Maurice Berkeley

Topic: Maurice Berkeley

1. Verified Sourced Facts

• The user-supplied History of Parliament transcription states constituency dates:

“TRURO 1597”

“SOMERSET 1601”

“MINEHEAD 1604”

“SOMERSET 1614”

• The same transcription states:

“b. c.1579, 1st s. of Henry Berkeley II.”

• It states:

“educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1590, BA 1593; M. Temple 1594.”

• It states:

“m. Elizabeth, da. of William Killigrew, at least 5s. 2da.”

• It states:

“suc. fa Sept. 1601. Kntd. 1596.”

• It lists offices:

“Steward of manors of South Stoke and Corton, Som. 1601; j.p. from c.1602, dep. lt. 1608.”

• It states:

“Berkeley went to Cadiz with the Earl of Essex in 1596”

• It states:

“in January 1598 was one of a number of young men who offered to accompany Sir Robert Cecil, his distant relation, on an embassy to France”

• It states:

“In his will, dated 26 Apr. and proved 8 July 1617”

• It states:

“He appointed Robert Killigrew, Sir John Horner, Robert Hopton, and Edward Bisse as overseers.”

• A local land-holdings source note states:

“Before passing away, he entrusted ‘the manor of Hertoke and the ground called Ashridge’ to Sir Ralph Wynwood and Sir Maurice Berkeley”

• The same land-holdings note states that these trustees were named:

“responsible for settling his debts and providing for his children.”

• Neil Cuddy writes of the 24 June 1604 arrest:

“The earl of Southampton was arrested on Sunday 24 June by order of the king and council, together with lord Danvers and Sir Henry Neville”

2. Ken Feinstein Twitter and Blog Information

• No Ken Feinstein Twitter/blog material is isolated in this packet at present.

3. Quoted Source Text

Local Neville project sources

• “TRURO 1597”
• “SOMERSET 1601”
• “MINEHEAD 1604”
• “SOMERSET 1614”
• “b. c.1579, 1st s. of Henry Berkeley II.”
• “educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1590, BA 1593; M. Temple 1594.”
• “m. Elizabeth, da. of William Killigrew, at least 5s. 2da.”
• “suc. fa Sept. 1601. Kntd. 1596.”
• “Steward of manors of South Stoke and Corton, Som. 1601; j.p. from c.1602, dep. lt. 1608.”
• “Berkeley went to Cadiz with the Earl of Essex in 1596”
• “in January 1598 was one of a number of young men who offered to accompany Sir Robert Cecil, his distant relation, on an embassy to France”
• “In his will, dated 26 Apr. and proved 8 July 1617”
• “He appointed Robert Killigrew, Sir John Horner, Robert Hopton, and Edward Bisse as overseers.”
• “Before passing away, he entrusted ‘the manor of Hertoke and the ground called Ashridge’ to Sir Ralph Wynwood and Sir Maurice Berkeley”
• “responsible for settling his debts and providing for his children.”

Cuddy

• “The earl of Southampton was arrested on Sunday 24 June by order of the king and council, together with lord Danvers and Sir Henry Neville”

4. Citations

• Cuddy, Neil. “The Anglo-Scottish Union and the Court of James I, 1603-1625.” Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, vol. 39, 1989, pp. 107-124.
• 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.
• R.C.G. “BERKELEY, Maurice (c.1579-1617), of Bruton, Som.” The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603. User-supplied transcription in chat from the History of Parliament Online entry.
• “Land Holdings.” Neville Research Wiki source note, mirrored locally at /Users/kenf/Neville Book/01_Timeline_of_Henry_Neville/wiki_land_holdings.md.
• “Maurice Berkeley.” Archived local source-note compilation at /Users/kenf/twitter-2026-02-07-2efd68052c1ea2ab8dace337dfb2be00cd0fe55c449caffded42baf929ab89c7/Neville_Book_Material_v9/People/Maurice_Berkeley.md.

5. Notes on Access

• The strongest direct material in this packet is the user-supplied History of Parliament transcription plus the Cuddy arrest passage.
• The History of Parliament wording used here comes from user-supplied transcription in chat.
• I checked the Cuddy PDF directly for the 24 June 1604 arrest passage. Cuddy names Southampton, lord Danvers, and Sir Henry Neville. He does not name Maurice Berkeley in that arrest sentence.
• Local project materials also preserve these follow-up leads, which are not treated as verified facts here:
• Maurice Berkeley as executor of Neville’s estate
• Thomas Russell as half-brother to Maurice and Henry Berkeley
• Maurice Berkeley being “under suspicion” in 1604
• The Killigrew connection in the History of Parliament transcription is worth keeping in view: Maurice Berkeley married Elizabeth, da. of William Killigrew, while Neville’s wife Anne was a daughter of Henry Killigrew, and Neville’s inquisition names Willm Killigrewe milit among Neville’s feoffees.