Sir James Berkeley

- 1405

• Name	Sir James Berkeley  [1]
  Birth	Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Jun 1405	England   [1]
  Burial	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England   [1]
  Person ID	I8087	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	4th Lord Berkeley Maurice Berkeley,   b. 1330, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d. 1363 (Age 33 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Baroness Berkeley Elizabeth de Spenser,   b. Abt 1327, Stoke Albany, Northamptonshire, England d. 13 Jul 1389, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Aug 1338  [2]
  Family ID	F2194	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Raglan
  Children	1. 1st Barron Berkeley James Berkeley,   b. 1394, Wales d. Nov 1463, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2808	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - - Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England Death - 13 Jun 1405 - England Burial - - Bristol, Gloucestershire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Arms-Berkeley Berkeley/de Berkeley Coat of Arms

  
  

• Sources

  [S5606] FindAGrave Old World - Cenotaph, James de Berkeley -1405 (Cenotaph). Sir James de Berkeley, Knight, in right of his wife of Raglan, Monmouthshire, of Talgarth, Breconshire, Daglingworth, Gloucestershire. Governor of Tretower Castle. Younger son of Maurice de Berkeley and Elizabeth le Despenser. Grandson of Sir Thomas de Berkeley and Margaret de Mortimer, Hugh le Despenser and Eleanor de Clare. Sir James married Elizabeth Bluet, daughter and heiress to Sir John BLuet and Katherine Wogan or Gwrgan, widow of Bartholomew Picot of Wilkesworth who died in 1388. They had two sons, James 6th Lord Berkeley and Maurice. After his death, Elizabeth remarried a Sir William Thomas. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27841455/james-de-berkeley [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