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Milicent Berkeley
- Preferred Name: Milicent Berkeley[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
- Alternate Name: Millicent Berkeley
- Gender: F
- FSID: G9W8-R98
- Birth: 1295 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England at LATI: N1.6906 LONG: E2.4579
- Death: 26 FEB 1322 in Wiltshire, England at LATI: N1.3923 LONG: E2.0435
- Notes:
=== !BIR: Bk, Medieval Knight by Stephen Tur ===
!BIR: Bk, Medieval Knight by Stephen Turnbull.
=== !Dau. of Sir Maurice de Berkeley, Lord B ===
!Dau. of Sir Maurice de Berkeley, Lord Berkeley of Berkeley Castle, and Eva la Zouche; 1st wife of John Maltravers, Lord Maltravers; mother of Sir John Maltravers. [Magna Charta Sureties, p. 91]
FOSTER LINE
Dau. of Sir Maurice de Berkeley and Eva la Zouche; d. aft 1322; m.1 1313, John Maltravers. [Ancestral Roots, p. 64]
Dau. of Maurice III de Berkeley and Eva la Zouche; m. Lord John Maltravers; mother of John. [GRS 3.03, Automated Archives, CD#100]
=== !Ancestral Roots, Line 59-32. ===
!Ancestral Roots, Line 59-32.
=== Source: Weis, Sheppard, Beal, The Magna ===
Source: Weis, Sheppard, Beal, The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, 5th Ed., Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, [1999], 88-6.
=== b. Milicent de Berkeley (also called Ela ===
b. Milicent de Berkeley (also called Ela), d. aft 1322; m. c. 1313 as 1st wife, John Maltravers, b. c. 1290, d. 16 Feb. 1363/4, Lord Maltravers, Knt., 22 May 1306, son of Sir John de Maltravaers (or Mautravers) and Eleanor de Gorges. [Weis "Magna Charta", line 88-6.]
=== !Ancestral Roots, Line 59-32. ===
!Ancestral Roots, Line 59-32.
Milicent (Ela) de Berkeley as given in line 59, generation 32. Weis.
!BIR: Bk, Medieval Knight by Stephen Turnbull.
b. Milicent de Berkeley (also called Ela), d. aft 1322; m. c. 1313 as 1st wife, John Maltravers, b. c. 1290, d. 16 Feb. 1363/4, Lord Maltravers, Knt., 22 May 1306, son of Sir John de Maltravaers (or Mautravers) and Eleanor de Gorges. [Weis "Magna Charta", line 88-6.]
Source: Weis, Sheppard, Beal, The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, 5th Ed., Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, [1999], 88-6.
SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.25, 45, 50; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
!Dau. of Sir Maurice de Berkeley, Lord Berkeley of Berkeley Castle, and Eva la Zouche; 1st wife of John Maltravers, Lord Maltravers; mother of Sir John Maltravers. [Magna Charta Sureties, p. 91]FOSTER LINEDau. of Sir Maurice de Berkeley and Eva la Zouche; d. aft 1322; m.1 1313, John Maltravers. [Ancestral Roots, p. 64]Dau. of Maurice III de Berkeley and Eva la Zouche; m. Lord John Maltravers; mother of John. [GRS 3.03, Automated Archives, CD#100]
!Archive Family Group Sheet from "Genealogy of Wilkinson and Kindred Families" p. 377 (Eng AM) vol 12 p 151; Magna Charta by Wurts; Magna Charta Sureties by Adam & Weis p 721 lines 88, 80, 82, 87, 144
=== Milicent (Ela) de Berkeley as given in l ===
Milicent (Ela) de Berkeley as given in line 59, generation 32. Weis.
=== SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.25, 45, 50; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
=== !Archive Family Group Sheet from "Geneal ===
!Archive Family Group Sheet from "Genealogy of Wilkinson and Kindred Families" p. 377 (Eng AM) vol 12 p 151; Magna Charta by Wurts; Magna Charta Sureties by Adam & Weis p 721 lines 88, 80, 82, 87, 144
Preferred Parents:
Father: Maurice de Berkeley 2nd Baron Berkeley, b. APR 1271 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d. 31 MAY 1326 in Wallingford Castle, Wallingford, Berkshire, England
Mother: Eva la Zouche , b. 8 JAN 1275 in Corby, Northamptonshire, England d. 5 DEC 1314 in Portbury, Somerset, England
Family 1: John Mautravers VI, b. APR 1290 in Woolcombe, Dorset, England d. 16 FEB 1365 in Lytchett Matravers, Poole, Dorset, England
- m. ABT 1310
- m. 1313 in Of, Woolcombe, Dorsetshire, England
- John Mautravers VII, b. 1317 in Dorset, England d. 22 JAN 1349 in Dorset, England
Sources:
- Title: "The Berkeley manuscripts. The lives of the Berkeleys, lords of the honour, castle and manor of Berkeley, in the county of Gloucester, from 1066 to 1618," by Smyth, John, 1567-1640
Author: Publication date: 1883 Publisher: Gloucester, Printed by J. Bellows Collection: robarts; toronto Digitizing sponsor: University of Toronto Contributor: Robarts - University of Toronto Language: English Volume: 1
Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/berkeleymanuscri01smyt/page/372/mode/2up?q=elizabeth;
Note: John Smyth of Nibley (1567-1640) used original sources, documents and manuscripts held in the Berkeley archives, to create a historical record of the lives the family from 1066 -1618.
Volume I covers the lives from Harding to Maurice 'the fourth' (d. 1368).
It was John Smyth who gave the Barons their supposed nicknames in order to distinguish between the various characters.
Page: Note: Smyth does not include Millicent among the issue of Maurice Berkeley, stating that he had 5 sons and 1 daughter (Isabele).
- Title: Abstracts of Feet of Fines
Publication: Name: http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/fines/abstracts/CP_25_1_285_29.shtml#94;
Note: CP 25/1/285/29, number 94.
Link: Image of document at AALT
County: Dorset. Berkshire.
Place: Westminster.
Date: Three weeks from Easter, 7 Edward II [28 April 1314].
Parties: John Mautrauers the younger and Millicent, his wife, querents, by Richard de Salle, put in the place of Millicent by the lord king's writ, and William Mautrauers, deforciant.
Property: The manor of Lodres Byngham in the county of Dorset and 1 messuage, 3 carucates of land, 20 acres of meadow and 9 marks of rent in Chelrey in the county of Berkshire.
Action: Plea of covenant.
Agreement: John has acknowledged the tenements to be the right of William, as those which William has of his gift.
For this: William has granted to John and Millicent the tenements and has rendered them to them in the court, to hold to John and Millicent and the heirs of John, of the chief lords for ever.
- Title: Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley (1293-1361), Wikipedia
Author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_de_Berkeley,_3rd_Baron_Berkeley
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_de_Berkeley,_3rd_Baron_Berkeley;
Note: Thomas de Berkeley (c. 1293 or 1296 – 27 October 1361), The Rich, feudal baron of Berkeley, of Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, England, was a peer. He was the eldest son and heir of Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley by his wife Eve la Zouche. He was married twice: Firstly to Margaret Mortimer, daughter of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March and Joan de Geneville, by whom he had five children. Secondly on 30 May 1347 he married Catherine Clevedon (1321– 13 March 1428) They had four children. He died on 27 October 1361 in Gloucestershire. Baron Berkeley (1326–1361)
Page: father
- Title: Calendar of the Close Rolls, Edward II, vol. 3: 1318-1323
Publication: Name: http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924091068985#page/n437/mode/2up;
Note: 1322
March 9. Caldwell.
To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order to pay to Milicent, wife of John Mautravers, the younger, 100s. yearly until further orders in aid of her
maintenance out of the issues of John's lands, which are in the king's hands in his custody for certain reasons.
By K. on the information of Master Robert de Baldok.
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Ela or Milicent De Berkeley - birth:
Author: The Royal Ancestry Bible, Michel L. Call, Copyright 2006
Note: birth:
death:
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2026280052
- Title: John Maltravers (1290-1364), Wikipedia
Author: Wikipedia
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maltravers,_1st_Baron_Maltravers;
Note: John Maltravers, 1st Baron Maltravers (1290?–1364) was an English nobleman and soldier. He was son of Sir John Maltravers (1266–1343?) of Lytchett Matravers, Dorset, born by his first wife Eleanor, about 1290. He was knighted, as was his father, with Edward, Prince of Wales, on 22 May 1306. He is said to have been taken prisoner at the battle of Bannockburn in 1314. On 20 October 1318 Maltravers was chosen knight of the shire for Dorset. On 5 June 1330 he was summoned to parliament as Baron Maltravers; he was described as a baron by November 1329. Maltravers died on 16 February 1364, and was buried at Lytchett. Firstly to Milicent de Berkeley, a daughter of Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley. Secondly he married Agnes Bereford (d.post 1374), a daughter of Sir William Bereford, and widow...
- Title: Milicent Berkeley at The Peerage
Author: ThePeerage.com
Publication: Name: http://www.thepeerage.com/p13045.htm#i130450;
Note: Milicent de Berkeley is the daughter of Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Lord Berkeley and Eva la Zouche.1 She married John Mautravers, 1st Lord Mautravers in 1313.1
From 1313, her married name became Maltravers.1
Child of Milicent de Berkeley and John Mautravers, 1st Lord Mautravers:
Sir John Mautravers+2 b. b 1330
Citations
1. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 347. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
2. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VIII, page 585. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.Basic information - Name, parents, date of marriage and name of one child.
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