BERKELEY (BARKELEY, BARTLETT), Roland (c.1548-1611), of Worcester and Spetchley, Worcs.

Family and Education

b. c. 1548, s. of William Berkeley and ?Elizabeth, da. of William Burghill of Cowarne, Herefs. educ. ?Oxf.; ?appr. clothier, Worcester. m. 15 Apr. 1574, Katherine (27 Dec. 1629), da. of Thomas Heywood of Gloucester, Glos., 7s. (1 d.v.p.) 9da. suc. fa. 1583. d. 1 June 1611.Survey of Worcs. by Thomas Habington ed. J. Amphlett (Worcs. Hist Soc. 1893-5, 1896-9), i. 370, ii. 281; Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xc), 11; Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xxvii), 12 ; IGI; A.D. Dyer, City of Worcester in Sixteenth Cent. 186-7.

Offices Held

Auditor, Worcester 1581 – 82, member of the Twenty-Four 1583, high chamberlain 1583 – 84, low bailiff 1585 – 86, low alderman 1586 – 87, high alderman and judge of the Orphans Court 1587 – 88, high alderman 1588–9; Worcs. RO, BA9360, shelf 644/1, ff. 149v, 160, 161, 163v, 166, 169; Dyer, 187. gov. of the g.s. and almshouse, Worcester, by 1606 – d., treas. 1606 – 07, 1609–10. Worcs. RO, BA/3617/7, ff. 55, 56, 59, 60.

Master, Weavers, Walkers and Clothiers’ Co., Worcester 1590. V. Green, Hist. and Antiqs. of City and Suburbs of Worcester, ii. p. lxxii.

Commr. subsidy, Worcester 1598, 1599, 1603, 1608, E179/201/245; 179/201/246; 179/260/1; SP14/31/1, f. 46v. gaol delivery by 1603-at least 1610; C181/1, f. 46v; 181/2, f. 122v. j.p. Worcs. c.1609–10. C66/1822, mm.23d-4d; Cal. Q.S. Pprs. ed. J.W. Willis Bund (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 1900), ii. 142, 147.

Parlimentarian

BERKELEY (BARKELEY, BARTLETT), Roland (c.1548-1611), of Worcester and Spetchley, Worcs.

Main residences: Worcester; Spetchley, Worcs.

Barkeley, Bartlett

Author

G.R.

B.C.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

BERKELEY (BARKELEY, BARTLETT), Roland (c.1548-1611)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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