Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
NameThomas FitzHarding DE BERKELEY 4th Lord Of Berkeley, 22G Grandfather
FatherMaurice FitzRobert FITZHARDING 2d Lord Of Berkeley (~1120-1190)
MotherAlice DE BERKELEY (~1133->1190)
Spouses
1Joan DE SOMERY, 22G Grandmother
FatherRalph DE SOMERY Lord Of Campden (~1172-~1211)
MotherMargaret MARSHAL (->1243)
ChildrenMaurice (~1218-1281)
Web Notes notes for Thomas FitzHarding DE BERKELEY 4th Lord Of Berkeley
Weis" "Ancestral Roots. . ." (26:28). Cokayne's "Complete Peerage" (Berkeley, pp. 126-127). Feudal lord of Berkeley and holder of Berkeley Castle. Called "Thomas the Observer, or
Temporiser. He sustained many suits at law, and by his prudent conduct greatly improved his estate.
Thomas, the fourth lord de Berkeley, like his predecessors, gave largely to the church, and was an especial benefactor to the Abbey of Kingswood, and the church of Slimbridge, of which latter he was probably the builder.
King Henry III was at Berkeley Castle for three days in August 1220, being then on his way to be present at a great council at Bristol.
In 1242 war broke out with France, but was by no means popular with the English people, and Parliament refused to grant the king supplies for the purpose. Many of the royal vassals refused to go when summoned, amongst whom was Thomas lord de Berkeley, who was fined 60 marks in consequence. He afterwards however sent Maurice his eldest son, with three knights and a proportionate retinue, and his services were so acceptable that the king rewarded them by ordering the sheriff of Gloucestershire not to levy the interest due from lord de Berkeley on 100 marks which he had borrowed from David the Jew of Exeter, to fit out Maurice with for the wars, and that the unfortunate Jew should give up the bond on payment of the principal only.
Thomas de Berkeley died in 1243, aged 76, and was buried in St. Augustine's. His widow survived him many years, and obtained from her son, the next lord, a grant of a market and fair to the town of Wotton-under-Edge, where she resided, with many other privileges to the inhabitants, which were the foundation of the present Borough of Wotton, the old town having been destroyed by a fire in the reign of King John.
Temporiser. He sustained many suits at law, and by his prudent conduct greatly improved his estate.
Thomas, the fourth lord de Berkeley, like his predecessors, gave largely to the church, and was an especial benefactor to the Abbey of Kingswood, and the church of Slimbridge, of which latter he was probably the builder.
King Henry III was at Berkeley Castle for three days in August 1220, being then on his way to be present at a great council at Bristol.
In 1242 war broke out with France, but was by no means popular with the English people, and Parliament refused to grant the king supplies for the purpose. Many of the royal vassals refused to go when summoned, amongst whom was Thomas lord de Berkeley, who was fined 60 marks in consequence. He afterwards however sent Maurice his eldest son, with three knights and a proportionate retinue, and his services were so acceptable that the king rewarded them by ordering the sheriff of Gloucestershire not to levy the interest due from lord de Berkeley on 100 marks which he had borrowed from David the Jew of Exeter, to fit out Maurice with for the wars, and that the unfortunate Jew should give up the bond on payment of the principal only.
Thomas de Berkeley died in 1243, aged 76, and was buried in St. Augustine's. His widow survived him many years, and obtained from her son, the next lord, a grant of a market and fair to the town of Wotton-under-Edge, where she resided, with many other privileges to the inhabitants, which were the foundation of the present Borough of Wotton, the old town having been destroyed by a fire in the reign of King John.