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BERKELEY 133 Countess, and was bur. at Berkeley. His widow ;«., before 26 May 1474, Edmund Hungerford. II. 1463. 2 and I. William (de Berkeley), Lord Berke- VISCOUNTCY ^^' ^' ^"'^ ^" °^ ^^^ ^^^^ Lord, by Isabel, his wife, who "may bee called William the Wast all." He I- 1 48 1. was b. at Berkeley Castle, 1426, was in the retinue ivrapriTTPQQATPr °^ Cardinal Beaufort at Calais about 1438, and, on MAKUUh.i>bAlh.. his return, while still under age, was knighted. He I. 1489 petitioned the Crown against the claims of iVIargaret, to Countess of Shrewsbury, and other the heirs gen. of 1492. his great-uncle Thomas, to the Berkeley estates, which petition was pending when the Countess d. in June 1468. By her grandson and h., Thomas (Talbot), Viscount Lisle, he, though but 19, was challenged to settle the claim by combat, which took place 20 Mar. 1469/70, at Nibley Green, wherein the Viscount was slain. (') K.B. at the investiture of Edward, Prince of Wales, 18 Apr. 1475. ^" the marriage of the heiress of the Mowbray family to the King's yr. son, the Duke of York, he released his right to a reversion of a moiety of her estates if she d. s.p. (which happened soon afterwards on 16 Jan. Uflll^) to the King and his issue in tail male (which issue became extinct in 1483), receiving a discharge for debts amounting to ^^34,000, and being, when the grant was ratified by Pari, cr. VISCOUNT BERKELEY, 2iApr. 1481. P. C. 5 Mar. 1482/3. The vast estates of the Mowbray family being divided between him and his cousin (the other coh.) Lord Howard, each was honoured with some of their extinct titles by the new King, Richard III. He was accordingly, on 28 June 1483, cr. EARL OF NOTTINGHAM, (^) while, on the same day. Lord Howard was cr. Duke of Norfolk and Earl Marshal. At the coronation of Henry VII, 30 Oct. 1485, he was Bearer of the Third Sword, having been cr. joint Lord High Steward and Earl Marshal for the occasion. On 19 Feb. 1485/6 he was cr. Earl Marshal C^) and Great Marshal of EnglanDjC*) with rem. to the heirs male of his body. On 9 Nov. 1487 he was joint Lord High Steward at the coronation of Elizabeth, the Queen Consort. On 10 Dec. 1487, and subsequently, he settled the Castle and honour of Berkeley, the Barony of Bedford, the Barony of Gower, and the greater part of his manors and (') See account of this battle and of the Berkeley lawsuit in the Bristol and Glouc. Arch. Soc. Trans. , vol. iii, p. 305. C*) He, as Earl of Nottingham, was one of the 35 Peers present at the Coronation of Richard III, 6 July 1483. For a list of these see note sub Humphrey, Lord Dacre OF Gillesland [1473]. (*=) The Duke of Norfolk, his cousin, and predecessor in the office of Earl Marshal, was slain at Bosworth, Aug. 1485, but not attainted till Nov. following. This perhaps accounts for the former appointment being only "for the occasion." For an account of the Earls Marshal see Appendix D in this volume. C^) He is so described in the patent creating him Marquess of Berkeley. V.G.