Maurice Berkeley (Gloucestershire MP)
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Sir Maurice Berkeley (1599–1654) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1626. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.[1]
Berkeley was the son of Richard Berkeley of Stoke Gifford and Rendcomb, who had represented Gloucestershire in the parliament of 1614.[2]
In 1621, Berkeley was elected Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire.[3] He was knighted on 11 September 1621 at Whitehall.[4] He was re-elected MP for Gloucestershire at by-elections in 1624 and 1625 and was elected MP for Great Bedwyn in 1626.[3]
Berkeley supported King Charles I in the Civil War, arguing later that he was forced to do so and to sign warrants for raising money because of his proximity to Bristol. On 26 January 1647, he begged to compound for delinquency and was set a fine of £1,030 on 25 March. He was assessed at £700 on 13 June 1649 and was given an order for his discharge on payment of £330 on 1 August 1649. He was given a similar order on payment of £60 on 5 December 1651 and was charged an additional fine on 30 January 1652 and given an order for his discharge on payment of £125.[2]
Berkeley died in 1654 and was buried at Stoke Gifford on 3 January 1655.[2]
Family
In 1622 Berkeley married Elizabeth (d. 1623), daughter of Sir Edward Coke of Stoke Poges and Elizabeth Hatton.[1] They had a daughter Frances, on whose behalf her father later petitioned Charles I complaining that Lady Purbeck and her husband had received a more generous marriage settlement than her sister.[5]
By 1627 he had married Mary Tipping, daughter of Sir George Tipping of Wheatfield, Oxfordshire.[1] By his second marriage he had two sons, Richard and George.[6] He was succeeded by his son Richard (d. 1671).[7]
References
- 1 2 3 Davidson, Alan. "BERKELEY, Maurice (1599-1654), of Stoke Gifford, Glos". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- 1 2 3 Williams, W.R. (1898). Parliamentary History of the County of Gloucester. pp. 50–1.
- 1 2 Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
- ↑ The Knights of England. 1906. p. 178.
- ↑ Calendar of State Papers Domestic Charles I 1634-1635. 1864. p. 406.
- ↑ The Visitation of Gloucestershire 1682-1683. 1884. p. 16.
- ↑ Collins, Arthur (1768). The Peerage of England. p. 24.
| Parliament of England | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire 1621–1622 With: Sir Robert Tracy |
Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire 1624–1625 With: John Dutton |
Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Sir John Brooke William Cholmley |
Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn 1626 With: John Selden |
Succeeded by Edward Kyrton John Trevor |