House of Berkeley: Difference between revisions

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Cadet branch of the House of Meriet
FitzHarding, de Berkeley, Berkeleye, Berkelay, Barkeley - de Berkelai, Berkelaia

Coat of Arms
House of Berkeley
Ancient Arms
House of Berkeley
Lords of Beverstone, Cam, Uley, Wollaston, Radcliffe, Dursley, Slimbridge and Berkeley
Barons Berkeley

Cadet Branches
House Berkeley of Uley
Lord of Stoke Gifford and Uley
House Berkeley of Bruton
Baronets of Bruton
House Berkeley of Wymondham
Baronets of Wymondham
House of Barclay
Lords of Towie, Kerkow, Gartley, Pierston, Mathers and Collairnie
Alleged Scottish branch

Personal Arms
Maurice de Berkeley
Lord of Berkeley
As son of Thomas, Lord of Berkeley
Caerlaverock Poem, c. 1300
Thomas Berkeley
Lord of Wymondham

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-Cadet branch of the [[House of FitzHarding]]
+Cadet branch of the [[House of Meriet]]<br><!-- The main branch eventually took the name Meriet/Merriott from that place in Somerset -->
+''FitzHarding, de Berkeley, Berkeleye, Berkelay, Barkeley - de Berkelai, Berkelaia''
 <gallery caption="Coat of Arms" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
-Berkeley.svg|House of Berkeley<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Berkeley</span>
+de Berkeley.svg|House of Berkeley<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Ancient Arms</span><!-- Seals from late 12th to c.1280 in armorials -->
+Berkeley.svg|House of Berkeley<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Beverstone, Cam, Uley, Wollaston, Radcliffe, Dursley, Slimbridge and Berkeley<br>Barons Berkeley</span><!-- Added crosses second half of 13th c. (c.1280) when it became a trend in english heraldry // Possibly not adopted from the 1st house of Berkeley : the Berkeley cadets used very different arms (Berkeley of Coberley & Eldersfield = Qtly OB & bend G) -->
 </gallery >
 <gallery caption="Cadet Branches" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
+<!-- Coston = Beverstone - from Thomas 2s/ Thomas +1321 = cinquefoils (seal) -->
+Richard Berkeley.svg|House Berkeley of Uley<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Stoke Gifford and Uley</span><!-- Uley from Maurice 2s/ Maurice +1326 = chevron ermine -->
 Berkeley of Bruton.svg|House Berkeley of Bruton<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Baronets of Bruton</span>
 Berkeley of Wymondham.svg|House Berkeley of Wymondham<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Baronets of Wymondham</span>
 Barclay of that Ilk.svg|[[House of Barclay]]<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Towie, Kerkow, Gartley, Pierston, Mathers and Collairnie<br>Alleged Scottish branch</span>
 </gallery >
 <gallery caption="Personal Arms" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
-de Berkeley.svg|Thomas de Berkeley<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">1st Baron Berkeley</span>
+Maurice de Berkeley.svg|Maurice de Berkeley<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Berkeley<br>As son of Thomas, Lord of Berkeley<br>''Caerlaverock Poem, c. 1300''</span><!-- Maurice +1326 2B during his father's lifetime in Galloway (GA249) and Caerlaverock rolls (K88) -->
-Richard Berkeley.svg|Richard Berkeley<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Berkeley</span>
+<!-- John b/ of Maurice +1326 = chevron btw 3 crosses formy Or (N903) -->
-Maurice de Berkeley.svg|Maurice de Berkeley<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Arms in the Caerlaverock Poem</span>
+<!-- Thomas b/ of Maurice +1326 = chev btw 3 cinquefoils Arg (=Coston) (GA250) -->
 Berkeley Hamelyn.svg|Thomas Berkeley<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Wymondham</span>
+<!-- James of Little Marshfield & Raglan +1405 = crusilly & chevron ch. crescent Azure (S382) -->
 </gallery >