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6th Lord Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley, "James the Just"
Son of Sir James de Berkeley and Elizabeth Bluet. Grandson of Sir Maurice de Berkeley and Elizabeth le Despenser, Sir John Bluet and Katherine Wogan.
James married the daughter of John Saint John. They were married by contract dated 19 April 1410 and had no issue.
Secondly, James married the daughter of Sir Humphrey Stafford of Hook Dorset. They were married in 1415, and had no issue.
Thirdly, James married Isabel de Mowbray, the daughter of Sir Thomas Mowbray, Knight of the Garter and Elizabeth de Arundel. She was also the widow of Sir Henry Ferrers. They had four sons and three daughters:
* Sir William, Marquess of Berkeley, Earl Marshal, Viscount Berkeley
* Sir Maurice, Lord Berkeley
* James, Esquire
* Thomas, Esquire
* Elizabeth, wife of William Burdet, Esq.
* Isabel, wife of William Trye
* Alice, wife of Richard Arthur, Esq.
Isabel was arrested by order of Margaret, the Countess of Shrewsbury, the granddaughter and co-heiress of the last Lord Berkeley, and the wife of the Earl of Shrewsbury, the son-in-law of the James' cousin, Elizabeth, who was forced to concede Berkeley Castle to James after a feud between James and Elizabeth, Countess of Warwick, daughter of the fifth Baron Berkeley and the wife of Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick. Isabel was imprisoned at Gloucester Castle and died there 27 Sept 1452.
James married a fourth time to Lady Joan Talbot, the daughter of Sir John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Maud de Neville, the daughter of Thomas. They married by settlement dated 25 July 1457.
James was heir to his uncle, Sir Thomas Berkeley, 5th Lord Berkeley, and succeeded to Berkeley Castle and other estates under an entail (settlement of the inheritance) of his great grandfather, but the actual possession was obstructed by his uncle's daughter, Elizabeth Beauchamp. James was summoned to Parliament 1421 to 1461 as Lord Berkeley. Sometime between 1421 and 1437, he sued for land and tenement Anselm Gyse's, previously of Ralph Bluet in Daglingworth, Gloucestershire.
Sir James died at Berkeley Castle in Nov of 1463, and buried at Berkeley. His widow, Joan remarried to Edmund Hungerford, Esq., before 26 May 1474.
6th Lord Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley, "James the Just"
Son of Sir James de Berkeley and Elizabeth Bluet. Grandson of Sir Maurice de Berkeley and Elizabeth le Despenser, Sir John Bluet and Katherine Wogan.
James married the daughter of John Saint John. They were married by contract dated 19 April 1410 and had no issue.
Secondly, James married the daughter of Sir Humphrey Stafford of Hook Dorset. They were married in 1415, and had no issue.
Thirdly, James married Isabel de Mowbray, the daughter of Sir Thomas Mowbray, Knight of the Garter and Elizabeth de Arundel. She was also the widow of Sir Henry Ferrers. They had four sons and three daughters:
* Sir William, Marquess of Berkeley, Earl Marshal, Viscount Berkeley
* Sir Maurice, Lord Berkeley
* James, Esquire
* Thomas, Esquire
* Elizabeth, wife of William Burdet, Esq.
* Isabel, wife of William Trye
* Alice, wife of Richard Arthur, Esq.
Isabel was arrested by order of Margaret, the Countess of Shrewsbury, the granddaughter and co-heiress of the last Lord Berkeley, and the wife of the Earl of Shrewsbury, the son-in-law of the James' cousin, Elizabeth, who was forced to concede Berkeley Castle to James after a feud between James and Elizabeth, Countess of Warwick, daughter of the fifth Baron Berkeley and the wife of Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick. Isabel was imprisoned at Gloucester Castle and died there 27 Sept 1452.
James married a fourth time to Lady Joan Talbot, the daughter of Sir John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Maud de Neville, the daughter of Thomas. They married by settlement dated 25 July 1457.
James was heir to his uncle, Sir Thomas Berkeley, 5th Lord Berkeley, and succeeded to Berkeley Castle and other estates under an entail (settlement of the inheritance) of his great grandfather, but the actual possession was obstructed by his uncle's daughter, Elizabeth Beauchamp. James was summoned to Parliament 1421 to 1461 as Lord Berkeley. Sometime between 1421 and 1437, he sued for land and tenement Anselm Gyse's, previously of Ralph Bluet in Daglingworth, Gloucestershire.
Sir James died at Berkeley Castle in Nov of 1463, and buried at Berkeley. His widow, Joan remarried to Edmund Hungerford, Esq., before 26 May 1474.
Cenotaph here
6th Lord Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley, "James the Just"
Son of Sir James de Berkeley and Elizabeth Bluet. Grandson of Sir Maurice de Berkeley and Elizabeth le Despenser, Sir John Bluet and Katherine Wogan.
James married the daughter of John Saint John. They were married by contract dated 19 April 1410 and had no issue.
Secondly, James married the daughter of Sir Humphrey Stafford of Hook Dorset. They were married in 1415, and had no issue.
Thirdly, James married Isabel de Mowbray, the daughter of Sir Thomas Mowbray, Knight of the Garter and Elizabeth de Arundel. She was also the widow of Sir Henry Ferrers. They had four sons and three daughters:
* Sir William, Marquess of Berkeley, Earl Marshal, Viscount Berkeley
* Sir Maurice, Lord Berkeley
* James, Esquire
* Thomas, Esquire
* Elizabeth, wife of William Burdet, Esq.
* Isabel, wife of William Trye
* Alice, wife of Richard Arthur, Esq.
Isabel was arrested by order of Margaret, the Countess of Shrewsbury, the granddaughter and co-heiress of the last Lord Berkeley, and the wife of the Earl of Shrewsbury, the son-in-law of the James' cousin, Elizabeth, who was forced to concede Berkeley Castle to James after a feud between James and Elizabeth, Countess of Warwick, daughter of the fifth Baron Berkeley and the wife of Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick. Isabel was imprisoned at Gloucester Castle and died there 27 Sept 1452.
James married a fourth time to Lady Joan Talbot, the daughter of Sir John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Maud de Neville, the daughter of Thomas. They married by settlement dated 25 July 1457.
James was heir to his uncle, Sir Thomas Berkeley, 5th Lord Berkeley, and succeeded to Berkeley Castle and other estates under an entail (settlement of the inheritance) of his great grandfather, but the actual possession was obstructed by his uncle's daughter, Elizabeth Beauchamp. James was summoned to Parliament 1421 to 1461 as Lord Berkeley. Sometime between 1421 and 1437, he sued for land and tenement Anselm Gyse's, previously of Ralph Bluet in Daglingworth, Gloucestershire.
Sir James died at Berkeley Castle in Nov of 1463, and buried at Berkeley. His widow, Joan remarried to Edmund Hungerford, Esq., before 26 May 1474.
6th Lord Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley, "James the Just"
Son of Sir James de Berkeley and Elizabeth Bluet. Grandson of Sir Maurice de Berkeley and Elizabeth le Despenser, Sir John Bluet and Katherine Wogan.
James married the daughter of John Saint John. They were married by contract dated 19 April 1410 and had no issue.
Secondly, James married the daughter of Sir Humphrey Stafford of Hook Dorset. They were married in 1415, and had no issue.
Thirdly, James married Isabel de Mowbray, the daughter of Sir Thomas Mowbray, Knight of the Garter and Elizabeth de Arundel. She was also the widow of Sir Henry Ferrers. They had four sons and three daughters:
* Sir William, Marquess of Berkeley, Earl Marshal, Viscount Berkeley
* Sir Maurice, Lord Berkeley
* James, Esquire
* Thomas, Esquire
* Elizabeth, wife of William Burdet, Esq.
* Isabel, wife of William Trye
* Alice, wife of Richard Arthur, Esq.
Isabel was arrested by order of Margaret, the Countess of Shrewsbury, the granddaughter and co-heiress of the last Lord Berkeley, and the wife of the Earl of Shrewsbury, the son-in-law of the James' cousin, Elizabeth, who was forced to concede Berkeley Castle to James after a feud between James and Elizabeth, Countess of Warwick, daughter of the fifth Baron Berkeley and the wife of Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick. Isabel was imprisoned at Gloucester Castle and died there 27 Sept 1452.
James married a fourth time to Lady Joan Talbot, the daughter of Sir John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Maud de Neville, the daughter of Thomas. They married by settlement dated 25 July 1457.
James was heir to his uncle, Sir Thomas Berkeley, 5th Lord Berkeley, and succeeded to Berkeley Castle and other estates under an entail (settlement of the inheritance) of his great grandfather, but the actual possession was obstructed by his uncle's daughter, Elizabeth Beauchamp. James was summoned to Parliament 1421 to 1461 as Lord Berkeley. Sometime between 1421 and 1437, he sued for land and tenement Anselm Gyse's, previously of Ralph Bluet in Daglingworth, Gloucestershire.
Sir James died at Berkeley Castle in Nov of 1463, and buried at Berkeley. His widow, Joan remarried to Edmund Hungerford, Esq., before 26 May 1474.
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