Maurice Berkeley (1358–1400)

Sir Maurice Berkeley (1358 – 2 October 1400) of Uley and Stoke Gifford in Gloucestershire was a Member of Parliament for the constituency of Gloucestershire in 1391.^[1]

Origins

He was the son and heir of Sir Thomas Berkeley (d.1361)^[2][3] of Uley and Stoke Gifford, by his wife Katherine Botetourt (d.1388), one of the three daughters and co-heiresses of John Botetourt, 2nd Baron Botetourt (d.1385). He thus inherited from his mother a one third claim to the barony of Botetourt. He was a great-grandson of Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley, 7th feudal baron of Berkeley (1271–1326), Maurice the Magnanimous, of Berkeley Castle.

Marriage and issue

He married Joan Dynham (d.1412), a daughter of Sir John Dynham (1359–1428), of Hartland and Nutwell both in Devon, whose effigy survives in Kingskerswell Church in Devon.^[4] By his wife he had one son and heir:^[5]

• Sir Maurice Berkeley (9 Feb 1401-1464), of Stoke Gifford, born posthumously, a MP for Gloucestershire in 1425 and 1429.

References

1. BERKELEY, Sir Maurice (1358-1400), of Uley and Stoke Gifford, Glos. History of Parliament
2. Father of BERKELEY, Sir Maurice (1358-1400), of Uley and Stoke Gifford, Glos., see The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993[1]
3. "Maurice Berkeley" (d.1361) (per GEC Complete Peerage, II, 234)/
4. The identity of Joan Dynham's father is unclear, either Sir John Dinham (1318–1383) or his son Sir John Dinham (1359–1428), lords of the manor of Hartland. However Berkeley's HoP biography states that Berkeley's father-in-law "Sir John Dynham" was living in 1400, thus cannot have been Sir John Dinham (1318–1383)
5. "BERKELEY, Sir Maurice (1358-1400), of Uley and Stoke Gifford, Glos. | History of Parliament Online".