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Sir James de Berkeley

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Death: June 13, 1405 (49-50)
Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales
Place of Burial: St. Austin's Abbey
Immediate Family:

Son of Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley and Elizabeth le Despenser, Baroness Berkeley
Husband of Elizabeth de Bluet, Heiress of Raglan
Father of Maurice Berkeley and James de Berkeley "The Just", 1st Baron Berkeley
Brother of Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley; Catherine de Berkeley; Agnes de Berkeley, Of Stoke Gifford; John de Berkeley and Elizabeth de Berkeley

Occupation: 2nd s. Of Little Marshfield, Glos. dvf. Kt for his service against French., KNIGHT, BARON
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About Sir James de Berkeley

JAMES de Berkeley

  • Son of Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley and Elizabeth le Despenser,
  • Birth: 1355 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
  • Death: June 13, 1405 (50) in Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales
  • Place of Burial: St. Austin's Abbey
  • JAMES de Berkeley (-13 Jun 1405, bur Bristol St Augustine). The will of "James Lord Berkley", dated 20 May 1404, chose burial “in the abbey of St Augustine’s near Bristol”, bequeathed property to “James my son” and appointed “Isabel my wife and James my said son” as executors[1424].

Spouse

  • Married: ELIZABETH Bluet, daughter of JOHN Bluet of Raglan, Monmouthshire & his wife --- (-after 20 May 1404). The will of "James Lord Berkley", dated 20 May 1404, bequeathed property to “James my son” and appointed “Isabel my wife and James my said son” as executors[1425].

James & his wife had 1 child

  • a) JAMES de Berkeley (Raglan) [1394]-Berkeley Castle Nov 1463, bur Berkeley). The will of "James Lord Berkley", dated 20 May 1404, bequeathed property to “James my son” and appointed “Isabel my wife and James my said son” as executors[1426]. Lord Berkeley. m firstly (contract 9 Apr 1410) --- St John, daughter of JOHN St John & his wife ---. m secondly (1415) --- Stafford, daughter of HUMPHREY Stafford of Hook, Dorset & his wife ---. m thirdly ([1423/24]) as her second husband, ISABEL Mowbray, widow of HENRY Ferrers, daughter of THOMAS Mowbray Duke of Norfolk & his second wife Elizabeth FitzAlan of Arundel (-27 Sep 1452, bur Gloucester Grey Friars). m fourthly (settlement 25 Jul 1457) as her first husband, JOAN Talbot, daughter of JOHN Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury & his first wife Matilda Neville Baroness Furnivalle. She married secondly (before 26 May 1474) Edmund Hungerfold.

- LORDS BERKELEY, VISCOUNTS BERKELEY, EARLS of BERKELEY[1427].

Source - Projects MedLands English Nobility Medieval 3 - http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#Thomas...

Sir James de Berkeley, Governor of Tretower Castle

See Peter Bartrum, http://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/handle/2160/5005/Godwin%2... (January 31, 2018; Anne Brannen, curator)

  • 'Sir James de Berkeley, Governor of Tretower Castle1,2,3
  • 'M, b. circa 1354, d. 13 June 1405
  • Father Sir Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Lord Berkeley4,5 b. c 1330, d. 3 Jun 1368
  • Mother Elizabeth le Despenser6,4,5 b. c 1327, d. 13 Jul 1389
  • ' Sir James de Berkeley, Governor of Tretower Castle was born circa 1354 at of Daglingworth, Gloucestershire, England.2 He married Elizabeth Bluet, daughter of Sir John Bluet and Katherine Wogan, after 12 July 1388; They had 2 sons (Sir James, 6th Lord Berkeley, & Maurice).7,2,3 Sir James de Berkeley, Governor of Tretower Castle left a will on 20 May 1404.3 He died on 13 June 1405; d.v.f.6,2,3
  • 'Family Elizabeth Bluet b. b 1356, d. b 19 Jul 1425
  • Child
    • ◦Sir James de Berkeley, 6th Lord Berkeley+8,2,3 b. 1394, d. Nov 1463
  • Citations
  • 1.[S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. II, p. 130.
  • 2.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 100.
  • 3.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 180.
  • 4.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 99-100.
  • 5.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 178.
  • 6.[S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. II, p. 130-132.
  • 7.[S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. II, p. 132.
  • 8.[S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. II, p. 132-133.
  • From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1556.htm#...
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Field Main Profile Alternate Data

Last Name de Berkeley Berkeley

Maiden Name de Berkeley Berkeley

Birth Date 1355 1353

Birth Location Berkeley,Gloucestershire,England Berkeley, , Gloucestershire, England

Death Location Berkeley, Glouc., ENG Raglan Castle, Usk, Monmouthshire, England

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Sir James de BERKELEY Knight [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 was born 1355 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. He died 13 Jun 1405 in Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales. James married Elizabeth BLUET on 1390 in Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales.

Elizabeth BLUET [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 was born 1362 in Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales. She died 1419 in Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales. Elizabeth married Sir James de BERKELEY Knight on 1390 in Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales.

Other marriages:

PICOT, Bartholomew Knight

THOMAS, William ap Knight

They had the following children:

		M	i	 Sir James de BERKELEY Lord Berkeley was born 1394 and died Nov 1463.

Sir James de BERKELEY Knight was born 1355 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. He died 13 Jun 1405 in Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales. James married Elizabeth BLUET on 1390 in Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales.

Elizabeth BLUET was born 1362 in Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales. She died 1419 in Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales. Elizabeth married Sir James de BERKELEY Knight on 1390 in Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales.

They had the following children:

  M i Sir James de BERKELEY Lord Berkeley was born 1394 and died Nov 1463. 


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  • Reference https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Berkeley-39
  • James Berkeley
  • Born about 1354 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, Englandmap
  • Son of Maurice Berkeley and Elizabeth Despenser
  • Brother of Thomas Berkeley, John Berkeley, Maurice (Berkeley) de Berkeley, Catherine Berkeley, Agnes Berkeley * * and Elizabeth Berkeley
  • Husband of Elizabeth Bluet — married after Jul 1388 [location unknown]
  • Father of Maurice Berkeley and James Berkeley
  • Died 13 Jun 1405 in Raglan Castle, Usk, Monmouthshire, England

See Peter Bartrum, http://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/handle/2160/5005/Godwin%2... (January 31, 2018; Anne Brannen, curator)

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Sir James de Berkeley's Timeline

1355
1355
Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
1355
Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
1394
1394
Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales

1394

1399
1399
Rogland, Monmouthshire, England
1405
June 13, 1405
Age 50
Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales
1405
Age 50
St. Austin's Abbey
1932
November 19, 1932
Age 50
November 19, 1932
Age 50
1933
March 30, 1933
Age 50
March 30, 1933
Age 50