Maurice De Berkeley 
Maurice was born on April 12th, 1271 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. Maurice's father was Thomas De Berkeley and his mother was Joan De Ferrers. His paternal grandparents were Maurice De Berkeley and Isabella De Chilham; his maternal grandparents were William III De Ferrers and Margaret De Qunicy. He had a brother and three sisters, named John, Isabel, Alice and Margaret. He was the youngest of the five children. He died at the age of 55 on May 31st, 1326 in Castle Wallingford, England.General Notes
Alias:<ALIA> The /Magnanimous/
REFN: 4933AN
Between 1321 AND 1326 2nd Baron Berkeley
1312 Warden of Gloucester
1315 Captain of Berwick
1316 Chief Justiciar of Wales
1320 Seneschal to Aquitiane
Maurice de Berkeley, called the Magnanimous, was born about 1271. He disti
nguished himself in the Scottish wars 1295-1318 and was also at the sie
ge of Carlaverock in July, 1300. He was summoned to Parliament in the life
time of his father Aug. 16, 1308, to May 13, 1321. He held several importa
nt posts, being Warden of Gloucester 1312; Captain of Berwick 1315; o
ne of committee to Scotland 1316; Chief Justiciar of Wales in 1316 and Sen
eschal to Aquitiane 1320. Shortly afterwards he joined the Earl of Lancast
er in rebellion against Edward II and the Despenserf family and within s
ix months after his father's death he was sent prisoner to Wallingford Cas
tle Jan. 20, 1321-2, where he died about four years later on May 31, 132
6. He was buried there, but later removed to St. Augustine and buried und
er the arch before the choir door in the south aisle. He married 1st Ev
a, who died Dec. 5, 1314, daughter of Eudo le Zouch, and his wife Millisen
t, daughter of William de Cantalupe. Eudo le Zouch was the son of Al
an le Zouch and his wife, Elena de Quincy, daughter of Roger de Quincey, s
on of Saire de Quincey, Surety for Magna Charta. He married 2nd Isabel, da
ughter of Gilbert de Clare. By his first wife he had Sir Thomas, who succe
eded him, Maurice, John, Eudo, Peter and a daughter, wife to Robert, Lo
rd Clifford and Thomas Lord Musgrave.
(Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 281)
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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.1095 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d.05 Feb 1171 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1120 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England d.16 Jun 1190 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1099 in Gloucestershire, England d.12 Mar 1170 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1170 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d.29 Nov 1243 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1105 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1140 in Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England d.17 Jun 1190 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1129 in Leicestershire, England d.24 Apr 1197
- b.~ 1218 in Berkeley, Gloucester, England d.04 Apr 1281
- b.1125 in Little Craley, Buckinghamshire, England d.1195
- b.1151 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England d.1211
- b.1129 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England d.1208
- b.~ 1195 in England d.22 May 1276 in England
- b.1105 in Tunbridge, Kent, England d.~ 1165
- b.1150 in Wiltshire, England d.1242
- b.1120 in Pembroke, Wales
- b.~ 1245 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d.07 Jul 1321 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.25 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Sarthe, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France
- b.24 Dec 1167 in Beaumont Palace, Oxforshire, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.1122 in Chateau De Belin, Gironde, Aquitaine, France d.01 Apr 1204 in Mirabell Castle, Forntevrault, Anjou, France
- b.~ 1186 in Chilham Castle, Kent, England d.06 Aug 1270
- b.1129 in Anjou, France d.Apr 1202 in Lewes, Sussex, England
- b.1167 in England
- b.~ 1137 in Surrey, England d.13 Jul 1203 in Lewes, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1218 in Chilham Castle, Kent, England d.07 Jul 1276
- b.~ 1158
- b.~ 1188 in Chilham, Kent, England
- b.~ 1162
- b.12 Apr 1271 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d.31 May 1326 in Castle Wallingford, England
- b.1100 in Derbyshire, England d.1162 in Merevale, Warickshire, England
- b.1136 in Castle Tutbury, England d.>31 Dec 1189 in Acre, Palestine
- b.~ 1114 in Derby, England
- b.1170 in Ferrers, Derbyshire, England d.22 Sep 1247 in Ferrers, Derbyshire, England
- b.1112 in Abergavenny, Gwent, Wales d.1192 in Weobley, Hereforshire, England
- b.1150 in Bramber, Sussex, England d.>05 Feb 1228 in England
- b.1121 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1193 in Derbyshire, England d.24 Mar 1254 in Evington, Leicestershire, England
- b.1099 in Castle of Gernon, Normandy, France d.16 Dec 1153 in St Werberg, Chester, England
- b.1147 in Kevelioc, Wales d.30 Jun 1181 in Leeke, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1112 in Bristol Castle, Gloucestershire, England d.29 Jul 1189 in Chester, England
- b.1174 in Tutbury, Staffordshire, England d.02 Nov 1246
- b.~ 1117 in Montfort-Sur-Risle, Eure, France d.13 Mar 1181 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1150 in Montfort-Sur-Risle-Eure, Normandy, France d.12 Jul 1189 in Evreaux, Eure, France
- b.~ 1126 in Meulan, Normandy, France d.1168 in England
- b.~ 1248 in Derbyshire, England d.19 Mar 1309 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1125 in Long Buckley, Northamptonshire, England d.1192
- b.1155 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.03 Nov 1219 in Damietta, Palestine
- b.1131 in Leuchars, Scotland d.<03 Jun 1203
- b.~ 1195 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.25 Apr 1264 in Palestine
- b.1121 in Leicestershire, England d.1190 in Duras, Greece
- b.1156 in Leicestershire, England d.19 Feb 1235
- b.1134 in England d.01 Apr 1212
- b.~ 1218 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.12 Mar 1284 in Clerkenwell, England
- b.~ 1164 in Galloway, Perthshire, Scotland d.19 Dec 1200 in Northhamptonshire, England
- b.~ 1184 in Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland d.1234
- b.~ 1163 in Kirk Oswald, Cumberland, England d.11 Jun 1217
- b.~ 1200 in Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland d.>21 Nov 1245 in England
- b.~ 1148 in Morven, Argyll, Scotland d.1207 in Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland
- b.~ 1174 in Morven, Argyll, Scotland d.~ 1209
- b.1145 in Moray, Scotland
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‌Maurice and Eve were married in a religious ceremony in 1289. They had a son named Thomas.
Family Notes
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Children
Thomas De Berkeley
Thomas was born in 1293 in Gloucestershire, England. He died at the age of 68 on October 27th, 1361 in Gloucestershire, England.
Family Notes
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