Richard Berkeley (1579–1661) of Stoke Gifford and Rendcomb[1] both in Gloucestershire, England, served as a Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire in 1614.
Berkeley was the only son and heir of Sir Henry Berkeley (died 1606) of Stoke Gifford and Rendcomb[2] (son of Sir Richard Berkeley (1531–1604) of Stoke Gifford, who in 1553 rebuilt the manor house at Stoke Gifford (rebuilt again in 1750 as survives today) and whose effigy survives in the Gaunt's Chapel in Bristol) by his wife Muriel Throckmorton, a daughter of Thomas Throckmorton (1534-1615), of Coughton Court,[3] Warwickshire, twice MP for Warwickshire (in 1558 and 1559) eldest son and heir of Sir Robert Throckmorton (d.1581) of Coughton by his wife Muriel Berkeley, a daughter of Thomas Berkeley, de jure 5th Baron Berkeley (1472-1532).[4] The Berkeley family of Stoke Gifford was descended from Maurice de Berkeley (d.1347), killed at the Siege of Calais, who had acquired the manor of Stoke Gifford in 1337, the second son of Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley (1271–1326) of Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire.
He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford on 4 February 1592 aged 12.[2] In 1614, Berkeley was elected as a Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire.[5] Berkeley supported the King in the Civil War and on 2 February 1647 he compounded and was fined at £370 on 6 February. On 11 April 1649, he was assessed at £150. On 1 August 1649, he was to be discharged on payment of £60 but, on 5 December 1651, he was ordered to pay £80 extra on old rent. Having paid it, on 30 January 1652 his assessment of £100 was discharged and sequestration was taken off his estate.[6] Berkeley died in 1661 aged 83.[7]
Berkeley married twice:
His mural monument survives in St Michael's Church, Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire, inscribed on a brass tablet as follows:
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