferms of lands that John holds of the king's commission.
[CPR EIII] 21 August 1337 Westminster. Appointment of the following, to lay before the men of the named counties, and at the places and times as given, who have summoned by the king, the decisions of the coming council at Westminster, and the king's intention in regard to the safety of the realm. Thomas de Berkeley at Gloucester, Gloucester, on the morrow of the Nativity of St Mary.
[CIPM EIII V11] No. 11. Thomas de Berkele, lord of Berkle, knight. Writ 30 October 35EIII. He died on Wednesday the eve of SS Simon and Jude last [27 October 1362]. Maurice de Berkele his son, aged 30 years or more, is his heir.