Sir Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley

Abt 1245 - 1321  (76 years)

• Name	Thomas de Berkeley
  Prefix	Sir
  Suffix	1st Baron Berkeley
  Relationship	with Joanna Willems
  Birth	Abt 1245	Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Jul 1321	St, Augustines Abbey, Bristol, Gloucester, England, United Kingdom
  Person ID	I836425	savenije
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Maurice de Berkeley           b. 04 Apr 1218, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom           d. 04 Apr 1281, Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Isabel Fitzroy, de Chilham           b. Abt 1223, Chilham Castle, Kent, England, United Kingdom           d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 12 Jul 1247
  Age at Marriage	He : 29 years and 3 months - She : ~ 24 years and 7 months.
  Siblings	3 brothers and 1 sister
  + 1. Sir Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley           b. Abt 1245, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom           d. 23 Jul 1321, St, Augustines Abbey, Bristol, Gloucester, England, United Kingdom  (Age 76 years) ▻ Joan Ferrers, Baroness,  m. 1267   2. Robert de Berkeley           b. Abt 1247             d. Yes, date unknown   3. Simon de Berkeley           b. Abt 1249, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom           d. Yes, date unknown   4. Maud de Berkeley           b. Abt 1251, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom           d. Yes, date unknown   5. Maurice de Berkeley           b. Abt 1253, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom           d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F311653	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joan Ferrers, Baroness           b. Abt 1238, Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom           d. 19 Mar 1310, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	1267
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 22 years - She : ~ 29 years.
  Children	4 sons and 4 daughters
  	+ 1. I836421 Sir Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Lord Berkeley           b. Apr 1267, Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom           d. 31 May 1326, Wallingford Castle, Wallingford, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom (Age 59 years) + 2. I836871 Alice de Berkeley           b. Abt 1268, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom           d. Yes, date unknown > 3. I836870 Margaret de Berkeley           b. Abt 1269, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom           d. Yes, date unknown + 4. I836865 Sir Thomas de Berkeley           b. Abt 1274, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom           d. Bef Apr 1346, Coston, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom (Age 72 years) > 5. I836867 John de Berkeley           b. 1277, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom           d. Yes, date unknown > 6. I844476 Lady Marguerite Frances de Berkeley           b. 1279, Bronlow Hall, Warfield, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom           d. Yes, date unknown   7. I836868 James de Berkeley           b. Abt 1279, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom           d. Yes, date unknown   8. I836869 Isabel de Berkeley           b. Abt 1281, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom           d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F311652	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2012

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas de Berkeley, feudal Lord of Berkeley and 1st Baron Berkeley so created by writ of summons to Parliament 24 June 1295; V-Constable England 1297, present at the victory over the Scots of Falkirk 22 July 1298 and at Siege of Carlaverock July 1300, taken prisoner at Scottish victory of Bannockburn 24 June 1314, Commissioner to examine claims to the crown of Scotland June 1292. [Burke's Peerage] --------------------------------------------------------- Thomas de Berkeley, b. at Berkeley in 1245, was summoned to parliament by writ as a baron from 23 June 1295 to 15 May 1321. This nobleman was of great eminence in the reigns of Edward I and and Edward II, being in the French, Welsh, and Scottish wars of those periods, particularly at the celebrated siege of Caerlaverock. He was involved, however, at the close of his life in the treason of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster. His lordship m. circa 1267 Jane, dau. of William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby, and dying July 23, 1321 (his wife d. 19 Mar 1309], left issue, I. Maurice, 2nd baron II. Thomas, ancestor of the Berkeleys of Wymondham, co. Leicester, extinct in Sir Henry Berkeley, living 1622. III. John, d. s. p. 10th Edward II [c. 1317] IV. James, a bishop I. Isabel, d. unm. II. Margaret, d. unm. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 44, Berkeley, Viscount Berkeley, Earl of Nottingham, and Marquess of Berkeley]

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1245 - Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom Child - Sir Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Lord Berkeley - Apr 1267 - Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom Child - Alice de Berkeley - Abt 1268 - Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom Child - Margaret de Berkeley - Abt 1269 - Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom Child - Sir Thomas de Berkeley - Abt 1274 - Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom Child - John de Berkeley - 1277 - Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom Child - Lady Marguerite Frances de Berkeley - 1279 - Bronlow Hall, Warfield, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom Child - James de Berkeley - Abt 1279 - Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom Child - Isabel de Berkeley - Abt 1281 - Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom Death - 23 Jul 1321 - St, Augustines Abbey, Bristol, Gloucester, England, United Kingdom  = Link to Google Earth
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