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BERKELEY Pedigree illustrating the descent of the Barony of Berkeley. 145 I. Thomas de Berkeley who, by male descent from his great grandfather, Maurice Fitz Robert Fitz Harding, was sixth feudal Lord of Berkeley, co. Gloucester. Sum. to Pari, by wnt,_£295 to 1321 ;</. 1321. I and II. Maurice, Lord Berkeley, s. and h., sum. to Pari, by writ in his father's lifetime, 1308 to_i32l;a'. 1326. Thomas, Lord Berkeley, s. and h., sum. by writ, 1329 to 1360; II and III. d. 1361. III and IV. d. 1368. Maurice, Lord Berkeley, s. and h., sum. by writ, 1362 to 1367/8; T I IV' and V. Thomas, Lord Berkeley, s. and h., sum. by writ, 1381 to 1415; d.s.p.m., 1417. V and V'l.? Elizabeth, da. and sole h. [Baron- ess Berkeley?] m. (as his 1st wife) Richard (Beauch.imp), Earl of Warwick, who laid claim {jure uxoris) to the Barony of Berkeley. She d. s.p.m., 28 Dec. 1422, when any Barony to which she might have been entitled fell into abeyance between her daughters. __ J I James de Berkeley, 2nd son, d. v.f. 1405. I. James de Berkeley, s. and h., sue. to the Berkeley estates under the entail to heirs male. Sum. to Pari, by writ Oct. 142 1 to 1461 ; d. 1463. I Margaret, ist da. and coh. of her mother, OT. (as his 2nd wife) John (Talbot), Earl of Shrewsbury, and d. 14 June 1468. % Eleanor, 2nd da., m. istly Thomas (de Ros), Lord Ros, and andly Edmund (Beau- fort), Duke of Somerset. She ^.1467.= I Elizabeth, 3rd and yst. da., m. George (Nevill),Lord Latimer, and d. 1480. % I II. William, Lord Berkeley, s. and h., cr. Marquess of Berke- ley, 1 489. He-/. /././., 1492, having settled the Berkeley estates on Henry V'll and the heirs male of his body. I =111. Maurice de Berkeley, i/if jure (apparent- ly) Lord Ber- keley, though never sum. to Pari., br. and i.,d. 1507. 'IV. Maurice de Berkeley, de jure (apparently) Lord Berkeley, s. and h. Was (apparently) sum. as a Baron in Apr. 1523, but never took his seat. He d. s.p. legit., 1 2 Sep. 1523. I »V. Thomas, Lord Berkeley, br. and h., who by writ, 9 Aug. 1529, was sum. as a Baron; d. 1533. J "'I. Thomas, Lord Berkeley, s. and h., who, by writ, 5 Jan. 1533/4, was sum. as a Baron, and, though not possessed of the Berkeley estates, was placed in the precedency of the third B.won on the roll. He d. 1534. VII. Henry, Lord Berkeley, s. and h., who sue. (13 May 1555) to the Berkeley estates, attaining his full age 26 Nov. 1555. He was sum. as a Baron (Lord Berkeley) by writ 1558 to 1606, being placed in no higher precedency than w-is his father, who had not possessed the said estates. He </. i6m. = Vide page 146 ^ None of these were possessed of the Berkeley estates, which from 1492 to 1553 were vested in Henry VII and the heirs male of his body.