Roger (I) de Berkeley, Lord of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire

His parents are not known. Roger had one known brother, Ralph. He was listed as a major landholder in the Domesday Book of 1085 as tenant in capite of Dursley, Cubberley, Dodington, and others. He held the office of Provost of the manor of Berkeley between 1068 and 1071, by Earl William Fitz-Osbern, to whom it had been granted at the time of the Conquest. On 17 January 1091 at St. Peter's, Gloucestershire, England, he became a monk.

His wife's name was Rissa, often speculated to have been a Montgomery (but no primary evidence).

Possible children are listed by Cawley, below.

[Some speculate that his parents were William de Berkeley, 2nd Lord of Berkeley and Elizabeth de Betteshorne, but since no evidence is listed, they have been removed until further proof is found.]

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Two brothers, parents not known:

1. ROGER [I] de Berkeley (-1093). The foundation charter of Saint-Martin d’Auchy narrates the church’s foundation by “Guerinfrido qui condidit castellum…Albamarla” and records the donation by “Rogerus de Berchelaico cum uxore sua Rissa”[1215]. Domesday Book records “Roger of Berkeley” holding Foxley and Easton Grey in Wiltshire; Coberley, Dodington and Siston in Gloucestershire[1216]. The Complete Peerage states that he became a monk at Gloucester 17 Jan 1091 and died in 1093 (no sources cited)[1217].

m RISSA, daughter of ---. The foundation charter of Saint-Martin d’Auchy narrates the church’s foundation by “Guerinfrido qui condidit castellum…Albamarla” and records the donation by “Rogerus de Berchelaico cum uxore sua Rissa”[1218].

Roger [I] & his wife had [one] child:

a) [daughter . A charter of King Stephen dated [22 Mar/22 Dec] 1136 which confirmed the possessions of Shaftesbury Abbey refers to the donation by "Aluredum de Foxlegh" of land given "cum filia Rogerii de Berkelaio"[1219]. It is likely that the document refers to a daughter of Roger [I] de Berkeley, as no record has been found of Roger [II] having had children, and as the donations recorded in the document appear to be earlier than the time of Roger [III]. m ALURED de Foxleigh, son of ---.]

2. RALPH de Berkeley (-after 1086). Domesday Book records “Ralph the brother of this Roger [Berkeley]” holding Wapley and Leonard Stanley in Gloucestershire[1220].

The following three brothers were possibly children of either Roger [I] de Berkeley, or of his brother Ralph de Berkeley, but no primary source which confirms that this is correct has been identified. Ellis suggests that Roger [II] may have been the son of Ralph de Berkeley, and Eustace the probable son of Roger [I] de Berkeley, although apparently without any primary source basis[1221].

1. ROGER [II] de Berkeley (-Sep 1131). The Complete Peerage records that Roger [II] de Berkeley began building the castle of Berkeley in 1117 (no sources cited)[1222]. The 1130 Pipe Roll records "in dnio Reg…terra Rogi de Berchelai" in Gloucestershire, and a reference to the land of "Rogi de Berchelai" in Berkeley[1223].

2. --- de Berkeley . His parentage is confirmed by the letter written by his son “Willielmus de Berkeley et fundator Kingswode” to Pope Innocent II recalling that Henry I King of England had granted land to "patruo nostro Rogero de Berkeley"[1224]. m ---. One child:

a) WILLIAM de Berkeley (-after [1141]). The 1130 Pipe Roll records the return of "Will’s de Berchelai…de firma de Berchelai"[1225]. “Willielmus de Berkeley et fundator Kingswode” wrote to Pope Innocent II recalling that Henry I King of England had granted land to "patruo nostro Rogero de Berkeley"[1226]. Domesday Descendants dates the foundation to 1139 (no source cited)[1227]. This is presumably based on the commentary in Dugdale’s Monasticon, which cites no corresponding primary source[1228]. According to the Complete Peerage, Roger [III] de Berkeley was the son of Roger [II] de Berkeley (no sources cited)[1229]. The Historia Fundationis of Kingswood priory in Wiltshire records that “Willielmus de Berkeley” donated the priory to Tintern abbey, in the early years of the reign of King Stephen[1230]. The 1130 Pipe Roll records "Will’s de Berchelai" in [Rutland][1231]. m ---. The name of William’s wife is not known. William & his wife had children:

i) ROGER [III] de Berkeley (-after 1177). The Historia Fundationis of Kingswood priory in Wiltshire names “Rogero de Berkeleye, hærede…Willelmi de Berkeley”[1232].

3. [EUSTACHE of Nympesfield . The Complete Peerage records that Roger [II] de Berkeley was the brother of Eustache of Nympesfield, although it is not stated whether they were born from the same father (no sources cited)[1233].]

SOURCES

[1215] CP II 124, footnote b, and CP I 351, footnote d, quoting from Stapleton, T. Archaeologia XXVI, pp. 358-60.

[1216] Domesday Translation, Wiltshire, XLV, p. 188, Gloucestershire, XLII, p. 464.

[1217] CP II 124.

[1218] CP II 124, footnote b, and CP I 351, footnote d, quoting from Stapleton, T. Archaeologia XXVI, pp. 358-60.

[1219] Johnson, C. & Cronne, H. A. (ed.) (1968) Regesta Regem Anglo-Normannorum (Oxford), Vol. III, 818, p. 301.

[1220] Domesday Translation, Gloucestershire, XLIII, p. 464.

[1221] Ellis ‘Landholders of Gloucestershire’, pp. 145 and 148.

[1222] CP II 124.

[1223] Pipe Roll 31 Hen I (1129/30), pp. 80 and 133.

[1224] Dugdale Monasticon V, Kingswood Priory, Wiltshire IX, p. 427.

[1225] Pipe Roll 31 Hen I (1129/30), p. 133.

[1226] Dugdale Monasticon V, Kingswood Priory, Wiltshire IX, p. 427.

[1227] Domesday Descendants, p. 321.

[1228] Dugdale Monasticon V, Kingswood Priory, Wiltshire, p. 424.

[1229] CP II 124.

[1230] Dugdale Monasticon V, Kingswood Priory, Wiltshire I, p. 425.

[1231] Pipe Roll 31 Hen I (1129/30), [Rutland], p. 133.

[1232] Dugdale Monasticon V, Kingswood Priory, Wiltshire I, p. 425.

[1233] CP II 124.

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Roger I De Berkeley

Roger de Berkeley, Lord of Dursley, adhering to the Empress Maud (an adherence, however, denied by Smith and Fosbroke, in the Lives of the
Berkeleys, page11), "underwent", says Dugdale, "a very hard fate, through the perfidiousness and cruelty of Walter, brother of Milo, Earl of Hereford, his seeming friend (and kinsman by consanguity), being treacherously seized on, stripped naked, exposed to scorn, put into fetters, and thrice drawn by rope around his neck, on a gallows, at his own castle gates, with threats that if he did not deliver up his castle to the Earl, he would suffer a miserable death; and when he was, by this barbarous usage, almost dead, carried to prison, there to endure further tortures." He was succeeded by his son, Roger.

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thepeerage.com:

Roger de Berkeley1

M, #129602, d. 1093

Roger de Berkeley died in 1093.1

He was tenant in capite of Dursley, Cubberley, Dodington, etc.1 He held the office of Provost of the manor of Berkeley between 1068 and 1071, by Earl William Fitz-Osbern, to whom it had been granted at the time of the Conquest.1 On 17 January 1091 at St. Peter's, Gloucestershire, England, a monk.1

Children of Roger de Berkeley

Eustace de Berkeley1

Roger de Berkeley+1 d. c 1131

Citations

[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 124. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

Roger De BERKELEY

Born: ABT 1040, Dursley, Gloucestershire, England

Died: 1093

Married: Rissa De BERKELEY

Children:

1. Roger De BERKELEY

2. Eustace De BERKELEY

3. John De BERKELEY