James (Berkeley) de Berkeley (aft. 1472 - abt. 1515)

Born after 1472 in Gloucestershire, England

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Descendants

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Biography

James Berkeley was the son of Sir Maurice Berkeley and his wife Isabel Meade, who had married in 1465.^[1] Maurice and Isabel had three sons and one daughter: Maurice, K.B., Thomas, Knt., James, and Anne.^[1] James was born after 1472,^[2] in Thornbury,^[3] Gloucestershire, England.^[4]

Around 1498, James married Susan FitzAlan, who was born about 1476 at Arundel, Sussex, England, daughter of William, son of Sir William FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel.

James and Susan had at least one daughter:^[4][5]

• Mary Berkeley (b. c 1500), m 1st Thomas Perrot, 2nd Thomas Johnes

Ancestry of Mary Berkeley:^[6]

"Isabella Mowbray, m. James, 6th Lord Berkeley, d. 1463, leaving a son, Maurice, Lord Berkeley, who, by Isabella, dau. of Philip Meade, Esq., of Bristol, had issue

"Sir James Berkeley, Kt., Esquire of the Body to King Henry VII. He m. Susan, dau. and h. of William Fitzalan, of Bristol, and had issue a dau.,

"Mary, who m., 1st, Sir Thomas Perrot, Kt., of Haroldstone, co. of Pembr.; and, Sir Thomas Johnes, Kt., of Abermarlais, co. of Carm., and by him became the mother of the said James Johnes, of Llanbadarn-fawr."

James Berkeley died about 1515.^[4]

Locations

Gloucestershire, England

location of Berkeley Castle, Bristol, and Thornbury. Thornbury is between Bristol and Berkeley (see this map).

Berkeley Castle

James was probably not born at Berkeley Castle.^[7] His father Maurice married the daughter of the mayor of Bristol. Maurice's brother disapproved & disinherited him (their father had died in 1463 & Maurice "married beneath him" in 1465, so it is doubtful any of Maurice's children were born at the castle). Maurice "was heir in 1492 to his older brother."^[1]

Bristol

Birthplace of James' wife Isabel Mead.^[8]

Thornbury

James was called "of Thornbury" but was probably not born there (his birth year is guessed to be 1472). In 1474, his grandfather and uncle (Philip Mead, Burgess of Bristol, and his son Richard, respectively), "conveyed to Maurice and his wife Isabel (daughter of the said Philip) a tenement in Thornbury, Gloucestershire called Marshallis Place with a garden and close attached."^[1]

Research Notes

Estimated dates: Birth date is after parents' marriage (1465), and probably after 1472 (date of birth for brother Thomas, second son of Maurice and Isabel and heir to older brother Maurice). 1465 and 1472 dates from Richardson's Magna Carta Ancestry (#MCA). Marriage of "before 1500" is based on Mary's birth c 1500.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Source: #MCA, Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry (2011)
2. ↑ based on birth of his brother Thomas in 1472. Thomas was second son (Maurice was 1st), leaving James as 3rd of three sons, born after Thomas was born in 1472. (1472 for Thomas from Richardson's Magna Carta Ancestry, #MCA.)
3. ↑ Lewis shows his birth at Berkeley Castle (#OurWeb)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} entries for James Berkeley and Susan and William FitzAlan on "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins" (Marlyn Lewis, comp.), citing "Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC."
5. ↑ biographies posted at the History of Parliament Online, such as the one for Mary's second husband Thomas Jones, show that she is the daughter of James, but do not mention a mother
6. ↑ from response to this G2G question, citing #Nicholas
7. ↑ Lewis shows his birth at Berkeley Castle (#OurWeb)
8. ↑ Lewis: Isabel Mead

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), volume I, page 184 #10. Maurice Berkeley, Knt.
• James Berkeley, "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins" (website, compiler Mr. Marlyn Lewis, Portland, OR; accessed April 18, 2015)
• Faris, David, Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-century Colonists: the Descent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the North American Colonies Before 1701 (2nd edition. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999), FHL book 973 D2fp., p. 23 BERKELEY:7.i, 6, p. 217 LIGON:3.
• Brydges, Sir Egerton, Collins's Peerage of England, Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical, Greatly Augmented, and Continued to the Present Time (1812), 9 volumes. London: (T. Bensley), 1812, FHL book 942 D22be., vol. 3 p. 609, 610.
• Weis, Frederick Lewis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, Who Came to America Before 1700, 7th edition (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, c1992), FHL book 974 D2w 1992., p. 161 line 187:14, p. 174 line 209:37.
• John Rowland's (Pedigree of the Ancient Family of Dolau Cothi. courtesy of archive.org; accessed May 5, 2015); see pp 14-18
• Nicholas, Thomas. Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales (page 296, accessed May 2, 2015)
• Wikipedia:
  • Berkeley Castle
  • Berkeley family
  • Berkeley (surname)

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