Jone (de Berkeley)

✓ Jone, wife of Sir Maurice de Berkeley of Uley and Stoke Gifford (d. Sept/Oct 1400), who settled Kingeswestone, Aylberton and Rockhampton on her for life; at his death she was found 'gravida, great with child', and was 'shortly after deliver'd of a sonne called Maurice' - the posthumous Sir Maurice (d. 1464). She died 13 Hen. IV (1411-12). Surname not given by Smyth. Source: John Smyth of Nibley, The Lives of the Berkeleys (Berkeley MSS, ed. Maclean 1883) vol. I pp.255-262, from the inquisitions, close, patent and fine rolls cited in its margins (archive.org berkeleymanuscri01smyt), read 2 Nov 2026. [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 2 Nov 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]