Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
NameMargaret DE BERKELEY, 19G Grandmother
FatherSir Thomas DE BERKELEY 1st Lord Berkeley (~1245-1321)
MotherJoan DE FERRERS (-1309)
Spouses
1Thomas FitzMaurice 'the Crooked Heir' FITZGERALD Lord Of Decies, 19G Grandfather
FatherMaurice FitzJohn FITZGERALD 2d Lord Of Decies & Desmond (-1261)
MotherMaud DE BARRY (-1282)
ChildrenMaurice FitzThomas (1293-1356)
Web Notes notes for Margaret DE BERKELEY
From "Complete Peerage England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britian" by George E Cokayne, CS421.G2 1982, v IV, page 235, Desmond:
On 6 Feb 1291/2 the King gave to Thomas fitz Morice and Margaret his wife, the King's cousin, all the said lands of Decies and Desmond and the custody of the castle of Dungarvan, to hold, to them and the heirs of Thomas, at a rent of 200 marks a year, by the service of half a knight's fee.
p. 236:
He married before 7 Feb 1283, Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas de Berkeley of Berkeley, county Gloucester [Lord Berkeley], by Joan, daughter of William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby. The fact that Margaret was the King's cousin, restricts the inquiry as to her paternity to a very few families. Thomas fitz Morice made a fine with the King in 700 marks for his marriage, and Thomas de Berkeley bound himself to pay the whole of this sum. Fine Rolls, 12 Edw. I, m. 18: Close Roll, 12 Edw I, m. 4 d. Thomas de Berkeley had a daughter Margaret, to whom no husband has hitherto been assigned. The charter of 6 Feb 1291/2 is still among the muniments at Berkeley Castle. Further evidence is given elsewhere in these notes of a close connection between the Berkeleys and Thomas fitz Morice, his wife, and his sons. It may therefore be confidently asserted that Margaret, wife of Thomas fitz Morice, was daughter of Thomas de Berkeley, and consequently granddaughter of Isabel, called the King's cousins, daughter of Richard de Dovor, illegitimate son of King John. The statement in the pedigress that the wife of Thomas fitz Morice was "Margaret de Burgh" [also called Burke] can be readily explained. They mistook the abbreviation of Berk' for Burk'. She married before 5 Apr 1299 [Justiciary Rolls [I.], vol. i, pp. 238, 295: Fine roll, 28 Edw. I, m. 13: Patent Roll [I.], 13 Edw. II, no. 45. In Aug 1311, at the request of Thomas de Berkele, Reynold and Margaret were given leave to pay a debt to the King of £300 by yearly instalments of £30. Close Roll, 5 Edw. II, m. 31.] without the King's license (fine of £500) Reynold Rosel or Russel. They were both living, 4 May 1320.
On 6 Feb 1291/2 the King gave to Thomas fitz Morice and Margaret his wife, the King's cousin, all the said lands of Decies and Desmond and the custody of the castle of Dungarvan, to hold, to them and the heirs of Thomas, at a rent of 200 marks a year, by the service of half a knight's fee.
p. 236:
He married before 7 Feb 1283, Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas de Berkeley of Berkeley, county Gloucester [Lord Berkeley], by Joan, daughter of William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby. The fact that Margaret was the King's cousin, restricts the inquiry as to her paternity to a very few families. Thomas fitz Morice made a fine with the King in 700 marks for his marriage, and Thomas de Berkeley bound himself to pay the whole of this sum. Fine Rolls, 12 Edw. I, m. 18: Close Roll, 12 Edw I, m. 4 d. Thomas de Berkeley had a daughter Margaret, to whom no husband has hitherto been assigned. The charter of 6 Feb 1291/2 is still among the muniments at Berkeley Castle. Further evidence is given elsewhere in these notes of a close connection between the Berkeleys and Thomas fitz Morice, his wife, and his sons. It may therefore be confidently asserted that Margaret, wife of Thomas fitz Morice, was daughter of Thomas de Berkeley, and consequently granddaughter of Isabel, called the King's cousins, daughter of Richard de Dovor, illegitimate son of King John. The statement in the pedigress that the wife of Thomas fitz Morice was "Margaret de Burgh" [also called Burke] can be readily explained. They mistook the abbreviation of Berk' for Burk'. She married before 5 Apr 1299 [Justiciary Rolls [I.], vol. i, pp. 238, 295: Fine roll, 28 Edw. I, m. 13: Patent Roll [I.], 13 Edw. II, no. 45. In Aug 1311, at the request of Thomas de Berkele, Reynold and Margaret were given leave to pay a debt to the King of £300 by yearly instalments of £30. Close Roll, 5 Edw. II, m. 31.] without the King's license (fine of £500) Reynold Rosel or Russel. They were both living, 4 May 1320.