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BERKELEY. 331 being divided between Uiua and his cousin (the other o-lieir) Lard Howard. each was honoured wtfcb some pi their extinct titles from the new King, Richard HI. He was accordingly on 23 June 1483 Cr. HAUL OF NOTTINGHAM, While, on the same day, Lord Howard was a*. Duke of Norfolk ami Karl Marshal. At the coronation of Hen. VI 1, -SO Oct. 148.'>, he was Bearer of the Third Sword, having heeu a: joint Lord High Steward, and Ear] Marshal for the occasion. On 19 Feb. 1185/0 he was et. KAKI, MARSHAL (•) ami Gbkat Mabshal of Knoland, with rem. to the heirs male of his body. On 9 Nor. 1487 he was joint Lord High Steward at the coronation oi Elisabeth the tjueen Consort On 10 Dec. 1487 and subsequently he settled the Castle and honour of Berkeley, the Barony of Bedford, the Barony of Sower and the greater part of his manors and lands in England, Wales and Ireland to himself in tail general, with rem. to the King in tail male with rem. to his own right heirs. For this consideration he received permission (of which he freely availed himself) to alienate divers other lands and was cr. 28 Jan. 14S8/0 MARQUESS OF BEKKELEY(% He m. firstly (at the age of about 41) in 1 100, Elizabeth, da. of Reginald (W'kst) Lonu Dk la Wabb, by -Margaret, da. of Robert THORLBY. From her he was divorced shortly afterwards, against winch she appealed to Pope Paul II, who issued letters thereon, 20 Nov. 1407. ( u ) He m, secondly, Nov. 1408, Joan, widow of Sir William WttMWGHBY, da. of Sir Thomas Stbanuways, by Katharine, Dow-Duchess of Norfolk, da. oi Ralph (Nevii.l) Kaiil of Westmorland. She d. 24 Feb. 14S1 ( d ) and was lur. at St. Augustine's Friars, London, lie hi. thirdly about 14S0 Anne, da. of Sir Thomas Ficnues (s. anil h. ap. of Richard, Lonu Dache), by Alice da. of Henry (Frrz Huob) Loud Fitz Hugh. He </. s.p.s. in the Sanctuary at Westmr. 14 Feb. 1491/2 in his 07th year and was bur. at St. Augustine's Friars afsd not leaving sufficient assets to pay the arrears of wages due to his household. His widow »!. Sir Thomas Biu>"Do:-'. She a: 10 Sep. 1497. Barony by .; ,,r J J. MACBjtGS ]>erkei.ey ch jure (apparently) Louu writ - BE BkRKEI.BY [1421] br. of the whole blood, and h. who "'may bee III 1 19' 1 called Mttxiricc the Laaier" inasmuch as tho' totally disiuheiited by his br. and tho' oil years of age at his brother's death he recovered, within 7 years, upwards of ;"G manors and other lands the alienation of which had been eil'ected illegally. He had been Knight of the Body to Ed. IV. He m. in his Mth year (1405) Isabel (at that time a widow with :1 children who all (I, young) only da. of Philip Mbad of Mead's place in Wraxall, Somerset, Alderman and sometime The Duke of Norfolk, his cousin, and predecessor in the otliee of Earl Marshal was slain at Bosworth, Aug. 1 18$, but not attainted till Nov. following. This perhaps accounts for the former appointment being only "for the occasion." P") According to Smyth's " Berkeieys " his style, after 1488, was " Martpicsa, Berkeley, Earl Marshall and of Nottingham, Great Marshall of England, Viscount Berkeley, Lord of Berkeley, Lord of Mowbray and Segrave and Baron of Bedford." The Castle and manor of Bedford in Beds, and the manor of Segrave, co. Leicester, were among the large estates he inherited from the Mowbrays. He appears also to have styled himself " Lord of Catherlough " [I.] of which Lordship he inherited lint a moiety. With respect to the other titles the Barony of Bedford was never a Peerage dignity, while (according to the decision of the Committee for Privileges in the case of the Barony of Mowbray) the abeyance of the Baronies of Mowbray and Segrave had been determined (apparently by Rift III) in favour of the Howard family, the junior coheirs thereof. (") "An old writing of this Lord's time" shews that they were second cousins once removed, the bridegroom's maternal great grand-father John, Lord Mowbray, being father of Eleanor, wife of John, Lord de la Warr, great-graud-niother to the bride. This relationship was probably the ground for the divorce tho' Smyth (from whose book this is quoted) adds " to this old writing I wholly subscribe not." M Her only s. Thomas Berkeley was b. March 1469-70 and made K B. IS April WS ami tho' only 5 years was betrothed in June following to Mary da. of William (Herbert) Earl of Pembroke. Ho d. however shortly afterwards and was bur. at Berkeley.