Maurice DE BERKELEY 2nd Baron Berkeley
General Notes: Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Lord Berkeley also went by the nick-name of Maurice 'the Magnaminous'. Between 1295 and 1308 he summoned to Parliament by writ, whereby he may be held to have been created Lord de Berkeley in his own right, although there is no actual record of his having sat in Parliament. He fought in the Scottish Wars between 1295 and 1318, where he distinguished himself. He fought in the siege of Carlaverock in July 1300. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Lord Berkeley [E., 1295] on 16 August 1308, by writ, in the lifetime of his father. He held the office of Warden of Gloucester in 1312. He held the office of Captain of Berwick in 1315. He held the office of Chief Justiciar of South Wales in 1316. He was a Commissioner to Scotland in 1316. He joined the Earl of Lancaster in the rebellion against King Edward II. He held the office of Seneschal of Aquitaine in 1320.3 On 6 January 1321/22 he was sent prisoner to Wallingford Castle. Maurice married Eva LA ZOUCHE, daughter of Eon (Eudes) LA ZOUCHE and Millicent DE CAUNTELO (CANTELOU). (Eva LA ZOUCHE died on 6 Dec 1314 and was buried in Portbury Church, Portbury, Somerset, England.) |