Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Massingberd Countess Berkeley -1708
Elizabeth Massingberd Countess Berkeley was born to John Massingberd.
On 11th August 1646 George Berkeley 1st Earl Berkeley [aged 18] and Elizabeth Massingberd Countess Berkeley were married.
On 8th April 1649 [her son] Charles Berkeley 2nd Earl Berkeley was born to [her husband] George Berkeley 1st Earl Berkeley [aged 21] and Elizabeth Massingberd Countess Berkeley. He married 16th August 1677 Elizabeth Noel Countess Berkeley, daughter of Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden and Hester Wotton Viscountess Campden, and had issue.
Around 1650 [her daughter] Elizabeth Berkeley was born to [her husband] George Berkeley 1st Earl Berkeley [aged 22] and Elizabeth Massingberd Countess Berkeley.
On 23rd November 1653 [her father] John Massingberd [aged 68] died. He was buried at St Leonard's Church, Streatham.
On 10th August 1658 [her father-in-law] George Berkeley 8th Baron Berkeley [aged 56] died. His son [her husband] George [aged 30] succeeded 9th Baron Berkeley. Elizabeth Massingberd Countess Berkeley by marriage Baroness Berkeley.
Around 1664 [her daughter] Arethusa Berkeley Baroness Clifford was born to [her husband] George Berkeley 1st Earl Berkeley [aged 36] and Elizabeth Massingberd Countess Berkeley. She married 1679 her fifth cousin once removed Charles Boyle 3rd Baron Clifford, son of Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Cork 1st Earl Burlington and Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington, and had issue.
Around 1665 [her daughter] Henrietta Berkeley was born to [her husband] George Berkeley 1st Earl Berkeley [aged 37] and Elizabeth Massingberd Countess Berkeley.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 14th July 1667. By and by he parted, and we took coach and to take the ayre, there being a fine breeze abroad; and I went and carried them to the well, and there filled some bottles of water to carry home with me; and there talked with the two women that farm the well, at £12 per annum, of the lord of the manor, Mr. Evelyn [aged 50] (who with his lady, and also my [her husband] Lord George Barkeley's [aged 39] lady, and their fine daughter [aged 17], that the King of France [aged 28] liked so well, and did dance so rich in jewells before the King [aged 37] at the Ball I was at, at our Court, last winter, and also their son [aged 18], a Knight of the Bath, were at church this morning).
On 14th May 1668 [her son-in-law] Kingsmill Lucy 2nd Baronet [aged 19] and Theophila Berkeley were married at St James' Church, Clerkenwell. She the daughter of George Berkeley 1st Earl Berkeley [aged 40] and Elizabeth Massingberd Countess Berkeley.
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John Evelyn's Diary. 13th August 1673. I rode to Durdans, where I dined at my [her husband] Lord Berkeley's [aged 45] of Berkeley Castle, my old and noble friend, it being his wedding anniversary [Note. 11 Aug 1646 he married Elizabeth Massingberd Countess Berkeley], where I found the Duchess of Albemarle [aged 19], and other company, and returned home on that evening late.
John Evelyn's Diary. 10th November 1675. Being the day appointed for my [her husband] Lord Ambassador [aged 47] to set out, I met them with my coach at New Cross. There were with him my Lady his wife, and my dear friend, Mrs. Godolphin [aged 23], who, out of an extraordinary friendship, would needs accompany my lady to Paris [Map], and stay with her some time, which was the chief inducement for permitting my son [aged 20] to travel, but I knew him safe under her inspection, and in regard my Lord himself had promised to take him into his special favor, he having intrusted all he had to my care.
John Evelyn's Diary. 12th November 1675. There was in my Lady Ambassadress's company my Lady Hamilton [aged 70], a sprightly young lady, much in the good graces of the family, wife of that valiant and worthy gentleman, George Hamilton [aged 68], not long after slain in the wars. She had been a maid of honor to the Duchess, and now turned Papist.
On 16th August 1677 Charles Berkeley 2nd Earl Berkeley [aged 28] and Elizabeth Noel Countess Berkeley [aged 23] were married. He the son of George Berkeley 1st Earl Berkeley [aged 49] and Elizabeth Massingberd Countess Berkeley.
Before 1678 [her son-in-law] Ford Grey 1st Earl Tankerville [aged 22] and Mary Berkeley Countess Tankerville were married. She by marriage Baroness Grey Werke in Northumberland. She the daughter of George Berkeley 1st Earl Berkeley [aged 49] and Elizabeth Massingberd Countess Berkeley. They were fourth cousin twice removed.
In 1679 [her son-in-law] Charles Boyle 3rd Baron Clifford [aged 39] and Arethusa Berkeley Baroness Clifford [aged 15] were married. The difference in their ages was 24 years. She the daughter of George Berkeley 1st Earl Berkeley [aged 51] and Elizabeth Massingberd Countess Berkeley. He the son of Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Cork 1st Earl Burlington [aged 66] and Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington [aged 65]. They were fifth cousin once removed.
On 11th September 1679 [her husband] George Berkeley 1st Earl Berkeley [aged 51] was created 1st Earl Berkeley, 1st Viscount Dursley. Elizabeth Massingberd Countess Berkeley by marriage Countess Berkeley.
In 1681 [her daughter] Elizabeth Berkeley [aged 31] died.
In 1694 [her son] George Berkeley died.
On 10th October 1698 [her husband] George Berkeley 1st Earl Berkeley [aged 70] died. He was buried at St Dunstan Church, Cranford. His son Charles [aged 49] succeeded 2nd Earl Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Dursley, 10th Baron Berkeley. Elizabeth Noel Countess Berkeley [aged 44] by marriage Countess Berkeley.
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In 1703 [her daughter] Theophila Berkeley died.
Before 10th December 1708 Elizabeth Massingberd Countess Berkeley died. She was buried in St Dunstan Church, Cranford.
[her daughter] Theophila Berkeley was born to George Berkeley 1st Earl Berkeley and Elizabeth Massingberd Countess Berkeley. She married 14th May 1668 Kingsmill Lucy 2nd Baronet, son of Richard Lucy 1st Baronet and Jane Chapman Lady Lucy, and had issue.
[her son] George Berkeley was born to George Berkeley 1st Earl Berkeley and Elizabeth Massingberd Countess Berkeley.
[her daughter] Arabella Berkeley was born to George Berkeley 1st Earl Berkeley and Elizabeth Massingberd Countess Berkeley.
[her daughter] Mary Berkeley Countess Tankerville was born to George Berkeley 1st Earl Berkeley and Elizabeth Massingberd Countess Berkeley. She married before 1678 her fourth cousin twice removed Ford Grey 1st Earl Tankerville, son of Ralph Grey 2nd Baron Grey Werke and Catherine Anna Ford, and had issue.