Paternal Family Tree: Berkeley
Maternal Family Tree: Isabel Meade 3rd Baroness Berkeley
Richard Berkeley and Elizabeth Ann Reade were married.
Richard Berkeley and Elizabeth Jermy were married.
In 1531 Richard Berkeley was born to John Berkeley [aged 25] and Isabel Denys [aged 22] at Stoke Giffard, Gloucestershire.
In 1531 [his father] John Berkeley [aged 25] and [his mother] Isabel Denys [aged 22] were married. They were sixth cousins.
In or before 1540 [his son-in-law] Thomas Throckmorton of Tortworth and [his daughter] Elizabeth Berkeley were married.
On 28th June 1545 [his father] John Berkeley [aged 39] died.
After 28th June 1545 [his step-father] Arthur Porter [aged 40] and [his mother] Isabel Denys [aged 37] were married.
Around 1550 [his son] Henry Berkeley was born to Richard Berkeley [aged 19] and Elizabeth Ann Reade [aged 30].
Around 1550 [his daughter] Anne Berkeley was born to Richard Berkeley [aged 19] and Elizabeth Ann Reade [aged 30].
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Around 1553 [his daughter] Catherine Berkeley was born to Richard Berkeley [aged 22] and Elizabeth Ann Reade [aged 33]. She married in or before 1585 Rowland Leigh of Longbarrow, son of Thomas Leigh, and had issue.
Around 1560 [his daughter] Mary Berkeley was born to Richard Berkeley [aged 29] and Elizabeth Ann Reade [aged 40]. She married 1586 John Hungerford and had issue.
In 1564 Richard Berkeley [aged 33] was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucester.
In 1568 Richard Berkeley [aged 37] was knighted.
After 1580 [his daughter] Elizabeth Berkeley died.
In or before 1585 [his son-in-law] Rowland Leigh of Longbarrow [aged 48] and [his daughter] Catherine Berkeley [aged 31] were married.
Around 1586 [his son-in-law] John Hungerford [aged 19] and [his daughter] Mary Berkeley [aged 26] were married.
On 29th September 1599 Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex [aged 33] was compelled to stand before the Council during a five-hour interrogation. The Council, which included his uncle William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury [aged 55], took a quarter of an hour to compile a report, which declared that his truce with O'Neill was indefensible and his flight from Ireland tantamount to a desertion of duty. He was committed to the custody of Sir Richard Berkeley [aged 68] in his own York House [Map] on 1 October.
In 1604 Richard Berkeley [aged 73] was elected MP Gloucestershire.
In 1605 Richard Berkeley [aged 74] died at Stoke Giffard, Gloucestershire.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Berkeley was born to Richard Berkeley and Elizabeth Ann Reade. She married in or before 1540 Thomas Throckmorton of Tortworth and had issue.
Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Philip III of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 11 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Berkeley 3rd Baron Berkeley
4 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley
5 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Botetort 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley
6 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Dynham
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Dynham 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Muriel Courtenay 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Berkeley
7 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Grandfather: Richard Berkeley of Stoke Gifford
8 x Great Grandson of King John of England
father: John Berkeley
9 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Coningsby
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Coningsby
Great x 1 Grandfather: Humphrey Coningsby
Grandmother: Elizabeth Coningsby
Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Ferriby
Richard Berkeley
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Denys of Bradford Devon
Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Denys
Grandfather: William Denys
mother: Isabel Denys 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 9th and 4th Baron Berkeley
4 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Berkeley
2 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Despencer Baroness Berkeley
Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Berkeley 11th and 1st Baron Berkeley
3 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bluet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 3rd Baron Berkeley
4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Mowbray 4th Baron Mowbray Baron Segrave
2 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk
2 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Segrave 5th Baroness Segrave Baroness Mowbray
Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Mowbray Baroness Berkeley
3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel
2 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk
2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey
Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Grandmother: Anne Berkeley
5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel Meade 3rd Baroness Berkeley