Margery de Berkeley

✓ Margery, 'daughter and heire of Sir Maurice Berkeley of Uley', wife of Sir Maurice de Berkeley of Stoke Gifford (d. at the siege of Calais 12 Feb 1346/7) and mother of his son and heir Thomas, then 13; she had dower assigned in June 1347, was licensed in July 1347 to marry whom she pleased 'howbeit shee never did', and died a widow about 1350/51 (Smyth; Escheat 21 Edw. III no.51). 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.]