Elizabeth (Reade) Berkeley (1520 - 1586)

Born 1520 in Mitton by Tewkesbury, Worcestershire, England

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Died Apr 1586 at about age 66 in Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire, England

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Biography

John Smythe's Lives of the Berkeleys states that Elizabeth Reade was the daughter of Willaim Reade of Mitton near Tewkesbury and that she was the first wife of Sir Richard Berkeley. ^[1]

It also names their children^[1]

1. Ann
2. Dorothy
3. Elizabeth; mar Throckmorton
4. Henry
5. Katherine
6. William
7. Mary

According to the parish register of Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire, the family seat of Sir Richard Berkeley, Lady Berkeley was buried there on 19 April 1586. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The Berkeley manuscripts. The lives of the Berkeleys, lords of the honour, castle and manor of Berkeley, in the county of Gloucester, from 1066 to 1618;: Smyth, John, 1567-1640: Internet Archive accessed:14 November 2022
2. ↑ Burial: "Bristol, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812"
   Bristol Archives; Bristol, England; Bristol Church of England Parish Registers; Reference: P/SG/R/1/a
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 61666 #426487 (accessed 14 November 2022)
   Lady Elizabeth Barkeleye burial (died in 1586) on 19 Apr 1586 in Stoke Gifford, St Michael, Gloucestershire, England.

• History of Parliament. Sir Richard Berkeley "m. 1) by 1559, Elizabeth, daughter of William Rede of Mitton, Worcs..."
• Wikipedia entry for Richard Berkeley. Married "Firstly to Elizabeth Read, daughter of William Read of Milton (or Mitton)."