Thomas 1st Baron De Berkeley 
Thomas 1st Baron was born in 1245 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. Thomas 1st Baron's father was Maurice De Berkeley and his mother was Isabella De Chilham. His paternal grandparents were Thomas De Berkeley and Joan De Somery; his maternal grandparents were Sir/Baron Chilham Richard FitzRoy Baron Chilham and Rohese De Dover. He was an only child. He died at the age of 76 on July 23rd, 1321 in St. Augustines Abbey, Bristol, Gloucester, England.General Notes
BIOGRAPHY: 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]
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BIOGRAPHY: 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,
BIOGRAPHY: 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.
BIOGRAPHY: [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]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1130 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England d.16 Jun 1190 in Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1167 d.29 Nov 1243
- b.~ 1135 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d.>16 Jun 1190
- b.1218 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d.1281 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1151 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England d.1211
- b.~ 1191 in Dudley, Worcester, England d.22 May 1276
- b.~ 1075 in Somersetshire, England d.< 1130
- b.~ 1105 in Pemroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.~ 1164
- b.1105
- b.~ 1147 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England d.~ 1242
- b.1245 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d.23 Jul 1321 in St. Augustines Abbey, Bristol, Gloucester, England
- b.24 Dec 1166 in Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.~ 1186 in Chilham Castle, Kent, England d.06 Aug 1270 in Chilham Castle, Kent, England
- b.~ 1170
- b.~ 1218 in Chilham Castle, Kent, England d.07 Jul 1276
- b.~ 1178 d.1205
- b.~ 1200 d. in Chilham Castle, Kent, England
- b.1184 in Stoke, Gloucestershire, England d.1233
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They had two sons and three daughters, named Maurice 2nd Baron, Thomas, Alice, Margaret and Marquerite Frances.
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Children
Sir Maurice 2nd Baron De Berkeley
Maurice 2nd Baron was born on April 4th, 1281 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. He died at the age of 45 on May 31st, 1326 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England.
Sir Thomas De Berkeley
Thomas was born about 1283 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. He died before April 1346 in Coston, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England.
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