Richard Berkeley of Stoke Gifford, Esquire, landed proprietor of the Stoke Gifford estate
Dates: Baptised 24 February 1626/7; died January 1670/1
Biography
Elder son of Sir Maurice Berkeley and Mary Tipping. He was baptised at St Margaret, Westminster, on 24 February 1626/7 and inherited the Stoke Gifford estate after his father's death in 1654. He and his wife initially lived at Frampton Cotterell and moved to Stoke House in 1667. He died in January 1670/1 and was buried at Stoke Gifford.
Notes / Sources
Landed Families of Britain and Ireland, Berkeley of Stoke Gifford, genealogical account and coat of arms — https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2024/09/583-berkeley-of-stoke-gifford-barons.html
Gloucestershire Archives / Badminton Muniments catalogue material reproduced by the Stoke Gifford historical project — https://stokegiffordhistory.wordpress.com/013-some-historical-events-in-stoke-gifford/
Wikimedia Commons, Berkeley of Stoke Gifford arms — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berkeley_(of_Stoke_Gifford,_Gloucestershire)_arms.svg
British Library Archives, Visitation of Gloucestershire 1623 catalogue record — https://searcharchives.bl.uk/catalog/040-002046870
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Berkeley of Stoke Gifford — senior seventeenth-century line
Father: Sir Maurice Berkeley of Stoke Gifford (1598–1654), Kt.
Mother: Mary Tipping, daughter of Sir George Tipping of Wheatfield, Oxfordshire
Spouse(s): Elizabeth Symes, daughter and heiress of Henry Symes of Frampton Cotterell, Gloucestershire; married 15 July 1656
Children / next generation: George Berkeley (1661–1685), eldest son and heir; John Symes Berkeley (1663–1736), later heir to Stoke Gifford and father of Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt; Mary Berkeley (1658–1728), unmarried; Elizabeth Berkeley, living in 1684; Anne Berkeley, living in 1684; Richard Berkeley, living in 1684; Penelope Berkeley, living in 1684; Emay or Emily Berkeley, probably died young; Elinor Berkeley (1665–1673), died young; Jane Berkeley, died 1681; Sue Berkeley, died 1682
Armorial Registry
Berkeley of Stoke Gifford — Richard Berkeley, heir to Sir Maurice Berkeley and Mary Tipping
Branch: Berkeley of Stoke Gifford — senior male line from Sir Maurice Berkeley and Mary Tipping
Issued / recorded: 1627
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