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Sir Maurice de Berkeley of Stoke Gifford

d. 1347

Vitals

Died
1347

Family

Parents
MD
Maurice de Berkeley 2nd Baron Berkeley
d. 1326
EL
Eve la Zouche
d. 1314
Children
TD
Thomas de Berkeley
d. 1361

About

Sir Maurice de Berkeley, a younger son of the great baronial house, was granted the manor of Stoke Gifford by Edward the Third in 1337 and founded the cadet line that held it for six hundred years.

Research notes

✓ Sir MAURICE de BERKELEY, of Uley and STOKE GIFFORD (c.1300-1347), 2nd son of Maurice 2nd Baron Berkeley; granted Stoke Gifford by EDWARD III 1337; father of Thomas (our line). THE BRANCH POINT from Berkeley Castle. Source: Landed Families of Britain and Ireland no.583 (Berkeley of Stoke Gifford) + CP 'Berkeley'; web-confirmed & read 7 Aug 2026; contested rungs note-only.

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