BERKELEY, Sir Maurice I (bef.1514-81), of Bruton, Som.

Family and Education

b. bef. 1514, 2nd s. of Richard Berkeley of Stoke by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Humphrey Coningsby. m. (1) Catherine (d.1560), da. of William Blount, 4th Lord Mountjoy, wid. of John Champernown (d.c.1541) of Modbury, Devon, 3s. inc. Edward and Henry Berkeley II 5da.; (2) 1562, Elizabeth, da. of Anthony Sands of Throwley, Kent, 2s. inc. Robert 1da. Kntd. 30 Sept. 1544.Vis. Som. ed. Weaver, 6; PCC 40 Darcy; LP Hen. VIII , xix(2), p. 174; Strype, Eccles. Memorials, iii(1), p. 129; Haynes, State Pprs. 387.

Offices Held

Servant of Thomas Cromwell c. 1537; gent. of privy chamber 1539 – 53; constable, Berkeley castle Nov. 1544; chief banner bearer of England Sept. 1545; commr. musters, Som. Jan. 1546; keeper of Norwood park, Som. 1552 – 53, j.p.q. 1559; sheriff, Dorset, Som. 1567–8.CPR, 1553–4, p. 411; Stowe 571, ff. 30, 57; LP Hen. VIII, viii. 2; xiii(2), p. 272; xiv(1), p. 242;(2), p. 306; xix(2), p. 415; xx(2), pp. 182, 227; xxi(1), p. 41.

Parlimentarian

BERKELEY, Sir Maurice (by 1514-81), of Bruton, Som.

Main residence: Bruton, Som.

Author

R.V.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

BERKELEY, Sir Maurice I (bef. 1514-81)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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