4 Sir Rhys ap Thomas, K.G. (1506) Kt. Banneret (1497) ,fought at Bosworth 1485 b 1451 m 1stly Eva, dau and heir of Henry ap Gwlliam and 2ndly, Joan (d 5 Feb 1535) widow of Thomas Stradling of St Donat�s Glam and dau of Thomas Mathew of Rhadyr, Glam.
5 John of whom presently (This is John ap Thomas)
Thomas ap Gruffudd father was Gruffudd ap Nicholas m�d Mabli, dau of Maredudd Dwm
Gruffudd ap Nicholas father was Nicholas ap Philip m�d Sioned, dau of heir of Gruffudd ap Liewellyn Foethus
Nicholas ap Philip father was Philip ap Elidir m�d Gwladys, dau of Dafydd Fras ap Einion Goch ap Fruffudd ap Einion Fychan
Philip ap Elidir father was Sir Elidir Ddu, Knight of the Sepulchre m�d Cecily, dau of Selaylit, of Cantresselyf Mon
Sir Elidir Ddu, father was Elder m Gwladys, dau of Philip ap Bach
Elder m Gwladys father was RHYS AP GRONGO m�d Margaret, dau and co-heir of Griffith ap Cynwrig
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Richard I or any of the Knights of St. John, stands remotely enough to satisfy the most ambitious of ancient lineage of Johnes of Abermarlais.
The ancient sept of which this house was an offshoor is still represented at Dinaflewr, but the family which so long possessed Ambermarlais under the above name descended from John ap Thomas ap Gruffydd ap Nicholas, and became extinct in the seventeenth century. Into the shadowy land of Urion Rhegrd and King Arthur, whence it is usual to fetch the beginnings of this great house of Jones.
Sir Thomas Johnes father was Nicholas ap Philip was grandson of Eldyr Ddu, and his son was Gruffydd ap Nicholas, of Newton and a grandson of Gruffydd ap Nicholas, and brother of Sir Rhys ap Thomas, was John ap Thomas ap Gruffydd of Abermarlais, He m Elizabeth, dau of Thomas Vychan of Bredwardine.
Sir Thomas Johnes father Sir Henry Johnes m'd Elizabeth dau of Matthew Herbert Esa of Swansea his wife Jane dau and h Rowland Puleston Esq. of Carnaivonshire
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Sir Henry of Sir Thomas (ap John) Johnes, Kt of Abermarlais and Haroldston, Sheriff of the co. of Carm, 1541 and Card, 1544 first Kt of the Shire in Parliament for the co of Persb. He obtained Harolston in the latter co., by his second wife dau an dlt of James Berkeley, and widow of Thomas Kt. of Haroldton.
Matthew Herbert, son of Sir George Herbert Kt of Swansea dau Elizabeth m�d Sir Henry Johnes.
HERBERT FAMILY
�COLONIAL FAMILIES of PHILADELPHIA" by John Jordan date 1911.
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Elizabethan Peerage
Adam Ap HERBERT and Christian Verch GWARYDDU
Their son
Jenkin Ap ADAM (Lord of Gwarindee)
Jenkin Ap ADAM (Lord of Gwarindee) Married: Gwenlian Verch ARON (dau. of Aaron Ap Rhys and Gwenllian Verch Griffith)
"Jenkin ap Adam, Lord of Kevendyglwydd, living in the time of Edward III and Richard II of England. He was said to have borne the name HERBERT, and to have been a descendant of a Norman family of that name famous prior to the conquest of England by William I.
Children:
1. Guillem Ap JENKEN b ABT 1330, Perthyr, Rockfield d ABT 1377, Perth Hir, Monmouthshire, England
Guillem Ap JENKEN m�d 1: Gwenlian Verch HOWEL ABT 1360, Cefnyddwyglwy, Monmouthshire, England
Gwillim ap Jekin, Lord of Kevendyglwydd, who married Wenlliam, dau of Howell Vychan. descended from Ynir 'King" of Lord of Gwent
Children:
1. John Ap GUILLEM
2. David Ap GUILLEM
3. Howell Ap GUILLEM
4. Thomas Ap Guillem HERBERT
5. George HERBERT
Married 2: �? ABT 1326, Wernddu, Monmonthshire, England
Thomas ap Gwiliam of Perthir b ABT 1362, Perth-Hir, Monmouthshire, Wales / ABT 1372, Wernddu, Monmouthshire, England d 4 Jul 1438 m'd Maud MORLEY (dau of Sir John Morley) ABT 1395, Raglan, Monmouthshire, England
Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.X,p.400,note b.
Children:
1. Howel Ap THOMAS
2. David Ap GUILLEM
3. William Ap THOMAS HERBERT (Sir Knight)
4. Phillip Ap THOMAS
5. Evan Ap THOMAS
6. Robert Ap THOMAS GWILYM
They�re 3rd son
William Ap THOMAS HERBERT (Sir Knight) b ABT 1398 / 1401, Raglan, Usk, Monmouthshire, England Acceded: Raglan Castle d 1446, Buried: Priory Church, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, England
Sir William ap Thomas knight in 1428 d 1446 m'd Gwladys dau David Gam and widow of Sir Roger Vaughan of Tre'twer. He acquired the castle and demesne lands of Raglan, built Raglan Castle, Gwent from his maternal ancestors
Married 1: Margaret ABRAHALL
Children:
1. Joan Verch WILLIAM AP THOMAS
M�d 2: Gladys GAM (dau. of Sir David Gam) ABT 1421, Bredwardine, Herefordshire, England
Children:
1. William HERBERT (1� E. Pembroke)
2. Elizabeth HERBERT
3. Richard HERBERT of Colebrooke
4. Thomas HERBERT
5. Elizabeth Verch WILLIAM Ap THOMAS
6. Margaret Verch WILLIAM Ap THOMAS
7. Maud Verch WILLIAM Ap THOMAS
8. Olivia Verch WILLIAM Ap THOMAS
St Mary's Priory Church
Sir Richard Herbert of Coldbrook and his wife: In the battle of Edgecote (1469) during the Wars of the Roses he was supposed to have killed 140 men with his own poleaxe before being captured and executed
Sir Richard Herbert of Coldbrook
He was the second son of William ap Thomas. He and his brother were captured at Banbury in 1496 during the war of the Roses, and both were executed. Sir Richard was beheaded after the Battle of Banbury in 1469. It was thought that his cremated remains alone might have been returned to Abergavenny for burial. However, recent archaeological excavations have disclosed a very long hewn grave, giving credence to the traditions of Sir Richard's considerable height
Sir Richard Herbert of Coldbrook house, about a mile from the town of Abergavnny, in Monmouthshire. He was slain at Banbury in 1469/1470. Of him his great-grandson, Lord Herbert, of Cherbury wrote � That incomparable hero who twice passed through without mortal hurt, which is more than is famed of Amardus de Galle, or Knight of the Sun� Richard m�d Margaret dau of Thomas ap Griffith Nicholas, of Dynevor, and sister of Sir Rhys ap Thomas, who slew Richard III on Bosworth Field. Their son Sir William Herbert�s 2nd son; Sir Richard Herbert of Montgomery Castle, called also of �Cwm ystwith and Pencelly� who was gentleman usher to King Henry VIII and resided in great luxury at Blackhall, where he entertained on the most lavish scale. He m�d 2nd wife Jane dau of Gwiliam ap Rees Philip of Llynhowel, in Carmarthenshire Their 4th child was Jane Herbert m�d 1st Thomas Lloyd and 2nd William Awbrey Esquire of Aberkynfrig, who died June 27,1547.
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William HERBERT (1� E. Pembroke) b 1423, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales Acceded: 1468, created by Edward IV d 27 Jul 1469, Banbury, Oxfordshire / Northamptonshire, England Buried: Tintern Abbey
Notes: leading Yorkist in War of Roses, appears in Henry VI, part 3 by Shakespeare, captured by Lancastrians and beheaded 1469 at Banbury
Married: Anne DEVEREUX (C. Pembroke) ABT 1440, Hereford, Herefordshire, England
Children:
1. Maud HERBERT (C. Northumberland)
2. William HERBERT (1� E. Huntingdon)
3. Walter HERBERT (Sir Knight)
4. George HERBERT
5. Phillip HERBERT
6. John HERBERT
7. Margaret HERBERT
8. Thomas HERBERT
9. Cecily HERBERT
10. Isabel HERBERT
11. Anne HERBERT
12. Catherine HERBERT (C. Kent)
Associated with or some say 2nd wife: Maud TURBERVILLE Ap HOWELL GRANT
Children:
13. Richard HERBERT (Sir)
Associated with or some say 3rd wife: Frond Verch HOESGYN
Children:
14. George HERBERT (Sir Knight)
15. William HERBERT of Troye (Sir)
Richard HERBERT (Sir) Acceded: Ewyas, Hereford Died: 2/12 Sept 1510
Notes: Gentleman Usher to Henry VII, and Constable and Porter of Abergavenny Castle.
Sir Richard Herbert of Ewyas:
He was the natural son of Sir William Herbert and the grandson of Sir William ap Thomas. During restoration work the figure was removed to reveal a black, hooded monk called the beadsman which was hidden again when the effigy returned to its niche. A replica can be seen in a wall plaque by the side of the monument
Richard Herbert of Ewyas
The natural son of Sir William Herbert, first Earl of Pembroke There is no record of his ever having been knighted, nor indeed of his having had anything to do with Ewyas
The replacement of the inscription stone at the front of the monument at a later juncture is evidence of his descendants temerity in alleging a more distinguished ancestry than that to which they were entitled.
Married 1: Isabel WILLIAMS
Children:
1. Thomas HERBERT (b. ABT 1482, Ewyas, Monmouthshire, England)
2. William HERBERT (b. ABT 1484, Ewyas, Monmouthshire, England)
Married 2: Margaret CRADOCK (dau. of Sir Mathew Cradock of Swansey and Alice (Jane) Mancell, widow of John Malefant)
Children:
3 *George HERBERT of Swansey (Sir)
4 William HERBERT (1� E. Pembroke) md Anne dau of Thomas Lord Parr, sister of Catherine Parr, Henry VII's last wife and created by that King 1551. Baron Herbert of Cardiff and Earl of Pembroke. He obtained from the same King and from Edward VI, the Lordship of Glamorgan. 6th in descent after William was Philip 7th Earl
5 Thomas HERBERT of Abergavenny
6. Margaret HERBERT
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Matthew Herbert father *Sir George Herbert Kt of Swansea and Sir George Herbert Kt of Swansea son was William Herbert Esq who was of Cogan Till and built the house there. They were the descended from the estates of Herbert of Glamorganshire
Sir George Herbert Kt of Swansea father was Richard Herbert of Ewias was knighted d 1570; brother of 1st William Herbert Earl of Pembroke c 1551 (from whom descend the Earls of Pembroke and Carnarvorn)
Richard Herbert, Esq of Ewias, m Margaret dau Sir Matthew Cradock by first wife Alice Mansel.
Sir Matthew Cradock Kt of Swansea, the first and last of his line bearing that surname was a man of great mark in Glamorgan under the first two Tudor Kings. As shown on his beautiful tomb, still surviving in Swansea Church. his offices was Deputy to the Earl of Worcester in Glamorgan, chancellor of the same and Steward of Gower and Kilvey
He was lineally descended in the 8th degree from Einion ap Collwyn in whose decendants the name Caradoe frequently recurred, but was adopted as a surname for the first time in this family by this Matthew, son of Richard ap Gwilim ap Evan, from Cardoc Freichfras. He m first Alice dau of Philip Mansel of Oxwich Castle and 2nd Lady Katherine Gorden, wido of the notorious Perkin Warbeck. He and Lady Katherine had no issue.
Sir Matthew Cradock resided at the "Place House" Swansea. d 1531 by his will, discovered in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, he refers to his house as "my new place at Swainsey"leaves the farm of Corners Well (which lies to the south of Cogan Pill House)
26 kine and one bull to William Herbert, second son of his grandson Sir George Herbert
dau Margaret estates in reversion during her life, with the injunction, "upon" his "blessing" not in anything to break this his "last will"
Provides for his widow, the Lady Katherine, whom he appoints his sole executrix; charge his lands with 'sum of xx nobles per ann". for the maintaining and repairing of "the chapel of St. Anne, in Swansea Church" (afterwards called " Cradock's Chapel" and now "Herbert's Chapel) which he said was built "time out of mind" by his ancestor John Horton, where his tomb was erected during his lifetime) "and to find a priest to sing the for evermore for my son, my wife's soul. my ancestors' souls and [good, generous man!] for all Christian souls" without loss, we trust, to Sir Matthew Cradock or any of the other "Christian souls".
Sir Matthew Cradock of Swansea was descended from Gwilim ap Even, an elder brother. These Cradocks settled at Cheriton about the time of Henry VII by m of David Cradock with the heiress of Philip Delabere of that place
Matthew Herbert, son of Sir George Herbert Kt of Swansea dau Elizabeth m�d Sir Henry Johnes
Sir Thomas Johnes father Sir Henry Johnes m'd Elizabeth dau of Matthew Herbert Esa of Swansea his wife Jane dau and h Rowland Puleston Esq. of Carnaivonshire
BERKELEY FAMILY
Mary BERKELEY married Thomas JONES Sir Knt Mary parents were: Sir James BERKELEY married Susan WEDDALL. Susan father was Lord. William FITZALAN.
I am starting with Sir James Berkeley family and working backwards to first Berkely.
Maurice de Berkeley, 8th Lord Berkeley (by right 3rd Lord Berkeley), married in 1465, a person of humble birth, namely, Isabel Meade, daughter of Philip Meade, Esq., and alderman of Bristol (by some accounts the mayor of Bristol) and descended from the Meades of Wraxall in Somersetshire. Maurice obtained his share of an estate devolved upon him in right of his mother, Isabel Mowbray, but, as stated above, was denied any share of his brother's estate, because he had deemed to marry a "commoner, a person of mean blood.". He died in September, 1506. Maurice DE BERKELEY Lord died Sep 1506. He married Isabel MEADE on 1465. Father: Philip MEADE
Barony (1492): Maurice (Berkeley), de jure (apparently) Lord Berkeley [1421], brother of the whole blood & heir, styled "Maurice the Lawier." Though totally disinherited by his brother, and though 56 years of age at his brother's death, he recovered, within 7 years, upwards of 50 manors and other lands, the alienation of which had been effected illegally. He had been Knight of the body to Edward IV. He married in his 30th year (1465), Isabel (at that time a widow with 3 children who all died young), only daughter of Philip Mead, of Mead's Place, in Wraxall, Somerset, Alderman, and three times (1458-59, 1461-62, 1468-69) Mayor of Bristol, by his wife Isabel. She became heir to her brother, Thomas Mead, inheriting lands at Thornbury, co. Gloucester, and at Wraxall, Ashton, Bedminster, and Tickenham, Somerset. He died September 1506, aged 70, and was buried at Austin Friars, London. His widow died after 29 May 1514, at the same age of 70, at Coventry, and was buried with him. Source: CPII: 135
He and his wife had the following children:
1. Maurice de Berkeley (by right, Lord Berkeley); born 1467, was made a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of King Henry VIII. He married in 1484 Catherine Berkeley, daughter of William de Berkeley, Knight, of Stokes-Gifford. co. Gloucester; died September 12, 1523, but d.s.p., was succeeded by his brother, Thomas Berkeley.
2. Thomas de Berkeley (by right, Lord Berkeley); born 1472; held a command in the celebrated battle of Flodden, September 9, 1513, and for his signal services there, received the honor of knighthood from Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey. He was summoned to parliament August 9, 1529. He married in 1504-05 (1) Eleanor, widow of William Ingleby, and daughter of Marmaduke Constable, of Flamborough, co. York, leaving a son, Thomas. Thomas (by right, Baron Berkeley), was born in 1505, summoned to parliament as a Baron, January 5, 1533, in the 25th year of the King Henry VIII.
3. James de Berkeley. married Susan WEDDALL. Susan father was Lord. William FITZALAN.
4. Anne Berkeley. See below.
James de Berkeley. married Susan WEDDALL. Susan father was Lord. William FITZALAN.
Children
Mary m�d Thomas JONES Sir Knt
James de Berkeley, 6th Lord Berkeley (1st Lord Berkeley), known as "The Just," male heir to his uncle Thomas de Berkeley; and inheriting , by virtue of a special entail and fine, the castle and lordship of Berkeley, with other lords in the said fine specified, was summoned as Baron Berkeley to parliament from October 9, 1421, to May 23, 1461. According to the Berkeley family pedigree obtained at Berkeley Castle (July 1993), he was the 11th Baron by tenure and the 1st Baron by Writ, 1394-1463. He was born in 1394 at Raglan and died in 1463 in Berkeley Castle. He married (1) a daughter of Humphrey Stafford, of Hooke, co. Dorset, by whom he had no issue; (2) Isabel Mowbray, widow of Henry Ferrers, son and heir of William Ferrers, Lord Ferrers, of Groby; and daughter and eventual co-heir of Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, Lord Mowbray and Earl Marshal of England, by Elizabeth, his wife, eldest sister and co-heiress of Thomas Fitz Alan, Earl of Arundel. Isabel Mowbray, 2nd eldest daughter, married (1) Henry Ferrers, son and heir of William Ferrers, 5th Lord Ferrers of Groby, and had a child, Elizabeth Ferrers, heiress of Groby, born in 1419. Isabel married (2) James de Berkeley, 5th Lord Berkeley, and had a son, William de Berkeley, whom King Edward IV. made a Viscount in 1481, Richard II. advanced to the Earldom of Nottingham, and Henry VII. promoted to be Earl Marshal and Marquess of Berkeley. She was seized at Gloucester and held prisoner till her death. James the Just DE BERKELEY was born about 1394 in Raglan, Monmouth. He died Nov 1463 in Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire. James married Isabel DE MOWBRAY on 1423. James was baptized in Berkeley. She married James the Just DE BERKELEY on 1423. Other for Maurice marriages: ST.JOHN, daughter ; STAFFORD, daughter ; TALBOT, Joan Isabel DE MOWBRAY died 27 Sep 1452 in Gloucester and was buried in Greyfriars Church, Gloucester. She died while imprisoned at Gloucester, England Other marriages: FERRERS, Henry of Groby
They had the following children:
1. William de Berkeley, his successor, 7th Lord Berkeley (by right 2nd Lord Berkeley), Knight, had been, when a boy, in the retinue of Henry Beaufort, Cardinal Bishop of Winchester. He having a dispute with Thomas Talbot, Viscount Lisle, regarding some landed property, the contest ran so high, that they encountered, with their respective followers, at Wooton-under-Edge, in 1469, when Lord Lisle was mortally wounded by an arrow shot through his mouth. In the next year when the Duke of Clarence and the Earl of Warwick took up arms against the king, we find Lord Berkeley commanded, with Maurice Berkeley, of Beverstone, to muster and array all fitting to bear arms in the county of Gloucester; and so great a regard had King Edward IV, for his lordship that he created him Viscount Berkeley, on April 21, 1481, with a grant of 100 marks per year, payable out of the customs of the port of Bristol, for life. The viscount was advanced to the Earldom of Nottingham (a dignity enjoyed by his ancestors, the Mowbrays), by King Richard III., on June 28, 1483; but his lordship afterwards espousing the cause of the Earl of Richmond, upon the accession of that nobleman to the throne, as King Henry VII., was constituted in 1485-giving for this purpose "all his part and purpart of 27 manors in Wales and the marches adjoining Shropshire" -Earl Marshal of England, with limitations of that great office to the heirs male of his body; and created on January 28, 1489-90, Marquess of Berkeley. He married (1) Elizabeth West, daughter of Reginald West, Lord de la Warre, from whom he was divorced without having issue; (2) Jane Strangwayes, widow of William Willoughby, Knight, and daughter of Thomas Strangways, Knight, by whom he had Thomas and Catherine, who both died young; and (3) Anne Fiennes, daughter of John Fiennes, Lord Dacre, but had no issue. The marquess d.s.p. on February 14, 1492, when all the honors acquired by himself became extinct, while the barony and castle of Berkeley, with his lordship's other estates, should have devolved upon his brother Maurice - from whom the title has descended to the present time - but for a settlement made by the deceased nobleman (who seems to have been offended with his brother for marrying lowly) of the castle of Berkeley upon King Henry VII. and the heirs male of that monarch's body, which castle and lands were thus alienated until the decease of King Edward VI., the last male descendant of Henry VII., when they were returned to the house of Berkeley, and have since been enjoyed by that family.
2. Maurice de Berkeley, successor to his brother, William. See above
3. James de Berkeley, killed in France.
4. Thomas de Berkeley, seated at Dursley, co. Gloucester, died in 1484. he married Margaret, daughter of Richard Guy, Esq., of Minsterworth, in the same shire, and had Richard de Berkeley, of Dursley, husband of Margaret Dyer. This lineage continues for 13 generations of male descendants to the present -day Berkeleys who own the Berkeley Castle in 1993, Robert John Grantley Berkeley and his wife, Georgine. They had two sons, Robert Charles, born in 1968, and Henry John, born in 1969.
5. Elizabeth Berkeley, married Thomas Burdett, Esq., of Arrow, co. Warwick.
6. Isabel (Isabella) Berkeley, married Thomas Tyre, Esq., of Hardwick, co. Gloucester.
7. Alice Berkeley, married Richard Arthur, Esq., of Clapton, co. Somerset.
He married (3) in 1457, Joan Talbot, daughter of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (who married (2) in 1487, Edmund Hungerford). He died in November 1463, and was buried in Berkeley Church.
James de Berkeley, 2nd son, died before his elder brother, the 5th Lord Berkeley. He married Elizabeth Bluet, daughter of John Bluet, Knight, of Raglan, co. Monmouth, by whom he got Ragland and a fair estate in Gloucestershire. This James died June 8, 1368. He and his wife (who married (2) William Thomas, a Welsh gentleman) had a son, James.
1 James (de Berkeley), Lord Berkeley, nephew & heir male, being son and heir of Sir James de Berkeley, by Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir John Bluet, of Raglan, co. Monmouth, which Sir James, being next brother, to Thomas, the last Lord Berkeley, d.v.f, 13 June 1405. He was born about 1394, at Raglan, co. Monmouth, and was styled "James the Just." He succeeded to the Castle of Berkeley (to which the Barony of Berkeley was then very generally considered as appendant) and other estates under an entail of his great grandfather, but was much hindered in getting possession thereof by the Countess of Warwick (daughter and heir of the last Lord), the heir general. By writ directed "Jacobo de Berkeley", he was summoned to Parliament 20 October (1421) 9 Henry V to 23 May (1461) 1 Edward IV, and was knighted by Henry VI, 19 May 1426. In April 1410, being then aged 16, he married (1st), or perhaps was only contracted to (N.N), daughter of Sir John St. John (contract date 19 April 11 Hen IV). He married (2nd), (1415) 3 Henry V, (N.N), daughter of Sir Humphrey Stafford, of Hook, Dorset, but she died very young. He married (3rd), (1423-24) 2 Henry VI, Isabel, widow of Henry Ferrers, son and heir apparent of William, Lord Ferrers of Groby, and 1st daughter (whose issue became coheirs) of Thomas (de Mowbray), Duke of Norfolk, by Elizabeth, daughter of Richard (Fitz Alan), Earl of Arundel. She was, while about to appeal to the King in Council on behalf of her husband, arrested by order of Margaret, Countess of Shrewsbury (granddaughter and coheir of the last Lord Berkeley), and imprisoned at Gloucester, where she died 27 September 1452, and was buried in the church of the Greyfriars there. He married (4th) (settlement 25 July 1457) Joan, daughter of John (Talbot), 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, by his 1st wife, Maud, daughter of Thomas (Nevill), Lord Furnival, which Joan was consequently step-daughter of Margaret, Countess of Shrewsbury above named. He died at Berkeley Castle November 1463, within 36 days of having (22 October 1463) executed a deed of reconciliation with the said Countess, and was buried at Berkeley. His widow married before 26 May 1474, Edmund Hungerford. Source: CPII: 132-133
Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Lord Berkeley, known as "The Valiant," was born in 1330, knighted by his father at seven years of age, to prevent wardship, which was also avoided by early marriages, and accordingly he married, when eight years old, Elizabeth Despencer, daughter of Hugh Despencer the Younger, Lord Despencer, who was hanged for treason in 1326, and his wife, Eleanor Clare, daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 9th Earl of Clare and 3rd Earl of Gloucester, whose portion was 1,000 marks, payable by half-yearly installments of 200 marks. He was summoned to parliament from August 16, 1362 to 1368, and died in August, 1368. He accompanied the Black Prince into Gascony, and was severely wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Poictiers, September 19, 1356. He was summoned to parliament from 1362 to 1368
He and his wife had the following children:
1. Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Lord Berkeley, died July 13, 1417, married Margaret Warren, daughter and heiress of Gerard Warren (Warine), Lord De L'Isle (contracted when but seven years of age, and required to remain for four years with her father), by whom he had an only child, Elizabeth Berkeley, married to Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick (also contracted when under seven years of age), and they had three daughters and co-heirs: Margaret, Countess of Shrewsbury; Eleanor, Duchess of Somerset; and Elizabeth, Lady Latimer, who married Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick. Between these ladies, according to modern doctrine, the Barony of Berkeley, created by summons in 1134, fell in abeyance. Thus dying without male issue, he was succeeded by his nephew and heir male, James de Berkeley, son of James de Berkeley, brother of Thomas. The Earl of Warwick and his daughters claimed the castle and lands of Berkeley, but possession was obtained by James, 6th Lord Berkeley.
2. James de Berkeley. See above
3. John de Berkeley, d.s.p.
4. Maurice de Berkeley, married Joan _______, by whom he got the manors of Dodescote, etc., co. Devon, and had a son, Maurice de Berkeley, living in the 45th year of King Edward III. (1371-72).
5. Catherine Berkeley, a nun at Wherwell
6. Agnes Berkeley, d.s.p., unmarried.
7. Elizabeth Berkeley, d.s.p., unmarried.
He died in 1405 at Berkeley Castle, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Thomas.
Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Lord Berkeley, known as "The Rich," was born in 1293. Knighted before 1322, and aged 30 and upwards at his father's death. He fought at Boroughbridge, 16 Mar 1321/2, and was taken prisoner. He was released from imprisonment in Pevensey Castle on 16 October 1326, and on 4 April 1327, was made Joint Custodian of the deposed King, Edward II, whom he "curteously received" the next day at Berkeley Castle, but being commanded to deliver over the government thereof to his fellow custodians, departed there from to Bradley, "with heavy cheer perceiving what violence was intended." He was tried by a jury of 12 Knights (without protest) in (1330-1) 4 Edward III as an accessory to the murder of the deposed King, but was acquitted. In 1328 he was in the expedition against Scotland. From 14 June (1329) 3 Edward III to 20 November (1360) 34 Edward III, he was summoned to Parliament, the last two writs having the addition of "Senior" thereto. In 1336 he was Chief Warden of the counties of Gloucester, Worcester, and Hereford; in 1340, Marshal of the English army in France; in 1342, Captain of the Scottish Marches; Warden and Chief Justice in Eyre south of Trent 1345-48; he is stated (apparently in error) to have been, in 1346, Commander of the English forces at the battle of Crecy, and in 1361, was on an Embassy to Pope Innocent VI.
In 1327 he was made joint custodian of the deposed King Edward II, whom he received at Berkeley Castle, but being commanded to deliver over the government to his fellow custodians, Lord Maltravers and Sir Thomas Gournay, he left there to go to Bradley "with heavy cheere perceiving what violence was intended." As an accessory to the murder of the deposed king, he was tried by a jury of 12 knights in the 4th year of King Edward III., but was honorably acquitted.
He married about 1320 (1) Margaret Mortimer, daughter of Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, and in 1347, (2) Catherine Clivedon, widow of Peter le Veel, of Tortworth, co. Gloucester, and daughter of John Cliveton, of Charfield.. He married (1st) in or shortly before 25 July (1320) 14 Edward II (Papal dispensation to remain married with legitimization of past issue dated September 1329), Margaret, daughter of Roger (Mortimer), Earl of March, by Joan, daughter of Sir Piers de Joinville. She died 5 May 1337, being under 30, and was buried at St. Augustine's, Bristol. He married (2nd) 30 May 1347, at Charfield, co. Gloucester, Katharine, widow of Sir Piers le Veel, of Tortworth, in that co., and daughter and heir of Sir John Clivedon, of Charfield, by Emma, his wife. He died 27 October 1361, in his 69th year, and was buried in Berkeley Church. M.I. (Monumental Inscription). His widow died 13 March 1385, and is also buried there. Inquisition post mortem 1386-7 Sources: CPII: 129-130
This lord having adhered to the interests of the Queen, Mortimer, and Prince Edward, afterwards the third of that name, furnished "the only precedent," says Smith, "of a peer being tried by knights, as the peers would have been both judges and jurors." He first assumed a miter for his crest. He was summoned to parliament from June 14, 1329 to November 20, 1360.
He and his first wife, Margaret, had the following children:
1. Maurice de Berkeley, his successor. See above
2. Thomas de Berkeley, d.s.p.
3. Roger de Berkeley, d.s.p.
4. Alphonsus de Berkeley, d.s.p.
5. Joan Berkeley, wife of Reginald Cobham, Knight.
Thomas and his second wife, Catherine, had the following children:
1. Thomas de Berkeley, born June 7, 1348, d.s.p.
2. Maurice de Berkeley, born May 27, 1349, d.s.p.
3. Edmund de Berkeley, born July 10, 1350, d.s.p.
4. John de Berkeley, ancestor of the Berkeleys of Beverstone.
Thomas de Berkeley died October 27, 1361, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Maurice, of the first marriage.
Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Lord Berkeley, the eldest son, known as "The Magnanimous," said to be born in April 1281 (must have been 1271, otherwise his son was born when he was only 12 years of age!) and died on May 31, 1326, having married in 1289 (1), both being very young,1st) (17 Edward I (neither party being aged over 8),
1st Eva (Eve) Zouche, daughter of Eudo (Eudes) le Zouche, a descendant of Saire de Quincy, sister of Willard Lord Zouche of Harringworth; sister of William La Zouche [Lord Zouche of Haryngworth], and daughter of Eudes La Zouche, by Milicent, daughter of William de Cantelou of Bergavenny. She died 5 December 1314, and was buried in Portbury Church, Somerset.
2nd Isabel Clare, daughter of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester, and his first wife, Alice le Brun. daughter of Gilbert (de Clare), Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, by his 1st wife, Alice, daughter of Hugh XI, called le Brun, Sire de Lusignan, Count of La Marche and Angouleme (uterine brother of Henry III). She was born 10 March 1362/3, and died without issue 1333 (7 Edward III). He died at Wallingford Castle 31 May 1326, and was buried at Wallingford, but removed to St. Augustine's, Bristol. Inquisition post mortem February (1326/7) I Edward III. Footnote c: From his 2nd son, Maurice, descend, the Berkeley's of Stoke Gifford, co. Gloucester (Lords Botetourt), the Berkeley's of Stratton, Cornwall (Lords Berkeley of Stratton), and the Berkeley's of Pyll, of which families the last is now (1911) represented in the male line by Viscount Portman. Source: CPII: 128-129
He received, in his father's lifetime, summons to parliament from August 6, 1308 to May 15, 1321. In 1312, he was made Governor of Gloucester and, in 1314, Governor of the town and castle of Berwick-upon-Tweed. He distinguished himself in the Scottish wars from 1295 to 1318, and was present at the siege of Carlaverock in July 1300. In 1315, he was constituted Justice of South Wales and had custody of all the castles there. In 1319, by the title of the king's beloved kinsman, he was made steward of the duchy of Aquitaine; but in 1321, joining Thomas Plantaganet, Earl of Lancaster, he was committed prisoner to Wallingford Castle, where he died December 5, 1314. Isabel d.s.p. 1333.
Maurice (de Berkeley), Lord de Berkeley, son & heir, styled "Maurice the Magnanimous", said to have been born April 1281 [CP Query 1271?]. He distinguished himself in the Scottish wars, 1295-1318, and was at the siege of Carlaverock in July 1300. He was summoned to Parliament in the lifetime of his father from 16 August (1308) 2 Edward II to 15 May (1321) 14 Edward II, by writs directed "Mauricio de Berkeleye", whereby he maybe held to have become LORD BERKELEY, though there is no actual record of his having sat in Parliament. He held several important posts, in the lifetime of his father, being Warden of Gloucester, 1312; Captain of Berwick, 1315; one of the Commissioners to Scotland, 1316; Chief Justiciar of South Wales 1316, and Seneschal of Aquitaine, 1320. Shortly afterwards he joined the Earl of Lancaster in the rebellion against Edward II and the Despenser family, and within 6 months of his father's death was sent prisoner to Wallingford Castle, 20 January 1321/22, where he died about 4 years afterwards Maurice succeeded on the death of his father, whom he much resembled in his fondness for all martial exercises and pursuits. He was early accustomed to arms in the Scottish and Welsh wars, held many important military posts and commands, and was summoned to parliament as a peer in the lifetime of his father.
In 1322 he joined with the lords Audely and Mortimer in the rebellion directed against the King's favourites, the two Despencers. Being induced to go with some others to meet the King at Cirencester, on the faith of a safe conduct, he was there treacherously seized and committed to prison in the castle of Wallingford. Berkeley Castle and manors were declared forfeited and were seized by the King, who also laid his hands on all Maurice's plate, jewels, and valuables.
Maurice remained in prison at Wallingford, although several attempts were made to rescue him, until May 1326, when he died there. His remains were at first interred at Wallingford, but were afterwards removed to St. Augustine's at Bristol. He was succeeded by Thomas, his eldest son.
The children by the first marriage were as follows:
1. Thomas de Berkeley. See above
2. Maurice de Berkeley, who died at Calais, in the 21st year of Edward III., having married Margaret Berkeley, daughter and heiress of Maurice Berkeley, of Uley, by whom he was the ancestor of the family of Stoke-Gifford.
3. John de Berkeley, Constable of Bristol Castle, from whom the Berkeleys of Shropshire are descended.
4. Eudo de Berkeley, rector of Llanbeder, co. Caernarvon.
5. Peter de Berkeley, a dignitary in the church of Wells.
6. Isabel Berkeley, married (1) Robert Clifford, Lord Clifford; (2) Thomas Musegrove (Musegrave), Lord Musegrove.
Thomas II. Sixth Lord. 1281 to 1321. This lord was one of the most remarkable men of his age. Smyth calls him- "A man of men; a man for all hours and all affairs; a man at home and abroad, in peace and in war, in the foreign embassies of his Prince, and, in his country governments, of an universal understanding. And for his private husbandries and house keepings he admitted of few compeers. A wise, devout, and honest lord, much to be preferred above the best of his six forefathers."
After his succession to the Barony he devoted himself very much to the management and improvement of his estates, keeping many of his manors in his own hands, of which most minute and accurate accounts were kept, showing how the demesne lands were stocked and farmed, and how the produce was disposed of. Like several of his predecessors he granted away much land in fee, reserving what was then the full annual value as a chief rent; the object of this was to maintain the revenue of the estate at its then value, thinking that from the disturbed state of the kingdom it was more likely to diminish than to increase. His standing household consisted of upwards of 300 persons, of the various ranks of knights, esquires, yeomen, grooms, and pages, besides of others of less degree.
Lord Berkeley's public, civil, and military employments were as numerous as his domestic engagements. From the battle of Evesham in 1265, to 1319, he was almost constantly in arms and served in nearly every engagement in the civil wars, as well as against the French, Scots, and Welsh, during that turbulent period. In 1295 he was sent as ambassador to the king of France. In 1307, he was appointed with the Bishop of Worcester to go on an embassy to Rome, but their mission was stopped by the death of the king (Edward I) at Carlisle. Lord Berkeley was present at the coronation of Edward II and soon afterwards went with his two sons Maurice and John to France to witness the king's marriage with the Princess Isabella, little thinking probably, to what a tragedy that marriage would lead, and how great a share his family were destined to take in it! At the disastrous battle of Bannockburn, lord Berkeley and his son Thomas were both among the prisoners, but Maurice escaped, and aided in effecting the ransom of his father and brother. In 1319, lord Berkeley was again in arms, though 74 years of age, and joined the royal army at Newcastle with his son Maurice and Maurice�s two sons, there being thus three generations of Berkeleys in the field at once; this was Thomas lord Berkeley's 28th campaign and it was his last. After his return home he was several times written to by the king, Edward II, requiring him to repress the local and partial insurrections which were caused by the discontents occasioned by the King's weakness and incapacity and his devotion to favourites.
Thomas de Berkeley, feudal Lord of Berkeley, 2nd, but 1st surviving son & heir, styled "Thomas the Wise." He was born at Berkeley 1245, was at the battle of Evesham when under age, and was for nearly every year for the last 50 years of his life "employed either against the Welsh, the Scots, or the French." He was summoned to attend the King at Shrewsbury 28 June (1282) 11 Edward I by writ directed "Thome de Berkel", which writ was actually treated in the Mowbray case (1877) as one which created an hereditary Peerage. On 24 June (1295) 23 Edward I, he was summoned to Parliament by writ directed "Thome de Berkelegh", whereby he may be held to have become LORD BERKELEY. He continued to be so summoned till 15 May (1321) 14 Edward II. He was made Vice-Constable of England in 1297, was at the bloody battle and defeat pf the Scots at Falkirk 22 July 1298, the siege of Carlaverock in July 1300, and was taken prisoner at the battle of Bannockburn, 24 July 1314, paying a large sum for his ransom. He was likewise on the Commission to examine the claims of the Crown of Scotland, June 1292; was on an Embassy to France, January 1296, and to Pope Clement V, in July 1307 Thomas, 6th lord Berkeley, died in 1321, and was buried with his forefathers in St. Augustine�s under an arch between the vestry and the south aisle.
Thomas, 6th lord Berkeley, died in 1321, and was buried with his forefathers in St. Augustine�s under an arch between the vestry and the south aisle.
He married circa 1267 Joane (Jane) Ferrers, daughter of William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby, and his wife, Margaret, daughter of Roger de Quincy, Earl of Winchester.
They had the following children:
1. Maurice de Berkeley. See above.
2. Thomas de Berkeley, ancestor of the Berkeleys of Wymondham, co. Leicester; married the daughter and heir of John Hamelin, Lord Wymondham.
3. John de Berkeley, d.s.p. 1316, married Hawise ________.
4. James de Berkeley, who was rector of Slimbridge, and in the year 1326, consecrated Bishop of Exeter.
5. Isabel Berkeley, died unmarried.
6. Margaret, died unmarried.
Thomas died July 23, 1321, and was buried at St. Augustine's abbey. His wife, Jane, died March 19, 1309.
Maurice de Berkeley, Maurice II. Fifth Lord. 1243 to 1281. feudal Lord of Berkeley, son & heir, styled "Maurice the Resolute", born 1218. He attended the wars with France and afterwards with North Wales. He was knighted before 1242. He did homage and had livery of his father's lands, 14 December 1243. He joined the Barons against the King (1264) 48 Henry III, was present at the award of Kenilworth (1267) 51 Henry III, at the Council at Marlborough 52 Henry III, and at the various assembles (1275-79) 3,4,6, and 7 Edward I. Maurice paying 100 pounds had livery of his inheritance, accompanied his father in the wars of France, in the 41st year of Henry III., and was in the expedition with Prince Edward against the Welsh. In the 42nd, 43rd, 44th, and 47th year of Henry III., he was summoned to attend to the king against Llewellyn ap Griffith, Prince of Wales, then in arms. He appears to have joined the insurrectionary lords, for which his lands were seized by the crown.
He married before 12 July 1247, Isabel, daughter of Richard Fitzroy (illegitimate son of King John), by Rohese, daughter and heir of Robert of Dover. On 10 August 1264, the King, out of compassion for the poverty of his niece, Isabel, the wife of Maurice de Berkeley, granted her certain Manors. She died 7 July, probably in the year 1276 or 1277, and was buried at St. Augustine's, Bristol. He died 4 April 1281, aged 63, "being his great clymactericoll yeare," and was buried at St. Augustine's, Bristol. Writ for Inquisition post mortem 5 April 1281. Source: CPII: 127 In 1256, King Henry III, having been the guest of his son Prince Edward at Bristol was, on his return royally entertained by Maurice lord Berkeley for three days at the Castle. (He married Isabel, dau of Maurice de Credonia, by with Isabel, sister of William de Valence, Earl of Pembroke d 4 April 1281 and was s. by his 2nd son (the Maurice having been killed in a Tournament at Kenilworth) Burkes also.) Maurice lord Berkeley was in arms with his proportion of followers of the King's summons on no less than sixteen different occasions, against the French, Scots, Welsh, and rebels at home. He however found time to attend to his own concerns, and effected many great improvements on his estates by means of inclosures and exchanges. He converted Whitcliff Wood into a Park and inclosed it. He also made fishponds, and beautified the east, west, and south sides of the castle with walks and gardens. He died in 1281, and was buried with his predecessors in St. Augustine's
Maurice and his wife had four sons and one daughter as follows:
1. Maurice de Berkeley was killed in a tournament in Kenilworth Jousts while his father was living. Footnote c: Maurice, Thomas elder brother, was killed in a tournament at Kenilworth, within the lifetime of his father, in 1279. Source: CPII: 127-128 Therefore Maurice was succeeded by Thomas his second son.
2. Thomas de Berkeley, the successor. See above.
3. Simon de Berkeley, died unmarried.
4. Robert de Berkeley, of Alkington, died 1315; married (1) Joan ____.
5. Maud Berkeley. No details known.
He died seized of his barony of Berkeley, April 4, 1281, and was buried in the north aisle of St. Augustine's abbey in Bristol.
Thomas de Berkeley feudal Lord of Berkeley ,brother & heir, styled "Thomas the Observer or Temporiser," was born in 1170. In the 8th year of Henry III. (1223-24), upon giving his two nephews as pledges for his fidelity, he had restitution of Berkeley Castle in 1223. He obtained livery of his brother's lands, but not, till 1223, of the Castle of Berkeley. He sustained many suits at law, and by his prudent conduct greatly improved his estate. He married, circa 1217, Joan Somery, daughter of Ralph de Somery, Lord of Campden, co., Gloucester, of Dudley, co. Worcester, by Margaret, sister of William (Marshal), Earl of Pembroke, and daughter of John Marshal.
Thomas died on November 29, 1243, aged seventy-three, and was buried in the south aisle of St. Augustine's abbey. His widow was living (1273-74) 2 Edward I. Source: CPII: 126-127.
He and his wife left six sons and one daughter as follows:
1. Maurice de Berkeley. See above.
2. Thomas de Berkeley, d.s.p.
3. Robert de Berkeley.
4. Henry de Berkeley, d.s.p.
5. William de Berkeley.
6. Richard de Berkeley.
7. Margaret Berkeley, married Anseleme Basset, of Basset's Court in Uley, Gloucestershire.
Thomas was succeeded by his eldest son, Maurice.
Roger de Berkeley, living in 1165, in the 11th year of King Henry II., the last of the original family of Berkeley, of Berkeley Castle, had a son and daughter as follows:
1. Robert de Berkeley, married Helena, daughter of Robert FitzHarding. Robert Fitz Harding, who styled "Robert the Devout," son of Harding, said to have been a merchant of Bristol, and of Great wealth and influence, received from Henry of Anjou, in 1153 or 1154, shortly before his accession as Henry II, a grant (among others) of the Castle and "heiress" of Berkeley as above mentioned) which was confirmed by the said Henry when King, probably in (1155) the first year of his reign, whereby he the said Robert (doubtless) became feudal LORD OF BERKELEY. In 1168 he entertained, at Bristol, Dermot Mac Murrough, King of Leinster, on his arrival to solicit succour from Henry II. He founded, in 1141, the Abbey of St. Augustine, at Bristol, of which he afterwards became a canon. He married Eve (parentage unknown). He died 5 February 1170/1, aged about 75. His wife, who founded a priory of nuns on St. Michael's hill, Bristol, whereof she died Prioress 12 March 1170, was buried with her husband. Source: CPII: 124-125
This Robert FitzHarding was conferred, for his attachment to the Empress Maud, the lordship of Berkeley and Berkeley-Hernesse, the confiscated possessions of the above Roger de Berkeley, the adherent to King Stephen; but, to reconcile the parties, King Henry, who had restored to Roger his manor and castle of Dursley, caused an agreement to be concluded between them that the heiress of the ousted lord should be given in marriage to the heir of the new baron; and thus passed the feudal castle of Berkeley to another chief, Maurice, who assumed the surname of Berkeley and became the feudal lord of Berkeley upon the death of his brother, Henry. He was the first of his family to dwell in the Berkeley Castle. He fortified the castle and founded two hospitals, one at Lowring between Berkeley and Dursley, and that at Longbridge to the north of Berkeley, dedicated to the Holy Trinity. He was born in 1120
(HARDING is said to have been a younger son of the King of Denmark, who, according to a custom in his family, went forth into the world to seek his fortune, and attached himself to William Duke of Normandy, who was at that time preparing for the invasion and conquest of England. William rewarded his services with a large grant of lands and property in and around Bristol, where he settled about A.D., 1069, and became Praepositus; an office somewhat resembling the more modern one of Mayor, except that it was a permanent appointment. He resided in Baldwin street, married a lady whose name was Livida, had five sons and three daughters, and died 6th Nov. 1115. Robert was the eldest son of Harding and succeeded him in his estates and in the office of Praepositus at Bristol. He rendered important services both with arms and money to the Empress Maud, daughter of Henry I, and her son Henry Plantagenet, afterwards Henry II, in their contest for the Crown with the usurper Stephen, to recompense which, Henry, on the ultimate success of his party, bestowed upon Robert the great Manor and Barony of Berkeley, which had been previously held from the crown by Roger (called Roger de Berkeley) the lord of Dursley. Roger however for some time held his inheritance by force of arms, and to settle the dispute the king gave Roger the Manor of Dursley in fee, on condition of his surrendering Berkeley to Robert; a double marriage was also arranged between the two families, Robert's eldest son Maurice marrying Alice the daughter of the Lord of Dursley, while Roger's son espoused one of the daughters of Robert Fitzharding. After this they all seemed to have lived in peace, and the new lord of Berkeley took quiet possession of his castle and manors.
In 1140, Robert commenced the long series of benefactions to the church for which his family were so remarkable, by building and endowing the monastery of St. Augustine at Bristol, the church of which is now the Cathedral. It was consecrated and dedicated on Easter Day 1148, when Robert laid upon the high altar his deed of gift by which he endowed it with many fair manors and lands, which still form the endowment of the Bishopric. He died in 1170, and was buried in St. Augustine's, in a monk's habit and cowl, having some time previously become a regular Canon therein)
2. Alice Berkeley, heiress to Roger de Berkeley, married, at the instigation of King Henry II., Maurice I. Second Lord. 1170 to 1189. son of Robert FitzHarding, son of Harding, called Robert Lord Berkeley, and his wife, Eva, daughter of Estmond, Earl of Mercia, and his wife, Godiva, sister of William the Conqueror. One source shows the grandfather of Maurice as Eadnoth, a wealthy merchant of Bristol. Alice founded the religious house called Magdalen's, near Bristol, and was its patroness; dying in March 12, 1170-71, she was buried beside her husband, between the stalls of the Abbot and the Prior. He founded the Abbey of St. Augustine's in Bristol, and dying, February 5, 1170-71 (one source has the death as June 11, 1190), was buried in the quire thereof. He is supposed to have been a canon in the Abbey.
Maurice the eldest son of Robert Fitz-Harding succeeded his Father, and was the first to take up his residence in the castle of Berkeley. He added to the fortifications of the castle by digging a ditch or moat on the northern side, it being already sufficiently defended on other sides by watercourses and low marshy ground; in doing this he encroached a little on the soil of the churchyard, which with the church had been given by his father to St. Augustine's. So tenacious however were the monks of their property and privileges, and so forgetful of former benefits, that they pursued the lord Maurice with ecclesiastical censures and threats of excommunication until he was forced to compound for his sacrilegious act by a large grant of rents, tithes and rights of pasturage. Maurice never forgot this ungrateful conduct, and though he had shown his good will to the abbey by a gift of lands in Hinton and Alkington, when he first succeeded to the Barony, he never afterwards looked with any favour upon them. He however founded two monastic establishments in Berkeley, viz. the Hospital of the master and brethren of Lorrenge, now called Lorridge farm, and the Hospital of the Holy Trinity at Longbridge, at the north end of Berkeley adjoining the road to Wanswell. Maurice died in 1189, and was buried in the parish church of Brentford, to which he had been a great benefactor.
Alice and Maurice had six sons and one daughter as follows:
1. Robert de Berkeley, Robert II. Third Lord. 1189 to 1220. Maurice was succeeded by Robert his eldest son, who discontinued entirely the name of Fitz-Harding by which his father and grandfather were distinguished, and was always styled Robert de Berkeley. In 1194, when Richard the First, surnamed Coeur de Lion, was captured and imprisoned on his return from the Crusades by the Emperor of Germany, the Barony of Berkeley was taxed at and paid twenty shillings for each of the five knights' fees by which it was held, towards the king's ransom.
Robert de Berkeley was one of the most conspicuous among the Barons in the great struggle with king John which led to the granting of Magna Charta, and Berkeley Castle was one of the places of rendezvous of the Confederates. In 1211, and again in 1216, the King, whose arms were for the time in the ascendant, seized the Castle and imprisoned in its dungeons those who fell into his hands. Robert who, in the turbulent times of King John, forfeited his castle and lands by his participation in the rebellious proceedings of the barons, but upon submission, and paying the king a fine of 1,000 pounds had livery of his lands, and had all restored except the castle and town of Berkeley, in the 1st year of King Henry III. Robert married (1) Julianna, daughter of William de Pontlarch and niece to the great Earl of Pembroke, Earl Marshal of England and afterwards Protector of King Henry III.; (2) Luci, who afterwards married Hugh de Gournay. On 20th July 1216, King John came to Berkeley, but the contest was terminated by his death in October following. Robert de Berkeley died May 13, 1219, and was buried in St. Augustine's. As he left no issue, he was succeeded by his brother Thomas.
2. Thomas de Berkeley. See above.
3. Maurice de Berkeley, married and had Thomas; d.s.p.
4. William de Berkeley. No details known.
5. Henry de Berkeley, with his brother, Richard, accompanied William, King of Scotland, into that country when he returned from being a prisoner in England, became the ancestors of many eminent families in Scotland, France, and Ireland.
6. Richard de Berkeley. See above.
7. ________ Berkeley, a only daughter, married Osbert Gifford; and dying, according to the Abbot Newland, in the year 1190, was interred in the church of Brentford, co. Middlesex in the building of which he (Gifford) had been a great benefactor.
Maurice died on June 16, 1189, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Robert. (Ref: The Ligon Family)
Roger de Berkeley, Lord of Dursley, adhering to the Empress Maud (an adherence, however, denied by Smith and Fosbroke, in the Lives of the Berkeleys, page 11), "underwent", says Dugdale, "a very hard fate, through the perfidiousness and cruelty of Walter, brother of Milo, Earl of Hereford, his seeming friend (and kinsman by consanguinity), being treacherously seized on, stripped naked, exposed to scorn, put into fetters, and thrice drawn by rope around his neck, on a gallows, at his own castle gates, with threats that if he did not deliver up his castle to the Earl, he would suffer a miserable death; and when he was, by this barbarous usage, almost dead, carried to prison, there to endure further tortures." �Roger de Berkeley, son and heir, who completed the building of the Castle of Berkeley. He suffered much in the war between Stephen and the Empress Maud, at the hands of Walter, son of Miles, Earl of Hereford. He was deprived of the Manor of Berkeley, &c., about 1152, apparently for refusing to recognize the authority of either party, through he was soon afterwards restored to the Honour of Dursley. He died about 1170, leaving issue. The Castle and "heiress" of Berkeley were granted by the King as under. Footnote c: This Lordship (Dursley) continued in his descendants in the male line (the issue of his son and heir, Roger de Berkeley, by Helen, 1st daughter of Robert Fitz-Harding, his successor in the lands of Berkeley) for eight generations, when Nicholas Berkeley, the heir male died without issue in 1382. Source: CPII: 124� He was succeeded by his son, Roger.
William de Berkeley, 2nd feudal lord of Berkeley Castle, founder of the Abbey of Kingswood in 1139, was succeeded by his son and heir, Roger.
Roger, "styled Senior" or who is styled, in the 20th of William�s Reign. Who having between 1068 and 1071, been made provost of the manor of Berkeley by Earl William Fitz-Osbern (to whom it had been granted at the Conquest), took the name of de Berkeley from his residence there, and was confirmed in his office by the King about 1080. At the time of the Survey, 1086, Berkeley was farmed by him from the Crown. Rogerus senior de Berkeley� from the possession of Berkeley Castle. �The Castle� says Rudder �was began in the 17th Henry I by Roger de Berkeley the 2nd and finished by Roger the 3rd in the reign of King Stephen. At first it comprehended only the inmost of the three gates and what was within the same; the two outmost, and all the buildings within them, were added by Thomas, eldest son of Robert and by Thomas 2nd in the 6th Edward III (1332-3) and of Thomas the 3rd (8th Edward III) Smith and Fosbroke�s History of the Berkely. A plan of the buildings is given in Parker�s Domestic Archiecture, vol. III Part II. The Roger bestowed several churches upon the priory of Stanely, with the tithes and lands thereunto belonging, and being sborn a monke there, in 1091, restored the lordship of Shotesbore, which he had long detained from that convent. He was tenant "in capite" of Dursley, Cubberley, Dodington, &c., and (not improbably) was identical with "Roger," farmer of Barton Regis, Bristol. On 17 January 1091 he became a monk of St. Peter's, Gloucester, and died 1093. Source: CPII: 123-124. He was s. at decease by his nephew
The family of Berkeley established in England at the Norman conquest, was founded by a leading chief in the Conqueror�s army, named.
From "The Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage of the British Empire", "The Earl of Berkeley", pp 70-71 (1882). Also Burke's "Peerage and Baronetage", pp 232-233.
"The history of the peerage of the Earl of Berkeley, unquestionably feudal in its origins, which has been more or less recognized in its territorial character at various epochs, is of exceptional importance in bearing upon the history of English dignities, and the gradual obsolescence and final extinction of barony by tenure." "Harding of Bristol, said by genealogists to have been the son of a king of Denmark and companion to the Conqueror, has been conjectured by a modern historian to be identical with Harding (a contemporary of Harold and William, son of Eadnoth the Staller, an officer of Edward the Confessor, who survived the Conquest; but this identification can only be regarded as `not improbable.' His son, Robert FitzHarding, of Bristol, obtained from Henry, Duke of Normandy, afterwards Henry II, a grant of the hundred of Berkeley, called Berkeley Herness. He granted all the churches in Berkeley Herness to St. Augustine's Abbey, Bristol (now the cathedral), of which he is the reputed founder, and where he was buried, 1171. His only surviving son, Maurice de Berkeley, obtained in 1189 confirmations from King Richard I., and from Queen Eleanor of Berkeley Herness. `to be held in barony by the service of five knights.' He married Alice, daughter of Roger de Berkeley, of Dursley, the former Lord of Berkeley. Their eldest son, Robert de Berkeley, obtained a charter of confirmation from King Richard I., in 1199. He was one of the Barons at war with King John, and died May 13, 1219. He was succeeded by Thomas, his brother, whose grandson, Thomas de Berkeley, 6th Baron by tenure, had writs of summons to parliament from June 24, 1295 (the 23rd year of King Edward I.), to May 15, 1321 (the 14th year of King Edward II.). In 1301, 1302, and 1305 he was serving in the Scottish wars with Maurice and John his son; prisoner at the battle of Bannockburn, in June 1314; Justice of West Wales, 1317. He died July 23, ????. His younger son, James, was Bishop of Exeter, 1326."
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Ref: "The Ligon Family".
The Berkeley family is unique in having an unbroken male line of descent from a Saxon ancestor before the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 to the 20th Century. The family descends from Harding, the son of Eadnoth (Alnod), who was "Marshal" or "Staller", a high official under King Edward the Confessor. A study of dates makes it probable that this Harding had a son of the same name, perhaps the man who played a distinguished part in the Crusading Wars, helping King Baldwin I of Jerusalem, to win the battle of Jaffa in 1102. The son of the crusader would then be Robert FitzHarding of Berkeley, afterwards styled Robert de Berkeley. The town of Berkeley is located in the county of Gloucestershire and is situated about five miles west of Dursley and eighteen southwest of Gloucester, and northeast of Bristol. It was chartered by King Edward I. to be governed by a mayor and alderman, but the corporation was annulled in 1885. The place confers the title of Earl and Baron on the Berkeley family. The manor embraces nearly thirty parishes and is one of the largest in England; it was given by William the Conqueror to Roger de Berkeley, Lord of Dursley. Having espoused the cause of King Stephen in opposition to Empress Maud, the third Roger de Berkeley was deposed by King Henry II., and the title and estates were conferred upon Robert FitzHarding, a wealthy citizen of Bristol. In the Domesday Book, the name of Berkeley is written Berchelai, whereas the Saxons wrote it Beoncenlan. It is supposed to have been so called from Beonce, the beech-tree, because it once grew very plentifully there. The town is one of the ancient boroughs, of which there are five in Gloucestershire, in the time of King Edward I. At the time that William obtained the crown of England, he rewarded Roger de Berkeley with the manor of Berkeley. Roger was an ancient Saxon nearly allied in blood to King Edward the Confessor, and who supported William at the battle of Hastings. Roger, thus, assumed the name of Roger de Berkeley. Roger de Berkeley founded the family of Berkeley in England at the Norman Conquest. He was a leading chief in the army of William the Conqueror. He is styled, in the 20th year of King William, as "Roger Senior of Berkeley" from the possession of Berkeley Castle, co. Gloucester. "The castle." says Rudder, "was began in the 17th year of Henry I., by Roger de Berkeley the 2nd, and finished by Roger the 3rd, in the reign of King Stephen. Further additions were made during the reign of King Edward III."
This Roger bestowed several churches upon the priory of Stanley, with the tithes and lands, and being shorn a monk there, in 1091, restored the lordship of Stoteshore, which he had long detained from that convent. Since he had no issue, he was succeeded at his death by his nephew, William.
Holders of the Castle of Berkeley: 1-17 of the Berkeley families
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A Sketch of the History of Berkeley
This all I know about the DE BERKELEY family but I will now do the DE BERKELEY wives.
The first wife is Mortimer
Margaret MORTIMER died 5 May 1337 and was buried in St Augustine's, Bristol. She married Thomas the rich DE BERKELEY on 25 Jul 1320. Margaret Mortimer parents were: Roger MORTIMER was born 1287. He died 1 1330 in Executed. Roger married Joan DE GENEVILLE died 1356. . Other marriages: FRANCE, Isabella of Queen
They had the following children:
1 Edmund MORTIMER Sir died 1331.
2 Beatrice MORTIMER.
3 Margaret MORTIMER died 5 May 1337.
4 Agnes MORTIMER.
5 Katherine MORTIMER Lady died Aug 1369.
6 Elizabeth MORTIMER
Roger parents were: Edmond MORTIMER Sir died 1 1304. He married Margaret DE FANDLES
They had the following children: 1 Roger MORTIMER was born 1287 and died 1330. 2 Isolt DE MORTIMER. M�d Hugh DE AUDLEY And are the parents of 2/1 Alice DE AUDLEY died 12 Jan 1373. M�d NEVIL, Ralph look below for more 2/2 Hugh DE AUDLEY Lord was born about 1289 and died 10 Nov 1347.
Edmond parents were: Roger MORTIMER died 1282. He married Maud DE BRAOSE. Maud DE BRAOSE was born CIR 1258. She died 1 1301.
They had the following children:
1 Edmond MORTIMER Sir died 1304.
2 Isabella MORTIMER.
3 Margaret MORTIMER.
Roger MORTIMER Parents were Ralph MORTIMER died 1246. He married Gwladus DDU. Gwladus DDU [Parents] died 1251. Other marriages: DE BRAOSE, Reginald
They had the following children:
1 Roger MORTIMER died 1282
Ralph MORTIMER Parents were: Llywelyn Ap IORWERTH Prince [Parents] [scrapbook] was born 1173 in Dolwyddelan Castle, Gwynedd. He died 11 Apr 1240 in Conway Gwynedd and was buried in Conway. Llywelyn married Joan of ENGLAND on 1220. Llywelyn was baptized in Reigned 1194-1240. Other marriages: , Gwenllian GOCH, Tangwystyl Joan of ENGLAND was born 22 Jul 1210 in Illegitimate. She died 2 Feb 1237 in Aber.
They had the following children:
1 David Ap LLYWELYN Welsh King was born 1225 and died 1246.
2 Elen (HELENA) died 1253.
3 Angharad.
4 Margaret verch LLYWELYN was born about 1210 and died after 1263/1264.
5 Tegwared-y-Bais WEN.
6 Ralph MORTIMER died 1246.
THE MORTIMERS IN THE MIDDLE MARCH:1136-1277
Next wife is DE DESPENCER
Elizabeth DE DESPENCER died 13 Jul 1389 and was buried in St Botolph, Aldgate, London. She married Maurice the Valiant DE BERKELEY on Aug 1338. Elizabeth parents were: Hugh the younger LE DESPENCER Earl died 24 Nov 1326 in (hanged and quartered). He married Alainor/Eleanor DE CLARE on Aft. 14 Jun 1306 in Westminster Abbey. Wife Alainor /Eleanor DE CLARE born Oct 1292 in Caerphilly Castle; died 30 Jun1337. She was the daughter of Sir Gilbert de Clare and Joan Plantagenet. Other marriages: DE MORTIMER, William la Zouche
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They had the following children:
1 Hugh LE DESPENCER died 1349 in d.s.p; married Elizabeth de Montacute.
2 Edward LE DESPENCER Sir Knt born in (of) Buckland, Cty. Buckingham, England; died 30 Sep 1342 in Morlaix; married Anne de Ferrers 20 Apr 1335 in Groby, Cty. Leicester, England; died 8 Aug 1367.
3 Elizabeth DE DESPENCER died 13 Jul 1389; married Sir Maurice de Berkeley Aug 1338.
4 Philip SPENCER.
5 Isabel DESPENSER. born Abt. 1312; married Sir Richard FitzAlan 9 Feb 1320/21 in King's Chapel, Havering-atte-Bower; born Abt. 1313; died 24 Jan 1375/76.
6 Edward DESPENSER Lord.
Hugh the younger LE DESPENCER Earl Parent was: Hugh LE DESPENCER.
He had the following children:
1 Hugh the younger LE DESPENCER Earl died 1326.
2 Isabel DESPENCER
17. Despencer Line (Earl of Winchester)
HUGH LE DESPENSER: Three Generations
Herbert and Neville families. The Herbert family stop here but when I know more I will add more to their lineage lines.
Harry JONES Sir Knt married Elizabeth HERBERT. Sir Henry Johnes of Abermarlais, Kt., Sheriff of Carmarthenshire married Elizabeth Herbert . Elizabeth father was Matthew HERBERT. Matthew HERBERT father was George HERBERT Sir Knt, who married Elizabeth BERKELEY. Elizabeth BERKELEY Parents: Thomas BERKELEY married Elizabeth NEVILLE.
Elizabeth Neville parents were NEVILLE, Edward b : 1417 d : 18 OCT 1476 wife: BEAUCHAMP, Elizabeth b : 1417. Elizabeth Parents: BEAUCHAMP, Richard of Worcester and DESPENCER, Isabel LE
Children:
1 NEVILLE, George
2 NEVILLE, Elizabeth
3 NEVILLE, Catherine
Gender: Female 4 NEVILLE, ?
NEVILLE, Edward Sir Parents were: NEVILLE, Ralph and DE BEAUFORT, Joan Joan parents: PLANTAGENET, John of Gaunt and ROET, Catherine Swynford More on Joan parents look below under Beaufort
NEVILLE, Ralph b : 1363 d : 21 OCT 1425 Raby Castle, Durham Ralph parents : NEVILLE, John and de PERCY, Maud . Ralph wife was STAFFORD, Margaret d 9 JUN 1396 Margaret Parents: STAFFORD, Hugh an d BEAUCHAMP, Phillippa
Ralph and Margaret children:
1 NEVILLE, Alice
2 NEVILLE, Philippa
3 NEVILLE, John of Westmoreland
4 NEVILLE, Ralph of Westmorland
5 NEVILLE, Anne
6 de Neville, Margaret
NEVILLE, Ralph parents NEVILLE, John d 17 OCT 1388 Newcastle on Tyne John Parents: NEVIL, Ralph and DE AUDLEY, Alice M�d in 1364 to de PERCY, Maud d BEF 18 FEB 1378 Maud Parents: DE PERCY, Henry family below and DE CLIFFORD, Idoine
John and Maud children:
1 NEVILLE, Ralph
2 NEVILLE, Thomas of Furnivale
3 NEVILLE, John
4 DE NEVILLE, Alianore
NEVILLE, John parents DE AUDLEY, Alice d : 12 JAN 1373 Alice Parents: DE AUDLEY, Hugh Lord Audley and DE MORTIMER, Isolt (For Isolt family look above under De Mortimer family) Alice Married on 14 JAN 1326 to NEVIL, Ralph b ABT 1291 d 5 AUG 1367 Ralph Parents: NEVILLE, Randolph and FITZROGER, Eupheme
Ralph and Alice children:
1 NEVILLE, John
2 DE NEVILLE, Margaret
3 DE NEVILLE, Isabel
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DePercy family
Edward parents: NEVILLE, Ralph parents:: NEVILLE, John and : de PERCY, Maud
de PERCY, Maud Parents: DE PERCY, Henry and DE CLIFFORD, Idoine ; DE PERCY, Henry b: 6 FEB 1300 Leconfield,Yorkshire d 26 FEB 1352 Henry Parents: DE PERCY, Henry 3rd Lord and DE ARUNDEL, Eleanor Henry wife DE CLIFFORD, Iodine d 24 AUG 1365 Iodine Parents: DE CLIFFORD, Robert and DE CLARE, Maud
Henry and Iodine children:
1 de PERCY, Maud
2 DE PERCY, Henry
3 DE PERCY, Thomas
4 DE PERCY, Roger
5 DE PERCY, Margaret
6 DE PERCY, Isabel
7 DE PERCY, Robert
8 DE PERCY, William
9 DE PERCY, Eleanor
Henry parents: DE PERCY, Henry 3rd Lord b 25 MAR 1273 d OCT 1314 Henry Parents: DE PERCY, Henry and WARREN, Eleanor Henry wife DE ARUNDEL, Eleanor d JUL 1328 Eleanor Parents: : ARUNDEL, de
Henry and Eleanor Children: DE PERCY, Henry 2nd Family: wife PLANTAGENET, Mary b 11 MAR 1278 Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England d 8 JUL 1332 Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire Mary Parents: (LONGSHANKS), Edward I King of England and CASTILE, Eleanor of We are related to Edward I and Eleanor with their daughter Eleanor for more look below where we link.
Henry parents DE PERCY, Henry b : ABT 1235 Some say born 1228
d 29 AUG 1272 wife Eleanor Warren; Henry Parents: DE PERCY, William and DE BALLIOL, Ellen
2 DE PERCY, Henry 3rd Lord
WARREN, Eleanor Parents: DE WARREN, John and BRUN, Alice LE
DE WARREN, John b AUG 1231 d 1304 Kennington;
John Parents: DE WARREN, William and : MARSHALL, Maud
Henry parents: DE PERCY, William b : AFT 1202 d : 28 JUL 1245
William Parents: DE PERCY, Henry and 2nd DE BRUS, Isabel
1st wife BRIWERE, Joan d BEF 12 JUN 1233
Henry and JoanChildren:
1 DE FERLINGTON, Joan
2 DE PERCY, Agnes
3 DE PERCY, Alice
4 DE PERCY, Anastasia
5 DE PERCY, daughter
2nd wife: DE BALLIOL, Ellen d 22 NOV 1281
Ellen Parents: : DE BALLIOL, Ingram and BERKELEY, de
Henry and Ellen Children:
1DE PERCY, Henry
2 DE PERCY, Ingram Death : 24 OCT 1262
3 DE PERCY, William Birth : ABT 1236
4 DE PERCY, Walter
5 DE PERCY, Alan
6 DE PERCY, Jocelin
De Beaufort family
NEVILLE, Edward Sir Parents were: NEVILLE, Ralph and *** DE BEAUFORT, Joan
Joan father was John of Gaunt PLANTAGENET Duke was born Mar 1340 in St Bavon's Abbey, Ghent, Flanders. He died 3 Feb 1399 in Ely House Holborn and was buried in St Paul's Cathedral, London, England. John married Catherine Swynford ROET Dutchess on 13 Jan 1396 in Lincoln Cathedral.
Other marriages: PLANTAGANET, Blanche of Lancaster ; CASTILE, Constanza of Queen ; ST HILAIRE, Marie de ;
John wife: Catherine Swynford ROET Dutchess was born 1350. She died 10 May 1403 in Lincoln and was buried in Lincoln Cathedral. Catherine married John of Gaunt PLANTAGENET Duke on 13 Jan 1396 in Lincoln Cathedral. Other marriages: SWINFORD, Otes Sir Knt
They had the following children
1 John of Somerset BEAUFORT was born 1373 and died 16 Mar 1410.
2 Henry BEAUFORT Cardinal was born CIR 1375. He died 1447.
3 Thomas BEAUFORT 2nd Duke was born CIR 1377 and died 1426. F
*** 4 Joan DE BEAUFORT was born 1379 and died 13 Nov 1440.
John of Gaunt PLANTAGENET Duke Parents Edward 111 King of England [ was born 13 Nov 1312 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England. He died 21 Jun 1377 in At Sheen Palace Richmond and was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, England. Edward married Philippa of HAINAULT on 24 Jan 1328 in York Minster. Edward was baptized in Crowned Westminster Abbey 29 Jan 1327. Wife Philippa of HAINAULT was born 24 Jun 1311 in Valenciennes. She died 15 Aug 1369 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England and was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, England. Philippa married Edward 111 King of England on 24 Jan 1328 in York Minster.
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They had the following children:
1 Edward PLANTAGENET was born 15 Jun 1330 and died 8 Jun 1376.
2 Isabella PLANTAGENET was born 16 Jun 1332 and died 1396.
3 Joan PLANTAGENET was born Feb 1335 in Woodstock. She died 2 Sep 1348 in Bayonne Of "The Black Death".
4 William PLANTAGENET was born 16 Feb 1337 in Hatfield Herts. He died 8 Jul 1337 in Died young..
5 Lionel of Antwerp PLANTAGENET 1st Duke of was born 29 Nov 1338 and died 10 Dec 1363.
6 John of Gaunt PLANTAGENET Duke was born Mar 1340 and died 3 Feb 1399.
7 Edmund of Langley PLANTAGENET Duke of York was born 5 Jun 1341 and died 1 Aug 1402.
8 Blanche PLANTAGENET was born Mar 1342 in Tower of London, England. She died Mar 1342 in Tower of London, England.
9 Mary PLANTAGENET was born 10 Oct 1344 and died 1362.
10 Margaret PLANTAGENET was born 20 Jul 1346 and died 1 Oct 1361.
11 Thomas PLANTAGENET was born 1347.
12 William PLANTAGENET was born 24 Jun 1348 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England. He died Sep 1348.
13 Joan PLANTAGENET.
14 Thomas PLANTAGANET of WOODSTOCK Knight was born 7 Jan 1355 and died 8 Sep 1397
Edward 111 King of England Parents Edward 11 King of England was born 25 Apr 1284 in Caernarvon Castle. He died 21 Sep 1327 in Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire and was buried in Gloucester Cathedral. Edward married Isabella of FRANCE Queen on 25 Jan 1308 in Boulogne. Edward was baptized in Crowned 1307, Deposed 20 Jan 1327. Wife Isabella of FRANCE Queen was born 1292 in Paris, France. She died 22 Aug 1358 in Castle Rising, Norfolk, England and was buried in Grey Friars Church, Newgate, London. Isabella married Edward 11 King of England on 25 Jan 1308 in Boulogne
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They had the following children
1 Adam was born CIR 1310.
2 Edward 111 King of England was born 13 Nov 1312 and died 21 Jun 1377.
3 John of ELTHAM Earl was born 15 Aug 1316 in Eltham Palace, Kent. He died 14 Sep 1336 in Perth Died in his youth and was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
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They had the following children:
1 Eleanor PLANTAGENET was born 17 Jun 1264 and died 12 Oct 1297.
2 Joan PLANTAGENET was born 1265. She died 1265 and was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
3 John PLANTAGENET was born 10 Jul 1266 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England. He died 3 Aug 1271 in Westminster London England and was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
4 Henry PLANTAGENET was born 13 Jul 1267 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England. He died 14 Oct 1274 in Merton, Surrey and was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
5 Julian (Katherine) PLANTAGENET was born 1271 in Acre, Palestine. She died 1271 in Holy Land and was buried in Church of the Friars Preachers, Bordeaux.
6 Joan PLANTAGENET was born 1272 and died 23 Apr 1307.
7 Alfonso PLANTAGENET 8th Earl was born 24 Nov 1273 in Bordeaux. He died 19 Aug 1284 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England and was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
8 Margaret PLANTAGENET was born 11 Sep 1275 and died 1318.
9 Berengaria PLANTAGENET was born 1276 in Kennington Palace, Surrey. She died 1279 and was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, England
10 Mary PLANTAGENET was born 11 Mar 1278 and died 8 Jul 1332. Husband above
11 Isabella PLANTAGENET was born 12 Mar 1279. She died 1279 and was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
12 Alice PLANTAGENET was born 12 Mar 1279 in Woodstock. She died 1291.
13 Elizabeth (Isabel) PLANTAGANET Princess was born 7 Aug 1282 and died 5 May 1316.
14 Edward 11 King of England was born 25 Apr 1284 and died 21 Sep 1327.
15 Beatrice PLANTAGENET was born 1286 in Aquitaine. She died in Young.
16 Blanche PLANTAGENET was born 1290. She died 1290
Edward I (LONGSHANKS) King of England Parents Henry 111 King of England was born 12 Oct 1207 in Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England. He died 16 Nov 1272 in Westminster Palace London England and was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, England. Henry married Eleanor of Provence BERENGER on 4 Jan 1236 in Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent. Henry was baptized in Crowned 28 Oct 1216. wife Eleanor of Provence BERENGER was born 1223 in Aix-en-Provence, France. She died 24 Jun 1291 in Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire and was buried in Convent Church, Amesbury. Eleanor married Henry 111 King of England on 4 Jan 1236 in Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent.
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They had the following children:
1 Edward I (LONGSHANKS) King of England was born 17 Jun 1239 and died 7 Jul 1307.
2 Margaret PLANTAGENET Princess was born 29 Sep 1240 and died 26 Feb 1275.
3 Beatrice PLANTAGENET was born 25 Jun 1242 and died 24 Mar 1275.
4 Edmund PLANTAGENET Earl was born 16 Jan 1245 and died 5 Jun 1296.
5 Richard PLANTAGENET was born 1247 in Estimated. He died 1256 in Died young..
6 John PLANTAGENET was born 1250 in Estimated. He died 1256 in Died young..
7 Katherine PLANTAGENET was born 25 Nov 1253 in Westminster. She died 3 May 1257 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England.
8 William PLANTAGENET was born 1256 in Estimated. He died 1256 in Died young..
9 Henry PLANTAGENET was born 1256 in Estimated. He died 1257 in Died young..
Henry 111 King of England Parents John PLANTAGENET King of England was born 24 Dec 1167 in Beaumont Palace near Oxford. He died 18 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire and was buried in Tomb in Worcester Cathedral. John married Isabella of Angoul�me TAILLEFER on 24 Aug 1200 in Angouleme Bordeaux. John was baptized in Crowned King 27 May 1199.
Wife Isabella of Angoul�me TAILLEFER was born 1180 in Angoul�me, France. She died 31 May 1246 in Fontevrault and was buried in Fontevraud Abbey. Isabella married John PLANTAGENET King of England on 24 Aug 1200 in Angouleme Bordeaux
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They had the following children
1 Henry 111 King of England was born 12 Oct 1207 and died 16 Nov 1272.
2 Richard of Cornwall PLANTAGENET 1st Earl was born 5 Jan 1209 and died 1272.
3 Joan PLANTAGENET Princess was born 22 Jul 1210 and died 4 Mar 1238.
4 Isabella (Elizabeth) PLANTAGENET was born 1214 and died 1 Dec 1241.
5 Eleanor PLANTAGENET was born 1215 and died 13 Apr 1275.
John PLANTAGENET King of England Parents Henry 11 FITZEMPRESS King of England was born 25 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Maine. He died 6 Jul 1189 in The Great Castle of Chinon in Touraine and was buried in Fontevrault Abbey in his native Anjou. Henry married Eleanor of AQUITAINE Dutchess on 18 May 1152 in Bordeaux Cathedral. Henry was baptized in Crowned King 25 Oct 1154. Wife Eleanor of AQUITAINE Dutchess was born 1122 in Chateau de Belin, Guinne, France. She died 1 Apr 1204 in Fontevraud Abbey, Maine-et-Loire, France and was buried in Fontevraud Abbey, Maine-et-Loire, France. Eleanor married Henry 11 FITZEMPRESS King of England on 18 May 1152 in Bordeaux Cathedral.
They had the following children:
1 William PLANTAGENET was born 17 Aug 1152 in Rouen, Normandy, France. He died 1155 in Wallingford Castle, Berkshire, England.
2 Henry PLANTAGENET was born 28 Feb 1155 and died 11 Jun 1183.
3 Marie PLANTAGENET Countess was born Jun 1156 and died 28 Jun 1189.
4 Richard 1 King of England was born 8 Sep 1157 and died 6 Apr 1199.
5 Geoffrey PLANTAGENET Duke was born 23 Sep 1158 and died 19 Aug 1186.
**6 Eleanor PLANTAGENET was born 13 Oct 1162 and died 31 Oct 1214. Found below with her husband
7 Joan PLANTAGENET was born Oct 1165 and died 4 Sep 1199.
8 John PLANTAGENET King of England was born 24 Dec 1167 and died 18 Oct 1216.
9 Ide PLANTAGENET was born about 1168.
Henry 11 FITZEMPRESS King of England Parents Geoffrey V PLANTAGENET 9th Count was born 24 Aug 1113. He died 7 Sep 1151 in Chateau-du-Loir France and was buried in St Julian's Church, Le Mans, Anjou. Geoffrey married Matilda the EMPRESS Queen on 22 May 1127 in Le Mans Cathedral, Anjou
Matilda the EMPRESS Queen was born Feb 1102 in EnglandLondon. She died 10 Sep 1167 in Notre Dame de Pres Near Rouen and was buried in Fontevrault Abbey Maine France. Matilda married Geoffrey V PLANTAGENET 9th Count on 22 May 1127 in Le Mans Cathedral, Anjou. Matilda was baptized in Reigned 7 months from Apr 1141
They had the following children:
1 Henry 11 FITZEMPRESS King of England was born 25 Mar 1133 and died 6 Jul 1189.
2 Geoffrey V1 Count of Nantes was born 1 Jun 1134. He died 1158.
3 William PLANTAGENET Count of Poitou was born 1136. He died 1164
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Castile family
Edward I (LONGSHANKS) King of England wife Eleanor of CASTILE Parents
Ferdinand (St.) III of CASTILE was born 1199. He died 30 May 1252 in Seville, Spain. Ferdinand married Johanna of PONTHIEU on 1237 in Burgos wife Johanna of PONTHIEU was born 1208. She died 15 Mar 1279 in Abbeville. Johanna married Ferdinand (St.) III of CASTILE on 1237 in Burgos
They had the following children:
1 Fernando of CASTILE was born after 1239. M ii Luis of CASTILE was born before 1243. F iii Eleanor of CASTILE was born 1244 and died 24 Nov 1290. M iv Sim�n. M v Juan.
Ferdinand (St.) III of CASTILE [Parents] Alfonso IX of LE�N King of Leon was born 15 Aug 1171 in Zamora. He died 24 Sep 1230 in Villanueva de Sarria. Alfonso married Berengaria of CASTILE on 1197 in Valladolid, Spain. Wife
Berengaria of CASTILE was born 1181. She died 8 Nov 1246 in Las Huelgas. Berengaria married Alfonso IX of LE�N King of Leon on 1197 in Valladolid, Spain
They had the following children:
1 Ferdinand (St.) III of CASTILE was born 1199 and died 30 May 1252.
2 Berengaria of CASTILE was born CIR 1199.
3 Constanza of CASTILE was born 1 May 1200.
4 Leonor of CASTILE was born 1202.
5 Alfonse de Castilla DE MOLINA was born CIR 1204 and died 6 Jan 1272.
Alfonso IX of LE�N King of Leon [Parents] Ferdinand II of LE�N was born 1137. He died 22 Jan 1188 in Benavente. Ferdinand married Urraca of PORTUGAL Princess on 1165. Wife Urraca of PORTUGAL Princess was born 1145. She died 16 Oct 1188. Urraca married Ferdinand II of LE�N on 1165.
They had the following children:
1 Alfonso IX of LE�N King of Leon was born 15 Aug 1171 and died 24 Sep 1230
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Berengaria of CASTILE Parents Aphonse V111 King of Castile was born 11 Nov 1155 in Soria. He died 6 Oct 1214 in Gutierre Munoz. Alphonse married Eleanor PLANTAGENET on Sep 1170 in Burgos Cathedral, Castile. Wife Eleanor PLANTAGENET was born 13 Oct 1162 in Domfront Castle, Normandy. She died 31 Oct 1214 in Burgos, Castile and was buried in Abbey of Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castile. Eleanor married Alphonse V111 King of Castile on Sep 1170 in Burgos Cathedral, Castile.Eleanor Plantagenet parents Henry 11 FITZEMPRESS King of England
was born 25 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Maine. He died 6 Jul 1189 in The Great Castle of Chinon in Touraine and was buried in Fontevrault Abbey in his native Anjou. Henry married Eleanor of AQUITAINE Dutchess on 18 May 1152 in Bordeaux Cathedral. Henry was baptized in Crowned King 25 Oct 1154. Eleanor mother: Eleanor of AQUITAINE Dutchess was born 1122 in Chateau de Belin, Guinne, France. She died 1 Apr 1204 in Fontevraud Abbey, Maine-et-Loire, France and was buried in Fontevraud Abbey, Maine-et-Loire, France. Eleanor married Henry 11 FITZEMPRESS King of England on 18 May 1152 in Bordeaux Cathedral.
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They had the following children:
1 Sancho of CASTILE was born 1181 in Burgos. He died 1181 in Burgos.
2 Berengaria of CASTILE was born 1181 and died 8 Nov 1246.
3 Sancha of CASTILE was born 1182.
4 Urraca of CASTILE was born 1186 and died 3 Nov 1220.
5 Blanche of CASTILE was born 1188 and died 27 Nov 1252.
6 Fernando of CASTILE was born 29 Sep 1189. He died 14 Oct 1211 in Madrid.
7 Constanza of CASTILE was born after 1203.
8 Mafalda of CASTILE.
9 Leonor of CASTILE.
10 Henry (Enrique) I of CASTILE was born 14 Apr 1204 and died 6 Jun 1217.
11 Henry of CASTILE. F xii Constance of CASTILE
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de clare family
Eleanor DE CLARE Parents were Gilbert DE CLARE 3rd Earl was born 1 2 Sep 1243. He died 2 7 Dec 1295 in Monmouth Castle and was buried 22 Dec 1295 in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucester. Gilbert married Joan PLANTAGENET on 30 Apr 1290 in Westminster Abbey, London, England. Other marriages: DE LUSIGNAN, Alice
Joan PLANTAGENET was born 1272 in Acre, Palestine. She died 1 23 Apr 1307 in Clare, Suffolk, England and was buried 26 Apr 1307 in Priory Church of the Austin Friars, Clare. Other marriages: , Herman ; DE MONTHERMER, Ralph Earl;
DE SAVOIE, Amadeus V the Great
They had the following children:
1 Gilbert DE CLARE Earl was born 10 May 1291 and died 24 Jun 1314.
2 Eleanor DE CLARE was born 1292 and died 1337.
3 Margaret DE CLARE Lady was born CIR 1293 and died 1342.
4 Elizabeth DE CLARE Lady was born 16 Sep 1295 and died 4 Nov 1360
Gilbert DE CLARE 3rd Earl Parents were: Richard DE CLARE was born 4 Aug 1222. He died 15 Jul 1262 in Ashenfield Manor, Waltham, Canterbury and was buried 28 Jul 1262 in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucester. Richard married Maude DE LACY on 25 Jan 1237. Other marriages: DE BURGH, Margaret Maude DE LACY died 1289.
They had the following children:
1 Isabel DE CLARE was born May 1240.
2 Gilbert DE CLARE 3rd Earl was born 2 Sep 1243 and died 7 Dec 1295.
3 Thomas DE CLARE was born about 1245 and died 1287.
4 Bogo DE CLARE was born 21 Jul 1248.
5 Margaret DE CLARE.
6 Rohese DE CLARE was born 17 Oct 1252.
7 Eglentina DE CLARE was born 1257.
8 Robert DE CLARE.
Richard DE CLARE Parents were: Gilbert DE CLARE 5th Earl was born CIR 1180. He died 1 25 Oct 1230 in Penros, Brittany and was buried in Tewkesbury, Gloucester. Gilbert married Isabell MARSHALL Lady on 9 Oct 1217 in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucester. Isabell MARSHALL Lady was born 9 Oct 1200. . Other marriages:
PLANTAGENET, Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl
They had the following children:
1 Amicia DE CLARE was born 27 May 1220.
2 Richard DE CLARE was born 4 Aug 1222 and died 15 Jul 1262.
3 Isabel DE CLARE was born 8 Nov 1226 and died 1254. M�d Robert �the Bruce.
4 William DE CLARE Sir was born 18 May 1228.
5 Gilbert DE CLARE was born 12 Sep 1229.
6 Agnes DE CLARE.
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Next family is the MOWBRAY:
Isabel DE MOWBRAY husband was James the Just DE BERKELEY . Isabel DE MOWBRAY Parents were Thomas de Mowbray, and Elizabeth Fitz Alan,
Isabel Mowbray married (1) Henry de Ferrers, son and heir of William de Ferrers, 5th Lord Ferrers of Groby, and had an only child, Elizabeth Ferrers, heiress of Groby, born in 1419. Isabel married (2) James de Berkeley, 5th Lord Berkeley, and had a son, William, whom King Edward made a Viscount in 1481, and whom King Richard III. advanced to the Earldom of Nottingham, and whom King Henry VII promoted to be Earl Marshal and Marquess of Berkeley. They had eight children, five sons and three daughters.
Thomas de Mowbray, 6th Baron Mowbray, then at sixteen years of age, was created Earl of Nottingham, as his brother had been, by charter, on February 12, 1383, and three years later was constituted Earl Marshal, by reason of his descent from Thomas Plantaganet, of Brotherton. He participated in the naval victory achieved by Richard, Earl of Arundel, over the French and Spaniards, and the subsequent conquest of the castle of Brest. In the 16th year of the same reign he was made Governor of Calais, and in four years afterwards obtained the king's charter of confirmation of the office of Earl Marshal of England to the male heirs of his body, and that they, by reason of the said office, should bear a golden truncheon, enameled with black at each end, having at the upper end the king's arms, and at the lower, their own arms engraven thereon. The same year the king appointed him Justice of Chester and Flintshire for life. In the 18th year of King Richard he attended the king into Ireland, but afterwards siding with the parasites, who controlled that weak and unfortunate prince, he not only aided in the destruction of his own father-in-law, Richard, Earl of Arundel, being one of the chief persons that guarded the unhappy nobleman to the place of execution, but he is also accused of being an accomplice in the murder of Thomas Plantaganet, of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, the king's uncle. Certain it is that he was at this period in high estimation with the prevailing party, and obtained a grant of all the lands of the unfortunate Lord Arundel, with those of Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, which had also vested in the crown, by forfeiture. These grants bore the date of September, 1396, and the next day he was created Duke of Norfolk (his grandmother, Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk, being still alive). Prosperous, however, as this nobleman's career had hitherto been, it was doomed eventually, to a disgraceful termination. Henry Bollingbroke, Duke of Hereford (afterwards King Henry IV.), having accused Thomas de Mowbray of speaking disrespectfully of the king, a challenge ensued, and a day was named for the combat, when the lists were accordingly set up, at Gosford Green, Coventry, and the king and court were present; but just as the combatants were about to engage, and the charge had been sounded, King Richard interfered, and by the advice of his council, prohibited the conflict, banishing the Duke of Hereford for ten years, and the Duke of Norfolk for life, who, upon going abroad, died in Venice of the pestilence, but according to Sandford, of grief, in 1399 or 1400. These latter events are contained in Shakespeare's "King Richard II." The duke, along with his other great honors, was a Knight of the Garter. He married 1st Elizabeth Strange, daughter of John Strange, Lord Strange, of Blackmere, but had no issue; he married in 1384 2nd Elizabeth Fitz Alan, daughter of Richard Fitz Alan, Earl of Arundel, sister and co-heir of Thomas Fitz Alan, Earl of Arundel, and widow of William de Montacute,
Thomas and Elizabeth had the following children:
1. Thomas de Mowbray, 7th Baron Mowbray, was but fourteen years of age, at the decease of his father, and never had the title of Duke of Norfolk, but was simply styled Earl Marshal. He was beheaded at York, in 1405, for participating in the conspiracy of Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York, against King Henry IV. He married Constance Holland, daughter of John Holland (see Burke, pg. 280), Duke of Exeter, but having no issue, was succeeded by his brother, John. He is found in Shakespeare's "King Henry IV., Part I."
2. John de Mowbray, 8th Baron Mowbray, was restored, in the 3rd year of King Henry IV., in the parliament then held at Westminster, to the dignity of Duke of Norfolk, having previously used only the titles of Earl of Nottingham, and Earl Marshal. This nobleman was engaged in the French wars of King Henry V., and was only prevented by indisposition, from sharing the glories of Agincourt. He was a Knight of the Garter, and he married Katherine Nevil, daughter of Ralph Nevil, Earl of Westmoreland (who subsequently married Thomas Strangways, Esq., and after his decease, John Beaumont, Viscount Beaumont, and lastly John Widvile, Knight), and dying in 1432, was succeeded by his son, John, 3rd Duke of Norfolk.
3 Isabel Mowbray. See above:.
4. Margaret Mowbray, married Robert Howard, Knight. This lady became eventually co-heiress of the Mowbrays, and her son, Sir John Howard, Knight, was created Duke of Norfolk, and Earl Marshal, and became the ancestor of the illustrious house of Howard, Dukes of Norfolk.
5. Elizabeth Mowbray, married (1) Nicholas Audley, Lord Audley, who died in 1391; and (2) John Beaumont, Lord Beaumont, who died in 1396; and (3) Michael, 3rd Earl of Suffolk, who died in 1415. The issue of Elizabeth became extinct.
John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray, was summoned to parliament from August 14, 1362, to January 20, 1366, as "John de Mowbray of Axholme." This nobleman in the lifetime of his father was in the wars of France; and he eventually fell, in 1368, in a conflict with the Turks, in Constantinople, having assumed the cross, and embarked in the holy war. He married Elizabeth Segrave, daughter and heiress of John Segrave, Lord Segrave, by Margaret Plantaganet, Duchess of Norfolk (daughter and eventually sole heiress, of Thomas Plantaganet, of Brotherton, Earl of Norfolk). See Burke, pp. 484-485. John de Mowbray received, through his wife, Elizabeth, a great inheritance in lands, this marriage being one the most splendid alliance in the kingdom.
By this lady he had two sons as follows:
1. John de Mowbray, his successor, 5th Baron Mowbray, was created Earl of Nottingham, upon the day of the coronation of King Richard II., in 1377, with a special clause in the charter of creation, that all his lands and tenements whereof he was then possessed, should be held sub honore comitali, and as parcel of this earldom. He died two years afterwards, still under age, and unmarried, when the earldom of Nottingham expired, but the barony of Mowbray and his great possessions devolved upon his brother, Thomas.
2. Thomas de Mowbray, successor to his brother, John. See above:
John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray, styled in the charters, Lord of the Isle of Axholme, and the honor of Gower and Brember, was summoned to parliament from December 10, 1327, to November 20, 1360. This nobleman found much favor from King Edward III., who, in consideration of the eminent services of his progenitors, accepted of his homage, and gave him livery of his lands before he came of full age. He was subsequently the constant companion in arms of his martial sovereign, attending him in his campaign in France, where he assisted at the siege of Nantes, and the raising that of Aguillon. He was likewise at the celebrated battle of Durham in the 20th year of King Edward III., and at one time was Governor of Berwick-on-Tweed. He married 1st Joan Plantaganet, daughter of Henry Plantaganet, Earl of Lancaster, by whom he had a son, John de Mowbray, and a daughter Alianore Mowbray, who was the third wife of Roger, Lord la Warre, born 1326, died 1370. Alianore had been presumed to have been the daughter of her brother John de Mowbray, but this pedigree has been amended. John de Mowbray, the 3rd Baron, died in 1361, and was succeeded by his son., John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray
John de Mowbray, 2nd Baron Mowbray, was summoned to parliament from August 26, 1307, to August 5, 1320. This nobleman, during his minority, was actively engaged in the Scottish wars of King Edward I., and had livery of all his lands before he attained minority, in consideration of these services. In the 6th year of King Edward II., being then Sheriff of Yorkshire, and Governor of the city of York, he had command from the king to seize upon Henry de Perey, than a great baron of the north, in consequence of that nobleman suffering Pier Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall, to escape from Scarborough Castle, in which he had undertaken to keep him in safety. The next year Lord Mowbray was in another expedition into Scotland, and he was constituted one of the wardens of the marches towards that kingdom. In the 11th year of that same reign he was made Governor of Malton and Scarborough Castles, in Yorkshire, and the following year he was once more in Scotland, invested with authority to receive into protection all who would submit to King Edward. But afterwards taking part in the insurrection of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, he was made prisoner with that nobleman and others at the battle of Boroughbridge, and immediately hanged at York, in 1321, when his lands were seized by the crown, and Alivia (Alice) Braose, his widow, with her son, John, imprisoned in the Tower of London. This lady, who was the daughter and co-heir of William de Braose, Lord Braose, of Gower, was compelled, in order to obtain some alleviation of her unhappy situation, to confer several manors of her own inheritance upon Hugh le Despencer, Earl of Winchester. In the next reign, however, she obtained from the crown a confirmation of Gowerland, in Wales, to herself and the heirs of her body by her deceased husband, with remainder to Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, and his heirs. Lady Mowbray married (2) Sir R. de Peshale, Knight, and died in the 5th year of King Edward III., John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray
Roger de Mowbray, in the 6th year of King Edward II., upon making proof of his age, had livery of his lands. He was engaged in the wars of Wales and Gascony, and was summoned to parliament as a Baron, from June 23, 1295, to August 26, 1296. He married Rose (Agnes) Clare, great grand-daughter of Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford, and
they had two sons as follows:
1. John de Mowbray, his successor. See above.
2. Alexander de Mowbray, who went to Scotland.
He died in 1298, and was succeeded by his eldest son, John.
5. Roger de Mowbray was a minor at the time of his brother's death. He had several military summonses to attend King Henry III. into Scotland and Wales. He married Maud Beauchamp, daughter of William de Beauchamp, of Bedford, and dying in 1266, was succeeded by his eldest son, Roger
William de Mowbray, the eldest son, successor to his father, in the 6th year of King Richard I., paying 100 pounds for his relief, had livery of his lands. This feudal lord, upon the accession of King John, was tardy in pledging his allegiance, and at length only swore fealty upon the condition that "the king should render to every man his right." At the breaking out of -the baronial war, it was no marvel then, that he should be found one of the most forward of the discontented lords, and so distinguished, that he was chosen with his brother, Roger, among the twenty-five celebrated barons appointed to enforce the observance of the Magna Charta. At one time he was governor of York Castle. He was a party to the "Covenant for holding the City and Tower of London," and one of those whom the Pope excommunicated. In the reign of King Henry III., adhering to the same cause, he was at the battle of Lincoln, and taken prisoner there, when his lands were seized, and bestowed upon William Marshall, the younger, the Surety of the Magna Charta, but he was subsequently allowed to redeem them. After which he appears to have attached himself to the king, and was with the royal army at the siege of Bitham Castle, in Lincolnshire. He married Agnes Acive) Albini, daughter of the Earl of Arundel.
They had two sons and a daughter as follows:
1. Nigel de Mowbray, successor to his father, married Maud, daughter of Roger de Camvil, but dying without issue in 1228, was succeeded by his brother, Roger.
2. Roger de Mowbray. See above.
3. Joan Mowbray.
William died about 1223 at his castle in the Isle of Axholme, and was buried in the abbey of Newburgh in Yorkshire. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Nigel.
Nigil (Nele) de Mowbray attended among the barons in the 1st year of King Richard I., at the coronation of that monarch; and in the 3rd year of the same reign, assuming the cross, set out for Palestine, died upon his journey. He married Mabel Clare, daughter of the Earl of Clare, and
they had the following children:
1. William de Mowbray, a Surety of the Magna Charta. See above
.
2. Robert de Mowbray.
3. Philip de Mowbray, 1st of Barnbougle in Scotland
4. Roger, ancestor of Mowbray, of Kirklington, a Surety of the Magna Charta.
Nigil de Mowbray died in 1191, and was succeeded by his eldest son, William.
Roger de Mowbray, a minor at the time of his father's death, he succeeded him, possessing the lands of Mumbray or Mowbray, and assumed, by order of King Henry, the surname of Mowbray. Although not yet of age, he was one of the chief commanders at the memorable battle fought in 1138, with the Scots, near Northallerton, known in history as the battle of the Standard; and adhering to King Stephen, in his contest with the Empress Maud, he was taken prisoner with that monarch at the battle of Lincoln. In 1148, he accompanied Louis, King of France, to the Holy Land, and there acquired great renown by vanquishing a stout and hardy Pagan in single combat. He was afterwards involved in the rebellion of Prince Henry, against King Henry II., and lost some of his castles. His grants to the church were munificent in the extreme; and his piety was so fervent, that he again assumed the cross, and made a second journey, at about Easter 1186, to the Holy Land, where he was made prisoner, but redeemed by the knights Templars; he died in 1188 in Palestine, and was buried at Sures. Some authorities say that he returned to England, and living there fifteen years longer, was buried at the abbey of Riland. He married Alice de Gant, widow of Ilbert de Lacy, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Nigil (Nele) de Mowbray
1.. Nigil (Nele) de Albini (d'Aubigny), the younger son of Roger de Albini and the brother of William de Albini, was the founder of the family from which the ancient Earls of Arundel descended. The Albinis, who were maternally of the house of Mowbray, came into England with William the Conqueror, and obtained large possessions after the victory at Hastings. Nigil's grants lay in the cos. Bucks, Bedford, Warwick, and Leicester, and comprised several extensive lordships. In the reign of Rufus, he was bow-bearer to the king; and being knighted by King Henry I., had the manor of Egmanton, with divers parks in the forest of Shirwood, of that monarch's gift; which lordship he transferred however, to his particular friend, Robert Davil. But when King Henry had further experience with his valor and military skill, he augmented his royal bounty, and conferred upon him the vavassories of Camville and Wyvile; which gracious marks of favor so attached Albini to the interests of the his sovereign, that he espoused with the most devoted zeal the cause of Henry, against his brother, Robert Curthose, and took a conspicuous part in the battle of Tenercheby in 1106, he there slew the horse of Curthose, and brought the prince himself to the king; for which eminent service the king granted him the English lands of Robert de Stuteville, Baron of Frontebeof, which Frontebeof had fortified in behalf of Curthose. During the Norman rebellion, he, with his brother, William de Albini, remained faithful to King Henry I. and fought for him at the victory over the French king at Bremule on August 20, 1119. He had a grant of Montbrai or Mowbray and the other forfeited lands in Normandy and England of Robert de Mowbray, Earl of Northumberland, his maternal uncle; as also his castles, with the castle of Bayeux and its appurtenences; so that he had no less than 120 knight's fees in Normandy, and a s many in England; thus becoming one of the most powerful persons of the period in which he lived. He married after 1107 (1) Maud Aquila, daughter of Richard de Aquila, 2nd baron of Aquila, by permission of Pope Paschall; her husband, Robert de Mowbray, Earl of Northumberland, before-mentioned, being then alive, and in prison for rebellion against King William Rufus; from this lady he was, however, divorced, on account of consanguity, and by her had no issue. He married in June 1118 (2) by the special advise of King Henry I., Gundred de Gourney, sister of Hugh and daughter of Gerald de Gourney, who died in 1096, and his wife, Edith, daughter of William, 1st Earl of Surrey, and
They had two sons as follows:
1. Roger de Albini, his successor. See above
2. Henry de Albini, who had the lordship and barony of Cambo, and was ancestor of the Albinis, feudal lords of that place.
This feudal lord died at an advanced age, and was buried with is ancestor, in the abbey at Bec, in Normandy. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Roger.
Direct Descendants of William d'Aubigny
1 William d'Aubigny b: Abt. 1015
+? de Plessis
2 Roger d'Aubigny aka: Roger de Albini b: Abt. 1045 ref #: BxP:2
+Amice b: Abt. 1055
3 [1] Nele d'Aubigny aka: Nigel de Albini d: Nov 1129 ref #: BxP:2;
*2nd Wife of [1] Nele d'Aubigny:
+Gundred de Gournay ref #: W158-3
4 Roger de Mowbray d: Abt. 1188 ref #: W158-4
+Alice de Gaunt ref #: BxP:386
5 Nele de Mowbray aka: Nigel de Mowbray d: 1191 ref #: W158-5
+Mabel d: Abt. 1203
6 Sir William de Mowbray aka: Magna Charta Surety d: Bef. Mar
1223/24 ref #: W63-1
+Avice
7 Sir Roger de Mowbray b: Bef. 1230 d: Abt. Nov 1266 ref #: W63-2
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Nigel D'Aubigny (d. 1129), (son of Roger d'Aubigny d. 1084 and Amicie de
Coutances ) married 1118 Gundred de Gournay.);
I. Aubigny Pincerna
William d'Aubigny, who derived his name from St. Martin d'Aubigny
(Manche, arr. Coutances, cant. Periers) fl. 1056, and was ancestor of
the family that would become Earls of Arundel, as well as Mowbray and
probably Aubigny of Cainhoe. He married a sister of Grimald de Plessis,
and had:
Roger
(prob) Nigel, d.bef. 1107, ancestor of Aubigny of Cainhoe
(prob) Richard, abbot of St. Alban
Roger d'Aubigny, fl. 1084, m. Amice _____, and had:
Rualoc, fl. 1084, dsp .
William,
Nigel, d. 1129, ancestor of Mowbray.
Ref: Wurts, pp. 106-109.
Ref: �Genealogical History of the Domant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct PEERAGES of the British Empire� by Sir Bernard Burke.
pp. 386-388.
The Mowbrays, Dukes of Norfolk, were from an ancient period a great baronial family, and made succession of fortunate alliances. The royal match of John Mowbray, Lord Mowbray, with Elizabeth Segrave, whose mother was Margaret, Countess of Norfolk, daughter and heir of Thomas, Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I., may be considered the first step from the baronial rank. King Richard II., constituted Thomas, son of the great alliance, Earl Marshal in 1386, when his grandmother, Margaret, was also advanced to be Duchess of Norfolk. The duke, preparing in 1398 to fight a duel with Henry, Duke of Hereford, afterwards King Henry IV., was banished and died in exile the next year. The family was restored and continued for four generations down to Anne, the infant daughter and heiress of John, 4th duke, whom King Edward IV., married, as a child, to his 2nd son, Richard, Duke of York, then a young boy, and he made a settlement of the title and estate upon him and his heirs. She died immediately afterwards, in 1478, but the Duke of York continued in possession till he was murdered with his brother, King Edward V., by his uncle, Richard, on June 20, 1483. All Edward's plans for seizing the Mowbray property being thus terminated, and Richard III., wishing to secure vigorous allies, the succession to the estates were allowed to open to the Berkeleys and Howards, the heirs of the daughters of the duke. who died in exile in 1400, eighty-three years before, and King Richard,, on the 3rd day of his reign, June 28, 1483, created William Berkeley, Viscount Berkeley, Earl of Nottingham, and John Howard, Lord Howard (who had been raised to be a baron by his brother, Edward), at once Duke of Norfolk and Marshal of England (Burke, pg. 386).
The family was founded originally by Nigil de Albini (See details of the Albini (Aubigny) Line elsewhere in Volume II.)
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Elizabeth D'Arundelle FITZALAN family
Thomas MOWBRAY Earl was born 1366. He died 22 Sep 1400 in Venice. Thomas married Elizabeth D'Arundelle FITZALAN Lady on 1384. Other marriages: STRANGE, Elizabeth Marriage: 15 MAR 1382
Elizabeth D'Arundelle FITZALAN parents were: Richard FITZALAN was born 1346. He died 1 21 Sep 1397 in Beheaded. Richard married Elizabeth DE BOHUN Lady about 1359. Other marriages: MORTIMER, Philippa. Elizabeth DE BOHUN Lady died 1385.
Elizabeth D�Arundelle Fitzalan other marriages :William de Montacute; Gerard Afflete; Robert GOUSHILL and Edward LE DESPENCER Elizabeth was the daughter of
Sir William de Bohun and Elizabeth de Badlesmere.
They had the following children:
1 Elizabeth D'Arundelle FITZALAN Lady born 1375; died 8 Jul 1425; married (1)
William de Montacute Bef. 1383; married (2) Sir Thomas de Mowbray Jul
1384 in Arundel Castle; married (3) Sir Robert Goushill Bef. 19 Aug
1401; married (4) Gerard Ufflete Aft. 1403.
2 Thomas FITZALAN was born 13 Oct 1381 and died 13 Oct 1415. died in d.s.p; married Beatriz de Portugal.
3 Margaret FITZALAN.
4 Lady Alice FitzAlan, born Abt. 1374; met (1) Cardinal Henry
Beaufort in (never married); born Abt. 1375; died 11 Apr 1447 in
Winchester, England; married (2) John Cherleton Bef. Mar 1391/92.
5 Richard FITZALAN was born before 1397.
6. Joan FitzAlan, born 1375 in Of, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire,
England; died 14 Nov 1435; married Sir William de Beauchamp Abt. 1396 in
Of, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, England; born Aft. 1344 in Of, Warwick,
Warwickshire, England; died 8 May 1411.
Richard FITZALAN Parents were Richard FITZALAN 10th Earl was born about 1313. He died 24 Jan 1376 and was buried in Lewes Priory Lewes Sussex. Richard married Alianor/Eleanor PLANTAGENET Lady on 5 Feb 1345 in Ditton Church, Stoke Poges, Buckingham. Other marriages: DESPENSER, Isabel. Alianor/Eleanor PLANTAGENET Lady was born 1311 in Grismond Castle, Monmouth. She died 11 Jan 1372 in Arundel Castle, Sussex and was buried in Lewes Priory Lewes Sussex. . Other marriages:
BEAUMONT, John . Alianor Plantagenet, born Abt. 1318; died 11 Jan 1371/72. She was
the daughter of Sir Henry Plantagenet and Maud de Chaworth.
They had the following children:
1 Richard FITZALAN 1346; died 21 Sep 1397 in (beheaded);
married (1) Philippe de Mortimer; married (2) Elizabeth de Bohun 1359
2 John Fitzalan ARUNDEL Sir born in (of) Lytchett Mautravers, Dorset,
England; died 15 Dec 1379 in (at sea); married Alianor Maltravers 17 Feb
1358/59; born Abt. 1345; died 12 Jan 1404/05.
3 Joan FITZALAN Lady was born before 1351 died 7 Apr 1419; married Sir Humphrey de Bohun
Aft. 9 Sep 1359; born 25 Mar 1342; died 16 Jan 1372/73 in (d.s.p.m.).
4 Alice FITZALAN Lady was born 1352 and died 17 Mar 1415/16; married Sir Thomas de Holand
Apr 1364; born Abt. 1350; died 25 Apr 1397.
5 Thomas ARUNDEL was born 1353.
6 Mary FITZALAN Lady was born 1354 and died 1396.
7. Elizabeth FitzAlan, married Sir William Latimer; born 1330; died
1380.
Richard FITZALAN 10th Earl Parents were Edmund FITZALAN was born 1285. He died 17 Nov 1326 in Executed. Edmund married Alice DE WARENNE Lady on 1305. Alice DE WARENNE Lady [Parents] was born about 1277 in Of, Warren, Sussex, England. She died before 23 May 1338.
They had the following children:
1 Eleanor (Aline) FITZALAN.
2 Richard FITZALAN 10th Earl was born about 1313 and died 24 Jan 1376.
3 Alice FITZALAN was born about 1310.
4 Aline (Olive) FITZALAN was born 1314 and died 20 Jan 1386.
5 Katherine FITZALAN was born 1305 and died 2 May 1376.
6 Edmund FITZALAN was born 1308 in Arundel, Sussex.
7 John FITZALAN was born about 1315 in Arundel, Sussex
8 Jane FITZALAN was born about 1312.
Edmund FITZALAN Parents were Richard FITZALAN died 1302. He married Alice of SALUZZO
They had the following children:
1 Edmund FITZALAN was born 1285 and died 17 Nov 1326.
2 Richard FITZALAN 9th Earl 1 died 2 1302 in Beheaded
John FITZALAN died 1272. He married Isabella MORTIMER.
. Other marriages:
D'ARDERNE, Ralph ;HASTINGS, Robert
They had the following children:
1 Richard FITZALAN died 1302.
John FITZALAN Parents: M i Humphrey DE VERDON was born 1 1267 in Born on the vigil of Pentecost.. John FITZALAN died 1 1267. He married Maud DE VERDUN.
Maud DE VERDUN died 1 27 Nov 1283. She married John FITZALAN. Other marriages: D'AMUNDEVILLE, Richard
They had the following children:
1 John FITZALAN died 1272.
John FITZALAN Parents: John FITZALAN Lord of Clune died 1 1240. He married Isabel DE ALBINI. Isabel DE ALBINI [Parents] married John FITZALAN Lord of Clune.
They had the following children:
1 John FITZALAN died 1267
John FITZALAN Lord of Clune Parents: William FITZALAN [Parents] died 1 1160. He married Isabel DE SAY Lady of Clune. Other marriages: DE VERE, Geoffrey;
BOTERELL, William
They had the following children:
1 William FITZALAN died 1216.
2 John FITZALAN Lord of Clune died 1240.
William FITZALAN Parents Alan fitz FLEALD Feudal Baron died 1101. He married A daughter & heir of WARINE.
They had the following children:
1 William FITZALAN died 1160.
2 Walter FITZ ALAN 1st Great died 1177.
3 Simon BOYD.
Alan fitz FLEALD Feudal Baron Parents FLAALD hereditary Steward of DOL died 1 1097.
He had the following children:
1 Alan fitz FLEALD Feudal Baron died 1101.
2 Alan hereditary Steward of DOL Seneschal
FLAALD hereditary Steward of DOL ParentsAlan of DOL.
He had the following children:
1 FLAALD hereditary Steward of DOL died 1097.
2 Alan of DOL.
3 Rhiwallon.
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Fitz Alan Line (Earls of Arundel) to Mowbray and Berkeley
Segrave family
Elizabeth SEGRAVE Lady was born 1338. She died before 1368. Elizabeth married John MOWBRAY Lord on 1353
Elizabeth parents: John DE SEGRAVE was born about 1306. He died 1353. He was the
son of Stephen de Segrave and Alice de Arundel.
John married Margaret PLANTAGENET Lady after 1327.
Margaret PLANTAGENET Lady [Parents] was born about 1321. She died 24 Mar 1399.
She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Plantagenet and Alice de Hales.
Other marriages: DE MAUNY, Walter Sir
They had the following children:
1 Elizabeth SEGRAVE Lady was born 1338 and died before 1368.
2 Anne SEGRAVE died CIR 1377.
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De Bohun
Elizabeth D'Arundelle FITZALAN parents were: Richard FITZALAN was born 1346. He died 1 21 Sep 1397 in Beheaded. Richard married Elizabeth DE BOHUN Lady about 1359. Other marriages: MORTIMER, Philippa. Elizabeth DE BOHUN Lady died 1385.
Elizabeth parents William of Northampton DE BOHUN and Elizabeth DE BADLESMERE
William and Elizabeth Children:
Children:
1 Humphrey Birth: 24 MAR 1341 Death: 16 JAN 1373 m�d Joan FITZALAN
2 Elizabeth
Earl of Northampton William of Northampton DE BOHUN parents Humphrey DE BOHUN and Elizabeth (Isabel) PLANTAGANET They were Married: 14 NOV 1302; Westminster Abbey, London, England
Humphrey and Elizabeth Children:
Children:
1 Hugh Birth: ABOUT 1303
2 Eleanor Birth: 1304 Death: 7 OCT 1363
3 John aka John Earl of Hereford9 & Essex
Birth: 23 NOV 1305 Death: 20 JAN 1335; Kirkby-Thore, Wetsmoreland Burial: Stratford Abbey, London
4 Mary Birth: ABOUT 1305
5 Margaret Death: 1392
6 Humphrey Earl of Hereford 10 Essex Birth: ABOUT 1309
7 William above
8 Edmund
9 Edward Birth: ABOUT 1311
10 Eneas m Birth: ABOUT 1314
11 IsabellaBirth: ABOUT 1316
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11. Bohun Line (Earls of Hereford and Essex)
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DESCENDANCY CHART of THE BOHUNS
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