Europe, British Isles, England, Welsh March, Gloucestershire, Berkeley

Berkeley, Gloucestershire is in Gloucestershire.

Around 1307 Isabel Berkeley Baroness Clifford Baroness Musgrave was born to Maurice Berkeley 7th and 2nd Baron Berkeley (age 35) and Eva Zouche (age 26) at Berkeley, Gloucestershire. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King John "Lackland" of England.

Around 1324 Edmund Berkeley was born to Maurice Berkeley (age 26) and Margery de Vere (age 22) at Berkeley, Gloucestershire.

Around 1332 Thomas Berkeley 3rd Baron Berkeley was born to Maurice Berkeley (age 34) and Margery de Vere (age 30) at Berkeley, Gloucestershire.

Wriothesley's Chronicle 1485-1509. 1506. This yeare a great parte of the cittie of Norwich [Map] was burnt, and the towne of Berkwayeb more then halfe burnt. Also a great fier in London betwene the Custome Howsse and Billinsgate, that did great hurte.

Note b. Berkwey in Arnold, probably Berkeley in Gloucestershire.

In 1550 Dean John Harpsfield (age 34) was appointed Vicar of Berkeley, Gloucestershire.

On 17 Jan 1755 Augustus Berkeley 4th Earl Berkeley (deceased) was buried at Berkeley, Gloucestershire.

On 17 Sep 1787 Admiral George Francis Seymour-Conway was born to Hugh Seymour-Conway (age 28) and Anne Horatia Waldegrave (age 25) in Berkeley, Gloucestershire. He a great x 3 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

Europe, British Isles, England, Welsh March, Gloucestershire, Berkeley, Nibley Green

On 20 Mar 1470 the army of William Berkeley 1st Marquess Berkeley (age 44) including Maurice Berkeley 3rd Baron Berkeley (age 35) defeated the army of Thomas Talbot 2nd Viscount Lisle (age 21) at Nibley Green, Berkeley.

Thomas Talbot 2nd Viscount Lisle (age 21) was killed. Viscount Lisle extinct. Baron Lisle abeyant.

Ostensibly a battle of the Wars of the Roses it may also be considered a settling of the dispute over the ownership of Berkeley Castle [Map] which has passed with the Baron Berkeley Feudal to William Berkeley 1st Marquess Berkeley (age 44) rather than with Baron Berkeley which was abeyant, and of which Thomas Talbot 2nd Viscount Lisle (age 21) was a potential heir. Thomas Talbot 2nd Viscount Lisle (age 21) was born to John Talbot 1st Viscount Lisle whose mother was Margaret Beauchamp Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford whose mother was Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick who was a daughter of Thomas Berkeley 10th and 5th Baron Berkeley, Baron Lisle.

Europe, British Isles, England, Welsh March, Gloucestershire, Berkeley, St Mary's Church

In 1425 Henry Ferrers (age 31) died at St Mary's Church, Berkeley.

On 26 Nov 1613 Henry Berkeley 7th Baron Berkeley (age 79) died. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Berkeley. His grandson George Berkeley 8th Baron Berkeley (age 12) succeeded 8th Baron Berkeley.

On 30 May 1785 Frederick Augustus Berkeley 5th Earl Berkeley (age 40) and Mary Cole were married at St Mary's Church, Berkeley by the Vicar. The marriage was kept secret until the couple were married again at Lambeth, Surrey [Map] on 16 May 1796. The absence of evidence led to subsequent issues with inheritance with the couple's fist six children effectively being illegitimate and the couple's children after the Lambeth marriage being legitimate and eligible to inherit.

On 26 Jan 1823 Edward Jenner (age 73) died. He was buried at the St Mary's Church, Berkeley.