19989664.
Lord Maurice Fitz Robert & 19989665. Alice de Berkeley
~1130,
Maurice born in England, s/o 79959330.
Robert Fitz Harding & 79959331. Eve ?.
12/22/1135,
Stephen of Blois succeeded Henry I as King of England.
~1145, Alice
born in England, d/o 39979330. Sir Roger
de Berkeley.
1140’s, Maurice
raised at Bristol and tutored by a school master named Matthew.
1153, Henry
Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine and Count of Anjou … granted to Nigel son of
Arthur the land of Cumma [Combe] … which the said Nigel gave to his wife
Ald[eva], daughter of Robert Fitzharding, as a dowry, … Witnesses: …, Robert
son of Hard[ing], Maurice his son, … (S) UKNA.
1153, Henry
Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine and Count of Anjou … granted likewise to Maurice
son of Robert … (S) UKNA.
1153, To
settle the dispute over Berkeley lands: a contract where Sir Robert
Fitz-Harding, Lord and Baron of Berkeley, in the house of Robert Fitz-Harding
in Bristowe, in the presence of King Stephen and Henry, Duke of Normandy, and
Earl of Anjou, and by his ascent and in the presence of many others, both
clerks and laymen; it was agreed that Maurice, eldest son and heir of Robert
Fitz-Harding, should marry Alice, daughter of Roger de Berkeley, receiving with
her the town of Slimebrigge … (S) The great governing families of England,
Sanford, 1865, P217. [At the same time Maurice’s sister Elena contracted to
marry Alice’s brother Robert.]
1153, Maurice
married to Alice, who’s dower was the manor of Siston, including the town of
Slimbridge.
10/25/1154,
Henry II succeeded Stephen as King of England.
1154, King
Henry II and Maurice son of Robert FitzHarding. Grant by Henry, as king, of Berkeley,
to hold by service of 5 knights. Witnesses: Reginald earl of Cornwall, Roger
earl of Hereford, Richard de Humez, Constable … (S) Desc. Cat. of Charters and
Muniments, Fitzharding, 1892, P7.
By 1166,
Alice’s father died.
1166, The settlement of 1153 is recorded in the Red Book of the
Exchequer. (S) UKNA, BCM.
Bef. 1170,
Robert, son of Harding, to all his liegemen … I have given and granted to my
son Maurice the land which I had in Brist, of the barony of Richard Foliot, …
the land … of the barony of Richard de Saint Quintin in Great Street, … and the
land … barony of Gilbert de Umfravill, to him and his heirs … land which I had
in Bradestrete, in which I first dwelt, … also the stone house which I built
upon Frome, … provide that Eva my wife shall hold that land during her life, …
(S) The Spectator, V301, 2006, P763.
1170,
Maurice succeeded his father.
1170-1190, Roger
de Berkeley [Alice’s brother] confirmed to Maurice son of Nigel … Witnesses:
Sir Maurice de Berkeley, Nicholas his brother, Robert de Berkeley, Richard his
brother, … (S) UKNA.
1171,
Maurice created Lord de Berkeley.
1175-80,
Grant from Humphrey de Bohun, king’s constable, to Maurice, son of Robert, of
the land of Foxcote. Witnesses … Adam son of Nigel and Maurice son of Nigel,
nephews of Maurice lord of Berkeley.
1185-89, Maurice
de Berkeley and William his son, with the consent of Robert his son and heir,
Maurice has granted to William, in fee, the half of his land of Gosinton. (S)
UKNA.
1185-91, An
agreement that the chaplain of the hospital, which Maurice de Berkeley had
built at Longbridge, should do fealty to Berkeley church in the presence of the
abbot and Maurice … Witnesses: William, bishop of Llandaff, Lady Alice de
Berkeley, Robert de Berkeley [Alice’s brother] … (S) UKNA.
1186,
Maurice de Berchal' [Berkeley] son of Robert, son of Harding, to Adam son of
Nigel, son of Arthur, Maurice's nephew. Gift which donor's father made to the
father of Adam and Aldeva, the donor's sister and wife of Nigel, from the land
of Kingescot'. (S) UKNA.
9/3/1189,
Richard I succeeded Henry II as King of England.
11/3/1189,
Richard I crowned king of England.
1190,
Maurice a Justice Itinerant of Gloucestershire.
6/16/1190, Maurice de
Berkeley, “the Make Peace” died; buried at the church of Brentford, Middlesex.
[––Alice––]
Alice bought
several holdings, some of which she granted to her younger sons, and 'lyved
till extreame old age'.
1190-1215, Alice
widow of Maurice de Berkeley and Thomas de Berkeley her son. Alice has granted
to Thomas her land in Redcliff Street. (S) UKNA.
(S) Charters
and Records of Neales of Berkeley, Neale, 1906. (S) UKNA, BCM.
Children
of Maurice and Alice:
i. Robert de Berkeley, born ~1166 in England.
Robert
married Juliana, d/o Robert de Ponte de L’Arche [died 11/1217.]
1195-96,
Robert granted half of Gossington in Herness to his youngest brother William in
exchange for half the manor of Portbury.
1199, Robert
de Berkeley renders an Account of 60 Marks for having his Charters confirmed.
(S) Journals of the House of Lords, V60, 1828, P493.
1201,
“Robert de Berkeley renders an Account of 60 Marks for having his Charters
confirmed, which he hath of King Henry of the Honor of Berkeley. … He hath paid
it into the Treasury, and he is quit.” (S) Same.
Robert
married 2nd Lucy ? [said to be a niece of William Longespee, Earl of
Salisbury].
7/1204,
Robert granted Herbert de Moreville's half of Portbury manor (which was in the
king's hands because Moreville was a Norman.)
5/13/1220,
Robert died; his brother Thomas his heir.
ii. Maud de Berkeley (47280425), born ~1168 in
England.
iii. Thomas de Berkeley (9994832), born ~1175 in
England. [2nd son]
