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I30 BERKELEY addition of" 5e«/or" thereto. In i336hewas ChiefWarden of cos. Gloucester, Worcester, and Hereford; in 1340, Marshal of the English army in France ;(^) in 1342, Capt. of the Scottish Marches; Warden and Chief Justice in Eyre south of Trent 1345-48; he is stated (apparently in error) to have been, in 1346, Commander of the English forces at the battle of Crecy, and, in 1361, was on an Embassy to Pope Innocent VI. He m., istly, in or shortly before 25 July (1320) 14 Edw. II (Papal disp. to remain married with legitimisation of past issue dat. Sep. 1329), Margaret, da. of Roger (Mortimer), Earl of March, by Joan, da. and h. of Sir Piers de Join- viLLE. She d. 5 May 1337) being under 30, and was bur. at St. Augustine's, Bristol. He m., 2ndly, 30 May 1347, at Charfield, co. Gloucester, Katharine, widow of Sir Piers le Veel, of Tortworth, in that CO., and da. and h. of Sir John Clivedon, of Charfield afsd., by Emma, his wife. He d. 27 Oct. 1361, in his 69th year, and was bur. in Berkeley Church. M.I. His widow d. 13 Mar. 1385, and is also bur. there. Inq. p. m. 1386-7. IV. 1 36 1. 4. Maurice (de Berkeley), Lord Berkeley, s. and h. by 1st wife, who "may bee called Maurice the Valiant" b. 1330.C') He was a commander in Gascony 1355, and distinguished him- self at the battle of Poitiers, 19 Sep. 1356, where he was severely wounded and taken prisoner.() He was sum. to Pari. 14 Aug. (1362) 36 Edw. Ill to 24 Feb. (1367/8) 42 Edw. III. He w., in Aug. 1338 (when aged about 8), Elizabeth, da. of Hugh Despenser, the younger, [Lord Le Despenser] by Eleanor, da. and coh. of Gilbert (de Clare), Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, "but though thus m. at 8, yet had he no issue by her till about 12 or 13 years after." He d. at Berkeley Castle, "never thoroughly cured of the wounds hee received at Poytiers," 8 June 1368, aged 37 and upwards, and was bur. with his mother at St. Augustine's, Bristol. /«y./). «2. 12 July (1368) 42 Edw. III. His widows'. 13 July 1389, and was bur. at St. Botolph's, London. V. 1368 5. Thomas (de Berkeley), Lord Berkeley, s. to and h., who "may bee called Thomas the Magnificent" 141 7. He was b. at Berkeley Castle, 5 Jan. (1352/3) 26 Edw. Ill, and after having been a ward to his father-in-law, (") On 3 May 1341 an order issued to pay him 10s. as a Baron, and one mark to John de Beauchamp as a Banneret. {Close Rolf). V.G. C") It has hitherto been stated that he was knighted in Scotland in 1337, when aged 7(!), and was fighting abroad some years later, but J. H. Round points out that a foot- note in Wrottesley's Crecy and Calais, p. 196, explains that he has been confused with his father's yr. brother, Maurice, who fought at Crecy, was at the siege of Calais, and d. 12 Feb. 1346/7. V.G. (') The original covenant for his ransom (jTioSo) dated 28 Oct. 1360, is still (1911) preserved at Berkeley Castle, (ex infortn. J. H. Round). V.G.