Henry Berkeley and Elizabeth Neville
Mixed Needs Review evidence packet
Topic: Henry Berkeley and Elizabeth Neville
1. Verified Sourced Facts
- The 1882 printed edition of The Visitation of Berkshire, 1664-6 includes a
Nevill of Billingberepedigree. - That pedigree identifies Sir Henry Neville, ambassador in France, died 10 July 1615, and Anne, daughter of Sir Henry Killigrew, as the relevant parents.
- The same pedigree lists:
“Elizabeth, ux. Sir Henry Berkley of Yarlington, co. Somerset, Kt.”
- This upgrades the Elizabeth Neville / Sir Henry Berkeley marriage from local-source-note only to
T2 edited visitationevidence.
2. Ken Feinstein Twitter and Blog Information
- A Ken Feinstein blog post dated
7 Jan. 2020states:
“Henry Berkeley, another of Russell's half-brothers, married Neville's daughter Elizabeth.”
3. Provisional Supporting Source Notes
- An archived local Maurice Berkeley source note states:
“Maurice's younger brother Henry married one of Nevillle's daughters.”
- The same archived source note states:
“Who was Maurice and Henry Berkeley's half brother? Thomas Russell.”
4. Quoted Source Text
Local Dudley Digges source note
- “Henry Berkeley, another of Russell's half-brothers, married Neville's daughter Elizabeth.”
Local Maurice Berkeley source-note compilation
- “Maurice's younger brother Henry married one of Nevillle's daughters.”
- “Who was Maurice and Henry Berkeley's half brother? Thomas Russell.”
Berkshire visitation
- “Sir Henry Nevill, Kt., of Billingbere, Seigr Ambassador in France, ob. 10 July 1615.”
- “Ann, da. to Sir Henry Killigrew of Cornwall, Kt.”
- “Elizabeth, ux. Sir Henry Berkley of Yarlington, co. Somerset, Kt.”
5. Citations
- Feinstein, Ken. “New Discovery: Dudley Digges, Henry Neville, and Shakespeare.” Ken Feinstein (blog), 7 Jan. 2020, https://kenfeinstein.blogspot.com/2020/01/new-discovery-dudley-digges-henry.html.
- “Maurice Berkeley.” Archived local source-note compilation at
[local source path removed]. - Ashmole, Elias, and Sir Edward Bysshe. The Visitation of Berkshire, 1664-6. Edited by W. C. Metcalfe, Exeter, W. Pollard, 1882. Internet Archive item
visitationofberk00ashmrich; local source note BERKSHIRE_VISITATION_1664_6_NEVILL_SOURCE_NOTE.md.
6. Notes on Access
- The marriage link is now supported by a later printed visitation witness, but not yet by a primary marriage, probate, or parish source.
- This gap remains significant because the Henry Berkeley / Elizabeth Neville marriage can become load-bearing for the Thomas Russell chain. Use the marriage as
T2 edited visitationevidence, and keep the Berkeley/Russell kinship chain as a separate source-hardening task. - Two printed pedigree sources are the recommended next step for verification:
- Collins, Arthur. The Peerage of England. Vol. 3, London, 1779. The Berkeley family entry in Collins documents the Berkeley marriages of this generation.
- Complete Peerage (GEC): Gibbs, Vicary, et al. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. London, St. Catherine Press, 1910-1959. The Berkeley entry in GEC should contain the marriage record for Henry Berkeley and Elizabeth Neville if the union is documented in the standard pedigree literature.
- Neither Collins nor GEC has yet been directly extracted for this packet. Adding one of these citations would strengthen the Berkeley-family side of the claim.
Fourth-Batch Fact-Source Update, 2026-06-24
- The Berkshire visitation evidence supports the marriage of Elizabeth Neville to Sir Henry Berkeley of Yarlington, but it is still later printed pedigree evidence rather than a primary marriage, probate, or parish witness.
- Keep the Berkeley/Russell half-brother chain as a separate hardening task. The marriage can be used as a
T2 edited visitationfact, but not yet as a heavily load-bearing primary-source claim. - Collins and GEC remain the next best book-catalogue/page-image extraction targets for strengthening the Berkeley side.