Twenty Trees Books
Follow us on Facebook for updates:
See Home Page for details ... or click on the images to go to Amazon
Europe, British Isles, England, Welsh March, Gloucestershire, Berkeley Castle [Map]
Berkeley Castle is in Berkeley, Gloucestershire.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1121. And the king (age 53) was at Easter at Berkley [Map]; and after that at Pentecost he held a full court at Westminster; and afterwards in the summer went with an army into Wales. And the Welsh came against him; and after the king's will they accorded with him.
On 29 Sep 1131 Roger II de Berkeley (age 62) died at Berkeley Castle [Map].
Around 1170 Thomas Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley was born to Maurice Fitzharding aka Berkeley 2nd Baron Berkeley (age 50) and Alice Berkeley Baroness Berkeley (age 35) at Berkeley Castle [Map].
On 16 Jun 1190 Maurice Fitzharding aka Berkeley 2nd Baron Berkeley (age 70) died at Berkeley Castle [Map]. He was buried at Berkeley Castle [Map]. His son Robert Berkeley 3rd Baron Berkeley (age 25) succeeded 3rd Baron Berkeley Feudal.
In 1218 Maurice Berkeley 5th Baron Berkeley was born to Thomas Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley (age 48) and Joan Somery Baroness Berkeley (age 23) at Berkeley Castle [Map].
On 29 Nov 1243 Thomas Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley (age 73) died at Berkeley Castle [Map]. He was buried at St Augustine's Abbey, Bristol [Map]. His son Maurice Berkeley 5th Baron Berkeley (age 25) succeeded 5th Baron Berkeley Feudal. Isabella Plantagenet Baroness Berkeley by marriage Baroness Berkeley Feudal.
On 23 Jul 1245 Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley was born to Maurice Berkeley 5th Baron Berkeley (age 27) and Isabella Plantagenet Baroness Berkeley at Berkeley Castle [Map]. He a great grandson of King John of England.
Around 1268 Alice Berkeley was born to Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley (age 22) and Joan Ferrers Baroness Berkeley at Berkeley Castle [Map]. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King John of England.
In Apr 1271 Maurice Berkeley 7th and 2nd Baron Berkeley was born to Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley (age 25) and Joan Ferrers Baroness Berkeley at Berkeley Castle [Map]. He a great x 2 grandson of King John of England.
In 1320 Maurice Berkeley 9th and 4th Baron Berkeley was born to Thomas Rich Berkeley 8th and 3rd Baron Berkeley (age 24) and Margaret Mortimer Baroness Berkeley (age 16) at Berkeley Castle [Map].
Froissart Book 1 Chapter 12. Thus it befell of this high and hardy enterprise of sir John of Hainault (age 38) and his company. For when they departed and entered into their ships at Dordrecht, they were but three hundred men of arms; and thus by their help and the lords in England, the queen Isabel conquered again all her estate and dignity, and put unto execution all her enemies, whereof all the most part of the realm were right joyous, without it were a few persons such as were favourable to sir Hugh Spencer (age 40) and of his part. And when the king (age 42) and sir Hugh Spencer were brought to Bristow [Map] by the said sir Henry Beaumont, the king was then sent by the counsel of all the barons and knights to the strong castle of Berkeley [Map], and put under good keeping and honest, and there were ordained people of estate about him, such as knew right well what they ought to do; but they were straitly commanded that they should in no wise suffer him to pass out of the castle. And sir Hugh Spencer was delivered to sir Thomas Wake (age 29), marshal of the host. And after that the queen (age 31) departed and all her host toward London, which was the chief city of England, and so rid forth on their journeys, and sir Thomas Wake caused sir Hugh Spencer to be fast bound on the least and leanest 2 horse of all the host, and caused him to wear on a tabard such as traitors and thieves were wont to wear.
On 05 Apr 1327 King Edward II of England (age 42) was imprisoned at Berkeley Castle [Map].
On 21 Sep 1327 King Edward II of England (age 43) was murdered at Berkeley Castle [Map]. There is speculation as to the manner of his death, and as to whether he died at all. Some believe he may have lived the rest of his life in Europe.
On 05 Jan 1352 Thomas Berkeley 10th and 5th Baron Berkeley, Baron Lisle was born to Maurice Berkeley 9th and 4th Baron Berkeley (age 32) and Elizabeth Despencer Baroness Berkeley (age 27) at Berkeley Castle [Map]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward I of England.
On 27 Oct 1361 Thomas Rich Berkeley 8th and 3rd Baron Berkeley (age 65) died at Berkeley Castle [Map]. His son Maurice Berkeley 9th and 4th Baron Berkeley (age 41) succeeded 9th Baron Berkeley Feudal, 4th Baron Berkeley.
In 1394 James Berkeley 11th and 1st Baron Berkeley was born to James Berkeley (age 39) and Elizabeth Bluet at Berkeley Castle [Map]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England.
In 1426 William Berkeley 1st Marquess Berkeley was born to James Berkeley 11th and 1st Baron Berkeley (age 32) and Isabel Mowbray Baroness Berkeley (age 26) at Berkeley Castle [Map].
In 1435 Maurice Berkeley 3rd Baron Berkeley was born to James Berkeley 11th and 1st Baron Berkeley (age 41) and Isabel Mowbray Baroness Berkeley (age 35) at Berkeley Castle [Map].
In 1452 John Talbot 1st Viscount Lisle (age 26) stormed and took James Berkeley 11th and 1st Baron Berkeley (age 58) and his sons prisoner at Berkeley Castle [Map].
On 22 Oct 1463 James Berkeley 11th and 1st Baron Berkeley (age 69) died at Berkeley Castle [Map]. He was buried at St Augustine's Abbey, Bristol [Map]. His son William Berkeley 1st Marquess Berkeley (age 37) succeeded 12th Baron Berkeley Feudal, 2nd Baron Berkeley.
On 20 Mar 1470 the army of William Berkeley 1st Marquess Berkeley (age 44) including Maurice Berkeley 3rd Baron Berkeley (age 35) defeated the army of Thomas Talbot 2nd Viscount Lisle (age 21) at Nibley Green, Berkeley.
Thomas Talbot 2nd Viscount Lisle was killed. Viscount Lisle extinct. Baron Lisle abeyant.
Ostensibly a battle of the Wars of the Roses it may also be considered a settling of the dispute over the ownership of Berkeley Castle [Map] which has passed with the Baron Berkeley Feudal to William Berkeley 1st Marquess Berkeley rather than with Baron Berkeley which was abeyant, and of which Thomas Talbot 2nd Viscount Lisle was a potential heir. Thomas Talbot 2nd Viscount Lisle was born to John Talbot 1st Viscount Lisle whose mother was Margaret Beauchamp Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford whose mother was Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick who was a daughter of Thomas Berkeley 10th and 5th Baron Berkeley, Baron Lisle.
In 1487 William Berkeley 1st Marquess Berkeley (age 61) settled the Berkeley Castle [Map] and Hhonour of Berkeley, the Barony of Bedford, the Barony of Gower, and the greater part of his manors and lands in England, Wales and Ireland, on himself in tail general, with remainder to the King in tail male failing which to his own right heirs effectively disinheriting his brothers and their descendants.
In Sep 1506 Maurice Berkeley 3rd Baron Berkeley (age 71) died at Berkeley Castle [Map]. He was buried at St Augustine's Abbey, Bristol [Map]. His son Maurice Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley (age 39) succeeded 4th Baron Berkeley.
Around 1511 Mary Berkeley was born to James Berkeley of Thornbury (age 38) and Susan Fitzalan at Berkeley Castle [Map].
In 1544 Maurice Berkeley (age 38) was appointed Constable of Berkeley Castle.
Adeline Horsey Recollections. From Cowes we went to stay with the Ailesburys at Savernake, and then to Badminton, where the Beauforts had a large family party. The church was attached to the house, and one actually walked out of the library into the Parish Church, where the roomy Beaufort pew was well warmed by a fire. I remember going with the Duchess, my mother, and Lord Cantelupe (age 27) to see Berkeley Castle [Map], a most interesting but very uncomfortable draughty old place. I afterwards heard that Colonel Berkeley (age 55), whose name figured in certain scandals of the Regency, had spent much of his time there with the numerous frail ladies who found him irresistible.
On 10 Oct 1857 Colonel William Berkeley 1st Earl Fitzhardinge (age 70) died at Berkeley Castle [Map]. Earl Fitzhardinge and Baron Segrave extinct.
On 15 Jan 1942 Randal Mowbray Thomas Berkeley 8th Earl of Berkeley (age 76) died without issue. Earl Berkeley and 8th Viscount Dursley extinct. Berkeley Castle [Map] was inherited by his 13th cousin Captain Robert George Wilmot Berkeley.