| Name |
Sir William I Berkeley Marquess of Berkeley [4, Will of William Marquess Berkley, pp. 407-9], [2, Berkeley article, Vol II, pp. 133-5], [3, York of 1563-4, pub 1881 by Harleian, Strangeways, p. 301], [5, Vol II, pp. 100-151], [3, Worcs of 1634, pub Harleian 1938, Berkeley p. 11], GGGG Uncle |
| Birth |
1426, Berkeley castle |
| Death |
14 Feb 1492, The Sanctuary at Westminster |
| Burial |
St Augustine Friars, London |
| General |
1st s. dsps. 1st marquess: 1489. Regained estate by mortal combat. Earl Marshal. |
| Father |
James Berkeley Lord Berkeley (ca1394-1463) |
| Mother |
Isabella Mowbray (-1452) |
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Joan Strangeways [1, Eresby art, p. 132], [2, Dudley art, Vol IV, pp. 480-1], [2, Berkeley article, Vol II, pp. 134-5], [3, York of 1563-4, pub 1881 by Harleian, Strangeways, p. 301], [5, Vol II, p. 142-4] |
| Death |
24 Feb 1485 |
| Burial |
St Augustine Friars, London |
| General |
Co-heir (?). |
| Father |
Thomas Strangeways |
| Mother |
Catherine Neville (->1483) |
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Anne Fiennes [2, Berkeley article, Vol II, p. 135], [2, Berkeley article, Vol XIV, p. 87], [5, Vol II, p. 144-6] |
| Death |
10 Sep 1497 |
| Burial |
St George's Chapel, Windsor |
| General |
dsp. |
| Father |
John Fiennes Lord Dacre (-<1483) |
| Mother |
Alice FitzHugh (-<1516) |
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| Notes for Sir William I Berkeley Marquess of Berkeley |
Smyth: 'Willm the wast all'. Alienated all the Berkeley estates. Was created viscount Berkeley, then earl of Nottingham and finally marquess. Smyth called him William lord Berkeley, the first of that name.
Smyth wrote of him that it might be said that he was a causeless repudiator of his first wife, an unnatural contender with his own father, a shedder of innocent blod in the time of peace, an irreconcilable hater of his brother and heir, a disinheritor of his race and family, a consumer of the four baronies of Berkeley, Mowbray, Segrave and Bedford, and of half the dukedom of Norfolk, a man above measure ambitious, a frequent leader of ungracious multitudes in night rallies and dignities above all his predecessors.
But I wonder if his mind was cast by the depredations of the Warwicks and the need to eestablish the family to regain their estates? |
| Will |
In his will, dated February 5 1491, he lists:
His late son Sir Thomas Berkley,
Anne his wife. |
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