Family: 3rd Lord Berkeley Sir Thomas de Berkeley / Margaret de Mortimer (F2186)

• Male 3rd Lord Berkeley Sir Thomas de Berkeley

  
  

  Birth	1296	England
  Death	27 Oct 1361	Gloucestershire, England
  Burial		Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
  Marriage	May 1319  [1, 2]
  Other Spouse	Katherine de Clivedon | F2187
  Marriage	30 May 1347	Charfield, Gloucestershire, England
  Father	1st Lord Berkeley Maurice de Berkeley | F2792 Group Sheet
  Mother	Eva la Zouche | F2792 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Margaret de Mortimer

  
  

  Birth	2 May 1304
  Death	5 May 1337
  Burial		Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
  Father	3rd Baron Mortimer, 1st Earl of March Roger de Mortimer | F8974 Group Sheet
  Mother	2nd Baroness Geneville Joan de Geneville | F8974 Group Sheet

  
  

  Male 4th Lord Berkeley Maurice Berkeley

  
  

  Birth	1330	Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
  Death	1363
  Burial		Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
  Spouse	Baroness Berkeley Elizabeth de Spenser | F2194
  Marriage	Aug 1338

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Margaret's marriage to Thomas de Berkeley was arranged specifically to connect their family with an important Marcher Lord family. The marriage required papal dispensation dated 28 Aug 1329 as they were related by 4th degree.

  
  

• Sources

  [S625] Virginia Historical Genealogies, Berkeley-Ligon Chart. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/48234/VAHistGenealogies-005722-344/252090?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=Return Virginia Historical Genealogies Berkeley-Ligon Chart [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, Margaret de Mortimer de Berkeley 1304-1337. Lady Margaret de Mortimer Berkeley - Eldest daughter and eldest of twelve children of Roger de Mortimer and Joan de Geneville. Her paternal grandparents were Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer and Margaret de Fiennes. Her maternal grandparents were Piers de Geneville, of Trim Castle and Ludlow, and Jeanne of Lusignan. Wife of Thomas de Berkeley, married May 1319, and mother of Maurice, Thomas, Roger, Alphonsus and Joan. Her marriage to Thomas de Berkeley ("Thomas the Rich") was arranged specifically to connect their family with an important Marcher Lord family. After her father's fall from grace involving the removal of Edward II from the throne, Margaret was arrested and jailed in 1322, then sent to Sholdham Priory in 1324. Margaret's eldest son, Maurice Lord Berkeley, would marry Elizabeth le Despenser, whose father was brutally and publicly executed by none other than Margaret's father. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27841448/margaret-berkeley