Volume 1

Berkeley manuscripts. Abstracts and extracts of Smyth's Lives of the Berkeleys, illustrative of ancient manners and the constitution; including all the pedigrees in that ancient manuscript. To which are annexed, a copious history of the castle and parish of Berkeley, consisting of matter never before published; and biographical anecdotes of Dr. Jenner / By Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, M.A. F.S.A.

Thomas Dudley Fosbroke

Date:: 1821

Credit: Berkeley manuscripts. Abstracts and extracts of Smyth's Lives of the Berkeleys, illustrative of ancient manners and the constitution; including all the pedigrees in that ancient manuscript. To which are annexed, a copious history of the castle and parish of Berkeley, consisting of matter never before published; and biographical anecdotes of Dr. Jenner / By Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, M.A. F.S.A. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Tuomas [rourtH] Lorp Brrxexey. Stile of this Lord. — He was stiled in French “le Honorable Seignior Mounsieur Thomas de Berkeley, M. de Berkeley,” and “tres Hon’ et Noble Seignior Mounseur Thomas,” &c. Marriage Portions — Contracted at an early dge — Consum- mated when the Female was Eleven Years old — Separate Mainte- nance in the Interim. — He was contracted to Margaret daughter of Gerard Warren, Lord Lisle, 41 Edward III. Her portion was 1100 marks, whereof 400 were paid down, and the other 700 were to be paid at four days in three years following; and after the said solem- nization the said Maurice should allow them 200 marks per annum for their support, and 100 marks presently : and the said Margaret, by reason of her tender age (then about seven), shall for four years remain with her father, and this Thomas de Berkeley with his father. MS. Feel, p. 408. : | Marriage, Ceremony of — Dress, &c. — Liveries — Rank distin- guished by the Quality of the Cloth and Ornaments — Minstrels attending Weddings. —The sickness of Lord Maurice, this Lord’s father, increasing, they were married at the Lord Lisle’s house at Wengrave, Bucks, in November next following ; and Lord Maurice being himself unable to travel, sent with his son, to attend him, three or four of his Household Knights, Sir Richard de Acton, Sir Thomas de Tracy, and Sir Nicholas de Berkeley, and twenty-three of his Household Esquires; the Knights suited in their liveries of fine cloth of ray, furred with minever, and the Esquires in their liveries of a coarser ray and less costly fur; and the yonge Bridegroom himself was in scarlet and sattin, and a silver girdle; and the Lord Maurice him- self, though he kept home, in honour of the marriage, made himself a suit of cloth of gold; and at the ceremony Sir Richard de Acton gave the Minstrels 40s. Jd. p. 409. - Wardships, Profit of. — Grant of the wardship and of the custody of two parts of this Lord’s lands to his father-in-law, Warren de Insula, for £.400 per annum. Id. p. 409.

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