Henry Berkeley and Elizabeth Neville

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 Billingbere pedigree.
• 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 visitation evidence.

2. Ken Feinstein Twitter and Blog Information

• A Ken Feinstein blog post dated 7 Jan. 2020 states:

“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 visitation evidence, 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 visitation fact, 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.