Ancestral Trails 2016 » THOMAS II BERKELEY (1245-1321)

Personal data THOMAS II BERKELEY 

• He was born in the year 1245 in Berkeley, Stroud, Gloucestershire.
• Title: Lord Berkeley
• (Event) in Fought at the Battle of Evesham.
• (Event) on June 28, 1283 in Created 1st Lord Berkeley (England by Writ).Source 1
• (Event) in the year 1281 in Gainted title of Lord de Berkeley (feudal baron).
• (Event) January 1295/96 in Ambassador to France.
• (Event) on July 22, 1298 in Fought in the Battle of Falkirk.
• (Event) July 1300 in Fought in the siege of Carlaverock.
• (Event) July 1307 in On an Embassy to Pope Clement V.
• (Event) on June 24, 1314 in Fought in the Battle of Bannockburn, taken prisoner, but ransomed.
• He died on July 23, 1321 in Berkeley, Stroud, Gloucestershire, he was 76 years old.
• A child of MAURICE II BERKELEY and ISABEL OF DOVER

Household of THOMAS II BERKELEY

He is married to JOAN FERRERS.

They got married in the year 1267 at Gloucestershire, he was 22 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Alice BERKELEY  1268-???? 
2. James BERKELEY  1287-????
3. Isabel BERKELEY  1278-1326
4. Margaret BERKELEY  1275-> 1320 
5. John BERKELEY  1285-1316
6. Thomas III BERKELEY  1283-1346 
7. MAURICE III BERKELEY  1281-1326 

Notes about THOMAS II BERKELEY

Thomas de Berkeley, "the Wise", feudal Lord of Berkeley, was present at the battle of Evesham, when under age, and is stated to have been actively employed for nearly every year of his last fifty years of his life either against the Scots, the Welsh, or the French. He was summoned by the King to Shrewsbury 28 June 1283, and to Parliament 24 June 1295, whereby he is held to have become Lord Berkeley, and continued to serve until 13 May 1321. He was made Vice-Constable of England in 1297, and was at the battle of Falkirk, the siege of Carlaverock, and taken prisoner at the battle of Bannockburn, afterwards paying a large sum for his ransom. He also served as an Embassy to France in January 1296, and to Pope Clement V in July, 1307. SOURCE: www.geneajourney.com

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