Thomas de Berkeley 1st Baron Berkeley

• Preferred Name: Thomas de Berkeley 1st Baron Berkeley^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]}
  
• Alternate Name: Thomas De Berkeley
  
• Gender: M
  
• Occupation: Vice Constable of England1 JUL 1277 with note: updateEventReason standardize date
  
• Occupation: 1st Lord of Berkeley, English baron, soldier and diplomat.
  
• Death: 23 JUL 1321 in Bristol, Gloustershire, England at LATI: N1.454 LONG: E2.589 with note: 10 April 2022: Standardizing location.
  
• FSID: L7PC-D5P
  
• Birth: 23 JUL 1245 in Berkeley Castle, Walingford, England at LATI: N1.2833 LONG: E0.9833 with note: 10 April 2022: Standardizing location.
  
• MilitaryService: Battle of Evesham4 AUG 1265 in Evesham, Worcestershire, England at LATI: N2.0924 LONG: E1.947 with note: Wikipedia
  
• Burial: 1321 in Monastery of St. Augustine, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England at LATI: N1.454 LONG: E2.592
  
• Title+(Nobility): 24 JUN 1295 with note: Description: 1st Baron Berkeley The Peerage
  
• MilitaryService: Siege of CaerlaverockJUL 1300 in Caerlaverock, Dumfriesshire, Scotland at LATI: N5.0167 LONG: E3.5333 with note: Wikipedia
  
• MilitaryService: Battle of Falkirk22 JUL 1298 in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland at LATI: N6.0092 LONG: E3.7804 with note: Wikipedia
  
• MilitaryService: Battle of Bannockburn24 JUN 1314 in Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland at LATI: N6.0833 LONG: E3.8833 with note: Wikipedia
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  "THOMAS DE BERKELEY, Knt., of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, Wendon, Essex, etc., Vice-Constable of England, 2nd but 1st surviving son and heir, born at Berkeley about 1251 (aged 30 in 1281). He married in 1267 JOAN DE FERRERS, daughter of William de Ferrers, Knt., 5th Earl of Derby, by his 2nd wife, Margaret (or Margery), daughter and co-heiress of Roger de Quincy, Knt., 2nd Earl of Winchester, hereditary Constable of Scotland [see FERRERS 7 for her ancestry]. Her maritagium included the manors of Coston, Leicestershire and Eynesbury Berkeley, Huntingdonshire. They had four sons, Maurice, Knt. [2nd Lord Berkeley], Thomas, Knt., John, and [Master] James [Bishop of Exeter], and two daughters, Margaret and Isabel [Prioress of Buckland Priory]. In the period, c.1254-60, Robert de Ferrers granted the manor of Easton, Leicestershire to his sister, Joan de Ferrers. He was present at the Battle of Evesham in 1265. He and his wife, Joan, presented to the church of Coston, Leicestershire in 1277. He served in the first expedition against Llywelyn, Prince of Wales, in 1277, and again in the second invasion under the king in 1282. In 1284 he was ordered by the Bishop of Worcester against distraining the cattle of the tenants of the church of Cam. He was on the commission to inquire into claims to the Scottish crown in 1292. In 1292 John Tarbaud brought the Replegiare against him; Thomas avowed the taking by reason that he and his ancestors had held the hundred of Berkeley of the king in fee farm, in which hundred all those within the precinct of the hundred ought to come at two Lawdays in the year to present hue and cry. He was summoned to Parliament 24 June 1295 by writ directed Thome de Berkelegh', whereby he may be held to have become Lord Berkeley. He was employed on an embassy to France in 1296, and to Pope Clement V in 1307. He fought at the Battle of Falkirk 22 July 1298, and was present at the Siege of Caerlaverock in 1300. He signed the Barons' letter to Pope Boniface VIII in 1301 as D'n's de Berkele. In 1303, while Thomas and his son, Maurice, were with the king in Scotland, Maurice's officers seized and imprisoned a Bristol burgess named Richard Cornwall at Redcliffe on a charge of murder. The men of Bristol liberated their fellow townsman, and, according to a complaint lodged by Maurice, they made away with goods to the value of 500 marks. This resulted in open conflict with the burgesses of Bristol, in which the burgesses alleged that the Berkeleys' men beat and assaulted them, so that they were not able to venture outside the town on legitimate business. The justices appointed to deal with the case gave judgment against the Berkeleys. A heavy amercement was levied on them which was commuted for service in the Scottish war, but the liberties of the manor and hundred of Bedminster were taken into the king's hands. In 1303 he purchased the reversion of the manor of Frampton on Severn, Gloucestershire from Richard de Clifford son and heir of John de Clifford, Knt.; he subsequently conveyed the manor in 1305 to Robert Fitz Payn, 1st Lord Fitzpayn, and his wife, Isabel, for an annual rent of 22 marks. In 1306 he obtained a license to alienate in mortmain two shops in Wells, Somerset to the Prioress and sisters of Buckland Priory. He was summoned to attend the Coronation of King Edward II in 1308. He was taken prisoner at the Battle of Bannockburn 24 June 1314, paying a large sum for his ransom. His wife, Joan, died 19 March 1309/10, and was buried at St. Augustine's, Bristol. In 1321 the king directed him and 70 others to arrest those that disturb the peace and spread false reports. SIR THOMAS DE BERKELEY, 1st Lord Berkeley, died 23 July 1321.
  Dugdale Baronage of England 1 (1675): 348; 2 (1676): 349-369 (sub Berkeley). Brydges Collins' Peerage of England 3 (1812): 591-627 (sub Earl of Berkeley). Rpt. on the Procs. on the Claim to the Barony of L'Isle (1829). Year Books of Edward I: Years XX & XXI (Rolls Ser. 31a) 1 (1866): 338-339. Hardy Syllabus (in English) of the Docs. Rel. England & Other Kingdoms 1 (1869): 211. Turner Cal. Charters & Rolls: Bodleian Lib. (1878): 57 (charter of Thomas de Berkeley dated 1301). Genealogist 4 (1880): 50-58. Burke Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited & Extinct Peerages (1883): 43 15 (sub Berkeley). Smyth Berkeley MSS 1(1883): 153-222 (Thomas styled "cozen" by King Edward I of England). Doyle Official Baronage of England 1 (1886): 169-170 (sub Berkeley). Tresswell & Vincent Vis. of Shropshire 1623, 1569 & 1584 1 (H.S.P. 28) (1889): 30 (1623 Vis.) (Barkley ped.: "Thomas Lo. of Barkley mar. Isabell da. of Wm. Ferrers E. of Derby"). Birch Cat. Seals in the British Museum 2 (1892): 497 (seal of Thomas de Berkeley, [1st Lord Berkeley?] dated early 14th cent. - A shield of arms, a chevron between ten crosses crosslet, six in chief four in base, BERKELEY. Suspended by a strap from a hook, and between two wyverns. Legend: * SIGLLVM : THOME DE *BERKELE. Beaded borders.). Jeayes Desc. Cat. of the Charters & Muniments in the Possession of the Rt. Hon. Lord Fitzhardinge (1892): xxii-xxiii (chart), 118 (charter of Robert de Ferrers dated c.1254-60 to his sister, Joan de Ferrers). C.P.R. 1307-1313 (1894): 385. C.P.R. 1301-1307 (1898): 466. Giffard Episc. Reg. Diocese of Worcester, Reg. of Bishop Godfrey Giffard 2(3) (Worcester Hist. Soc. 15) (1900): 234. Genealogist n.s. 18 (1902): 188-189. Howard de Walden Some Feudal Lords & Their Seals (1903): 74 (biog. of Thomas de Berkeley). Wrottesley Peds. from the Plea Rolls (1905): 386-387. D.N.B. 2 (1908): 339-343 (Berkeley, Fam. of). Weaver Cartulary of Buckland Priory (Somerset Rec. Soc. 25) (1909): xxiv, xxvii. C.P. 2 (1912): 127-128, 145 (sub Berkeley); 5 (1926): chart foll. 320. Year Books of Edward II 13 (Selden Soc. 34) (1918): 31-32. Davis Rotuli Ricardi Gravesend Episcopi Lincolniensis 1258-1279 (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 20) (1925): 160. VCH Huntingdon 2 (1932): 274, 276. Richardson & Sayles Rotuli Ped. Anglie Hactenus Inediti 1274-1373 (Camden Soc. 3rd Ser. 51) (1935): 18-19. Bristol Charters 2 (Bristol Rec. Soc. 11) (1946): 38-41. Lawrance Heraldry from Military Monuments before 1350 (H.S.P. 98) (1946): 3-4. Trans. Bristol & Gloucs. Arch. Soc. 71 (1952): 100-121; 84 (1965): 31-43. Dunham Lord Hastings' Indentured Retainers 1461-1483 (Trans. Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences 39) (1955): 56-57. Davis Anc. Of Nicholas Davis (1956): 185-187. Paget Baronage of England (1957) 55: 1-2 (sub Berkeley). Sanders English Baronies (1960): 13. Saltman Cartulary of Tutbury Priory (Colls. Hist. Staffs. 4th Ser. 4) (1962): 83-84. Haines Cal. Reg. of Wolstan de Brantford (Worcestershire Hist. Soc. n.s. 4) (1966): xxxv-xxxvi. VCH Gloucester 10 (1972): 143-148. Ellis Cat. Seals in the P.R.O. I (1978): 7 (seal of Thomas de Berkeley dated c.1300 - Hung from a hook, between two wyverns, a shield of arms: a chevron between ten crosses paty. Legend: SIGILLVM: THOME DE BERKELE); 2 (1981): 10 (seal of Thomas, Lord Berkeley dated 1273 - In a cusped circle, a shield of arms, couché: a chevron between ten crosses formy; helm above with mantling and crest: a mitre, patterned with crosses formy; on right a mermaid with comb and mirror. Legend: SIGILLVM. THOME. D.....). Sutton Rolls & Reg. of Bishop Oliver Sutton, 1280-1299 8 (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 76) (1986): 87-88. Brault Rolls of Arms Edward I 2 (1997): 47-48 (arms of Thomas de Berkeley: Gules, crusily and a chevron argent; he sealed with a crusily and a chevron in 1273 and c.1300). Online resource: http://www.briantimms.net/era/lord_marshals/Lord_Marshal02/Lord%20Marshal2.htm (Lord Marshal's Roll - arms of Thomas de Berkeley: Gules a chevron argent).
  Children of Thomas de Berkeley, Knt., by Joan de Ferrers:
  i. MAURICE DE BERKELEY, Knt., 2nd Lord Berkeley fsee next].
  ii. THOMAS DE BERKELEY, Knt., of Coston, Leicestershire, Wick (in Arlingham), Gloucestershire, Eynesbury, Huntingdonshire, etc., and, in right of his 1st wife, of Wollaston, Northamptonshire, 2nd son. He married (1st) before 1310 MARGERY LE BRAY, daughter and heiress of Robert le Bray, Knt., of Wollaston, Northamptonshire. They had one son, Thomas, and one daughter, Katherine (wife of ___ de la Dale and Richard Chamberlain, Knt.). He married (2nd) before 12 June 1318 (date of grant) ISABEL HAMELYN, daughter and heiress of John Hamelyn, Knt., of Wymondham, Leicestershire. They had one son, John, Knt. SIR THOMAS DE BERKELEY died 15 Feb. 1346. Fosbroke Berkeley Manuscripts (1821): 114 (Berkeley ped.). Burke Gen. & Heraldic Hist. of tbe Extinct & Dormant Baronetcies (1844): 58-59 (sub Berkeley). Jeayes Desc. Cat. of the Charters & Muniments in the Possession of the Rt. Hon. Lord Fitzhardinge (1892): xxii-xxiii (chart). Arch. Cantiana 26 (1904): 326 (Berkeley-Livesey ped.). C.C.R. 1346-1349 (1905): 215. VCH Buckingham 4(1927): 338-343. VCH Northampton 4 (1937): 29-39, 58. Ellis Cat. Seals in the P.R.O. 2 (1981): 10 (seal of Thomas de Berkeley the younger dated 1316- A shield of arms: a chevron between ten sexfoils. Legend: *S'.THOME.DE.BERKELEYE). Berkeley Castle Muniments, BCM/A/1/11/11 (grant dated 12 June 1318 by Thomas de Berkeley, lord of Berkeley, to his son, Thomas de Berkeley, and his wife, Isabel) (available at www.a2a.org.uk/search/index.asp).
  iii. [MASTER] JAMES DE BERKELEY, derk, prebendary of Corsley, prebendary of Waltham, Sussex, Chaplain to the Pope, Archdeacon of Huntingdon, Bishop of Exeter, younger son. He died 24 June 1327. Rymer Fædera 2(1) (1818): 358, 369 (Master James de Berkeley, "sacræ theologiæ doctor" styled "kinsman" by King Edward II). Hardy Syllabus (in English) of the Docs. Rel. England & Other Kingdoms 1(1869): 198 (Date: 1318. March 20. - "The King recommends his relative James de Berkele to the pope."), 199 (Date: 1318. July 29.- "The King agains ask the pope to favour his relative James de Berkele."). Jeayes Desc. Cat. of the
  
  Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley
  
  Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley (1245 – 23 July 1321), aka The Wise, was an English baron, soldier and diplomat.[1]
  
  Thomas de Berkeley was born in 1245 at Berkeley Castle in the English coun
  
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  Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Lord Berkeley1
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  Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Lord Berkeley was born in 1245 at Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England.1 He was the son of Sir Ma
  
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  1st Baron Berkeley, was an English baron, soldier and diplomat. Known as "The Wise", he was in the parliament under Kings Edwar
  
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  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#ThomasBerkeleydied1321 as of 8/19/2016
  
  THOMAS de Berkeley, son of MAURICE de Berkeley & his wife Isabel [FitzRoy] (Berkeley 124
  
  === Source: A. Roots 26, 59. Roots: Sir Thom ===
  Source: A. Roots 26, 59. Roots: Sir Thomas de Berkeley, great-grandson of King John of England.
  
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  From Sir Bernard Burke ===
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  From Sir Bernard Burke, "Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages" Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p 44, Berkeley, Viscount Berkeley, Earl of Nottingham, and Marquess of Berkeley:
  
  Thomas de Berkeley, b. at Berkeley in 1245, was summoned to parliament by writ as a baron from 23 June 1295 to 15 May 1321. This nobleman was of great eminence in the reigns of Edward I and Edward II, being in the French, Welsh, and Scottish wars of those periods, particularly at the celebrated siege of Caerlverock. He was involved, however, at the close of his life in the treason of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster. His lordship m. circa 1267 Jane, dau. of William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby, and dying July 23, 1321 (his wife d. 19 Mar 1309), left issue,
  
  I. Maurice, 2nd baron
  II. Thomas, ancestor of the Berkeleys of Wymondham, co. Leicester, extinct in Sir Henry Berkeley, living 1622
  III. John, d.s.p. 10th Edward II (c 1317)
  IV. James a bishop
  
  I. Isabel, d. unm.
  II. Margaret, d. unm.
  
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  ! ! !Americans of Royal Descent, by Charles H. Browning, page 373
  
  === He spent much of the last 50 years of hi ===
  He spent much of the last 50 years of his life "employed eitheragainst the Welsh, the Scots, or the French." He received summonses toParliament from 24 June 1295 to 15 May 1321. He was Vice-Constable of England in 1297, was in the Battle ofFalkirk in 1298, in the siege of Carlaverock in July 1300, and was takenprisoner at the Battle of Bannockburn, 24 June 1314, which cost him alarge ransom. He was on am Embassy to France in Jan. 1296, and to PopeClement V in July 1307.
  
  === -Feudal Lord of Berkeley. -Called "Thoma ===
  -Feudal Lord of Berkeley. -Called "Thomas the Wise". -Present at the battle and defeat of the Scots at Falkirk in 22 July 1298. -Present in July 1300 at the seige of Caravelock. -Taken prisoner at the Battle of Bannockburn in 24 June 1314. Ransomed. -June 1292: on the Commission to examine the claims to the Crown of Scotland. -January 1296: on an Embassy to France. -July 1307: on an Embassy to Pope Clement. ------------------------------ Relationship/Marriage/DoB/DoD: Blue 43(a), page 114
  
  === First Baron de Berkrley by writ. ===
  First Baron de Berkrley by writ.
  
  === Thomas was the first Lord de Berkeley. H ===
  Thomas was the first Lord de Berkeley. He was "with the King at the siege of Kenilworth Castle, Oct. 1266, and afterwards in the Welsh wars, for which eminent services he had a special grant, temp. Edward I, of liberty to hunt the fox, hare, badger, and wild cat, with his own dogs, within the king's forests of Mendip and chase of Kingswood; after this we find him engaged in Scotland, and participating in the victory of Falkirk, gained 22Jul 1298. he was subsequently at the celebrated siege of Caerlaverock, and was summoned to parliament as a Baron from 24 June 1295 to 15 May 1321." (Peerage & Baronetage)
  
  === Source: Weis, Frederick Lewis, Ancestral ===
  Source: Weis, Frederick Lewis, Ancestral Roots, Seventh Edition, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, [1992], 26-29.
  
  === The British Harleian Society, Lincolnshi ===
  The British Harleian Society, Lincolnshire Pedigrees, compiled about1750. Burke, "Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyany, Forfeited,and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire" (1866). Lygon, "The Ligon Family and Connections" (1947). Frederick Lewis Weis, "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists",7th ed.
  
  === The Wise A very wise and provident perso ===
  The Wise A very wise and provident person, keeping exact accounts with all his bailiffs and stewards. He had 200 attendants in his family, of knights, esquires, yeomen, grooms, and pages, besides husbandmen. He was with the king at the siege of Kenilworth Castle, October, 1266, and afterwards in the Welsh wars, for which service he had a special grant, in the time of King Edward I, for hunting with his own dogs in the king's forest of Mendip and chase of Kingswood. In short, he was in most of the battles fought in Wales, Scotland, and France. He participated in the victory of Falkirk and the siege of Caerlaverock, won July 23, 1298, and he was taken prisoner at the battle of Bannockburn in June 1314, and paid a large sum for his ransom. He was summoned to parliament as a Baron from June 24, 1295, to May 15, 1321. He was ambassador to Rome; one of the commissioners to treat of peace between England and France; and Constable of England
  
  === Biography ===
  the wise
  Thomas de Berkeley was born in 1245 at Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, the son of Sir Maurice de Berkeley, feudal baron of Berkeley, by his wife Isabel FitzRoy, a granddaughter of King John (1199-1216), through his son Richard FitzRoy, by his cousin and mistress Adela de Warenne, daughter of Hamelin de Warenne and Isabel de Warenne, 4th Countess of Surrey.
  
  He fought in the Battle of Evesham in 1265. He inherited the feudal baron of Berkeley in 1281 following the death of his father and on 28 June 1283 was created 1st Baron Berkeley by writ of summons to Parliament by King Edward I (1272-1307). In June 1292 he was a commissioner to examine the claims to the crown of Scotland. He was on an embassy to France in January 1296 and held the office of Vice-Constable of England in 1297.[3] He fought in the Battle of Falkirk on 22 July 1298 and was present at the Siege of Caerlaverock, Scotland, in July 1300. He was on an embassy to Pope Clement V in July 1307. He fought in the Battle of Bannockburn on 24 June 1314, where he was taken prisoner, and obliged to pay a large sum for his ransom
  
  === !SOURCE: Data for the family of Thomas ===
  !SOURCE: Data for the family of Thomas de Berkeley and Joan de Ferrers are taken from Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, p. 245 (received 11 Apr 1990 from Mr. Robert R. Taylor, 68 North 960 East, American Fork, UT 84003).
  
  === Was with Henry III at the seige of Kenil ===
  Was with Henry III at the seige of Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire, in 1266. For his services he received a special grant of Edward I "to hunt the fox, hare, badger and wildcat with his own dogs within the King's forests of Mendip and chase of Kingswood." He was a joint Commissioner to examine claims to the Crown of Scotland in 1292. Was Joint Ambassador to treet with France in 1296. Was Vice Constable of England 1297 and Chief Commissioner to prevent excommunications in Counties Gloucester and Worcester in 1297. Was Commander in the 4th Division of the King's Army in Scotland in 1298. Was Joint Ambassador to the Pope, Clement V, in 1307. Was Keeper of the Manor of Stanlie Regis in 1313. Was Guardian and Justice of the Peace, Co. Glou. 1314.
  
  === Taken prisoner at the Battle of Bannockb ===
  Taken prisoner at the Battle of Bannockburn
  
  === Royal Ancestry Biography ===
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  "THOMAS DE BERKELEY, Knt., of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, Wendon, Essex, etc., Vice-Constable of England, 2nd but 1st surviving son and heir, born at Berkeley about 1251 (aged 30 in 1281). He married in 1267 JOAN DE FERRERS, daughter of William de Ferrers, Knt., 5th Earl of Derby, by his 2nd wife, Margaret (or Margery), daughter and co-heiress of Roger de Quincy, Knt., 2nd Earl of Winchester, hereditary Constable of Scotland [see FERRERS 7 for her ancestry]. Her maritagium included the manors of Coston, Leicestershire and Eynesbury Berkeley, Huntingdonshire. They had four sons, Maurice, Knt. [2nd Lord Berkeley], Thomas, Knt., John, and [Master] James [Bishop of Exeter], and two daughters, Margaret and Isabel [Prioress of Buckland Priory]. In the period, c.1254-60, Robert de Ferrers granted the manor of Easton, Leicestershire to his sister, Joan de Ferrers. He was present at the Battle of Evesham in 1265. He and his wife, Joan, presented to the church of Coston, Leicestershire in 1277. He served in the first expedition against Llywelyn, Prince of Wales, in 1277, and again in the second invasion under the king in 1282. In 1284 he was ordered by the Bishop of Worcester against distraining the cattle of the tenants of the church of Cam. He was on the commission to inquire into claims to the Scottish crown in 1292. In 1292 John Tarbaud brought the Replegiare against him; Thomas avowed the taking by reason that he and his ancestors had held the hundred of Berkeley of the king in fee farm, in which hundred all those within the precinct of the hundred ought to come at two Lawdays in the year to present hue and cry. He was summoned to Parliament 24 June 1295 by writ directed Thome de Berkelegh', whereby he may be held to have become Lord Berkeley. He was employed on an embassy to France in 1296, and to Pope Clement V in 1307. He fought at the Battle of Falkirk 22 July 1298, and was present at the Siege of Caerlaverock in 1300. He signed the Barons' letter to Pope Boniface VIII in 1301 as D'n's de Berkele. In 1303, while Thomas and his son, Maurice, were with the king in Scotland, Maurice's officers seized and imprisoned a Bristol burgess named Richard Cornwall at Redcliffe on a charge of murder. The men of Bristol liberated their fellow townsman, and, according to a complaint lodged by Maurice, they made away with goods to the value of 500 marks. This resulted in open conflict with the burgesses of Bristol, in which the burgesses alleged that the Berkeleys' men beat and assaulted them, so that they were not able to venture outside the town on legitimate business. The justices appointed to deal with the case gave judgment against the Berkeleys. A heavy amercement was levied on them which was commuted for service in the Scottish war, but the liberties of the manor and hundred of Bedminster were taken into the king's hands. In 1303 he purchased the reversion of the manor of Frampton on Severn, Gloucestershire from Richard de Clifford son and heir of John de Clifford, Knt.; he subsequently conveyed the manor in 1305 to Robert Fitz Payn, 1st Lord Fitzpayn, and his wife, Isabel, for an annual rent of 22 marks. In 1306 he obtained a license to alienate in mortmain two shops in Wells, Somerset to the Prioress and sisters of Buckland Priory. He was summoned to attend the Coronation of King Edward II in 1308. He was taken prisoner at the Battle of Bannockburn 24 June 1314, paying a large sum for his ransom. His wife, Joan, died 19 March 1309/10, and was buried at St. Augustine's, Bristol. In 1321 the king directed him and 70 others to arrest those that disturb the peace and spread false reports. SIR THOMAS DE BERKELEY, 1st Lord Berkeley, died 23 July 1321.
  Dugdale Baronage of England 1 (1675): 348; 2 (1676): 349-369 (sub Berkeley). Brydges Collins' Peerage of England 3 (1812): 591-627 (sub Earl of Berkeley). Rpt. on the Procs. on the Claim to the Barony of L'Isle (1829). Year Books of Edward I: Years XX & XXI (Rolls Ser. 31a) 1 (1866): 338-339. Hardy Syllabus (in English) of the Docs. Rel. England & Other Kingdoms 1 (1869): 211. Turner Cal. Charters & Rolls: Bodleian Lib. (1878): 57 (charter of Thomas de Berkeley dated 1301). Genealogist 4 (1880): 50-58. Burke Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited & Extinct Peerages (1883): 43 15 (sub Berkeley). Smyth Berkeley MSS 1(1883): 153-222 (Thomas styled "cozen" by King Edward I of England). Doyle Official Baronage of England 1 (1886): 169-170 (sub Berkeley). Tresswell & Vincent Vis. of Shropshire 1623, 1569 & 1584 1 (H.S.P. 28) (1889): 30 (1623 Vis.) (Barkley ped.: "Thomas Lo. of Barkley mar. Isabell da. of Wm. Ferrers E. of Derby"). Birch Cat. Seals in the British Museum 2 (1892): 497 (seal of Thomas de Berkeley, [1st Lord Berkeley?] dated early 14th cent. - A shield of arms, a chevron between ten crosses crosslet, six in chief four in base, BERKELEY. Suspended by a strap from a hook, and between two wyverns. Legend: * SIGLLVM : THOME DE *BERKELE. Beaded borders.). Jeayes Desc. Cat. of the Charters & Muniments in the Possession of the Rt. Hon. Lord Fitzhardinge (1892): xxii-xxiii (chart), 118 (charter of Robert de Ferrers dated c.1254-60 to his sister, Joan de Ferrers). C.P.R. 1307-1313 (1894): 385. C.P.R. 1301-1307 (1898): 466. Giffard Episc. Reg. Diocese of Worcester, Reg. of Bishop Godfrey Giffard 2(3) (Worcester Hist. Soc. 15) (1900): 234. Genealogist n.s. 18 (1902): 188-189. Howard de Walden Some Feudal Lords & Their Seals (1903): 74 (biog. of Thomas de Berkeley). Wrottesley Peds. from the Plea Rolls (1905): 386-387. D.N.B. 2 (1908): 339-343 (Berkeley, Fam. of). Weaver Cartulary of Buckland Priory (Somerset Rec. Soc. 25) (1909): xxiv, xxvii. C.P. 2 (1912): 127-128, 145 (sub Berkeley); 5 (1926): chart foll. 320. Year Books of Edward II 13 (Selden Soc. 34) (1918): 31-32. Davis Rotuli Ricardi Gravesend Episcopi Lincolniensis 1258-1279 (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 20) (1925): 160. VCH Huntingdon 2 (1932): 274, 276. Richardson & Sayles Rotuli Ped. Anglie Hactenus Inediti 1274-1373 (Camden Soc. 3rd Ser. 51) (1935): 18-19. Bristol Charters 2 (Bristol Rec. Soc. 11) (1946): 38-41. Lawrance Heraldry from Military Monuments before 1350 (H.S.P. 98) (1946): 3-4. Trans. Bristol & Gloucs. Arch. Soc. 71 (1952): 100-121; 84 (1965): 31-43. Dunham Lord Hastings' Indentured Retainers 1461-1483 (Trans. Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences 39) (1955): 56-57. Davis Anc. Of Nicholas Davis (1956): 185-187. Paget Baronage of England (1957) 55: 1-2 (sub Berkeley). Sanders English Baronies (1960): 13. Saltman Cartulary of Tutbury Priory (Colls. Hist. Staffs. 4th Ser. 4) (1962): 83-84. Haines Cal. Reg. of Wolstan de Brantford (Worcestershire Hist. Soc. n.s. 4) (1966): xxxv-xxxvi. VCH Gloucester 10 (1972): 143-148. Ellis Cat. Seals in the P.R.O. I (1978): 7 (seal of Thomas de Berkeley dated c.1300 - Hung from a hook, between two wyverns, a shield of arms: a chevron between ten crosses paty. Legend: SIGILLVM: THOME DE BERKELE); 2 (1981): 10 (seal of Thomas, Lord Berkeley dated 1273 - In a cusped circle, a shield of arms, couché: a chevron between ten crosses formy; helm above with mantling and crest: a mitre, patterned with crosses formy; on right a mermaid with comb and mirror. Legend: SIGILLVM. THOME. D.....). Sutton Rolls & Reg. of Bishop Oliver Sutton, 1280-1299 8 (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 76) (1986): 87-88. Brault Rolls of Arms Edward I 2 (1997): 47-48 (arms of Thomas de Berkeley: Gules, crusily and a chevron argent; he sealed with a crusily and a chevron in 1273 and c.1300). Online resource: http://www.briantimms.net/era/lord_marshals/Lord_Marshal02/Lord%20Marshal2.htm (Lord Marshal's Roll - arms of Thomas de Berkeley: Gules a chevron argent).
  Children of Thomas de Berkeley, Knt., by Joan de Ferrers:
  i. MAURICE DE BERKELEY, Knt., 2nd Lord Berkeley fsee next].
  ii. THOMAS DE BERKELEY, Knt., of Coston, Leicestershire, Wick (in Arlingham), Gloucestershire, Eynesbury, Huntingdonshire, etc., and, in right of his 1st wife, of Wollaston, Northamptonshire, 2nd son. He married (1st) before 1310 MARGERY LE BRAY, daughter and heiress of Robert le Bray, Knt., of Wollaston, Northamptonshire. They had one son, Thomas, and one daughter, Katherine (wife of ___ de la Dale and Richard Chamberlain, Knt.). He married (2nd) before 12 June 1318 (date of grant) ISABEL HAMELYN, daughter and heiress of John Hamelyn, Knt., of Wymondham, Leicestershire. They had one son, John, Knt. SIR THOMAS DE BERKELEY died 15 Feb. 1346. Fosbroke Berkeley Manuscripts (1821): 114 (Berkeley ped.). Burke Gen. & Heraldic Hist. of tbe Extinct & Dormant Baronetcies (1844): 58-59 (sub Berkeley). Jeayes Desc. Cat. of the Charters & Muniments in the Possession of the Rt. Hon. Lord Fitzhardinge (1892): xxii-xxiii (chart). Arch. Cantiana 26 (1904): 326 (Berkeley-Livesey ped.). C.C.R. 1346-1349 (1905): 215. VCH Buckingham 4(1927): 338-343. VCH Northampton 4 (1937): 29-39, 58. Ellis Cat. Seals in the P.R.O. 2 (1981): 10 (seal of Thomas de Berkeley the younger dated 1316- A shield of arms: a chevron between ten sexfoils. Legend: *S'.THOME.DE.BERKELEYE). Berkeley Castle Muniments, BCM/A/1/11/11 (grant dated 12 June 1318 by Thomas de Berkeley, lord of Berkeley, to his son, Thomas de Berkeley, and his wife, Isabel) (available at www.a2a.org.uk/search/index.asp).
  iii. [MASTER] JAMES DE BERKELEY, derk, prebendary of Corsley, prebendary of Waltham, Sussex, Chaplain to the Pope, Archdeacon of Huntingdon, Bishop of Exeter, younger son. He died 24 June 1327. Rymer Fædera 2(1) (1818): 358, 369 (Master James de Berkeley, "sacræ theologiæ doctor" styled "kinsman" by King Edward II). Hardy Syllabus (in English) of the Docs. Rel. England & Other Kingdoms 1(1869): 198 (Date: 1318. March 20. - "The King recommends his relative James de Berkele to the pope."), 199 (Date: 1318. July 29.- "The King agains ask the pope to favour his relative James de Berkele."). Jeayes Desc. Cat. of the
  
  === He was known as Thomas "the Wise" Berkel ===
  He was known as Thomas "the Wise" Berkeley.
  He death place was St Augustines Abbey, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.
  
  === Family info ===
  Family:
  
  Son of Sir Maurice "The Resolute" de Berkeley and Isabel "de Crouin" de Berkeley, Baroness Berkeley
  Husband of Isabella de Chilham and Joan (the Younger) de Ferrers, Baroness Berkeley
  Father of Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Lord of Berkeley; Margaret Russell; Lady Alice Stourton; John de Berkeley; Sir Thomas Berkeley, Lord of Coston and 1 other
  Brother of Maurice de Berkeley; John de Berkeley, 1st Baron Marmion; Robert de Berkeley; Simon de Berkeley; Maud de Berkeley and 2 others
  
  === [Berley2.FTW] First Berkeley Hereditary ===
  [Berley2.FTW] First Berkeley Hereditary Baron. Succeeded to Berkeley lands in 1275. May be called "Thomas the Wise". He followed the Kings' Wars for 50 years. Signed the letter of remonstrance addressed by the Barons to Pope boniface VIII. Regained all the lands which his father had lost, and gained still more. Held many important offices and received many honors. Summoned to Parliamont as a Baron 24 Jun 1295 to 15 May 1321. Held many important offices and received many honors.
  
  === Thomas de Berkeley, feudal Lord of Berke ===
  Thomas de Berkeley, feudal Lord of Berkeley and 1st Baron Berkeley so created by writ of summons to Parliament 24 June 1295; V-Constable England 1297, present at the victory over the Scots of Falkirk 22 July 1298 and at Siege of Carlaverock July 1300, taken prisoner at Scottish victory of Bannockburn 24 June 1314, Commissioner to examine claims to the crown of Scotland June 1292. [Burke's Peerage]
  
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  Sir Thomas de Berkeley, b. 1245, d. 23 July 1321, son of Maurice de Berkeley, b. 1218, d. 1281, and Isabel, daughter of Richard Fitz Roy, bastard son of King John of England. [Magna Charta Sureties]
  
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  THOMAS DE BERKELEY, feudal LORD OF BERKELEY, 2nd, but 1st surviving son and heir (c), who "may bee called Thomas the Wise." He was born at Berkeley 1245, was at the battle of Evesham when under age, and was for nearly every year for the last 50 years of his life "employed either against the Welsh., the Scots, or the French." He was summoned to attend the King at Shrewsbury 28 June 1283 by writ directed 'Thome de Berkel', which writ was actually treated in the Mowbray case (1877) as one which created an hereditary Peerage. On 24 June 1295, he was summoned to Parliament by writ directed Thome de Berkelegh', whereby he may be held to have become LORD BERKELEY. He continued to be so summoned till 15 May 1321. He was made Vice-Constable of England in 1297, was at the bloody battle and defeat of the Scots at Falkirk 22 July 1298, the siege of Carlaverock in July 1300, and was taken prisoner at the battle of Bannockburn, 24 June 1314, paying a large sum for his ransom. He was likewise on the Commission to examine the claims to the Crown of Scotland, June 1292; was on an Embassy to France, January 1296, and to Pope Clement V, in July 1307. He married, in 1267, Joan, da. of William (DE FERRERS), EARL OF DERBY, by his 2nd wife, Margaret, daughter and coheir of Roger (DE QUINCI), EARL OF WINCHESTER. She died in March 1309/10, and was buried at St. Augustine's, Bristol. He died 23 July 1321, at Berkeley, aged about 76. [Complete Peerage II:127-8, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
  
  (c) Maurice, his elder brother, was killed in a tournament at Kenilworth, vp in 1279.
  
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  Thomas de Berkeley, b. at Berkeley in 1245, was summoned to parliament by writ as a baron from 23 June 1295 to 15 May 1321. This nobleman was of great eminence in the reigns of Edward I and and Edward II, being in the French, Welsh, and Scottish wars of those periods, particularly at the celebrated siege of Caerlaverock. He was involved, however, at the close of his life in the treason of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster. His lordship m. circa 1267 Jane, dau. of William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby, and dying July 23, 1321 (his wife d. 19 Mar 1309], left issue,
  
  I. Maurice, 2nd baron
  II. Thomas, ancestor of the Berkeleys of Wymondham, co. Leicester, extinct in Sir Henry Berkeley, living 1622.
  III. John, d. s. p. 10th Edward II [c. 1317]
  IV. James, a bishop
  I. Isabel, d. unm.II. Margaret, d. unm.
  
  [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 44, Berkeley, Viscount Berkeley, Earl of Nottingham, and Marquess of Berkeley]
  
  === •Note:
  Thomas de Berkeley, feudal Lord ===
  •Note:
  Thomas de Berkeley, feudal Lord of Berkeley and 1st Baron Berkeley so created by writ of summons to Parliament 24 June 1295; V-Constable England 1297, present at the victory over the Scots of Falkirk 22 July 1298 and at Siege of Carlaverock
  July 1300, taken prisoner at Scottish victory of Bannockburn 24 June 1314, Commissioner to examine claims to the crown of Scotland June 1292. [Burke's Peerage]
  
  •Note:
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  •Note: Sir Thomas de Berkeley, b. 1245, d. 23 July 1321, son of Maurice de Berkeley, b. 1218, d. 1281, and Isabel, daughter of Richard Fitz Roy, bastard son of King John of England. [Magna Charta Sureties]
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  •Note: BARONY of BERKELEY (I)
  •Note:
  •Note:
  THOMAS DE BERKELEY, feudal LORD OF BERKELEY, 2nd, but 1st surviving son and heir (c), who "may bee called Thomas the Wise." He was born at Berkeley 1245, was at the battle of Evesham when under age, and was for nearly every year for the last 50
  years of his life "employed either against the Welsh., the Scots, or the French." He was summoned to attend the King at Shrewsbury 28 June 1283 by writ directed 'Thome de Berkel', which writ was actually treated in the Mowbray case (1877) as
  one which created an hereditary Peerage. On 24 June 1295, he was summoned to Parliament by writ directed Thome de Berkelegh', whereby he may be held to have become LORD BERKELEY. He continued to be so summoned till 15 May 1321. He was made
  Vice-Constable of England in 1297, was at the bloody battle and defeat of the Scots at Falkirk 22 July 1298, the siege of Carlaverock in July 1300, and was taken prisoner at the battle of Bannockburn, 24 June 1314, paying a large sum for his
  ransom. He was likewise on the Commission to examine the claims to the Crown of Scotland, June 1292; was on an Embassy to France, January 1296, and to Pope Clement V, in July 1307. He married, in 1267, Joan, da. of William (DE FERRERS), EARL OF
  DERBY, by his 2nd wife, Margaret, daughter and coheir of Roger (DE QUINCI), EARL OF WINCHESTER. She died in March 1309/10, and was buried at St. Augustine's, Bristol. He died 23 July 1321, at Berkeley, aged about 76. [Complete Peerage II:127-8,
  (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
  
  •Note:
  •Note: (c) Maurice, his elder brother, was killed in a tournament at Kenilworth, vp in 1279.
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  •Note:
  •Note:
  Thomas de Berkeley, b. at Berkeley in 1245, was summoned to parliament by writ as a baron from 23 June 1295 to 15 May 1321. This nobleman was of great eminence in the reigns of Edward I and and Edward II, being in the French, Welsh, and
  Scottish wars of those periods, particularly at the celebrated siege of Caerlaverock. He was involved, however, at the close of his life in the treason of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster. His lordship m. circa 1267 Jane, dau. of William de Ferrers,
  Earl of Derby, and dying July 23, 1321 (his wife d. 19 Mar 1309], left issue,
  
  •Note:
  •Note: I. Maurice, 2nd baron
  •Note: II. Thomas, ancestor of the Berkeleys of Wymondham, co. Leicester, extinct in Sir Henry Berkeley, living 1622.
  •Note: III. John, d. s. p. 10th Edward II [c. 1317]
  •Note: IV. James, a bishop
  •Note: I. Isabel, d. unm.
  •Note: II. Margaret, d. unm.
  •Note:
  •Note: [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 44, Berkeley, Viscount Berkeley, Earl of Nottingham, and Marquess of Berkeley]
  •Note:
  •Note: Title: The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999
  •Note: Page: 88-4
  •Note: Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000
  •Note: Page: II:127-8
  
  === Thomas de Berkeley, feudal Lord of Berk ===
  Thomas de Berkeley, feudal Lord of Berkeley, 2nd, but 1st surviving son, was called Thomas the Wise. He was born at Berkeley 1245, was in the battle of Evesham when under age, and was, for nearly every year for the last 50 years of his life employed either against the Welsh, Scots or French. At the death of Alexander III, King of Scotland, several conventions being held to determine the right of the several competitors to the crown of that kingdom, Thomas de Berkeley was present with other noblemen of England at the 3rd convention held in Northumberland June 2, 1291. He was summoned to Parliament by writ as a baron June 23, 1295, to May 15, 1321. He was of great eminence in the reigns of Edward I and II and was at the celebrated siege of Caerlaverock. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Bannockburn June 24, 1314, paying a large sum for his ransom. He was on an Embassy to France Jan., 1296, and to Pope Clement V in July, 1307, and was one of the barons who, in 1301, signed the celebrated letter to the Pope. He died July 23, 1321, and was buried in St. Augustine's Abbey with his ancestors. He married in 1267 Joan or Jane, daughter of William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby by his 2nd wife Margaret, daughter and co-heir of Roger de Quinci, Earl of Winchester, son of Saire de Quinci, Surety for the Magna Chart. Jane Berkeley died March 19, 1309-10. They had three sons--Maurice, who succeeded his father, John, ancestor of the Berkeleys in Leicestershire--and two daughters--Isabel and Margaret--who both died unmarried. Source: Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith - Generations 20-36. Berkeley 1-17. - Collins' Peerage of England, Vol. 3, pp. 591-605. - Burke's Dormant and Extinct Peerage (1866), pp. 43-44. - Cokanye's Complete Peerage, Vol. 3, pp. 123-130. - Edmondson's Baronagium Genealogicum, Vol. 2, p. 151. - Ormerod's Hist. of Cheshire, Vol. 2, p. 333; Vol. 3, pp. 210-211-212.
  
  === A Discourse on the Thornburg Family by C ===
  A Discourse on the Thornburg Family by Charles C. Thornburg III. Available from Lillian Thornburg, 14501 Lauerman, Cedar Lake, Indiana 46303.

• m. ABT 1267 in England

1. 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
2. Alice Berkeley, b. 1270 in Avon, Hartford, Connecticut, United States     d. 1290 in Stourton, Wiltshire, England

1. Title: Geni - Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley
   Publication: Name: https://www.geni.com/people/Thomas-de-Berkeley-1st-Baron-Berkeley/6000000003051159727;
   
2. Title: Thomas Berkeley (1245-1321), "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV5-4N93 : 11 January 2023), Thomas Berkeley, ; Burial, Bristol, Bristol Unitary Authority, Bristol, England, Bristol Cathedral; citing record ID 27787868, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV5-4N93;
   Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27787868/thomas-berkeley Thomas Berkeley BIRTH 1245 DEATH 23 Jul 1321 (aged 75–76) BURIAL Bristol Cathedral Bristol, Bristol Unitary Authority, Bristol, England MEMORIAL ID 27787868 1st Baron Berkeley, was an English baron, soldier and diplomat. Known as "The Wise", he was in the parliament under Kings Edward I and II. He fought at the Battle of Bannockburn, was taken prisoner there, and paid a huge sum for his ransom. 2nd but 1st surviving son of Maurice de Berkeley and Isabel FitzRoy. Husband of Joan Ferrers, daughter of the 5th Earl of Derby by Margaret de Quincy, married 1267. Thomas earned the title of 1st Baron of Berkeley in June of 1283. He was summoned to Parliament in 1295 as Thome de Berkelegh and Lord Berkeley.
   
3. Title: Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Lord Berkeley (1245-1321), The Peerage
   Author: http://www.thepeerage.com/p4177.htm#i41765
   Publication: Name: http://www.thepeerage.com/p4177.htm#i41765;
   Note: Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Lord Berkeley was born in 1245 at Berkeley, Gloucestershire, EnglandG.1 He was the son of Sir Maurice de Berkeley and Isabel FitzRoy.1 He married Joan de Ferrers, daughter of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby and Margaret de Quincy, in 1267.2 He died on 23 July 1321 at Berkeley, Gloucestershire, EnglandG.2 Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Lord Berkeley also went by the nick-name of Thomas 'the Wise'.1 He fought in the Battle of Evesham.1 He gained the title of Lord de Berkeley [feudal baron] in 1281.1 He was created 1st Lord Berkeley [England by writ] on 28 June 1283, which was treated in the Mowbray Case (1877) as creating an hereditary peerage.1 He was a Commissioner to examine the claims to the crown of Scotland in June 1292.2 He was created 1st Baron Berkeley [England by writ] on 24 June 1295, which is treated as creating the title Lord Berkeley.1 He was on an Embassy to France in January 1296.2 He held the office of Vice-Constable of England in 1297.2 He fought in the Battle of Falkirk on 22 July 1298.2 He fought in the siege of Carlaverock in July 1300.2 He was on an Embassy to Pope Clement V in July 1307.2 He fought in the Battle of Bannockburn on 24 June 1314, where he was taken prisoner, and paid a large sum for his ransom.2 Children of Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Lord Berkeley and Joan de Ferrers Thomas de Berkeley John de Berkeley d. c 1317 James de Berkeley Isabel de Berkeley Margaret de Berkeley+3 d. a 1320 Alice Berkeley+4 Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Lord Berkeley+2 b. Apr 1271, d. 31 May 1326 Citations [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 II, page 127. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 128. [S37] BP2003 See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37] [S7976] Andrew Stourton, "re: St. Barbe Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger LUNDY (101053), 25 April 2016. Hereinafter cited as "re: St Barbe Family."
   
4. Title: Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley (1245-1321), Wikipedia
   Author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_de_Berkeley,_1st_Baron_Berkeley
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_de_Berkeley,_1st_Baron_Berkeley;
   Note: Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley (c. 1245– 23 July 1321), The Wise, feudal baron of Berkeley, of Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, England, was a peer, soldier and diplomat. Thomas de Berkeley was born around 1245[4] at Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, the son of Sir Maurice de Berkeley, feudal baron of Berkeley, by his wife Isabel FitzRoy. He fought in the Battle of Evesham in 1265.[5] He inherited the feudal baron of Berkeley in 1281 following the death of his father and on 28 June 1283 was created 1st Baron Berkeley by writ of summons to Parliament by King Edward I (1272-1307). He fought in the Battle of Falkirk on 22 July 1298 and was present at the Siege of Caerlaverock, Scotland, in July 1300. He fought in the Battle of Bannockburn on 24 June 1314, where he was taken prisoner, and obliged to pay a large sum for his ransom. In 1267 Thomas de Berkeley married Joan de Ferrers, a daughter of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby, by his wife Margaret de Quincy. He died at Berkeley Castle on 23 July 1321. Baron Berkeley (1295–1321)
   
5. Title: Wikipedia Bio
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_de_Berkeley,_1st_Baron_Berkeley;
   
6. Title: Thomas de Berkeley & Ferrers in Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QT-R3DG?cc=2060211&wc=WWF8-F3H%3A352086301%2C352498101
   Author: "Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QT-R3DG?cc=2060211&wc=WWF8-F3H%3A352086301%2C352498101 : 20 May 2014), D > Deats, Peter (1782) - Debnam, John (1723) > image 738 of 1258; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, compiler, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QT-R3DG;
   Note: Thomas de Berkeley (1245-1321) married in 1267 Joan de Ferrers and had children according to research before 1961
   Page: Names, dates, locations, and relationships match research
   
7. 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: Chapter: 'The Life of Thomas the Second' from p183
   
8. Title: "Directory of Royal Genealogical Data"
   Author: Brian Tompsett, "Directory of Royal Genealogical Data", University of Hull, Hull,UK, Electronic Note: burial: 5 September 1321; Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom Source Media Type: Book
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742581
   
9. Title: Maurice de Berkeley & FitzRoy in Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QT-R3VD?cc=2060211&wc=WWF8-F3H%3A352086301%2C352498101
   Author: "Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QT-R3VD?cc=2060211&wc=WWF8-F3H%3A352086301%2C352498101 : 20 May 2014), D > Deats, Peter (1782) - Debnam, John (1723) > image 727 of 1258; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, compiler, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QT-R3VD;
   Note: Maurice de Berkeley (1218-1281) married Isabelle FitzRoy and had children according to research before 1961
   Page: Names, dates, locations, and relationships match research
   
10. Title: Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages
    Author: Sir Bernard Burke, "Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, (Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, Page number: p 44, Berkeley, Viscount Berkeley, Earl of Nottingham, and Marquess of Berkeley
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737223046
    
11. Title: IPMs for Thomas de Berkeleye alias de Berkelee
    Author: J E E S Sharp and A E Stamp, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 71', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 6, Edward II (London, 1910), pp. 198-203. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol6/pp198-203 [accessed 4 February 2020].
    Publication: Name: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol6/pp198-203;
    Note: 332. THOMAS DE BERKELEYE alias DE BERKELEE. Writ, 3 August, 15 Edward II. SOMERSET. Inq. Sunday the eve of St. Lawrence, 15 Edward II. Portbury. The manor with the hundred of Bedminster (extent given), held, together with the castle of Berkelee and other lands in co. Gloucester, of the king in chief by barony and service of 3 knight’s fees. Maurice his son, aged 40 and more, is his next heir. GLOUCESTER. Inq. Saturday before St. Lawrence, 15 Edward II. Berkelee. The castle and hundred, and the manors of Hamme, Camme and Wotton, with their hamlets (extents given), held, together with other lands in Somerset, of the king in chief by barony and service of 3 knight’s fees. Heir as above. C. Edw. II. File 71. (2.)
    Page: The main subject of this source.
    
12. Title: littlechutehistory.org - Thomas Baron Berkeley
    Publication: Name: https://littlechutehistory.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I65215&tree=lchs;