BERKELEY, Sir Maurice (c.1577-1617), of Bruton, Som.

Family and Education

b. c.1577,Date calculated from age at admiss. to Oxf. 1st s. of Sir Henry Berkeley† of Bruton and Margaret, da. of William Lygon of Madresfield, Worcs. and wid. of Sir Thomas Russell† (d. 9 Apr. 1574) of Strensham, Worcs.; bro. of Sir Henry Berkeley*. Vis. Som. ed. Weaver, 6; C142/172/163. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1590, aged 13, BA 1593; M. Temple 1594; Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. vol. Cadiz expedition 1596; S. and E. Usherwood, Counter-Armada, 1596, p. 147. embassy, France 1598. HMC Hatfield, viii. 16; xxiii. 22. m. by 1597, Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Killigrew I* of Hanworth, Mdx., 5s. 2da. Vis. Som. 6. Kntd. 27 June 1596. Usherwood, 147. suc. fa. 1601. d. 1 May 1617. C142/270/148; 142/366/170.

Offices Held

Steward, S. Stoke and Corton manors, Som. 1601; E315/309, f. 138v. j.p. Som. by 1602–d., C66/1594, 2076. commr. sewers 1603, 1610, 1616, C181/1, f. 70; 181/2, ff. 129v, 245v. col. militia ft. by 1605 – 09, dep. lt. from 1608, Earl of Hertford’s Ltcy. Pprs. ed. W.P.D. Murphy (Wilts. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 57, 112, 147. collector, aid 1612–13. E403/2732, f. 169.

Member, Queen Anne’s Council from 1603, Add. 38139, f. 104v (ex inf. Dr. Helen Payne). Council for Virg. 1607. A. Brown, Genesis of US, 93.

Cttee. Virg. Co. 1609; Ibid. 232. member, E.I. Co. 1611. T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 240.

Parlimentarian

BERKELEY, Sir Maurice (c.1577-1617), of Bruton, Som.

Main residence: Bruton, Som.

Author

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P.M.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

BERKELEY, Sir Maurice (c.1577-1617)