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b. c.1430, His parents married aft. Oct. 1428, and his yr. bro. Edward was 11 Feb. 1432 (CP40/671, rot. 602; Westminster Abbey mss, 9, f. 1v). s. and h. of Sir Maurice Berkeley II*; er. bro. of Edward†. m. (1) c. Nov. 1444, Anne, da. of Reynold West, 6th Lord de la Warre, ? by his 1st. w., 1s. William†, 1da.; (2) aft. Dec. 1466, Margaret (d. bef. Feb. 1481), da. of James Tuchet, 5th Lord Audley (d.1459), by his 2nd w. Eleanor, illegit. da. of Edmund Holand, earl of Kent; wid. of Sir Roger Vaughan and of Richard, Lord Grey of Powis (d.1466). PCC 15 Wattys (PROB11/6, ff. 108v-109v); CP, vi. 139-40. Dist. 1465; E405/43, rot. 3d. Kntd. Tewkesbury 4 May 1471. Paston Letters ed. Gairdner, iii. 9.
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Attestor, parlty. election, Hants 1455.

Commr. to distribute tax allowance, Hants June 1453, Glos. Oct. 1468; of array, Hants May 1454, June 1456, hundreds of Christchurch, Fordingbridge, New Forest, Ringwood Sept. 1457, Hants Feb., Sept., Dec. 1459, Jan., Apr. 1460, Hants, I.o.W. Feb. 1468, Oct. 1469, Glos. Mar. 1470, Glos., Wilts. June 1470, Glos. Apr. 1471, Glos., Hants, Wilts. Mar. 1472; to assign archers, Hants Dec. 1457; of inquiry Feb. 1459 (piracy), Nov. 1460 (felonies), Jan. 1463 (piracy), Feb. 1466 (shipwreck), June 1466 (piracy), July 1466, Apr. 1468 (shipwreck), Hants, Glos. Aug. 1473 (unpaid farms); to resist Yorkist rebels, Berks., Hants, Herts., Kent, Mdx., Oxon., Surr., Suss., Wilts. June 1460; of oyer and terminer, Berks., Hants, Oxon., Wilts. June 1460, Hants Aug. 1461 (complaint of Bp. Waynflete of Winchester), Mar. 1462, Devon, Hants, Wilts. Dec. 1468 (general); of gaol delivery, Berks., Oxon. June 1460, Winchester castle Dec. 1460, Gloucester castle Oct. 1461, Feb. 1465, Cirencester Feb. 1468, Winchester castle Oct. 1469; C66/489, rot. 6d; 490, rot. 12d; 494, rot. 25d; 519, rot. 3d; 524, rot. 6d; Berkeley Castle mss, BCM/A/5/9/7. to requisition vessels for royal service, Hants July 1461; of arrest Nov. 1461 (servants of the dukes of Exeter and Somerset and the earl of Wiltshire), Apr. 1473; to assess tax, Hants July 1463; take musters of naval forces Jan. 1472, Southampton July 1472.

J.p. Hants 20 Mar. 1455-Dec. 1470, He was wrongly called knight on the comm. of 8 July 1461: C66/492, m. 21d. Glos. 5 Dec. 1460-June 1464, He is confused with his father in CPR, 1452–61, p. 666. The Maurice Berkeley appointed on 5 Dec. 1460 was not a knight: C66/490, m. 26d. 20 Oct. 1464 – Dec. 1470, 30 June 1471 – d., Wilts. 20 June 1471 – d.

Sheriff, Hants 4 Nov. 1455 – 17 Nov. 1456, Glos. 5 Nov. 1463–4, Hants 5 Nov. 1466–7, 22 Apr. – 9 Nov. 1471, Wilts. 9 Nov. 1471–2.

Esquire for the body of Edw. IV by Mich. 1466 – ?May 1471, knight for the body May 1471 – d.

?Member of Edw. IV’s council c. May 1471 – d.

Lt. New Forest by Jan. 1472.

Constable, Southampton castle 15 Feb. 1472 – d.

Surveyor of crown officers, Southampton and Poole 13 Apr. 1473 – d.

Parlimentarian
BERKELEY, Maurice (c.1430-74), of Glos. and Bisterne, Hants.
Main residences: Beverstone castle, Glos.; Bisterne, Hants.
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L.S.C.
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Commons 1422-1461
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Oxford 1644
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