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334 BERKELEY. Dt'KK of Norfolk) by Frances, da. of John (Vmif.) E.uu. of Oxford. She was restored in bloo.l (1559) 1 Eliz. from the effects o£ her Father's attainder. She d. of dropsy, 7 April 1 530, at Callowdon afsd. and was bur. 20 Slay near the Draper's chapel at St. Michael's, Coventry. He ill. secondly, at St. Giles Cripplegate, 9 March 1597/S Jane, widow of Sir Roger Towxshkn'I), da. of Sir Michael STANHOPE of Shel- ford. Notts, by Ann da. of Nicholas Rawson. He d. 26 Nov. It! 13 at Callowdon afsd. on his birthday of 7.°, and was iter: at Berkeley. M. Inq, post. mort. 10 ami II Jac. I. His widow (/. at her house in the Barbican, London, 3 Jan. 1617,8. Will dat. 20 July 1617, pr. 10 March 1617/S by Sir Roger Townshcnd, Dart. VIII. [or IV.] 1613. S [4] or IS George (Berkeley), Lord de Berke- ley, (-^grandson and h. being only surv. s. and h. of Sir Thomas Berkeley, K.B. by Elizabeth, ( h ) da. and sole h. of George (Cauey) 2nd Loud HOSSDOH, which Sir Thomas (s. and h. ap. of the last Lord by his 1st wife) was b. at Callowdon afsd. 11 July 1575, v. p. 22 Nov. 1611 and was bur. at St. Michael's, Coventry. He was b. at Low Leyton, Essex, 7 Oct. 1601, and Imp. there the 26th, his grand-father George, Lord Hunsdon, being one of his God-parents, and "may bee called (Merge the Traveller, or tfcarye the Lin- guM. u i e ) KB. 3 Nov. 1816, at the creation of Charles. 1'riuce of Wales. Matric. 'at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 10 June 1G18; M.A., 18 July 1623. He m. 13 April 1014 at St. Bartholomew the Great, London, Elizabeth, 2nd da. and coheir of (his step grandmother's br.) Sir Michael Sta.vhoi-k of Sudbury, SUFFOLK, by Aune, d.t. of Sir William ReaDE of Osterley, Midx, she (who was '/. 21 Dec. 1001) being but nine while he was 1:31, years old. He d. 10 Aug. 165S at his house at St. John's, Clerken- well, and was bur. at Cranford, Midx. M.I. IX. [or V.] 1658. .'/ [SJotl&. George (Berkeley), Lord de Bebkb- Earldom l- EV ,( :l ) 2nd, but only surv. s. and h. In May 1000 he was one of the (6) Peers deputed to invito Charles It to return. He was I. 1679. sum. to Pari, as a Baron, by writ 8 May (1001) 13 Car. II to 17 Oct (1679) 31 Car. II. In May 1001 he petitioned for a higher prece- dence^) in Pari. viz. as a Baron bij tenure, (°) which claim was before the house in 1073, and was still pending when, on 11 Sep. 1679, he was a: VISCOUNT DURSLEV and EARL OK BERKELEY, both ©>. Clone. He had previously, (107S) been made B.C. to Charles II, as he subsequently (16S5 and 1089) was to James II. and William and Mary. F.Ii.S., 1003. He was one of the Lords who subscribed at Guildhall, in Dec. 1 OSS the declaration to assist tho Prince of Orange He m. 11 Aug. 1040, at Monleii. Surrey, Elizabeth, da. and eoheir(' ) of John M AsiNQHEltD of London, Merchant, Treasurer of (*) The titles of " Mowbray, Segrave and Breouse," are ascribed to the Lords Berkeley on the following mun. inscrips. viz. on that, at Berkeley, to Henry who if. 1013; and on those at Cranford, Middx. to George, who d. 1058, and to George, [Aril Berkeley) who d, 1698. ( b ) This lady b. 24 May 1576 (Queen Eliz. being Iter Godmother) was m. 19 Feb. 1595/6 from Blackfriars, London, In 1618 she purchased the estate of Cranford, Middx, (for £7000 from the coheirs of Sir Roger Aston) which has since continued in the Berkeley family. She herself d. 23 and was bur. there 25 April 163-5, M.I. Will dat. 24 Jan. 103 1 and pr. 5 May 1635. In right of her descent from her great grandmother, Mary, wife of William "Carey, (the father of the 1st Lord H u nsdon ) da. and coheir (whose issue, in 1603, became sole heir) of Thomas (Boleyn) Earl of Wilt- shire, [E.J and Earn, of Ohmonde [L] this Lady Berkeley appears, after the death of her father and of his cousin Queen Elizabeth (both of which happened in 1663) ts have been entitled suojurc to the dignity of Countess of Obmonue [I.] transmitting her right to the heirs of her body, inasmuch as the said Earldom had been er. in 1529 with rem. to the keif* gen. of the grantee. See Tabular pedigree post, p. 340. ( c ) The characters of the Lords Berkeley so racily depicted by John Smyth of Nibley hero end ; as that indefatigable antiquary died 25 Feb 1640/1, aged 73. ( d ) " It must be concluded that he did not not establish his pretensions." See ante under "Observations." p. 322, line 20. (°) The precedency allowed in 1661, 1689 and 1704 to George, Charles and James, each respectively Lord Berkeley, (which was confirmed by resolution to the two latter) was next beneath that of the Lords Delawarr. {; The other coheir »(. Robert (Bertie), Earl of Lindsey.