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Berkeley, Richard (1531 - 1605)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1531
Death Date: 1605 (possibly died 1604)

Parents

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1574-08-21
    Vacated: 1605

General Lands Note

Entered upon inheritance 4 July 1552

Details of Offices

Began Ended
JP, Gloucestershire 1561/2
JP, Gloucestershire 1564
JP, Gloucestershire 1570 1571
Council Member, Marches of Wales 1590 -12 -16
Lieut, London 1596 -9 -22

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Gloucestershire: Bradley Manor
    Acquired: 1552-07-04
    Patrimony
  • Somerset: Kingweston
    Divested: 1570
    Sold

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Sir Richard Berkeley's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Sir Richard Berkeley's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Totnes, Devon Sir Roger Bertley's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir Richard Berkeley's Players Berkeley, Richard (1531 - 1605) Players 1
Sir Richard Berkeley's Players Berkeley, Richard (1531 - 1605) Players 1
Sir Roger Bertley's Players Berkeley, Richard (1531 - 1605) Players 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Stoke Park House Gloucestershire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward VI [1547–53]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1924--9
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Elizabeth I [1558–78]. 7 vols. London: HMSO, 1939--82
  • Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth I and James I [1547--1625]. 12 vols. London: HMSO, 1856--72
  • Shaw, William Arthur. The Knights of England: A complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, incorporating a complete list of knights bachelors dubbed in Ireland. 2 vols. London: Sherratt & Hughes, 1906
  • 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