Henry Berkeley of Bruton 1579-1667

Paternal Family Tree: Berkeley

Maternal Family Tree: Isabel Meade 3rd Baroness Berkeley

Henry Berkeley of Bruton and Elizabeth Neville were married. They were fourth cousin once removed.

Around 1570 Thomas Russell [aged 50] and [his mother] Margaret Lygon [aged 30] were married. The difference in their ages was 20 years.

Around 1576 [his father] Henry Berkeley [aged 35] and [his mother] Margaret Lygon [aged 36] were married. They were half sixth cousins.

In 1579 Henry Berkeley of Bruton was born to Henry Berkeley [aged 38] and Margaret Lygon [aged 39].

On 13th February 1590 Henry Berkeley of Bruton [aged 11] was educated at Queen's College, Oxford University.

In 1601 [his father] Henry Berkeley [aged 60] died.

In 1602 [his daughter] Dorothy Berkeley was born to Henry Berkeley of Bruton [aged 23] and Elizabeth Neville [aged 14]. She married before 1640 her second cousin once removed Francis Godolphin and had issue.

In or before 1603 [his son-in-law] Lewis Pollard 1st Baronet and [his daughter] Margaret Berkeley were married.

On 29th April 1609 Henry Berkeley of Bruton [aged 30] was knighted at Whitehall Palace [Map].

Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke

Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.

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Before 27th February 1617 [his mother] Margaret Lygon [aged 77] died.

In 1626 Henry Berkeley of Bruton [aged 47] was elected MP Somerset.

In 1628 Henry Berkeley of Bruton [aged 49] was elected MP Ilchester.

Before 1640 [his son-in-law] Francis Godolphin [aged 34] and [his daughter] Dorothy Berkeley [aged 37] were married. They were second cousin once removed.

On 20th February 1640 Henry Berkeley of Bruton [aged 61] was elected MP Ilchester

John Glanville [aged 54] was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.

In 1667 Henry Berkeley of Bruton [aged 88] died.

[his daughter] Margaret Berkeley was born to Henry Berkeley of Bruton and Elizabeth Neville. She married in or before 1603 Lewis Pollard 1st Baronet and had issue.

Royal Ancestors of Henry Berkeley of Bruton 1579-1667

Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 12 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Philip III of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 12 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Royal Descendants of Henry Berkeley of Bruton 1579-1667
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Diana Spencer Princess Wales [1]

Ancestors of Henry Berkeley of Bruton 1579-1667

Great x 4 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 5 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 6 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Dynham 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Berkeley 7 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Berkeley of Stoke Gifford 8 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Stafford

Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 9 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Coningsby

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Coningsby

Great x 2 Grandfather: Humphrey Coningsby

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Coningsby

Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Ferriby

father: Henry Berkeley 10 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Blount 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Blount 1st Baron Mountjoy 10 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Gresley

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy 11 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Byron

Great x 3 Grandmother: Helena Byron Baroness Mountjoy

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Blount 4th Baron Mountjoy 8 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 5 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Berkeley 6 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lora Fitzhugh 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Lora Berkeley Countess Ormonde 7 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Grandmother: Catherine Blount 9 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Keble

Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Keble Baroness Mountjoy

Henry Berkeley of Bruton 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Lygon of Madresfield Court

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Lygon 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Powick 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Powick 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Ferrers Baroness Beauchamp Powick 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Beauchamp 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 9 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stafford 10 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Aylesbury

Grandfather: William Lygon 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Greville

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Greville

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Greville

mother: Margaret Lygon 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Denys of Bradford Devon

Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Denys

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Denys

Grandmother: Eleanor Denys 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Berkeley 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: James Berkeley 11th and 1st Baron Berkeley 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bluet

Great x 2 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 3rd Baron Berkeley 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Mowbray Baroness Berkeley 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Berkeley 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Meade 3rd Baroness Berkeley