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Thomas De Berkeley High Sheriff of Gloucestershire
- Preferred Name: Thomas De Berkeley High Sheriff of Gloucestershire[1] [2] [3] [4]
- Gender: M
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Sir
- Spouse: with note: Description: 2 - Margaret De Chandos & Joan Le Archer
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- FSID: LZJG-KJG
- Death: 27 OCT 1365 in Berkeley, Gloucs., England at LATI: N1.6906 LONG: E2.4579 with note: GEDCOM data
- Birth: 17 JUN 1289 in Coberley, Gloucestershire, England at LATI: N1.8452 LONG: E2.056 with note: See his proof of age.
- Children: with note: Description: 1 Child (Duplicate of Thomas Berkley) & 5 Children ( Joan Le Archer)
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- Burial: 1365 in St. Giles Churchyard, Coberley, Gloucestershire, England at LATI: N1.8452 LONG: E2.056 with note: UPDATE
- Notes:
=== Name Suffix: I Knight Ancestral F ===
Name Suffix: I Knight Ancestral File Number: 9F9R-09
=== Name Suffix: [Sir Knight] Ancestra ===
Name Suffix: [Sir Knight] Ancestral File Number: 9F9R-09
=== !#711-v17-109,116,120 !#970-v1-p69,76 !# ===
!#711-v17-109,116,120 !#970-v1-p69,76 !#971-v8-p12,190; !#972-v1-p56 !Sheriff of Gloucestershire !(21-1310)(60-1349) !fought at battle of boroughbridge, battle of Crecy
=== !#1782> Gloucester Historical Collection ===
!#1782> Gloucester Historical Collection-v2-p? (FHL #0091509);
=== !GENERAL:Ancestral File (R), Ancestral F ===
!GENERAL:Ancestral File (R), Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998 Repository: Family History Library 35 N West Temple Street S
Preferred Parents:
Father: Giles De Berkeley, b. 1240 in Coberley, Gloucestershire, England d. 18 FEB 1294 in Little Malvern, Worcestershire, England
Mother: Eve Zouche, b. ABT 1275 in Coberley, Gloucestershire, England
Family 1: Johanna Archer, b. 8 OCT 1326 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, UK d. 24 SEP 1369 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
- m. 6 OCT 1350 in Gloucestershire, England, UK
- Thomas de Berkeley, b. 10 OCT 1351 in Coberley, Gloucestershire, England d. 12 APR 1405 in Cubberley, Gloucestershire, England
Family 2: Joan Maunsell, b. 1330 in Mansel Castle, Oxwich, Gower, Wales d. ABT 1373 in Pauntley, Gloucestershire, England
Sources:
- Title: Proof of age for Thomas son and heir of Giles de Berkeleye
Author: J E E S Sharp and A E Stamp, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 23', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 5, Edward II (London, 1908), pp. 164-176. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol5/pp164-176 [accessed 4 February 2020].
Publication: Name: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol5/pp164-176;
Note: 280. THOMAS SON AND HEIR OF GILES DE BERKELEYE.
GLOUCESTER. Proof of age, Monday after the Purification, 4 Edw. II [1310]. (defaced.)
Robert de Compton, aged 60, says the said Thomas is 21 and more, for he was born on the day of St. Botulph, 17 Edw. I [1289], at Cubberleye and baptized in the church there, which he knows because at the feast of St. Michael following he made exchange with Adam de No …… of his land in Compton for a rent in the town of Gloucester.
Richard Gylle, aged 50, says the same, and knows it because he has a daughter Christiana, who was born at Whitsunday in the same year.
John le Frankeleyn, aged 40, says the same, and knows it because at the quinzaine of St. John the Baptist in the same year his father Nicholas enfeoffed him of all his lands, &c. in ………
Thomas le Venour, aged 50, says the same, and knows it because at the feast of St. Michael previous he went into service with the abbot of Barlyng for two years, and that was twenty-two years ago at the feast of St. Michael last.
John Soty, aged 40, says the same, and knows it because Alice his sister had a son Thomas who was born at Brocworth at the feast of the Purification in the same year.
Henry de Bars, aged 60, agrees, and knows it because he has a daughter Maud who was born at Whitsunday in the same year.
William de ……, aged 40, agrees, and knows it because at Easter in the same year he was in service with the abbot of St. Peter’s, Gloucester, keeping his meadows near Gloucester, and stayed until the feast of St. Michael following.
Walter Glede, aged 50, agrees, and knows it because at the feast of St. Michael in the same year he was made a burgess of Gloucester.
John atte Hasele, aged 40, says [the said Thomas] was 21 on the feast of St. Botulph, 3 Edw. II, ……….
William le Walleys, aged . ., knows nothing of the age of the said Thomas.
William Neel, aged 60, says the same as the first witnesses, and knows it because he had a son John ……. at the feast of St. Michael in the same year.
William ….. aged 50, says the same, and knows it because at the feast …….. the birth of the said Thomas he married …. de ……
Richard de Duneford (?), aged 60 (?), says the same, and knows it because ……. his nephew has a son John who was born the same day and year.
Adam de Oldeburi, aged 50, knows nothing certain of the age of the said Thomas.
Thomas le Botiller could say nothing why the king should not deliver up the lands, &c., and Joan the wife ……. Thomas, being warned, came not.
C. Edw. II. File 23. (1.)
Page: The main subject of this source.
- Title: Thomas de Berkeley, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG9-SY6P : 1 July 2020), Thomas de Berkeley, 1365; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG9-SY6P;
- Title: Pedigree of the family of Whittington, of Pauntley, Notgrove, Lye, Rodborough, Rodmarton, Tainton, Stroud, Lipiatt, and Cold Ashton in the County Gloucester, Collected from Pedigrees in the British Museum, Heralds' College, and other sources
Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/54831027;
- Title: Abstracts of Feet of Fines
Publication: Name: http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/fines/abstracts/CP_25_1_288_47.shtml#639;
Note: CP 25/1/288/47, number 639.
Link: Image of document at AALT
County: Gloucestershire. Worcestershire.
Place: Westminster.
Date: Two weeks from St Michael, 38 Edward III [13 October 1364].
Parties: Thomas de Berkleye of Cobberleye, knight, querent, and Edmund de Brugge, Walter de Piriton', John Philips, the parson of the church of Cobberleye, and William de Herdewyk', the parson of the church of Adreston', deforciants.
Property: The manor of Cobberleye in the county of Gloucester and the manor of Eldresfeld' in the county of Worcester.
Action: Plea of covenant.
Agreement: Thomas has acknowledged the manors to be the right of Edmund, as those which Edmund, Walter, John and William have of his gift.
For this: Edmund, Walter, John and William have granted to Thomas the manors and have rendered them to him in the court, to hold to Thomas, of the chief lords for the life of Thomas. And after the decease of Thomas the manors shall remain to Thomas, son of the same Thomas, and Julian, his wife, and the heirs of the body of Thomas, to hold of the chief lords for ever. In default of such heirs, successive remainders (1) to John, brother of the same Thomas, son of Thomas, and the heirs of his body, (2) to Nicholas, brother of the same John, brother of Thomas, and the heirs of his body, (3) to Walter, brother of the same Nicholas, and the heirs of his body and (4) to the right heirs of the aforesaid Thomas de Berkleye.
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