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			\|caption = ] of Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley & wife, ], Gloucestershire<ref>Davis, C.T. The Monumental Brasses of Gloucestershire, London, 1899. Davis correctly states the date of death as 1417, yet incorrectly calls him 4th Lord in place of 5th; Also drawn in </ref>
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	==Marriage==		==Marriage==
			] of Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley (d.1417), from his ] at ], Glos. The ] was the ] of the Berkeleys<ref>Boutell, Charles. Heraldry Historical & Popular, London, 1863, p.235</ref>]]

	In 1367 Lord Thomas married ] (1360–1392), daughter of ] and Margaret Pipard. Thomas and Margaret had one child:		In 1367 Lord Thomas married ] (1360–1392), daughter of ] and Margaret Pipard. Thomas and Margaret had one child:

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	==Transfers estate to trustees==		==Transfers estate to trustees==
⚫	~~] 6 in chief and 4 in base argent'']]~~
	In 1417 he enfeoffed at Berkeley Castle, shortly before his death, several feoffees to hold all his lands in trust, due to the fact he had no male children as his heirs and that the course of succession then seemed unclear. The catalogue entry made by the British Museum librarian Isaac Jeaves for charter number 581 preserved in the muniments at Berkeley Castle records:<ref> Enfeoffment 24/6/1417.</ref>		In 1417 he enfeoffed at Berkeley Castle, shortly before his death, several feoffees to hold all his lands in trust, due to the fact he had no male children as his heirs and that the course of succession then seemed unclear. The catalogue entry made by the British Museum librarian Isaac Jeaves for charter number 581 preserved in the muniments at Berkeley Castle records:<ref> Enfeoffment 24/6/1417.</ref>
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	The great ] ] of the Berkeleys, known as "Berkeley's Inn", was at ] by ], close to the ]. Thomas FitzNicholl, one of the witnesses, was many times MP for ], including in 1395 when he served jointly with Gilbert Denys. Saul, N. states that such feoffees were likely to have been members of Lord Berkeley's ].<ref>Saul, N. Gloucestershire Gentry in the 14th. Century, Oxford, 1981. p.73</ref> These were very significant positions of trust granted to his feoffees as Berkeley died leaving only a daughter and the succession to the vast Berkeley lands, including the castle itself, became a matter of much dispute amongst his possible heirs resulting in a series of feuds which led in 1470 to the last private battle fought on English soil at the ], between Lord William Berkeley and Viscount Lisle, and there followed the longest dispute in English legal history, which did not end until 1609.		The great ] ] of the Berkeleys, known as "Berkeley's Inn", was at ] by ], close to the ]. Thomas FitzNicholl, one of the witnesses, was many times MP for ], including in 1395 when he served jointly with Gilbert Denys. Saul, N. states that such feoffees were likely to have been members of Lord Berkeley's ].<ref>Saul, N. Gloucestershire Gentry in the 14th. Century, Oxford, 1981. p.73</ref> These were very significant positions of trust granted to his feoffees as Berkeley died leaving only a daughter and the succession to the vast Berkeley lands, including the castle itself, became a matter of much dispute amongst his possible heirs resulting in a series of feuds which led in 1470 to the last private battle fought on English soil at the ], between Lord William Berkeley and Viscount Lisle, and there followed the longest dispute in English legal history, which did not end until 1609.

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			File:BerkeleyTombWootton.JPG\|Tomb of 5th Baron Berkeley & wife, on top of which is the monumental brass. Not original position. ].
		⚫	File:BerkeleyE_CoA.png\|Armorial of Berkeley: ''Gules, a chevron between 10 ] 6 in chief and 4 in base argent''
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	==Sources==		==Sources==
	*Richardson, Douglas, Kimball G. Everingham, and David Faris. ''Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Royal ancestry series.'' (p. 99) Baltimore, Md: Genealogical Pub. Co, 2004. Retrieved April 20, 2008		*Richardson, Douglas, Kimball G. Everingham, and David Faris. ''Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Royal ancestry series.'' (p. 99) Baltimore, Md: Genealogical Pub. Co, 2004. Retrieved April 20, 2008
	* Accessed April 20, 2008		* Accessed April 20, 2008

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Revision as of 18:22, 19 October 2013

Thomas de Berkeley
5th Baron Berkeley
Monumental brass of Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley & wife, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire
Born	1352/1353 Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Died	July 13, 1417 (aged 64-65)
Spouse(s)	Margaret de Lisle, Baroness Berkeley
Issue	Elizabeth de Berkeley, Countess of Warwick
Father	Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley
Mother	Elizabeth le Despenser

Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley the Magnificent (5 January 1352/53 – 13 July 1417) was an English peer born in the Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England to Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley and Elizabeth le Despencer.

Marriage

File:BerkeleyMermaidCollar.jpg

Drawing of detail of mermaid livery collar of Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley (d.1417), from his monumental brass at Wotton-under-Edge, Glos. The mermaid was the heraldic badge of the Berkeleys

In 1367 Lord Thomas married Margaret de Lisle, 3rd Baroness Lisle (1360–1392), daughter of Warine de Lisle, 2nd Baron Lisle and Margaret Pipard. Thomas and Margaret had one child:

Elizabeth de Berkeley (born ca.1386 – 28 December 1422), married Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick.

Transfers estate to trustees

In 1417 he enfeoffed at Berkeley Castle, shortly before his death, several feoffees to hold all his lands in trust, due to the fact he had no male children as his heirs and that the course of succession then seemed unclear. The catalogue entry made by the British Museum librarian Isaac Jeaves for charter number 581 preserved in the muniments at Berkeley Castle records:

"Feoffment by Thomas, Lord Berkeley, Knt, to Walter Poole, Gilbert Denys Knts, Thomas Knolles, citizen of London, Thomas Rugge, John Grevell, Robert Greyndour and Thomas Sergeant, esquires, of all the lands, reversions, and tenants' services in Berkeley, Wotton, Gloucester, South Cerney, Cerneyeswike, Aure, Arlingham, and Horton, and in Berkeley and Bledislow Hundreds; in the City of London; in Portbury, Portishead, Weston, Bedminster, and in Bedminster and Portbury Hundreds, co. Somerset, and in Sharnecote and Chicklade, co. Wiltshire, together with the advowsons of St. Andrew's Church in Baynard's Castle, London, the advowsons of Chicklade, Portishead, and Walton, and the patronage and advowson of St. Mary's Abbey of Kingswood. Witnesses: Thomas FitzNicoll, John Pauncefoot, Knights; Robert Poyntz, Edmund Bassett, Thomas Kendale. Datum ad Berkeley, Thursday, Feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist (24 June) 5 Hen. V. (1417) Withseal,broken)"

The great City of London townhouse of the Berkeleys, known as "Berkeley's Inn", was at Puddle Dock by Baynard's Castle, close to the Blackfriars Monastery. Thomas FitzNicholl, one of the witnesses, was many times MP for Gloucestershire, including in 1395 when he served jointly with Gilbert Denys. Saul, N. states that such feoffees were likely to have been members of Lord Berkeley's retinue. These were very significant positions of trust granted to his feoffees as Berkeley died leaving only a daughter and the succession to the vast Berkeley lands, including the castle itself, became a matter of much dispute amongst his possible heirs resulting in a series of feuds which led in 1470 to the last private battle fought on English soil at the Battle of Nibley Green, between Lord William Berkeley and Viscount Lisle, and there followed the longest dispute in English legal history, which did not end until 1609.

Gallery

Tomb of 5th Baron Berkeley & wife, on top of which is the monumental brass. Not original position. Wotton-under-Edge.
Armorial of Berkeley: Gules, a chevron between 10 crosses pattée 6 in chief and 4 in base argent

Ancestors

Family of Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley

16. Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley

8. Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley

17. Joan de Ferrers

4. Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley

18. Eon la Zouche

9. Eve la Zouche

19. Millicent de Cauntelo

2. Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley

20. Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer

10. Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March

21. Margaret de Fiennes

5. Margaret Mortimer

22. Piers de Geneville

11. Joan de Geneville

23. Jeanne of Lusignan

1. Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley

24. Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer

12. Hugh le Despenser, Earl of Winchester

25. Aliva Basset

6. Hugh le Despenser

26. William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick

13. Isabella de Beauchamp

27. Maud FitzJohn

3. Elizabeth le Despenser

28. Richard de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford

14. Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford

29. Maud de Lacy

7. Eleanor de Clare

30. Edward I of England

15. Joan of Acre

31. Eleanor of Castile

Sources

Richardson, Douglas, Kimball G. Everingham, and David Faris. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Royal ancestry series. (p. 99) Baltimore, Md: Genealogical Pub. Co, 2004. Retrieved April 20, 2008
thepeerage.com Accessed April 20, 2008

References

Davis, C.T. The Monumental Brasses of Gloucestershire, London, 1899. Davis correctly states the date of death as 1417, yet incorrectly calls him 4th Lord in place of 5th; Also drawn in Hollis, George, The Monumental Effigies of Great Britain, 1841, Part 4, Plate 10
Boutell, Charles. Heraldry Historical & Popular, London, 1863, p.235
Jeayes, Isaac Herbert, Catalogue of the Charters & Muniments in the Possession of Rt. Hon Lord FitzHardinge at Berkeley Castle, Bristol, 1892. No.581 Enfeoffment 24/6/1417.
Saul, N. Gloucestershire Gentry in the 14th. Century, Oxford, 1981. p.73

Peerage of England
Preceded byMaurice de Berkeley	Baron Berkeley 1368–1417	Succeeded byTitle extinct

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