4th Lord Berkeley Maurice Berkeley

1330 - 1363  (33 years)

• Name	Maurice Berkeley  [1]
  Title	4th Lord Berkeley
  Birth	1330	Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1363  [1]
  Burial	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England   [1]
  Person ID	I6694	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	3rd Lord Berkeley Sir Thomas de Berkeley,   b. 1296, England d. 27 Oct 1361, Gloucestershire, England (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret de Mortimer,   b. 2 May 1304   d. 5 May 1337 (Age 33 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	May 1319  [2, 3]
  	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.
  Family ID	F2186	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Baroness Berkeley Elizabeth de Spenser,   b. Abt 1327, Stoke Albany, Northamptonshire, England d. 13 Jul 1389, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	Aug 1338  [2]
  Children	1. Sir James Berkeley,   b. Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d. 13 Jun 1405, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2194	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1330 - Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England Burial - - Bristol, Gloucestershire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Arms-Berkeley Berkeley/de Berkeley Coat of Arms

  
  

• Sources

  [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, Maurice “The Valiant” de Berkeley 1330-1363. 4th Baron Berkeley. Son of Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley and Lady Margaret Mortimer. Husband of Elizabeth le Despenser, married August 1338, and father of Thomas de Berkeley, Sir James de Berkeley, John de Berkeley, Catherine de Berkeley, Agnes de Berkeley, and Elizabeth de Berkeley. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27841438/maurice-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 [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