Sir
Thomas
"The Magnificent, Lord Berkeley, Admiral of the South and West"
Berkeley
Born in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Ancestors 
Son of Maurice Berkeley
and Elizabeth (Despenser) Berkeley
Brother of
James Berkeley, John Berkeley, Maurice (Berkeley) de Berkeley, Catherine Berkeley, Agnes Berkeley and Elizabeth Berkeley
Husband of
Margaret (Lisle) Berkeley
— married
Nov 1367 in Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth (Berkeley) Beauchamp
Died
at age 64
in Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England
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Biography
Father Sir Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Lord Berkeley[1] b. c 1330, d. 3 Jun 1368
Mother Elizabeth le Despenser[2] b. c 1327, d. 13 Jul 1389
Sir Thomas 'the Magnificent' Berkeley, 5th Lord Berkeley, Admiral of the South & West was born on 5 January 1353 at Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England; Age 35 or 36 in 1389.[3]
He married Margaret Lisle, daughter of Sir Warin de Lisle, 2nd Lord Lisle, 5th Lord Tyeys and Margaret Pipard, in November 1367 at Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England; They had 1 daughter (Elizabeth, wife of Sir Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, Lord Despenser & Lisle, Chamberlain of the Exchequer).[4]
Sir Thomas 'the Magnificent' Berkeley, 5th Lord Berkeley, Admiral of the South & West married Katherine Clinton, daughter of Sir John Clinton, 3rd Baron Clinton, Constable of Warwick Castle and Idonea de Say, after 20 March 1392; No issue.[5]
Sir Thomas 'the Magnificent' Berkeley, 5th Lord Berkeley, Admiral of the South & West Co-Regent in Henry V's absence at Agincourt. in 1415.
He left a will on 2 February 1416.[6]
He died on 13 July 1417 at age 64; Buried at Wotton under Edge, Gloucestershire.2,4,11
His estate was probated on 23 July 1417.[7]
Family 1
- Margaret Lisle b. c 1360, d. 20 Mar 1392
Child
- Elizabeth, wife of Sir Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, Lord Despenser & Lisle, Chamberlain of the Exchequer
Family 2
- Katherine Clinton b. c 1352, d. b 13 Jul 1417
Sources
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 178
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 334
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 99.
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 444
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 265.
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 179.
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 334-335.
- Chamblee Family Records, Author: Helen Hicks Chamblee, Publication: 1998 and 1999
- http://hometown.aol.com/RGChamblee/index.html (son's home page), P.O. Box 13, Bellevue, WA, 98009-0013,
- Warwick Castle; http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=c993cba3-1177-4e2e-b01a-0b44f94109e8&tid=16692088&pid=1153357103
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Thomas Berkeley, Knt., married (2nd) Katherine Clinton.