Sir Thomas de Berkeley Lord Berkeley 
Sir Thomas de Berkeley was born in 1245. Sir Thomas de Berkeley's father was Maurice de Berkeley Lord Berkeley and his mother was Isabel FitzRichard de Dover. His paternal grandparents were Thomas "The Observer" FitzHarding de Berkeley and Joan de Somery; his maternal grandparents were Richard FitzJohn of Dover Baron Chilham and Rohese de Dover. He had a half-brother named Maurice. He died at the age of 76 on July 23rd, 1321.General Notes
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]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1170 in of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d.29 Nov 1243
- b.1218 d.04 Apr 1281
- b.~ 1151 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England d.1210
- b.1191 in Gloucestershire, England
- b.1160 in Wiltshire, England d.> 1243
- b.1245 d.23 Jul 1321
- b.24 Aug 1113 in ANJOU, France d.07 Sep 1151 in Chateau, Eure-Et-Loir, France
- b.25 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Sarthe, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France
- b.1104 d.1167
- b.1167 in Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark-on-Trent, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.1099 in France d.19 Apr 1137 in France
- b.~ 1122 in Bordeaux/Berlin d.01 Apr 1204 in Fontevraud
- b.~ 1103 in of, Aquitaine, France d.AFT. MAR 1129/30
- b.1186 in of Chilham Castle, Kent, England d.~ 1248
- b.24 Aug 1113 in ANJOU, France d.07 Sep 1151 in Chateau, Eure-Et-Loir, France
- b.~ 1140 d.1202
- b.1104 d.1167
- b.1166 in of England d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 1217 d.07 Jul 1276
- b.~ 1200 in of Chilham Castle, Kent, England d.BET. 1264 - 1265
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Sir Thomas de Berkeley and Joan were married in a religious ceremony in 1267. They had four sons and three daughters, named Thomas, John, Sir Maurice de Berkeley, James, Alice, Isabel and Margaret.
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Children
Sir Maurice de Berkeley Lord Berkeley
Sir Maurice de Berkeley was born in April 1281. He died at the age of 45 on May 31st, 1326 in Wallingford Castle, Berkshire, England.
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