 Abt 1394 - 1463 (~ 69 years)
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| Name |
James the Just de Berkeley |
| Suffix |
1st Baron Berkeley |
| Birth |
Abt 1394 |
Raglan, Monmouth  |
| Christening |
Berkeley |
| Gender |
Male |
| Acceded |
1421 |
| Death |
Nov 1463 |
Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire |
| Burial |
St. Mary's Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England |
| Notes |
- Lord Berkeley 6th.
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal03394
«b»James De Berkeley, 6th Lord Berkeley«/b» (1st Lord Berkeley), known as "The Just", male heir to his uncle «b»Thomas De Berkeley«/b»; and inheriting, by virtue of a special entail and fine, the castle and lordship of Berkeley, with other lords in the said fine specified, was summoned as Baron Berkeley to parliament from Oct 9, 1421 to May 23, 1461. Knighted May 19, 1426. According to the Berkeley family pedigree obtained at Berkeley Castle, he was the 11th Baron by tenure and the 1st Baron by Writ, 1394-1463. «b»Thomas the Magnificent, Lord Berkeley«/b», left a solitary daughter, «b»Elizabeth«/b», who married the powerful «b»Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick«/b», and guardian of «b»Henry VI«/b». They had three daughters. The eldest, Margaret, married the feared «b»John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, «/b»the youngest married «b»Richard Neville«/b», later Earl of Warwick. During the long dispute over ownership of the Berkeley estate, «b»Isabel Mowbray«/b», «b»James«/b»' wife, was captured by the «b»Countess of Shrewsbury«/b» and died in 1452 in prison in Gloucester. «b»James«/b» promptly remarried the daughter of the «b»Earl of Shrewsbury«/b». The family dispute is claimed to be the longest dispute in English legal history. During this period the village of Berkeley was burned down twice - once by each side - for 'supporting the enemy', i.e. paying them rent. The life of ordinary people during this time must have been hard indeed. The dispute was eventually resolved by open battle.
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/BERKELEY1.htm#James%20"The%20Just"%20BERKELEY%20(1°%20B.%20Berkeley)
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| Person ID |
I12028 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
21 Mar 2009 |
| Family |
Isabel de Mowbray d. 23 Sep 1452, Gloucester |
| Marriage |
1423 |
Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England |
| Children |
| | 1. William the Wastall de Berkeley, 1st Marquis Berkeley, b. 1426, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d. 14 Feb 1490, Sanctuary, Westminster, Middlesex, England (Age 64 years) |
| | 2. Maurice de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley, b. Abt 1435 d. Sep 1506 (Age ~ 71 years) |
| | 3. James Berkeley d. Feb 1452, Castillon, France |
| | 4. Thomas Berkeley, b. Abt 1437, Dursley, Gloucestershire, England d. 2 Jul 1484, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England (Age ~ 47 years) |
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| Family ID |
F5518 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Nov 2006 |
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| Sources |
- [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).
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