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, Maurice De Berkeley

Maurice de Berkeley KnightI9014
b:
d: 12/12 FEB 1346/1347
Biography
His lands were seized by King Edward II when his father rebelled againstthe king and the Despensers. With his elder brother, Thomas, he pillagedDespenser property. He had restitution of his lands after the fall ofthe Despensers. In 1330 King Edward III retained him for life "to attendhim always." In 1337 the king granted him the manor of Sherrinton,Wiltshire, and, in 1339, the manor of Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, nothof which formerly belonged to his brother-in-law, john Mautravers.[Plantagent, 260]

DEATH: His memory is commemorated in the great east window of GloucesterCathedral in the display of shields of the knights who fought in theCrécy and Calais campaigns of 1346 and 1347. [Plantagent, 260]
Facts
  • 12/12 FEB 1346/1347 - Death - ; at the siege of Calais
  • 15 Edward III - Knighted - knight banneret
  • 1346 - Military Service - ; Battle of Crécy
  • 1346/1347 - Military Service - died testate ; Siege of Calais
  • Occupation - Constable ; Gloucester, Gloucester, England
  • Occupation - Steward of the Duchy of Aquitaine
  • Nobility Title - Knight
Ancestors
   
Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley Knight
1245 - 23 JUL 1321
 
 
Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley Knight
-
  
  
  
Joan de Ferrers
- 19 MAR 1309
 
Maurice de Berkeley Knight
- 12/12 FEB 1346/1347
  
 
  
Eudes La Zouche
-
 
 
Eve La Zouche
-
  
  
  
Milicent de Cantilupe
-
 
Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (M) Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley Knight
Birth
Death
Marriageto Isabel de Clare
Marriageto Eve La Zouche
FatherThomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley Knight
MotherJoan de Ferrers
PARENT (F) Eve La Zouche
Birth
Death
Marriageto Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley Knight
FatherEudes La Zouche
MotherMilicent de Cantilupe
CHILDREN
MMaurice de Berkeley Knight
Birth
Death12/12 FEB 1346/1347at the siege of Calais
Marriageto Margery de Vere
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) Maurice de Berkeley Knight
Birth
Death12/12 FEB 1346/1347 at the siege of Calais
Marriageto Margery de Vere
FatherMaurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley Knight
MotherEve La Zouche
PARENT (F) Margery de Vere
Birth
Death21 MAY 1351
Marriageto Maurice de Berkeley Knight
FatherAlphonse de Vere, Knight
MotherJoan Foliot
CHILDREN
MThomas de Berkeley Knight
BirthABT 1334
DeathBEF 29 SEP 1361
MarriageBEF 1350to Katherine Botetourt
Descendancy Chart
1 Maurice de Berkeley Knight d: 12/12 FEB 1346/1347
+ Margery de Vere d: 21 MAY 1351
2 Thomas de Berkeley Knight b: ABT 1334 d: BEF 29 SEP 1361
+ Katherine Botetourt d: 22/22 JAN 1387/1388
3 Maurice Berkeley Knight b: 1 JUN 1358 d: 2 OCT 1400
+ Joan Dinham d: 22 AUG 1412
4 Maurice Berkeley Knight b: 2/02 FEB 1400/1401 d: 26 NOV 1464
+ Ellen Montfort
5 William Berkeley Knight, K.B. b: ABT 1436 d: 1501
+ Anne Stafford d: 1503
6 Richard Berkeley Esquire d: 1514
+ Elizabeth Coningsby d: 1546
7 John Berkeley Knight d: 1546
+ Isabella Dennis
8 Elizabeth Berkeley
+ Henry Lygon b: ABT 1525 d: 31 JUL 1577
9 Ellizabeth Lygon
+ Edward Bassett d: BEF 5 NOV 1602
10 Jane Bassett d: 23 APR 1631
+ John Deighton Gent. d: 16 MAY 1640

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