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Sir William Berkeley

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Of, Beverston, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Death: 1486 (30-39)
Bef. 1486
Immediate Family:

Son of Maurice Berkeley, Sheriff of Gloucester and Anne Berkeley
Husband of Katherine Stourton
Brother of Katherine Stourton

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About Sir William Berkeley

  • 'William BERKELEY (Sir)
  • 'Born: ABT 1451, Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
  • 'Died: BEF 1486
  • Father: Maurice BERKELEY
  • Mother: Anne WEST
  • 'Married: Catherine STOURTON (B. Grey of Codnor) ABT 1476
  • From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/BERKELEY1.htm#William BERKELEY (Sir)1
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  • 'Breretons of Cheshire, 1100 to 1904 A. D (1904)
  • http://archive.org/details/breretonsofchesh00brer
  • http://archive.org/stream/breretonsofchesh00brer#page/50/mode/1up
  • Pg. 50
  • ..... Sir John Brereton, of Lea Hall, Cheshire, son of Sir William de Brereton VIII., of Brereton, by his second wife, Phillippa, daughter of Sir Hugh Hulse, married
  • http://archive.org/stream/breretonsofchesh00brer#page/51/mode/1up
  • Pg. 51
  • two only daughters who were heiresses : First, Katherine, daughter of Sir Maurice Berkeley, of Beverton, Gloucestershire, by his wife, Anne, daughter of Reginald West, fifth Baron West and first Baron Delawarr. This Katherine was the sister and heiress of 'Sir William Berkeley, of Stoke Gifford, Gloucester', and also heiress of the manor of Moore, Wiltshire. Sir John Brereton's only child by this consort was Wyburga, who married Sir William Compton, Knight, of Compton Wyniate, Warwickshire ; died 1528. From them were descended the Earl of Northampton family. Sir John Brereton's second wife was Jane, or Joan, daughter and heiress of Sir Geoffrey Masey, of Tatton, the widow of William Stanley, of Tatton, by whom he had one son, Philip, heir to the Tatton estates, who died without issue.
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  • 'Sir William Berkeley, Sheriff of Hampshire1,2,3,4
  • 'M, b. circa 1457, d. 1485
  • Father Sir Maurice Berkeley, Sheriff of Gloucestershire1 b. c 1429, d. 5 May 1475
  • Mother Anne West1 b. c 1432
  • ' Sir William Berkeley, Sheriff of Hampshire was born circa 1457 at of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England.1 He married Katherine Stourton, daughter of Sir William Stourton, 2nd Lord Stourton and Margaret Chidiock, circa 1480; No issue.1,2,3,4 Sir William Berkeley, Sheriff of Hampshire died in 1485 at of Bisterne in Ringwood, Exbury, & Minstead, Hampshire, England.1,2,3,4
  • 'Family Katherine Stourton b. c 1457, d. 25 Nov 1521
  • Citations
  • 1.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 173-174.
  • 2.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 213.
  • 3.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 15-16.
  • 4.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 211-212.
  • From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p4790.htm#...
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Sir William Berkeley's Timeline

1451
1451
Of, Beverston, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
1486
1486
Age 35
Bef. 1486