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NameSir William I Berkeley Marquess of Berkeley 
[78, Will of William Marquess Berkley, pp. 407-9], [60, Berkeley article, Vol II, pp. 133-5], [56, York of 1563-4, pub 1881 by Harleian, Strangeways, p. 301], [123, Vol II, pp. 100-151], [56, Worcs of 1634, pub Harleian 1938, Berkeley p. 11]
[78, Will of William Marquess Berkley, pp. 407-9], [60, Berkeley article, Vol II, pp. 133-5], [56, York of 1563-4, pub 1881 by Harleian, Strangeways, p. 301], [123, Vol II, pp. 100-151], [56, Worcs of 1634, pub Harleian 1938, Berkeley p. 11]Birth1426, Berkeley castle
Death14 Feb 1492, The Sanctuary at Westminster
BurialSt Augustine Friars, London
General1st s. dsps. 1st marquess: 1489. Regained estate by mortal combat. Earl Marshal.
FatherJames Berkeley Lord Berkeley (ca1394-1463)
MotherIsabella Mowbray (-1452)
Spouses
FatherReynold West Lord la Warre (1395-1450)
MotherMargaret Thorley (-1433)
Marriage1466 [60, Berkeley article, Vol II, p. 134]
Divorceca 1467 [60, Berkeley article, Vol II, p. 134]
MarriageNov 1468 [123, Vol II, p. 142]
3Anne Fiennes [60, Berkeley article, Vol II, p. 135], [60, Berkeley article, Vol XIV, p. 87], [123, Vol II, p. 144-6]
[60, Berkeley article, Vol II, p. 135], [60, Berkeley article, Vol XIV, p. 87], [123, Vol II, p. 144-6]FatherJohn Fiennes Lord Dacre (-<1483)
MotherAlice FitzHugh (-<1516)
Marriageca 1486 [60, Berkeley article, Vol II, p. 135]
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?
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 notes for Sir William I Berkeley Marquess of Berkeley
In his will, dated February 5 1491, he lists:
His late son Sir Thomas Berkley,
Anne his wife.
His late son Sir Thomas Berkley,
Anne his wife.