Thomas "The Rich" De BERKELEY, 3rd Lord^[1]

1293 - 1361  (68 years)

• Name	Thomas "The Rich" De BERKELEY  [2]
  Suffix	3rd Lord
  Nickname	The Rich
  Birth	8 Jan 1293	Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England   [2]
  Christening	1330	Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  AFN	91VB-RD
  Name	The Rich
  _FSFTID	L1Q4-G7V
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L1Q4-G7V
  _UID	01F11312AD9644E0A4E934F5FE6F1145F765
  Death	27 Oct 1361	Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England   [2]
  Burial	3 Nov 1361	Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England   [2]
  Person ID	I14264	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	Maurice "The Magnanimous" De BERKELEY, Sir/Lord,   b. Apr 1281, Of Berkeley Castle, Gloucester, ENG d. 31 May 1326, Wallingford Castle, Berskshire, ENG (Age ~ 45 years)
  Mother	Eva La ZOUCHE,   b. Of Haryngworth, Northampton, Eng (Bef 1/8/1289) d. 15 Dec 1314
  Marriage	1289	(His 1St Marr., Both Under 8 Yrs)
  Family ID	F7353	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret DE MORTIMER,   b. 2 May 1304, Wigmore Castle, Herefordshire, England, d. 5 May 1337, Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	10 May 1319	Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
  Children	1. Maurice De BERKELEY, Lord,   b. Berkeley, Glouchester, England d. Aug 1368, (Or 3 Jun)   2. Maurice DE BERKELEY, 4th Baron Berkeley,   b. Abt 1320, England d. 8 Jun 1368, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England (Age ~ 48 years)   3. Joane De BERKELEY, Baroness,   b. Abt 1321, Berkeley, Glouchester, England d. 2 Oct 1369 (Age ~ 48 years)   4. Thomas DE BERKELEY,   b. 1322, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d. 1349, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England (Age 27 years)   5. Roger DE BERKELEY,   b. Abt 1323, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d. Yes, date unknown   6. Joane DE BERKELEY,   b. 1325, Gloucestershire, England d. 2 Oct 1369, Southwark, London, Middlesex, England (Age 44 years)   7. Mabel DE BERKELEY,   b. Abt 1325, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d. 1380, Cornwall, England (Age ~ 55 years)   8. John DE BERKELEY,   b. Abt 1331, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d. Yes, date unknown   9. Roger DE BERKELEY,   b. 1334, Gloucestershire, England d. 19 Nov 1392 (Age 58 years)   10. Alphonse DE BERKELEY,   b. Abt 1335, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d. 1350 (Age ~ 15 years)
  Family ID	F7350	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Katherine De CLYVEDON,   b. 1306, Charfield, Gloucestershire, England d. 13 Mar 1386, Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	30 May 1347	Charfield, Co. Gloucester, Eng (Both 2ND Marr., Or 3 Jun)
  Children	1. Sir John BERKELEY, Baron,   b. 23 Jan 1352, Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire, England d. 5 Mar 1428, Beverston, Gloucestershire, England (Age 76 years)   2. Thomas DE BERKELEY,   b. Jul 1348, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d. 1349 (Age ~ 0 years)   3. Maurice BERKELEY,   b. 27 May 1349, Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, , England d. Bef 1357 (Age 7 years)   4. Edmund de BERKELEY,   b. 10 Jul 1350, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F7346	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2026

  
  

• Notes

  OCCUPATION: Lord Berkeley, Marshal of English army in France 1340; Captain of the Scottish Marches 1342Thomas, 3rd baron, m. 1st, Margaret, dau. of Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, and 2ndly, in 1347, Catherine, dau. of Sir John Clyvedon, widow of Sir Peter le Veel. This lord having adhered to the interest of the Queen, Mortimer, and Prince Edward, afterwards the third of that name, furnished "the only precedent," says Smith, "of a peer being tried by knights, as the peers would have been both judges and jurors." He first assumed a mitre for his crest. He was summoned to parliament from 1329 to 1360. He had issue by his 1st wife, besides his heir, three sons, who d. s. p., and one dau., Joan, wife of Sir Reginald Cobham; by his 2nd wife, had had, with three sons, who d. s. p., a 4th, John, ancestor of the Berkeleys of Beverstone. He d. 1361 and was s. by his son, Maurice, 4th baron. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 44, Berkeley, Viscount Berkeley, Earl of Nottingham, and Marquess of Berkeley] *******

  
  

• Sources

  [S641] Weis, Frederick Lewis, Ancestral Roots Of Sixty Colonists Who Came To New England Between 1623 And 1650, (Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., 1992). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 24 Nov 2024), entry for Sir Thomas Berkeley, person ID L1Q4-G7V. (Reliability: 3).