Maurice de Berkeley Knight
b:
d: 12/12 FEB 1346/1347
b:
d: 12/12 FEB 1346/1347
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]
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]
- 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
| PARENT (M) Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley Knight | |||
| Birth | |||
| Death | |||
| Marriage | to Isabel de Clare | ||
| Marriage | to Eve La Zouche | ||
| Father | Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley Knight | ||
| Mother | Joan de Ferrers | ||
| PARENT (F) Eve La Zouche | |||
| Birth | |||
| Death | |||
| Marriage | to Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley Knight | ||
| Father | Eudes La Zouche | ||
| Mother | Milicent de Cantilupe | ||
| CHILDREN | |||
| M | Maurice de Berkeley Knight | ||
| Birth | |||
| Death | 12/12 FEB 1346/1347 | at the siege of Calais | |
| Marriage | to Margery de Vere | ||
| PARENT (M) Maurice de Berkeley Knight | |||
| Birth | |||
| Death | 12/12 FEB 1346/1347 | at the siege of Calais | |
| Marriage | to Margery de Vere | ||
| Father | Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley Knight | ||
| Mother | Eve La Zouche | ||
| PARENT (F) Margery de Vere | |||
| Birth | |||
| Death | 21 MAY 1351 | ||
| Marriage | to Maurice de Berkeley Knight | ||
| Father | Alphonse de Vere, Knight | ||
| Mother | Joan Foliot | ||
| CHILDREN | |||
| M | Thomas de Berkeley Knight | ||
| Birth | ABT 1334 | ||
| Death | BEF 29 SEP 1361 | ||
| Marriage | BEF 1350 | to Katherine Botetourt | |
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
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
+ Henry Lygon b: ABT 1525 d: 31 JUL 1577
+ Edward Bassett d: BEF 5 NOV 1602
10 Jane Bassett d: 23 APR 1631
+ John Deighton Gent. d: 16 MAY 1640