Baron Maurice BERKELEY

1271 - 1326  (~ 55 years)

• Name	Maurice BERKELEY
  Prefix	Baron
  Born	Apr 1271	Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	The Magnanimous
  Occupation	2nd Baron Berkeley
  Died	31 May 1326	Wallingford Castle, Berkshire [Oxfordshire], England
  Buried	St Augustines Abbey [Bristol Cathedral], Canterbury, Kent, England
  Person ID	I45122	Main
  Last Modified	4 May 2019

  
  

  Father	Baron Thomas BERKELEY,   b. Abt 1251, Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England ,   d. 23 Jul 1321, Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Mother	Joan DE FERRERS,   b. Abt 1248, Derby, Derbyshire, England ,   d. 19 Mar 1309, Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Family ID	F31584	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Baroness Eva LA ZOUCHE,   b. Ashby de la Zouche, Leicestershire, England ,   d. Abt 5 Dec 1314, Somersetshire, England
  Married	8 Jan 1289
  Children	+ 1. Baron Thomas BERKELEY,   b. Abt 1293, Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England ,   d. 27 Oct 1361, Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England  (Age ~ 68 years)
  Last Modified	4 May 2019
  Family ID	F31560	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Places

  berkeley-castle

  
  

• Notes

  He was involved in the Scottish Wars from about 1295 to 1318. He was Governor of Gloucester 1312, Governor of Berwick-on-Tweed from 1314 which he lost to the Scots under the 1318 Capture of Berwick, Steward of the Duchy of Aquitaine 1319 and Justiciar of South Wales 1316. He joined the Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster in his rebellion against his first cousin King Edward II and the Despencers. Also on his side in the rebellion was Roger la Zouch of Lubbesthorp, his first wife's nephew, who in January 1326 sanctioned the assassination of Roger de Beler, Baron of the Exchequer. Berkeley was imprisoned by the Despencers in Wallingford Castle in Berkshire (now in Oxfordshire), where he died.  [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S76] Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_de_Berkeley,_2nd_Baron_Berkeley.