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Berkeley, Thomas de (1352/3 - 1417)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1353-01-05
Death Date: 1417-07-13

Notes

Ward of father-in-law, Warin de Lisle, 2nd Baron Lisle of Kingston Lisle. Proof of age 5 Jan. 1373/4

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Lisle, Margaret de (1360 - 1392)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1367-11
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 5th Baron Berkeley

Titles

  • 5th Baron Berkeley
    Assumed: 1368-16-08
    Vacated: 1417-07-13
  • Lord Lisle
    Assumed: 1382-16-28
    Vacated: 1417-07-13

General Lands Note

Berkeley's land holdings comprised approximately 30 manors

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Commissioner of Array, Gloucestershire 1366/7
JP, Gloucestershire 1374 1375
Commissioner of Array, Gloucestershire 1377
Commissioner of Array, Gloucestershire 1379/80 1381
JP, Gloucestershire 1380
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1381/2
Commissioner of Array, Gloucestershire 1391/2
Privy Councillor, England 1394/5 -2
JP, Gloucestershire 1397 1401
Commissioner of Array, Gloucestershire 1399
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Bristol 1400
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1401
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Southampton 1401
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1401
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1401
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1402
Admiral of the South and West, England 1403 -3 -22
Capt, Brecon 1403
Commissioner of Array, Gloucestershire 1403
Privy Councillor, England 1403 -3 -1
Warden, Marches of Wales 1403 -7 -23 Held jointly
JP, Gloucestershire 1403/4
JP, Gloucestershire 1405/6 1408
JP, Gloucestershire 1412/13 1416
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1413
Commissioner of Array, Bristol 1415
Commissioner of Array, Gloucestershire 1415
Councillor of Regency, England 1416 -9 -4 1416 -10 -17 During Henry V's absence in Calais

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Berkeleys Inn, London (city-county)
    Located in Castle Baynard
  • Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1368-06
    Divested: 1417-07
    Patrimony

Lands

  • Berkshire: Chilton, Harwell & Odston Manors
    Acquired: 1382
    These and other manors acquired via wife
  • (city-county) in Gloucestershire
    Acquired: 1373
  • Buckinghamshire: Wingrave Manor
    Acquired: 1382
    Acquired via wife
  • Cornwall: Trewarthenick Manor
    Acquired: 1382
    This and other manors acquired via wife
  • Devon: Charleton, Langdon & Tetcott Manors
    Acquired: 1382
    These and other manors acquired via wife
  • Essex
    Acquired: 1373
  • Gloucestershire: Alkington, Appleridge, Berkeley, Cam, Cowley, Ham, Hinton, Symond's Hall Farm, Upton St Leonards, Wotton under Edge Manors & Berkeley Hundred
    Acquired: 1373/4-01-05
    Patrimony
  • Gloucestershire: Arlingham, Awre, Cerny Wick, Slimbridge & South Cerny Manors
    Acquired: 1375
    These and other manors acquired between this date and 1376
  • Northamptonshire: Kislingbury & Stowe Manors
    Acquired: 1382
    Acquired via wife
  • Oxfordshire: Fritwell, Nethercote, Noke & Shirburn Manors
    Acquired: 1382
    These and other manors acquired via marriage
  • Somerset: Charlton, Walton & Weston Manors
    Acquired: 1400
  • Somerset: Portbury & Bedminster Manors & Portbury Hundred
    Acquired: 1373/4-01-05
    Patrimony
  • Somerset: Weston in Gordano Manor
    Acquired: 1398
  • Wiltshire: Chicklade Manor
    Acquired: 1373/4-01-05
    Patrimony
  • Wiltshire: Chilton Foliat & Draycott Manors
    Acquired: 1382
    These and other manor acquired via wife
  • Wiltshire: Sherncote Manor
    Acquired: 1414
  • Wiltshire: Wick Manor
    Acquired: 1411

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Boothall, Gloucester, Gloucestershire Lord Berkeley's Minstrel/s
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Berkeley's Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Berkeley's Minstrel/s Berkeley, Thomas de (1353 - 1417) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Berkeley's Minstrel/s Berkeley, Thomas de (1353 - 1417) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Berkeley Castle Gloucestershire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III [1327–77]. 16 vols. London: HMSO, 1891--1916
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry IV [1399–1413]. 4 vols. London: HMSO, 1903--9
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Richard II [1377–99]. 7 vols. London: HMSO, 1895--1905
  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • The Dictionary of National Biography. 1882–1901 (66 vols); 1908–9 (28 vols). 2 vols. London: Oxford UP, 1975
  • Doyle, James E. The Official Baronage of England Showing the Succession, Dignities, and Offices of Every Peer from 1066 to 1885. 3 vols. London: Longmans, 1886
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Smyth, John. The Lives of the Berkeleys, Lords of the Honour, Castle and Manor of Berkeley in the County of Gloucester from 1066 to 1618: with a Description of the Hundred of Berkeley and of its Inhabitants. 1st ed [1618]. 3 vols. Gloucester: John Bellows, 1883--5