Family History - Person Sheet
Family History - Person Sheet
NameMaurice de Berkeley Knt. 
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622Birthabout 1330402
DeathJune 3, 1368402
BurialSt. Augustine’s, Bristol402
FatherThomas de Berkeley Knt. (~1295-1361)
MotherMargaret de Mortimer (1304-1337)
Spouses
Birth1325748
DeathJuly 13, 1389402
BurialSt. Botolf’s, London402
FatherHugh Despenser Knt. (~1286-1326)
MotherEleanor de Clare
Marriageabout 1340402
Notes for Maurice de Berkeley Knt.
4th Lord Berkeley.402
“He was a commander in Gascony in 1355, and distinguished himself at the Battle of Poitiers 19 Sept. 1356, where he was severely wounded and taken prisoner. He was subsequently ransomed for £1080. He was summoned to Parliament from 14 Aug. 1362 to 24 Feb. 1367/8. In 1365 he and his wife received papal indults for six years for a portable altar and to celebrate mass before daybreak.”402 At that time, £1080 was a mind-boggling sum.
“He was a commander in Gascony in 1355, and distinguished himself at the Battle of Poitiers 19 Sept. 1356, where he was severely wounded and taken prisoner. He was subsequently ransomed for £1080. He was summoned to Parliament from 14 Aug. 1362 to 24 Feb. 1367/8. In 1365 he and his wife received papal indults for six years for a portable altar and to celebrate mass before daybreak.”402 At that time, £1080 was a mind-boggling sum.