Another Hussey Question

[Anthony Classick]

I have a Sir William Hussey of Sempringham, born about 1443 married
to Elizabeth Berkeley. Isn't the Berekley a royal line? Her father
is Thomas Berkeley and her mother Petronella Brooksy.

[Reedpcgen]

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>I have a Sir William Hussey of Sempringham, born about 1443 married
>to Elizabeth Berkeley. Isn't the Berekley a royal line? Her father
>is Thomas Berkeley and her mother Petronella Brooksy.
>

Lincolnshire Pedigrees [HS 51:526] says that Sir William Hussey, MP, Chief
Justice of the King's Bench, etc., married Elizabeth Berkeley, daughter of
Thomas Berkeley of Wymondham, co. Leicester [her will proved PCC 1504].

Thomas's father, Sir Lawrence Berekeley of Wymondham, married Joane, daughter
of Sir John de Woodford, but this was a minor branch of the Berkeley family,
descended from Sir Thomas Berkeley of Coston, co. Leicester, son of Thomas de
Berkeley "the Wise," b. 1245, d. 23 July 1321, by his wife Joane Ferrers,
daughter of William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby. [Their descent if given in
Lincolnshire Pedigrees (HS 50:127-8); and see Nichols' History of Leicester
2:413.]

So you get back to the 'noble' Berkeley family and the marriages which descend
from royalty, but it takes a while.

pcr

[Robert O'Connor]

The ancestry of Petronilla Brokesby (wife of Sir Thomas Berkeley) is as
follows:

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JOHN BROKESBY, of Shoby, Leics., He contributed to the poll tax as
resident at Shoby, 1377. He was Lord of the Manor of Shoby & held the
advowson of the nearby church at Saxelby. M Agnes. Died after 1392. He
had issue: HoP 1386-1421, II, p 373 Nichols, III, p 306

1.WILLIAM, of whom we presently.
2.Bartholomew, M.P., J.P., of Frisby-on-Wreck, Leics., M.P., for Leics.,
1410, 1422, 1425, 1427, 1429 & 1432. Sheriff of Warw., & Leics., 10 Dec.
1411 to 3 Nov. 1412 & 23 Nov. 1419 to 16 Nov. 1420. Steward of the estates
of Archbishop Arundel of Canterbury. J.P. for Leics., 3 Feb. 1413 to Feb.
1415 & from 14 July 1422 to 1448. On various commissions from 1413 to
1441. Steward of the liberty of Bury St. Edmunds Abbey, 6 Feb. 1431 to
after April 1439. M -- . Died 15 Aug. 1448. Bur. in a marble tomb,
Owston Church. He had issue: HoP 1386-1421, II, pp 371-3 Nichols, III, pp
191, 763 & 969 Acheson, p 221
3.Edward, Born before 1368. He was heir to his brother Bartholomew, 1448.

WILLIAM BROKESBY, M.P., J.P., of Shoby, Leic., Born c. 1365. His career
was made in the service of Henry IV & as early as June 1400 he was a member
of the royal household then about to leave Pontefract on its way at the
head of the royal army marching on Scotland. Marshall of the King's Hall,
7 Nov. 1401 to c. March 1413. In 1402 he accompanied Princess Blanche to
Cologne for her marriage. M.P., for Leics., Jan. 1404. Sheriff of Warw.,
& Leics., 22 Oct. 1404 to 22 Nov. 1405 & 4 Nov. 1409 to 29 Nov. 1410.
Commissioner of Array, Warw., & Leics., May 1405. Commissioner to assess
Subsidy contributions, Leics., Jan. 1412. Commissioner of Inquiry into the
Lollards, Warw., & Leics., Jan. 1414. J.P., for Leics., 14 May 1408 to
Dec. 1414 & from 18 Feb. 1415 to 1416. He contracted himself, one other
man-at-arms & 6 archers for service in the invasion of France, April 1415,
& was among the royal entourage when the King embarked for France before
the Battle of Agincourt. M before Feb. 1406 Joan (she M 2nd Sir William
Montfort, Kt., M.P., of Coleshill, Warw. & Died after Jan. 1453), d. of
William Alderwich, of Aldridge, Staffs. Died shortly before 23 Feb. 1416.
He had issue: HoP 1386-1421, II, pp 373-4 Nichols, III, pp 402 & 406
Acheson, p 222 Wedgwood, p 114 HSP Leics, p 49

1.Petronilla, M Sir Thomas Berkeley, Kt., of Wymondham (Died May 1488).
She had issue:

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Robert O'Connor
roco...@es.co.nz
Christchurch
New Zealand

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