1477436.
Baron Maurice de Berkeley & 1477437. Elizabeth le Despenser
~1325, Maurice born in England, s/o 2954872. Thomas de Berkeley & 2954873. Margaret de Mortimer.
1/24/1327, Edward III, age 14, succeeded Edward II as King
of England.
12/1325, Elizabeth born in England, d/o 2954874. Hugh le Despenser & 2954875. Eleanor de Clare. [On
12/14/1325, King Edward II made and offering to the
Virgin Mary in thanks that God had granted Eleanor (her mother) a ‘prompt
delivery of her child.’]
5/5/1337, Maurice’s mother died.
1337, Thomas granted Maurice the Bristol block of the
patrimony (Portbury, Bedminster and their hundreds), initially at an annual
rent of 400 marks, which was gradually reduced.
[––Maurice &
Elizabeth––]
8/1338, Maurice married to Elizabeth. Maurice’s father Thomas
settled on them in jointure the lordship manor of Hurst.
1340-41, Maurice joined the crusades in Spain.
1342. By his father, Maurice was granted the manor of Wenden,
and the £10 rent from Bridgwater.
7/12/1346, King Edward landed an invasion force of 10000 in
Normandy, which marched north plundering the countryside. King Philip VI, with
8000 horsemen and 4000 Genoese crossbowmen pursued.
7/26/1346 at Caen, capital of Normandy, Edward’s forces
captured the city; and Raoul, Count of Eu, Constable of France, and Jean de
Tancarville, Grand Chamberlain of France.
8/26/1346, Battle of Crecy, north of Paris. Edward III vs.
Philip VI, heralded the rise of the longbow as the dominant weapon, and also
saw the use of the ribauldequin, an early cannon, by the English. The English
longbowmen could fire much more quickly than the Genoese, with a killing range
of 250 yards.
9/1346, The English began the year-long siege of the port of
Calais.
By 1347, Maurice knighted.
1347, Sir Maurice at the siege of Calais [ended 8/1347], a
knight banneret with 70 men in his contingent under Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl
of Warwick. (S) English Historical Documents 1327-1485, Myers, 1996, P497.
4/8/1348, Maurice son of Thomas de Berkele granted a market
and fair at Portbury, Somerset. (S) Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs to 1516.
1/10/1349, Licence for Thomas de Berkele to enfeoff …
reminders to Maurice de Berkele, his son, in tail male, … and Katharine, his
wife [de Clivedon – Maurice’s stepmother]. (S) CPRs.
4/22/1349 at
Berkeley, Maurice de Berkeley, son of Sir Thomas de Berkeley, and the hospital
of Holy Trinity of Longbridge near Berkeley. Maurice has granted to the
hospital an annual rent of 2s. 6d. due from … manor of Hamme, …; and the
hospital will distribute 1d. to the chaplain, 2d. among the clerks and 6d.
among the poor on the anniversaries of Margaret, Maurice's mother, and of
Maurice, and 1d. to the chaplain, 2d. among the clerks and 13d. among the poor
on the anniversaries of his wife Elizabeth, of Katherine lady of Berkeley, and
of Sir Nicholas de Poyns. (S) UKNA.
1349, The Black Death began in the
west countryside of England.
6/23/1350 at
Berkeley, Maurice de Berkelee, knight, and his lord Sir Thomas lord of
Berkelee, his father. Maurice has granted to Thomas, for Maurice's life, an annual
rent of £100 from Maurice's manor of Portbur' (Somerset). (S) UKNA.
10/16/1351 at Berkeley, Maurice de Berkeley, son and heir of
Thomas de Berkeley, and the hospital of Holy Trinity, of Longbridge by
Berkeley. Maurice has granted to the hospital the holding in Berkeley which
Richard le Panter sometime held, and the hospital will distribute every year on
the anniversaries of Richard and Alice his wife 2s. in bread to the poor. (S)
UKNA.
1/13/1353 at Potbury, By Maurice de Berkeley, lord of
Portbury, to Richard Oldemyxon, Anne his wife and William his brother, of a
messuage and half-virgate in Uphulle, rent 2s. a year for the first 2 years,
and thereafter 30s. 4d. a year. (S) UKNA.
8/31/1354 at Potbury, By Maurice de Berkeley, lord of
Portbury, to John Ive and Alice his wife, of a holding in Crikeston as Robert
Parsayea held it; for their lives, rent 8s. a year. (S) UKNA.
9/9/1355, King Edward and Henry, duke of Lancaster, sail for
Normandy from Plymouth, with the Black Prince who had been appointed lieutenant
in Gascony; to oppose raids by the count of Armagnac.
11/2/1355, King Edward III landing in Calais, proceeds on
raids into Pas de Calais, Artois and Picady.
9/19/1356, Maurice, a commander in Gascony, distinguished
himself at the battle of Poitiers, France, where he was wounded and taken
prisoner. Edward, the Black Prince, defeated a larger French and allied army
led by King John II of France, leading to the capture of the French king, his
son, and much of the French nobility.
1357-1359, Maurice held prisoner in France,
2/12/1360, Notification that, at the request of the earl and
countess of Arundel, the count of Salebregge has obtained from those who hold
Maurice de Berkele, ‘chivalerm’ prisoner the he shall have term to come to
England about his business there until the twentieth day after Michaelmas, at
which day he must return to prison, and the king will not hinder his return.
(S) CPRs.
1360, Maurice released, paying half of his ransom of £1080,
and agreeing to pay the rest. [Maurice’s wounds were extensive, likely
preventing him from participating in future expeditions.]
10/27/1361, Maurice’s father, Thomas, “the Rich”, 3rd
Lord Berkeley died.
1362, Writ of Seizin to the Sheriff of Gloucester, reciting
the Entail, to deliver possession to Maurice Lord Berkeley of the Castle … (S)
Journals of the House of Lords, V60, 1828, P494.
1362-64, Account of sales by the executors of the late
Thomas Lord Berkeley to Maurice lord Berkeley. (S) UKNA.
1362-1367, Maurice summoned to parliament.
10/24/1362, Henry Wythur of Wotton; and Sir Maurice de Berkele,
lord of Berkeley, and Katherine de Berkele, lady of Wotton. Henry has
quitclaimed to Maurice and Katherine, and Maurice's heirs, a half-burgage in
Wottone. (S) UKNA.
1/18/1364 at Berkeley, Lady Katherine de Berkele, lady of
Wotton, and Sir Maurice lord of Berkele. Katherine has received her dower …
that she will take a third part of the profts at four annual terms, and the
lady has granted that if the marriage of John her son is declared by law to be
the right of the lord of Berkele, this indenture will be void. (S) UKNA.
12/21/1364 at Berkeley, John son of Odo de Actone and Sir
Maurice lord of Berkele. John has quitclaimed to Maurice the lands and holdings
which Maurice holds in Slymbrugge, Kyngestone, Gosyntone and Hurste, and
elsewhere within the lordship of Berkele, which Odo his father formerly held.
(S) UKNA.
1365, Maurice and Elizabeth received papal indults for a
portable alter and to clelbrate mass before daybreak.
7/10/1365, Maurice de Berkelee and Richard de Acton, knight.
Maurice has granted to Richard his villein Richard Fallewelle of Kyngustone.
(S) UKNA.
4/1/1366, Commitment during pleasure, to Maurice de Berkele,
… knights, … of the keeping of the abbey of St. Augustine, Bristol, … (S) CPRs.
1366, Rents of the lord [Maurice] de Berkele within and
without Redcliff Gate; items are 'within the gate of Redeclyve', Fuller Street,
Templar Street and St. Thomas Street [Bristol]. (S) UKNA.
6/3/1368, Maurice, 9th Baron Berkeley, died;
buried with his mother at St. Augustine’s in Bristol.
[––Elizabeth––]
1368, Elizabeth was granted Wenden (Essex), two-thirds of
Portbury and Portishead and Uphill (Som.), the small holding at Chicklade
(Wilts.), and the manors of Coaley, Upton and Awre, and the small holding at
St. Chloe (Glos.) in dower, and already held Hurst (with a rent from Cam) in
jointure, combined worth £720 yearly. Son Thomas’ directly inherited lands were worth £540
yearly.
4/24/1371, John de Welyntone, lord of Umberleigh, knight,
and Lady Elizabeth, widow of Maurice son of Thomas de Berkele, lord of
Berkeley, Maurice's executrix. John has quitclaimed to Elizabeth and her
co-executors, John Sergeant, William de Chiltenham and John Hille, for the
marriage and custody of the body of Maurice son and heir of Maurice Berkele of
Comptone Greneville. (S) UKNA.
Bef. 5/29/1372, Elizabeth married 2nd Sir Maurice
Wyth.
12/8/1378 at Portbury, By Sir Maurice Wyth and Elizabeth his
wife, to William Pynchard of Loxton, Alice his wife and John their son, of a
holding in Crytheston by Banewell, for Elizabeth's life; rent 8s. a year and
heriot. (S) UKNA.
1383, Maurice Wyth died. [Mauirce had purchased lands worth
over £300
yearly during his life. These were granted to his younger sons as almost all of
the other properties had been inherited ‘in tail male’.] Maurice’s total estate
valued at £1,050 yearly.
7/13/1389, Elizabeth died; buried at St. Botolph’s in
London.
(S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P72. (S) UKNA, BCM.
Family notes:
·
Contemporary with this Maurice [cousins]:
Maurice de Berkeley [d.1347], son of Maurice de Berkeley; Maurice, Lord of
Compton and Greenfield; Sir Maurice de Berkeley, lord of Brimpsfield and
brother of the Lady de Clifford.
Children of Maurice
and Elizabeth: [4 sons, 3 daughters]
i. Thomas Berkeley (738718), born 1/5/1353 in England.
ii. Maurice de Berkeley, born ? in England.
Bef. 1366, Maurice died.
iii. James Berkeley, born ? in England.
1366, Little Marshfield was
settled on James in tail male.
James married a Marcher
heiress, Elizabeth Bluet.
1394, James’ son James born.
1405, James Berkeley died fighting
the Welsh under Glendower; his heir his son James.
7/13/1417, James uncle Thomas died; leaving a female
heiress, … her lands worth a total of £725 yearly. (S) Journals of the House of
Lords, V60, 1828, P494. [The estate was divided between his daughter and his
nephew James Berkeley. James direct inheritance was worth £1000 yearly due to
‘male entails’ of the ancestors, including those inherited from his father. The
division of the inheritance would involve lawsuits for 2 centuries.]
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