| Name |
Thomas Berkeley Lord Berkeley [2, Berkeley article, vol II, pp. 130-1], [4, Will of Thomas lord Berkley, p. 190], [2, Lisle article, Vol VIII, pp. 53-4], [2, Shrewsbury art, Vol XI, p. 703], [5, Vol II, pp. 1-38], 7G Grandfather |
| Birth |
5 Jan 1353 |
| Death |
13 Jun 1417 |
| Burial |
Wotton under Edge, Glos |
| General |
5th baron. dspm. A regent of England: 1416. |
| Father |
Maurice Berkeley Lord Berkeley (1330-1368) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Despenser (<1327-1389) |
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| Spouses |
| 1 |
Margaret Lisle Baroness Lisle [2, Berkeley article, vol II, p. 131], [2, Lisle article, Vol VIII, pp. 53-4], [2, Berkeley article, vol XIV, p. 87], [5, Vol II, pp. 2-5 and p. 27], 7G Grandmother |
| Birth |
ca 1360 |
| Death |
bef Sep 1392 |
| Burial |
Wooton-under-Edge, Glos |
| General |
Eventual sole heir. Suo jure 3rd baron. |
| Father |
Warin de Lisle Lord Lisle (ca1330-1382) |
| Mother |
Margaret Pipard (-1375) |
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| Marriage |
Nov 1367, Wingrave, Bucks [2, Berkeley article, vol II, p. 131], [2, Lisle article, Vol VIII, p. 53], [5, Vol II, pp. 2-3 and 27] |
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| Notes for Thomas Berkeley Lord Berkeley |
A ward to his eventual father-in-law.
Smyth labels him Thomas IV, lord Berkeley and calls him "Thomas the magnificent". |
| Will |
In his will, dated 1415/6, he lists:
His daughter, the countess of Warwick,
James his nephew. |
| Arms Blazon |
Burke's Armory of 1842:
Gules a chevron between ten crosses pattée, six in chief and four in base argent. |
| Notes for Thomas & Margaret (Family) |
She was 7 years old at the marriage ceremony so they then separated for five (Smyth says four) years.
Smtih found in the Berkeley accounts that at the wedding, the groom's father was sick and unable to attend but he sent three knights clad in liveries of "fine cloth of ray furred with miniver", 23 esquires in liveries of "courser ray and less costly furre". The groom was in scarlet and satin and a silver girdle. The grrom's father at home dressed himself in a "sute of panno deaurate, which I think I may English, cloth of gold". |
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