'Berkeley06'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Berkeley of Cotheridge, Berkeley of Ravenhill, Berkeley of Spetchley
[The Spetchley line was previously included within Berkeley03 but was moved here on 18.01.06 to facilitate inclusion of the Cotheridge line and other expansion.]

                               
William Berkeley, Mayor of Hereford (d by 1583)
m. Elizabeth Bunghill (dau of William Bunghill of Cowarne)
1. Rowland Berkeley of Cotheridge and Spetchley (d 01.06.1611)
  m. (15.04.1574) Catherine Heywood (d before 14.04.1630, dau of Thomas Heywood or Hayward)
  A. William Berkeley of Cotheridge (b 1592, d 04.12.1658)
  m. Margaret Chettle (d 29.09.1649, dau of Thomas Chettle of Worcester)
  i. Sir Rowland Berkeley of Cotheridge (b 1613, a 10.1669)
  m. Dorothy Cave (dau of Sir Thomas Cave of Stamford)
  a. Thomas Berkeley (b c1639, dvp unm 25.10.1669)
b. Elizabeth Berkeley
  m. (01.1681, sb 1670?) Henry Greene of Wykin (b c1640)
  Cotheridge passed to their younger son who assumed the name Berkeley.
  c. daughter
  m. Sir Thomas Steele (judge)
  d. Rebecca Berkeley
  m. Henry Townsend of Elmley Lovat
  e. Mary Berkeley
  m. Richard Nash of St. Peter's
f. Margaret Berkeley
  m. William Bromley of Holt Castle (b 26.06.1656)
  ii. Jane Berkeley
  m. Henry Jeffreys of Holm Castle
  iii. Katherine Berkeley
  m. John Verney of Kingeston
B. Sir Robert Berkeley of Spetchley (b 1584, d 08.1656, judge)
  m. Elizabeth Conyers (dau of Thomas Conyers of Sockburne & East Barnet)
  i. Thomas Berkeley of Ravenhill, later of Spetchley
  m. Anne Darell (dau of William Darell of Scotney)
  a. Robert Berkeley of Spetchley (b 1650, dsp 1694)
  m. Elizabeth Blake (dau of Sir Richard Blake)
b. Thomas Berkeley of Ravenhill, later of Spetchley (b 1652, d 1719)
  m. Elizabeth Holyoake (dau of John (probably not William) Holyoake of Morton Bagott)
  (1) John Berkeley of Spetchley (b 1682/3, d 1741)
  m. Judith Hagon of Norwich
  (A) Thomas Berkeley of Spetchley (dsp 1742)
  m. Mary Ferrers (dau of Edward Ferrers of Baddelsey Clinton)
  (2) Thomas Berkeley of Spetchley (b 1681?)
  m. Mary Davies (dau of Robert Davies or Davis of Clytha)
(A) Robert Berkeley of Spetchley (dsp 1804)
  m1. Anne Wyborne (dau of John Wyborne of Fixton)
  m2. Katherine Fitzherbert (dau of Thomas Fitzherbert of Swinnerton)
  m3. Elizabeth Parry (dau of Peter Parry of Twysog)
  (B) John Berkeley of Hindlip
  m1. Catherine Bodenham (dau of Charles Bodenham of Rotherwas)
(i) Robert Berkeley of Spetchley
  m. (1792) Apollonia Lee (dau of Richard Lee of Llanfoist)
  (a) Robert Berkeley of Spetchley (b 21.05.1794, d 26.09.1874) had issue
  m. (24.01.1822) Henrietta Sophia Benfield (dau of Paul Benfield)
  m2. Jane Compton (dau of Sir William Compton, Bart)
  (ii) Catherine Berkeley (d 08.1823)
  m. (sp) Robert Canning of Foxcote
  (iii) Jane Berkeley (d 26.10.1853)
  m. (14.05.1799) Thomas Anthony Southwell, 3rd Viscount Southwell (b 25.02.1777, d 29.02.1860)
  (3) Elizabeth Berkeley possibly of this generation
  m. John Beaumont Byerley (b 1685-6, d 28.05.1742)
  c. Anne Berkeley (d young)
d. Elizabeth Berkeley (d 1693)
  m. Thomas Burton of Longner (b 1637, d 24.04.1695, judge)
  ii. Katherine Berkeley
  m. Robert Crescet of Upton Crescet (Cresset)
  iii. Isabel Berkeley
  m. Philip Packer of Groom Bridge
  C. John Berkeley in East Barnet (a 1634, 4th son)
  m. Elizabeth Turner (dau of John Turner)
  D. Thomas Berkeley (youngest son) possibly the Thomas who married ...
  m. Catherine Walshe (dau of Thomas Walshe of Stockton, widow of Edward Mitton)
  i.+ issue - Thomas, John, Maurice
  E. Dorothy Berkeley
  m. Thomas Wyld of the Commanders
  F. Katherine Berkeley
  m. William Worfield
  G. Elizabeth Berkeley
  m. Robert Crosby
H. Eleanor Berkeley
  m. John Frogmer of Claines
  I. Jane Berkeley
  m. _ Stinton
  J. Joan Berkeley
  m1. Henry Bright of Brockburgh (prebendary of Worcester)
  m2. Edward Annesley of Brookend
  K. Mary Berkeley
  m. Edward or Edmund Wynne of Thornton Curtis (b 1583, d 1645)
  L. Anne Berkeley
  m. Thomas Moore
  M. Joyce Berkeley
  m. _ Newton of London
  N.+ other issue - Edward, Henry
2. William Berkeley (4th son) had issue
3.+ other issue (dsp) - Richard, Robert, Henry, Thomas, John, Edward

Main source(s): Commoners (vol ii, Berkeley of Cotheridge, p226+), Commoners (vol i, Berkeley of Spetchley) with support from Visitation (Worcestershire, 1634, Berkeley) and on the Spetchley line from BP1934 (Berkeley) and a little support/input from Visitation (Worcestershire, 1682-3, Berkeley of Raven Hill)
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