Maurice married Baroness Berkeley Elizabeth de Spenser in Aug 1338. Elizabeth (daughter of 1st Lord Despenser and Lord of Glamorgan Hugh Despenser, the Younger and suo jure 6th Lady of Glamorgan Eleanor de Clare) was born about 1327 in Stoke Albany, Northamptonshire, England; died on 13 Jul 1389 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sir James Berkeley was born in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England; died on 13 Jun 1405 in England; was buried in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Thomas the Rich
• Occupation: Knight, 3rd Lord Berkeley, Baron of Berkeley, Custodian of Berkeley Castle, Chief Warden of Gloucester, Worcester and Hereford, Marshal of the English Army in France, Captain of the Scottish Marches, Warden and Chief Justice in Eyre South of Trent
• _MILT: Mar 1322, Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, England; He fought at the Battle of Boroughbridge where he was taken prisoner, imprisoned in Pevensey Castle, and released Oct 1326. In Apr 1327, Thomas and John Mautravers, were given the charge of the disposed king, Edward II, and took him to Berkeley Castle
• Trial: 1331; Sir Thomas was tried by a jury of twelve knights for the murder of the deposed King Edward II, but was acquitted

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Buried:
(St Mary the Virgin Churchyard)

Sir married Margaret de Mortimer in May 1319. Margaret (daughter of 3rd Baron Mortimer, 1st Earl of March Roger de Mortimer and 2nd Baroness Geneville Joan de Geneville) was born on 2 May 1304; died on 5 May 1337; was buried in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1324, Norfolk, England; After Margaret's father's fall from grace involving the removal of Edward II from the throne, Margaret was arrested and jailed in 1322, then sent to Sholdham Priory

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Buried:
(Bristol Cathedral )

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Married:
Margaret's marriage to Thomas de Berkeley was arranged specifically to connect their family with an important Marcher Lord family. The marriage required papal dispensation dated 28 Aug 1329 as they were related by 4th degree.

Maurice married Eva la Zouche. Eva (daughter of Eudo la Zouche) was born on 1 Aug 1278 in Corby, Northamptonshire, England; died on 5 Dec 1314 in Somerset, England; was buried in Somerset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _MILT: 1326; Mortimer and Isabella raised an Army in France and deposed King Edward II and put her son Edward III on the throne. As regent, for three years, Mortimer was de facto ruler of England before being himself overthrown by Edward's eldest son, Edward III

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Buried:
(Grey Friars)

Died:
Found guilty of many crimes against the King and put in the Tower of London. He escaped at night, but was recaptured and then hanged at Tyburn, then drawn and quartered by order of King Edward III

Roger married 2nd Baroness Geneville Joan de Geneville in 1301. Joan was born on 2 Feb 1285 in Ludlow, Shropshire, England; died on 19 Oct 1356 in England; was buried in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Joan's numerous direct descendants include the current British Royal Family, and Sarah Ferguson; she was also the ancestress of Sir Winston Churchill, George Washington, Anne Boleyn and her sister Mary Boleyn
• Trial: 1330; Following her husband's execution, as the wife of a traitor, Joan was imprisoned in Hampshire and her children taken into custody. Her lands were only restored to her in 1336 after King Edward III granted her a full pardon for her husband's crimes

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Buried:
(Wigmore Abbey) The Abbey was destroyed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries and only the ruins remain to this day

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Oxford University
• Occupation: Treasurer of York
• _MILT: he devised a plan to trap Llywelyn the Last. Edmund then sent his brother Roger Mortimer of Chirk to present Llywelyn's severed head to King Edward I of England at Rhuddlan Castle. The head was displayed on the Tower of London as a warning to all rebels

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Died:
He was mortally wounded in a skirmish near Builth, and died at Wigmore Castle

Edmund married Margaret de Fiennes in 1285 in Fiennes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Margaret was born in 1262 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England; died on 7 Feb 1332 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]