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Birth:          1245 Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England
Death:          23 Jul 1321 Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_de_Berkeley,_1st_Baron_Berkeley
Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley (1245 – 23 July 1321), The Wise,[1] feudal 
baron of Berkeley, of Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, England, was a peer, soldier 
and diplomat.[2] His epithet, and that of each previous and subsequent head of his 
family, was coined by John Smyth of Nibley (d.1641), steward of the Berkeley estates, 
the biographer of the family and author of "Lives of the Berkeleys".
Origins[edit]

Thomas de Berkeley was born in 1245 at Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, the son 
of Sir Maurice de Berkeley, feudal baron of Berkeley, by his wife Isabel FitzRoy,[3] a 
granddaughter of King John (1199-1216), through his son Richard FitzRoy, by his 
cousin and mistress Adela de Warenne, daughter of Hamelin de Warenne and Isabel 
de Warenne, 4th Countess of Surrey.

Career[edit]

He fought in the Battle of Evesham in 1265.[3] He inherited the feudal baron of 
Berkeley in 1281 following the death of his father and on 28 June 1283 was created 
1st Baron Berkeley by writ of summons to Parliament by King Edward I (1272-1307). In 
June 1292 he was a commissioner to examine the claims to the crown of Scotland.[3] 
He was on an embassy to France in January 1296 and held the office of Vice-
Constable of England in 1297.[3] He fought in the Battle of Falkirk on 22 July 1298 
and was present at the Siege of Caerlaverock, Scotland, in July 1300.[3] He was on 
an embassy to Pope Clement V in July 1307.[3] He fought in the Battle of 
Bannockburn on 24 June 1314, where he was taken prisoner, and obliged to pay a 
large sum for his ransom.[3]

Marriage & progeny[edit]

In 1267 Thomas de Berkeley married Joan de Ferrers, a daughter of William de 
Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby by his wife Margaret de Quincy,[3] a daughter of Roger de 
Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester. By his wife he had the following children:
Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley (April 1271 - 31 May 1326), eldest son and 
heir.
Thomas Berkeley, ancestor of the Berkeleys of Wymondham.[4]
John Berkeley (d. circa 1317).
James Berkeley (d.1327), Bishop of Exeter.
Alice Berkeley, married Sir Ralph Stourton.
Isabel Berkeley.
Margaret Berkeley, married before 1321 Sir Anselm Basset of Uley.[5]

Death & succession[edit]

He died at Berkeley Castle on 23 July 1321 and was succeeded in his titles by his 
eldest son Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley.[3]

Parents
DE BERKELEY Maurice (1218 - 4 Apr 1281)
DE CROUN FITZ ROY Isabel (ABT 1225 - 7 Jul 1276)

Siblings
DE BERKELEY Thomas (1245 - 23 Jul 1321)

Marriage To DE FERRERS Joane (ABT 1241 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE FERRERS William (ABT 1193 - 28 Mar 1254)
DE QUINCY Margaret (ABT 1218 - BEF 12 Mar 1284)

Children by DE FERRERS Joane ABT 1241 - 
BERKELEY Alice (ABT 1268 - )
DE BERKELEY Maurice "the Magnanimous" (Apr 1271 - 31 May 1326)

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